Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-29
OLIVER, FiNNlE & CO
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Glorious races at Olympic park on the
Fourth.
Make your business known by advertis-
| ing In the APPEAL on the Fourth of July.
AS an uptown humorist said, sold man
Rawlings cannot be 'feeced' out of his Of
| fee"
The monograph is the talk of the town,
| and many there are who want to witness it at
| work.
The regatta at Mound City bend, to-
| morrow afternoon, will be witnessed by a
| large concourse of people.
The board of health should at once dis
| infect streets, alleys and back-yards, now
| that the hot season is upon US.
The members of the Driving association
are all expected to meet at the park this
evening at half-past five o'clock.
Subscribe and help Tracy out on the big
fireworks contract. No man who is able
should decline to give something
Disease breeding odors coming up from
gratlngs at night, on our principal streets,
call for the attention of the health officer.
Sinks and privy vaults should be emptied
and dlsinfected by our board of health. An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
AT Collierville and at other points in the
county heavy rains fell yesterday morning
This had the effect Of cooling the atmosphere
somewhat.
Harry Dockery, colored, who was shot by
A. A. Slaughter in Chelsea last Sunday Is re-
covering, and has been pronounced out of
danger by his physician.
-Workmen are engaged putting down
derrick stay posts on Madison street, near
the cotton exchange, to be used when work is
resumed on the customhouse.
La Sonnambula and Daughter Of the
Regiment are the operas in rehearsal by our
musical clubs at present. They will be rem
dered in public sometime this fall.
After subscribing to the fireworks, the
enterprlslng merchants of the city would do
well to bring their business to the eyes of our
visitors by advertising IN the APPEAL.
Several OF our streets are being repaired
while others are left in a hopeless state of
decay, filed with ruts and mud-holes In wet
weather, from which emanate most noxious
effiuvia.
The Humes Rifles, company of youths,
had full attendance at drill last evening.
Several Chickasaws and Bluffs were present
to see the boys drill, and they reported quite
favorably.
The Fourth of July issue of the APPEAL
will be an unusually interesting one, and a
few thousand extra will be printed. Adver-
tisers, "place your money where 1T will do
most good
Detroit Free Press, Irish World, Irish
Democrat, and Burlington HaWk-Eye, five
cents each, and MGee's Illustrated Weekly,
six cents, at Dickens's Curiosity Shop, 2S5
Second street.
-Bonny Kate, by Christian Reid, is meet
ing with such success that the first edition
was exhausted In few days. Mansford
received a second supply last evening. Call
and get copy.
The gentle rain from heaven, which, like
the quality OF mercy, is twlce blessed, came
| down last night upon the thirsty earth, which
drank it up, and no doubt felt as refreshed as
newborn Murphyite.
But few transfers of real estate are made
at present in this city. Quite an amount of
improvements in the way of building is in
progress in the business portion of the city,
likewise la the suburbs.
Last Sunday night two prisoners, con-
| fined in the Osceola, Arkansas, jail, managed
| to escape-Martin Mitchell and white man
named Tidwell. Sheriff Driver has offered
rewards for their capture.
The Radicals and Independents held an
other meeting at their secret den on Front
| street, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose
of considering the ticket and making ar
| rangements for the campaign.
Now that the Tennessee marble bill has
become law, an air of business prevails In
the customhouse yard. Preparations are
| making for the reception of the Tennessee
marble, out of which the customhouse is to
be completed.
Quite number of Memphians, who love
racing, will leave tomorrow and Monday for
Louisville, Kentucky, for the purpose of be-
ing present at the great Tenbroeck-M Carthy
race, to come off on Thursday next, the
Fourth of July.
AT Esival park Sunday night, in addi-
ton to the excellent musical programme ar
ranged, the Edison photograph will repro
duce several cornet solos and other musical
productions especially arranged for the occa-
| sion. Admission as usual.
Thousands of country people will be in
Memphis en- the Fourth to witness the grand
| display of fireworks. Merchants should recol-
lect that all these visitors will read the APP
| PEAL. Those who advertise on that day will
| get good returns for their investment.
| The city fathers, next Wednesday, at the
| general council meeting, should sustain the
president of the board of health in his
Iaudable efforts to prepare quarantine sta
! ton at the foot of Presidents island, to be
ready for practical use whenever necessary.
| The more the National-Radical ticket
was considered by citizens yesterday, the
| less was thought of its strength. The De-
mocracy intend electing their ticket by al
least four thousand majority, and the boys
mean what they say, and don't you forget
it."
| The Chickasaw Guards have filled the
vacancy caused by the resignation of First
Lieutenant James S. Richardson, by electing
to the position Third Lieutenant n. d. Camp
and the latter vacancy was filed by the cleo
ton of Sergeant II. Wright as third-heu-
| tenant.
Last Thursday night the steamer Calf
| While up the river on an excursion with the
Helping Hand club, steamed into heavy
rain-sto above the islands known as the
Hen and Chickens. About midnight few
drops of rain fell on Madison street and
Front.
There will be no lack of public amuse
ments here on the Fourth of July A horse
trot at Olympic park, an orphans picnic al
Estival park, a regatta and sklff race al
Mound City bend. a long-range ride match
in South Memphis, and fireworks on the bluff
at night.
"A correspondent from Colliervllle, Ten.
nessee, wishes to know the seating capacity
of the Greenlaw Operahouse, and the natiV.
ity of Madame Janauschek. The Greenlaw
Operahouse will seat from ifteen hundred tc
two thousand people. Madame Janauschel
Is native of Bohemia.
Mayor John r. Flppin has not been sc.
lected as pastor of the Christian church