Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-22
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LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The weather continues sultry.
Sunday next there will be a boat race on
the Mississippi.
Chattanooga will celebrate the Fourth of
July. So will Memphis.
The .fete champetre or in plain Saxon,
lawn party, is becoming popular in the SUI
burbs.
The troubles in the Murphy camp have
been settled, and everything works smoothly
again as usual.
subscriptions for the big fireworks were
liberal yesterday on Main street. Who will
head the list when completed?
Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln, Murphyites, who
appeared here last week, have opened up
Murphy meetings at Nashville.
The Supreme lodge of Knights of Honor,
recently in session at Nashville, adjourned
yesterday afternoon. Boston was selected as
the next place of meeting.
ST. Patrick's Sunday-school picnic, at
Estival park, yesterday and last night, was
pleasant and social affair. 1t was largely at
tended and fully enjoyed by the participants.
"A bankruPtcy petition was filed with the
clerk of the United States court yesterday by
G. A. Dammann and G. Klein, firm of Dam
mann & Klein, wholesale dealers in liquors,
and doing business IN this city.
Captain Reudelhuber's light artillery
company will turp out a section of guns on
Friday next, and will fire salute to the win
ming military company at the close Of the
drill between the "Chicks" and the "Grays."
Those who cannot go to Europe this sum-
mer intend going to the springs; thosa who
cannot go to the springs intend going to the
adjacent country. and those who cannot go
to the adjacent country will remain in town
until fall-and after.
AT the United States court yesterday, In
the case of the Evansville and Cairo packet
company Us. the barge st. Mary and cargo.
Judge Baxter gave judgment against the
packet company for seven hundred and fifty
dollars and costs of suit.
The call of the equity docket of the
United States circuit court was completed
yesterday. To-day the call of the law docket
will be commenced and heard by Judge Bax-
ter. A special jury has been summoned to
serve In court during the remainder OF the
week.
The ice-thief is the new development
and the latest; Last night young man left
a Dig chunk of ice on a door-st on Madison
street, near Main, for few seconds, and
when he returned it was gone. Whether it
melted or was earned away by cool thief is
not known.
The price of nearly everything has drop
ped to the standard of the dollar of-our
fathers. The necessaries of life have come
down In value and price, and even the luxu-
ries of life are falling in price rapidly to
ante-w war values. A half dollars worth of
anything, even yet, costs fifty cents, however
The Ladies' christian association gave
successful ice cream and strawberry festival
at the corner of Main and jefferson streets,
yesterday and last evening. To the managers
of the festival the APPEAL staff return their
thanks for feast of ice-cream and cake, and
a present of button-hole bouquets of rare
perfume.
The temperance meeting at the Green
law Operahouse last night was well at
tended. The proceedings were interesting.
Some forty new signatures were obtained.
The signers to the pledge now number five
thousand two hundred and thirty. Tonight
Miss Hitzfeld and Miss Hartman will add to
the interest of the meeting.
"A number of youths engaged in a dis
cussion last evening at their hall. The sub
ject of the debate was, (which is the most
destructive to mankind; Whisky or WARP"
The orators In favor of whisky were J.
Wright, J. Cohen and C. Cheek Those in
favor of war were l.. Gronauer, II. Legler
and j. Cosnae. The jury decided in favor of
the whisky side of the debate.
1t has been for some time, and is vet,
the custom for quite a number of young men
o. our city to go down to fernando and other
oints on the Mississippi and Tennessee rail-
road on Saturday or Sunday afternoons, and
return to business Oh Monday morning.
Along the line of the road they are known
rs the Linen. buster brigade" Many OF the
gentlemen are AFOREMENTIONED on their