Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-17

| to wash no poor white trash's clothes so lonl
as dem Towards is in de land"
The school board meets tomorrow night
Every member should be present.
The theater halls of this city will soor
| be opened, and attractive programmes are
promised.
The city engineer should look to the
| crossing af Wellington and Monroe streets
Immediately.
The criminal court yesterday disposed o.
one hundred and two whisky cases, without
convlcting a single one.
We wish it understood that the THE
| arrested on Friday was not Jim Glass, cap
| tain of the III 'Clellan Guards.
There will be divine services in all the
churches this morning. Read the religious
notices, on the first column of the sixth page
Joseph West, a colored man living neal
Looney' switch, Friday night had a neigh
| Dor, Moses Brown, arrested for stealing &
COW.
Thirteen boats LETT the levee last even.
ing for various points on the river, all vieine
with each other IN the liberal patronage re-
ceived.
Many rocks are piled on the levee, an
evidence of business Of some character, not
withstanding the visit of Yellow John and
his destructive powers.
Barney Hughes says that many Of
the refugees who had nothing but linen
suits with them, grew hump-shouldered try
ing to dodge cold winds.
Schools for males and females are re-
opening, and teachers of excellent character
are being employed to Ell the vacancies Of
those who ''sleep forever"
reference is made to the criminal court
calendar, published this morning. The ma
pbInprIr u uyc~lT1ncy oY1 oil in.
terested will do wisely 10 perform its de-
crees.
superintendent Phillips, of Elmwood,
reports one thousand and eighty yellowfever
int7ruents for Elmwood, and says the total
intern ents during the epidemic are estimated
at six thousand.
well, l am up and about. but I'd
rather meet the fellows III blue clothes any
tune, than see that enemy that gathers you
by the neck and spine, say the boys who
are convalescing subjects.
Moses Brown, for larceny; Thomas Tay-
l0r, for a lively drunk on Jack Stortz' S
whisky, and John NJ Donnell, for a con-
temptlble mlsdemeanor, were the names re-
corded on the police docket at six o'clock last
evening.
The first "U. S." man seen for long
time was found last evening on the corner of
Adams and Front streets. He couldn' t mount
his horse, but he managed to make signs,
and those signs cost him nights lodging in
the stationhouse.
The city officials are once more at their
posts of duty, and ere long we shall lie pub
fishing proceedings that, we hope, will be
OF interest and advantage to the city In
future. Get to work, gentlemen, and let the
past be your guidance.
The cotton news association not having a
quorum of its members present yesterday,
adjourned until Monday evening next. All
the members are specially requested to be on
hand at this meeting, as business of impor-
lance will be transacted.
New Orleans merchants kick because we
Of Memphis will not die and leave them the
entire business of the Mississippi valley. We
propose to divide with you, gentlemen, but
that Is all. The world is wide enough; there
is room enough fer all.
B. NJ. Estes, without being asked, re-
mitted the rent of Mrs. V. Cohn, on Main
street, for the months during the epidemic
We are glad to see that our property owners
will not let all the glory remain with our lib
eraI- hearted brethren Of the north.
The calling of "Othello" for the cpl
demIc Of 1878 has passed away, and every
man who wore the robe of this written man
has sunk behind the brass knob of his bust
ness door and crieth aloud in this mornings
APPEAL, "Read our business and leave
your orders,
The Heather Chinee, that bustling hum
and busy bee in the land of the great ard
the home of the free-oh! where is he? We
used to greet him on Madison street, where
he was ready of tongue and nimble of feet;
but the times are hard, and likely to be, and
the Heather Chinee, oh! where is he?
The markethouses last evening, for the
first Saturday night since the epidemic, wore
the usual old-time business hours. Every
body got market basket full OF choice eata-
bles, and to-day many souls will enjoy their
frstsquare meal. There was no square eating
in refugee times, hence the marketing Of
yesterday.
Every man answers his hearts dictates in
performing an Grand Of mercy, but when he
is interrupted by an open gate on a dark
night be forgets his purpose and INDUCES in
language inappropriate. Such was the luck
of newspaper singer Thursday night. Our
advice is to hang the gate On the inside, or
we shall ask the sergeant-at arms to inter
fere.
On Monday, November 25th, the hall of
the Memphis theater will be opened and a
season Of regular plays begun; The pro
gramme opens with John T. Raymond as
"Colonel Sellers" in Gilded Age, and as
our amusement-loving folks have seen this
able gentleman in his portfolio, of course it is
unnecessary to mention that rich treat lies
in wait for those who attend.
The Garfield orphan asylum will be
ready for the reception of colored orphans on
next Wednesday, November Goth. A meet
ing of the colored orphan asylum associa-
ton will be held at Avery chapel on Monday,
the eighteenth instant commencing at half
past seven o'clock The public are cordially
invited to attend and participate in the pro-
ceedings. Edward Shaw, president.
The question is being asked by all those
interested, why does not II. B. Ramsey take
one or the other office to which he has been
elected? Should he show a preference for
the Shelby county representative, it is almost
certain Major Maccabe would occupy the
other. If he should show preference for
hoater representative the county would be at
the expense of ordering another election.
AT a meeting of the chamber of COM
merce, yesterday, Sam NJ Gates, ESQ, was
elected secretary of that institution in the
place of John S. Toof, resigned. Mr.. Gates
has long been one Of the most prominent
merchants of this city. Before the war the
house of Gates & Wood, of which he was
the head, stood among the first mercantile
concerns of the south. Since the foundation
of our cotton exchange, of which Mr.. Gates
is the respected superintendent, he has been
chairman of the committee from which have
emanated those lucid and exhaustive reports
which have become famous on both sides the
ocean-those reports were from the able
hands of the new secretary Of the Memphis
chamber of commerce, Mr.. Gates.
The following is a list of the Masonic
contributions received by Mr.. John Frlzzell,
grand secretary Free and Accepted Masons
Of Tennessee: Tennessee, $2014 S.; Newly ork,
$500; OHIO, $2618 IS; Michigan, S2484 rs;
Illinois, $23l2 So California. $1,000; Penn
sylvanla, 5000 50; Minnesota, $500; Con-
necticut, 800; District of Columbia. $3.50;
Canada, $3.50; Utah Territory, $685. 25;
Iowa, $475; South Carolina, $454 IS; West
Virginia, $3.50; New jersey, 1921 AZ; Mis-
souri,, S245; Alabama, SIP 68; Idaho Ter
ritory, $3.50; Delaware, $131; Dakotah Ter
ritory, 800; Colorado, sos rs; Nebraska,
$50; Kentucky, 500; Arizona Territory,
$50; Maine, $50; Montana Territory, $50:
Indiana, $25; Kansas, SIS; Texas, S.. Total
amount received, $24, 1873 20; total amount
paid out, $16,330 80; balance on hand,
1888 20.
The following is the mortuary report for
the week ending six o'clock Saturday even
ing, November II, 1873:
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