Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-20
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The Republican Stale convention
meets in Nashville August oath.
Clark RSbinson, colored, wss arrest.
Cd last night for carrying concealed
weapons.
The extension of the water COM
psny's mains on south Main street are
nearly completed.
Peter Winbour, colored, was COM
mitted to jail yesterday by Recorder
Duff on the charge OF larceny.
-Mosquitoes, cats, dogs and mockihg.
birds are about the only animals that
enjoy the present weather ana Keep up
their characteristic noise.
The Memphis Odd Fellows have our
thanks for an invitation to the annual
picnic OF the order at the Leath orphan
asylum grounds, Thursday, July 27lh'
Fashions latest retrospective design
is called the "tilter.n 1t cannot be con-
sidered sn improvement on the pull
back. No Judge Of the human form de
vine can admire the "tilter."
"A large number Of widowers and
bachelors are unable to sleep because OF
the hot weather, aud sit up all nlght.
They ought to get married, or try re-
frigerator for bed, with chunk OF Ice
for pillow.
The young lady who sent us the
flowers yesterday has our thanks. The
fair donor is only equsled by the beauty
and grace of the flowers, which always
inspire happy, joyous thoughts, and ex-
eTcise a refining influence upon the feel
logs.
The Nashville American Of the
ghteenth says: "The Porter Rifles have
received a challenge to q competitive
drill with the Chickasaw Guards at
Memphis in September. The Rities Wal
accept the challenge, and designate the
day In September"
People who think it too warm to at
tend church and hear the gospel during
the heated term, should think how hot
it will be in that mysterious country FOL
sinners and unbelievers. No lemoRadesj
ice-cream or shower-baths are to be had
there; no, not even palm-leaf fan,
The Democrats of the seventh civil
district, at their meeting at Bartlett on
| Monday, to organize Tilden and Hen
bricks club, enrolled sixty members. J
K. FoltZ was elected president OF thu
club, Nj. A. Galloway vice-president
| 3. J, KimbrOugh second vice. president
1
rer.
"A policeman, yesterday, while IL
the act of arresting Sue Kelley, col
oreG, who was drunk at the corner o
Main and Jackson streets, wss beset b.
five negro women. Despite the Anna
zonisn attack, Sue Kelley was shout
dered by the officer, put on drsy an
hauled TO the stationhouse. She is
| h. wi QOndnNfG
alcohol establishment at the above
named site.
We regret that little Geo. Weather
ford, son Of Captain George X. Wealth
erford, yesterday afternoon accidental
discharged derringer, and was shot
the ankle-joint, the ball producing
very bad wound. The wound Rs
probed, but the bali was not found. Th
boy was playing with the pistol whe
it discharged. Strange to relate, the pli
toll had been loaded for several year
during which time it has remained in
drawer.
The csIoric condition of the weatht
increases domestic displeasure go niue
that wife-whipping is on the incress
Nor is this species of indoor amusemeI
confined to the white race alone, for yei
terday Joseph Hartford coloreu, gay
his little dove of wife q first-cla!
whipping, and last night Pat Hays, wb
lives in Fort Pickering, was arrested Il
fiogging his better half. By the wa.
Patrick is setting bad example for b
namesake, Rutherford B., who wants
be President.
They call it the lighting trick"
Detroit. A Misunderstanding man 81
: tiers q drinking saloon, followed SOC
after by wiry little fellow, who invit,
No, to take drink and cigar. II
= liquor is swallowed, the cigars are ligh
, ed, when suddenly No. 2 exclsims: "F
: thirty long years 1 have followed yo'
trail day and night! You broke up m
e happy family, villain that you are; b
now come out here and fight me like
manu 81 will fight you to the death
is the determined reply, and both rui
into the back yard. The agitated bs
keeper runs to the front door, whist
for policeman, and hurries to the bat
door inst in time to see coat-tail dlsa
bearing over the fence. Then he begil
|, to realize the situation.