Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-13

HsrtWe'l, one Of the most distinguished
missoI les o. the Baptist deroDina-
ton, will lecture. His discourse will be
Of thrilling in p It2nce, and lie COIL
munity sre cordially invited TO attend.
Tine monthly meeting Of the school
board will take place TO morrow night,
when arrangements will be perfected
looking to the management Of the next
scholastic year.
At the school board meeting, to-
morrow night, a secretary OF the board
will probably be elected to fill the va
cancy In that Office, the former secres
tsTy, Mr. CITnes, having resigned.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
board Of education will be held on Mon.
day evening. Among other matters, an
election will be held for permanent Sec
rotary. Mr.. IL. 3. Ir. Z9vant declines
reelection.
The New Orleans board Of health
has taken action in view of the fact that
DIR. G. auget, president of the board, had
received private informati m to the ef-
feet that the yelloW-fever was raging at
Havana, and that il was kept up by the
arrival o. fresh troops from Europe.
Yesterday number Of dead dogs
were found on the streets and alleys
throughout the city, their deaths being
caused by poison; yet 1t is fact the po-
lice patrol force did not poison dog the
night before. This proves that citizens
are indulgipg in dog killing to consid-
cradle extent.
AT the Olympic park this afternoon
a game Of base bali will be played be-
tween the Ecktords and a picked nine
from the Brown Stockings and River
sides. An interesting and close game
may be expected, Trains will run as
usual to the grounds, on the Louisville
road.
Attention is called to the a6veTtife-
ment in to-dsy's issue Of s.. Msry's
school This institution is under charge
OF the Sisters of Mercy Of the Episcopal
church, and is locate on Poplar street.
For terms Of boarding or tuition, send
for circular or apply to the Sister Sd
perior. The next term begins on the
fourteenth of September next.
The Pamela Star says: 1.-THE farmers
nov begin to swear that they have too
much ain, and they say that it will ruin
the cotton crop. They are hard set to
plesse anyway, Not long ago, when
everything was burning up, we put one
Of cur best printers TO praying for rain,
and now, we fear, we will have to
put him to praying for dry weather
agair."
Quite number of drunken charac-
tiers were arrested by the patroimen last
night. The damp weather has depress-
ing effect upon the system, and in con-
sequence many imbibed freely OF beer
and whisky in order to keep pup an equilib-
rum. Man is kind OF humsps barome-
ter that feels elevated or depressed, &C.
c0rding TO the weight Of the atmosphere.
His being SO, in many instances intoXi-
cation can often be accounted fer upon
scientific principles.
During this week and neXt, several
of cur cotton.seed Cil-mills will shut
down for 8 month. By the last of the
month it is more than probable that all
the Oil-nills IN the city will stop busi-
ness for few weeks and engage IN re-
pairs, e.c., preparatory for another sea-
son o. business. This will throw two or
three hundred workmen out of employ
ment for seversl weeks. The value of
the products employed ct the cotton
mills of, this city reach nearly one mil
lion dollars.
Thomas Mckinney, negro youth,
was arrested last night on the charge Of
shooting at another negro, with intent
to kill. Mckinney says that the other
negro attacked him with a raz r, and
that he shot at him in self-defense in
order to save his own life. He also
says that the pistol contained nothing
but powder, and that when he shot he
then ran for life to escape the man with
the razor. The weapon was a little
single-barreled affair, hardly more dan
gerous than toy pistol.
The Fleming Rambler has depart
meDt of "ansW ers to correspondents"
Ia reply to &C. w." the Rambler says:
az you love the lady, and she loves you,
We se9 no reason why you shouldn't
marry-proviGed you are each of you
worth fifty thousand dollars. But, if
you own nothing but a standing collar
and q spur, and she has nothing but q
standing collar, box of hair.pins and q
pair Of striped stockings, why, don't
do it.u
List OF undelivered kilograms re-
naming at the Western Union teIe-
graph Office, 80 Madison street: J. T.
Washington, Allin A. Park, Matte r D.
enbaum, Ceptain M. r. Harry, J. s.
Hatcher, G. n Grosvener, J. H. Coffin
& Co., Brown & Jones, Shanks, Smith
d Co., VIM. A. Goodwin, M. B Treze-
want, Mrs. VIM. G. Folks, B. ]. Semmes
& Co., VIM. II. Owen, Emile Regnier,
J. s. Drake, B. Bayliss & Co, J. c. John
son & Co., @. Falls & Co., R. n. Blake
more, Forrest & FARES, Sou .hern News
paper Union, Perry & Co., s. NJ. Ander-
son, Katie Kuhn, J. G. Davis & Co.,
General n. B. Forr, st.
"A new volume on the origin of the
American people is announced for early
publication from the pen of William E.
Robinson, formerly member of congress
from Brooklyn, in which he will at
tempt TO show that a majority Of the
early settlers OF the American colonies
Were from Ireland, ard that q laIg3 ma
jOrity of the immigrants to this country,
as well before the revolution as since,
were from Ireland; hence that a very
decided msj )rity of the American people
are Of Irish blood. The volume will con-
tain numerous letters pertinent to the
subject received by him from John
Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Daniel
Webster, Zachary Taylor, Archbishop
hughes, General Scott, Horace Greeley,
George w. P. Curtis, James Buchanan,
w. G. Prescott and others, which have
not yet been published.
The following is the mOrtuary report
for the week ending yesterday afternoon
at six O'Clock:
NAME. AGE SEX. ICOL'R CAUSE.