Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-22
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

GALAXY and atlantic for September
at MansfoId's.
The supreme court meets at jackson
September 4th.
The weather continues to be uncom-
iortably warm.
-Scri6aer and st. Nicholas for Sep
TENDER at Mansford's.
"A number OF delegates to the State
Republican convention.
General Tom O'Suliivan is organic
ing 3 short-range rife and pistol club.
The Shelby county, Democratic con-
vention meets at the Exposition building
in this city September 18th.
The ninth congress onal Democratic
convention meets at the Exposition
| building in this city the seventh Of Sep
TENDER.
The family tree Of Texas family
shows q branch on which several mem.
bsrs have been hanged for stealing
horses.
The primary elections for delegates
to the county and congressional conven-
lions will be held Saturday week, Sep
TENDER 81.
Some of our merchants are already
receiving goods for the iall trade, which
promises to be heavy in consequence Of
the good crops.
"A red haired baby, dressed in q red
coat and wearing red-siriped stoc kings,
pink shoes, and real litter, was among
the curiosities in C5urtsquAre yesterday.
jeff Logan, the negro burglsr who
fed from this city come time ago, was
arrested few days ago and brought here
yesterday. BE waive d an examination
and was Committed to Jail.
An orphan named Tim Mulligsn,
aged fifteen years, was drowned by the
upsettiDg of canoe ia Wolf river, near
the saw-mills, Sunday. He was one of
the package boys ia the Bed store.
Three juvenile squaticians swan
across the Mississippi river opposite the
elevator Sunday afternoon, the distance
being one mile. A large number of per.
soDs on the bluff watched the swimmers
in their slow progress across the stream.
-Jutg9 J. E. R. Ray yesterday de-
livered his opinion in the Stacey hd6eGs
lT7O1s case, and gave the mother, Mrs.
Stacey, posse ssion of htr child. Judge
Rays opinion is able and comprehen-
esting and instructive.
We are in receipt OF the illustrated
pamphlst Issued by Thomas Prosser &
Son, agents for the mammoth eRst.steel
works Of Fried Krupp, Els en-, Germany.
The Krupps are the inventors Of the
celebrated Krupp gun, and have agen-
cies in every part OF the world. We
may at an ea)ly day give extracts from
this pamphlet.
Last Saturday white mar, named
VIM. Campbell, died On the steamer
Frank Forrest, while en- route to this
city, and was buried on the river bank
in Crittenden county, AIkansag. The
officers Of the boat say they were com.
PEELED to bury the body there because of
the warm weather. The wife of the IN.
fortunate man is Mrs. Jane r. Camp
bell, of Bsraxaeld, Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania.
Some missnthropic journalist, who
mas doubtless been shut up in room
where the thermometer Is 11130, says
that an editor is man who is liable to
grammatical blunders, toothache, typo
graphical errors, and laps of memory,
and hes twenty five thousand people
watching to catch him tTippiDg-a man
Of sorrow and acquainted with grief;
poorly paid, poorly estimated, yet envied
by some Of the great men he has made.
The Nashville American says that
Thursday the Louisville and Nashville
railroad sent from Louisville one hun
dred and twenty nine loaded cars and
received one hundred and thirty-three.
1t transported to and from Louisville
seven hundred and Thirty. one passen-
gers, one hundred and fifteen Of whom
went east. This is the heaviest days
business done by the road, and before
the panic, at this season of the year,
would have been considered remarkable.
We have tn thank the American
Forest Council for an invitation TO at.
tend their national convention to be |
held at Sea Grove, Cape May, New Jer- |
sey, September 9TH and 8th. The circu-
lar conve ying the invitation says: Gas |
conserving climatic Influences for the
benefit of the life and health Of the peo-
pie, forests are of Eueh importance thst |
IRRESPECTIVE of the vast material and |
more tangible interests involved, we |
cannot afford longer to delay thorough,
general and systematic investigation Of |
the subject"
The "Bar MitZvoh," CT confirms- |
ton into the Jewish faith, Of the eldest |
son Of our fellow itizen, Mr.. r. Day is |
Master David Davis-took place en-
last Sunday afternoon st the residence |
of the parents OF the young gentleman,
on Second street, amid the concourse OF |
a large circle of friends of the family. |
The occasion was cele brated by q neat |
speech by the confirmed, delivered in q
handsome manner, In which he affirmed |
the assumption Of his duties ss an Israel. |
ite, after which the many friends as.
semtled psrtook of the gererou hospi-
ta!ity provided for by the worthy host |
ard hostess. Our hearty congratulations
are given to them.
The AuguJta (Ga.) Chronicle and
Sentinel says: There was exhibited at |
the Augusta exchange Monday hank
of No. 20 cotton yarn which has quite
an interesting history. The cotton from
which the thread is made was in the
boil in the field, near Corinth, Missis-
sjppi, at nine O'Clock in the forenoon,
and at three io'clock in the after
noon OF the same day the
thread was placed in the Memphis
exchange. The thread was spun by the
Clements establishment, placed on the
ordinary gin. A merchant remarked
that before many years field hands will
pick the cotton from the boils and carry
it home in the shape of resdy-made
shit" On the contrary, they will pick
the eotton from tbs hills and wear II |