Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-12-13

At that time the counsel and the Judge or the jur,
are within lev iest OF each Other It's terrible OF
tatters and shout when a whisper would do?. Ham
let's" adyce 10 the players ought to be studied anc
followed BY every advocate.
Beware of taking cold during the pres.
ent season. According 70 the old verse and tomb
stone inscrL tion-
Across the world the wind did blow
She ketched cold that laid her low
One or two criminal court officials have
a severe OF APPEAL on the brain. 1t is the bes
thing they had there and If the attack stick.
70 them for life 1t will make men OF them and lif
them from the plane of dullness and medocritI
where for years they have been sOjournng and feed
ing.
But one arrest was made by the day DO
twelve o'clock last night one arrest was made,
pr we'd that the legal rights or c0lored men az
recognized and enforced In our city by our able 20
lice force.
notwithstanding the low price Of cotton
good sale OF fancy grades was made 10 Mr.. u B
one bales, the price ranging from nine and FIVE
and seventy dollars and seven yeiSbt cents or near
Is hfty dollars Der bale
There is very little inducement offered for
early rising In this city. Should you get up before
find yourself enyeloped at every poiOt in dust and
dirt which the Po[ters are sweeping out of stores,
and deiuged with dirty water which the same indt-
viduals are pitching on the sidewalks.
AT the criminal court, yesterday, the case
OF the State as Robert Drury. murder, was hear
ing. The States witnesses we're examined, and the
examination will be continued to-day. General
HOrrgan, Judge Adams and Attorney General Tur-
ner REPRESENT the defense The State is represented
By Special Attorney General A. 81. Douglass. sssss
The office of sanitary sargent should now
be revived by the general council, and Ex-Sanitary
Sergeant W. s. Rogers, who did such heroic service
as a Howard during the great plague, ought to re
elected to fill the Ofica. Memphis never had bet
ter or more Industrious sanitary officer. He knew
his duty and always peril rmed 1t In a correct
ner.
"A gentleman residing on Poplar street
asserts that the residence No. 448 Poplar. in
which PatrOlman Mcconnell died OF yellow lever IN
August last, has been closed since that time. He
properly suggests that the building be opened and
properly ventilated and deslnfected, which, II not
done may result in breaking out of yellow fever In
that immediate vicinity next spring.
"A colored man who broke Jail and es-
capped during the late epidemic was recaptured yes
teTday by the pol ce. When conveyed to tire Adams
street StationhOuSe and while his name was bt Ing
enrolled on the records of the police court the pris
in search Of liberty; but there was fate behind
him, In the person Of POce-Officer Mitchell, col
Ored and that officer, drawing his siXshoeter. fired
couple OF shots at The fugitive, VINO. not being OUT
OF range, hove 10 AZ surrendered. The aptured
criminal was uninjured
The trial of Joseph Devlney for the kill
ing of John Harold. which referred to In a re-
vii ur station, on the Memphis and Paducah rail-
road before EsQuiTes j. w. Alexander and B. W.
Pryor. The defendant was fully and honorable
acquitted. Captain Maccabe who conducted the
cessful management OF the ca.e has been highly
commended by citizens of the Point" II Is said
that at the election for oater, Saturday week. he
Will carry that district