Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-30

if held under the fingers in same position.
As Eugland Is the mother country, the coin
il thus happy hit. There are those, how
ever, who will look upon it as bad omen.
The attendance at Elmwood cemetery on
Wednesday next, Decoration day, will be
quite large, but there are hundreds who
will not be able to leave their business
on a week day, yet who would gladly attend
were the celebration to be held on Sunday.
The better the day, the better the deed. IS
an old and trlte motto worth a score OF Purl-
tanical quotations of a semi-religious char
acter.
Our soldier boys are working away at the
company drill, with a view to attend and
participate in one of the competitive drills
to be given this fall at Atlanta or st. Louis.
The Porter Rifles have not as yet accepted the
invitations sent them from st. Louis and At
lanta, because they are laying tor the
Chickasaw Guards, and desire to know where
that company will drill, SO that they an
meet them once again.
Quite a large meeting was held by the
temperance people at the Greenlaw Opera
house last night. Several good speeches
were made, and fine vocal music was rem
dered by the choir. Tonight another meet
ing will be held, and of an interest
ing character. Noon-day prayer meetings
are held daily at the Jefferson street temper
ance hall. On Saturday, at the same place,
the children's temperance meeting will be
held at four o'clock in the afternoon.
Parties DESTROYS of attending the races
at st. Louis, to commence June 9TH and con-
tinue until the tenth, can now have rare
chance of doing so. Round-trlp tickets, ria
the ST. Louis and Iron Mountain road, good
to return until the twelfth, will be on sale at
the Louisville and Nashville railroad ticket
Office, on the first of June, at the greatly re-
duced rate of $14 40 each. Some of the
finest stables in the country have been en-
tered as contestants, and the stakes added
amount to over twenty-one thousand dollars.
The business transacted at the criminal
court yesterday was as follows: Lou Mason,
malicious cutting and stabbing, jury and ver
dict guilty of malicious cutting, and sentenced
to imprisonment in the penitentiary for two
years; motion for a new trial made by defend
ants counsel. Louis P. Beurer, malicious
shooting, jury and verdict not guilty. Richard
Young, assault with intent to commit murder
in the second degree, jury and verdict guilty
as charged, and sentenced to one years i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary, but the jury
recommended to the governor. to commute
six months of the sentence. Richard Young,
disturbing public worship, verdict not guilty.
Richard Dung, carrying concealed weapons,
verdict not guilty. Ed Twohill, assault, jury
not agreed as to verdict. Ed Twohill, car
rying concealed weapons, case on trial.
Now that many members of the Mem
phis press have been elected complimentary
honorary members of military companies,
these warriors are reading up works on tao
tics, and are preparing to go through the
manual OF arms and the famous bayonet ex-
ercise. Mr.. Brewer, of the -AUalancbe, be-
longs to the ''Chcks, and Messrs. Landrum,
of the AUalanche, and Brennan, of the AP.
PEAL, belong to the bluffs, - and Mr.. Hop"
Johnson, of the Ledger, belongs to the Light
Guards. As Butler, in HudibrGs, sang:
1.-The ancients make two sev'ral kinds
OF proves in heroic minds
The active and the passive valiant,
Both which are Id17 GofG gallant;
For both to give blows and to carry,
In fights are eQ,tS necessary.
Hence timely running S no mean part
OF conduct in the martial art;
By which some glorious featS achieve,
As citizens by breaking thrive"
AT the United States circuit court, yes
terday morning, Judge Baxter delivered an
opinion in the case OF Frank P. Walker rs.
The complainant in this case filed bill to
compel The Knickerbocker life insurance COM
pany to issue to him paid-up policy or pay
him the equitable value of lite insurance
policy on which he had failed to pay the pre-
MUM. Defendant contended that complain
ant had not complied with the conditions of
he policy, and therefore was not entitled to
anything. Judge Baxter, IN deciding the
Ease, said he was bound, however, as judge,
20 administer the law, and therefore would be
to sustain the demurrer of the de-
Fendant On motion of defendants counsel,
thirty days was granted in which to amend
The bill, in order that complainant might, if
ne could, lay some ground upon which his
dill would be sustained or the relief prayed
for granted. According to the statement of
he conditions imposed, the complainant had
TO nav a certain DremIum annually. and
within specified time, and unless so paid,
he amount previously paid was to be for
'eltei and the policy to be Cancelled. If,
however, application for payment be made
before forfeiture of the policy, the company
vas to issue paidup policy or give COM
claimant an equitable surrender value of pol
cy. Mr.. Ed L. Belcher appeared as attorney
or the insurance company in the trial of the
ause.