Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-02-22

lux at uAti-l h9i bcNEll y C-OSbs W HEASA
! friends OF the cause are coIdislly invited.
"A diagram of the r. served seats on
| thu grand stand TO be erected In front OF
| Court square for Mardi Gras will be
| found this morning, together with the
! tickets. a. the book store of Messrs.
/ B yle & Chapman, where sests may be
| secured.
| "A ndrsv Stewart, nfgro, arrested In
! this city Sunday on the chargs Of at
| tempting to kill two negroes 10 Tuuiea
ecu ity, Mississippi, by shooting at them !
| 10 January last, was yesterday sent back
TO Tunica for trial In charge Ct a negro
| deputy-sheilf.
1t is thought that ninety thousand
| persons will eUme to the Menu his Msrdi |
Gras. The mysterious Memphi ara
making arrang t. togive the grand.
est spectacular exhibit on that the world /
! has witnessed for two generations. They |
| will accomplish their object.
"A numter of Memphis bolies are |
| giving a series Of leap year hops at |
| B alley Station, on the Charleston rail.
! road, twenty miles from the city. They |
| attract gentlemen from this city, who |
| dance All night and then come home |
without the girls on the morning train. |
The Lebanon Herald has the follow |
| ing: 40 DR.. G. Aft Johnson, ply clan
| aud surpeon,' is the style of profess |
sional card In one OF our country ex-
| changes. The fashion of parting ones |
| name in the middle seems peculiarly
appropriate in the case of this particular
/ C.A!E"
Prof Musller and lady will tonight
| represent George Washington aud Lady
Washington In the grand Miaust de Ia
| COtr Of 1879, and being surrounded by q
magnificent court OF continental, impe-
rial and most brilliant costumes, Of all
nations and clime1, thus presenting q
tatleax of such splendor as will not soon
be forgotten.
"A dance vas INDUCED in at house
on DeSoto street 5atur lay night, during
which one Of the female participants be-
| came jealous OF the attentions given an
other woman by her friend, and took
quantity of poison. The fact became
Known in time for well-directed stOm-
aeh-pump to thwart her design Of be-
coming food for worms.
"A. s. barnes 81 Co., publishers OF
New YORK, have In press and nearly
ready for distribution to purchasers
Barmes's Centenary History, or One
Hundred Years of american Independ-
ei'ce. From the prospectus. which is be-
fore Us, IL is learned that this work has
been carefully ard thoroughly complied,
with illustrations, maps, etc, and will |
be publish d in twelve monthly parts, at |
fifty cents each.
The Elijah Smith who signed that |
straw repleVin-bond sworn cut by Wad- |
dy Thompson in the United States court, |
under which was seized the goods of |
Hendrix, Carter & Co, turrs out to be |
Ed Smith, a well-knOwn collector and |
curbstone pawnbroker Of this city.
Smith was arrested on Saturday last |
and locked up in the county Jail to
answer a charge OffCrgery and frsudu-
lent collision.
The Evening Ledger thus cleverly
djspGses of the recent action OF the
Protestant Pastors association, pub
lished in the APPEAL Sunday morning:
"The Pastors association has iseusd q
pronunciamento repubiishiug the objen-
tiOnab'e expressions Of Vic Woodruff,
and then cOndemning the course OF the
secular press Of the city in publishing
Interviews with and the lecture OF the
female reformer. Consistency, the lew
ell, hes been lost again"
We have been handed the following,
received by Mr.. B. J. Ssmmes, chair
man Of the meteorological committee
OF the chamber of commerce, regarding
the weather on Mardi Gras day:
Dear Sir-ln reply to your letter of
tbs fourteenth instant, | am directed to |
say that the special midnight probabili-
ties for Monday and Tuesday the twenty
eighth and tweUty-ninth instant, re-.
quested Therein, will he sent, as request
ed, and will be addressed to you: so
please make the necessary arrange.
ments for their reception and publica-
ton. Very respectfully, etc,
First Lieut.. and Brevet Captain, u: S. A.
A. :. o. and Assistant.
The Pamela Star makes kindly men
ton OF the APPEAL in the following
paragraph, which we copy from its issue
of the twelfth instant: This sterling
journal, one OF the livest and best in the
southwest, has just entered upon its
thirty-sixth year, and is pressing forward
with its customary vigOr for the promo
ton Of the country's prosperity and the
confusion and destruction of Radicslism
and corrupt pnists. l. discaTds sill zap
pendases to the name Of Democrat and
allies itself with the national Democra-
ey," and will battle for the success of the
nominees Of the national Democratic
convention for President and Vice Pres
ide1t. The APPEAL is ably edited, and
Wirlds, as 1t has ever done, a powerful
influence In the south wesi ern country,
and promises to be "a first.clsss live |
newspaper, complete in every respect"
We acknowledge the receipt of
circular OF ths Fsirmount institute, |
college for the education Of young ladies,
Fl uatHd upon SeWshee N Ountain, on the
line OF the Tennessee coal compsDy,s
railroad, and easy OF access from all
parts OF the south, It is beautifully To- !
Gated, having the advautsg. of chsrm- !
ing mountain views and deiigh full free s
stone and chalybaste waters. No local 5
ttv can surpass 1t In healthfulness and 5
sitrsctiveness. lts officers promise that s
it shsll be second to no institution OF
learning In the land in The advsntag es i
afforded for th1roughness of Instruction !
Ia all branchts OF femsls education 2
Che collegiate year com mences March '
18th and closes December 10th Of each !
year. The second term Commences
August 9Th. Mrs. NJ. l.. Yerger l. prin- =
cipal, and the address is Moffat station,
via Cowan, Tennessee.
We received by mail yesterday q
copy of Brad Shefen's petition for an =
amendment to thu constitution of the
United States, which all good people =
will indOrse, and which reads as follows: 4
'' Believing that just government is :
founded on civil and religious liberty, 7
and that it is unjust to tax for the cup T
port Of sny secaIiau or religious institu. :
non, those who are conscientiously op- Z
POI ed thereto pray YOUR honorable cody T
to adopt a resC LUTON proposing an T
to the constitution, to be Z
ratified by the States, that neither the
Uni ed States, nor any Sac, Territory,
Dr. other civil jurisdiction therein, shall {
appropriate any money or properly for
any purpose, directly or Indirectly, TO z
any religious body or sect - Almost c
every Democrat and Republican will
s'gn that il they can be convinced that
does not already provide c
Tor it. 9
The Shelby street flre.engine wss In 3
bad luck Sunday, being the victim OF c
two accidents which came near demOl- !
shing the machine entirely, and in the n
last one the beautiful team OF horses mar Z
-owly escaping death or severe mGim- I
ing. The alarm of fire sounded early In e
he day drew the engine out, the FIRE. Z
lovs answering the alarm with chars6- | =