Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-18
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Jury cases are on trial at the Shelby cir
cult court. -
The red-badged delegate has disappeared
for season.
| John V. Savage has been made deputy
clerk of the criminal court.
| Tonight Miss Marie Hitzfcld's bene6
comes off at Estival park.
No dark horses were permitted to run OF
win a race over the convention track.
The way the Eckfords defeated the Ea
giles at Central park, on Sunday last, was
to 0.
The heavy rains of Sunday night clean
| ed the streets, alleys, cutters and sewers
| somewhat.
| The local political pot, which has been
boiling for many days past, is simmeriDg
| down once again.
The opera Don PGsqudle will be pre-
| sented at Estival park for the last time on
Wednesday night. d. .-
1t took four days and three halls for the
| convention to nominate a county ticket of
thirteen candidates.
Several fashionable marriages between
young people residing in the city and sub
urbs are referred to as about to take place.
| Out of one hundred and thirty candidates
| but thirteen secured nominations. The re-
| mainder were defeated and sent sorrowing to
| he rear.
-DeDiOyest, Frank Leslie's Ladies' Book,
English Young Ladies Journal. Reviei0 de
la Mode, are all on hand of latest dates at
Mansford's.
The popular move in the convention
yesterday was to adjourn, but it failed to be
recognized until It assumed the sine die shape
and complexion.
-Leslie's Lady's Magazine, Appleton's
Magazine, English Young Lady's Journal,
and DemOrest, all for July, at R. II. Spang-
ler's, 1856 Main street.
Be sure and call for a copy of Demorest,
for July, with that magnificent colored chro-
mo entitled, 'Innocents Abroad" at Spang-
ler's, 1856 Main street.
Ernest Burgess was convicted on the
charge of larceny at the criminal court yes
terday, and was sentenced to ten days i'm
prisonment in the county Jail.
The closing scene of the convention, yes
terday, was about as harmonious as free
fight. The boys were mad, and all sorts of
threats were made as to the ticket.
The weather and the business were so not
yesterday at the convention that the dele
gates DOTTED their coats and vests, and voted
IN their shirt-sleeves for their favorites.
There was great excitement in the first
and second wards of the city last night. The
Irish citizens claimed that they were sold out,
lock, stock and barrel, in the convention.
"A well-filled pocketbook was picked up
on Main street, near the Peabody, yesterday.
A white man got out of wagon, picked up
the lost pocketbook and drove off rapidly.
The members Of st. Lazarus and Grace
(EplscopaD church INDUCED IN pleasant ex-
cursion up the river last evening to Island 40
and back, on board the steamer Andy Baum.
The Nationals have gone to work again
with vim, to take advantage of the bolt in
Yesterday q n
up big combination for the August cleo
tons.
"A lady living on Main street. in Fort
Pickering, complains that boys steal her hogs
running outside the corporation limits, and
impound them. She had to pay them out
twice.
The Savannah (Ga.) Weekly .Ne,cs will,
on the sixth of July, commence publishing
a new serial entitled Mrs. Dares, by Mrs.
Ophelia Nisbet Reid, popular Georgia au
thoress.
Only Rose from Mothers Graue-
song and chorus-words and music by John
L. Rutledge. Published by Pond & Co.,
New York. For sale by II. G. Hollenberg,
Main street, Memphis.
CHARLES B. FORD, who has been in charge
of his brothers. Poplar street store for the
past two years, left last evening on the Belle
Memphis for Denver, Colorado, where he ex-
peCCS 10 SpenQ tne summer.
Some one at the convention yester-
day, during the stormy scenes, cried out, mo
Irish need apply" As he did so he made tracks
for the door, followed by several indignant
and incensed Irish delegates.
The employees in county offices, the chief
officers OF which failed to secure nominations,
are preparing to make other arrangements
to pack their trunks, and move out next Au-
gust on late summer excursion.
The Ladies christian association will hold
reunion from seven to eleven o'clock to-
night tuesday, at the residence of Mr.. J.
G. Johnson, Poplar street. Refreshments
and music. Proceeds for the benefit of the
poor.
The. Memphis and Paducah railroad will
sell tickets at one fare for the round trip to |
those who come to see the fireworks on the |
fourth of July, the tickets good for four days. |
The country is aroused, and will turn out in |
force.
Boys Of NeO York, FIVE cents; Ne,o York |
Boys Weekly, five cents; AppIetons Jour
nal and Den'Orest's Magazine, for July; De-
1crdt, five cents, at S. B. Dickens's, No. 285
Second street.
Yesterday afternoon the two colored mil
tary companies, the Mcclellan Guards and
Louaves, headed by brass brand, paraded
the streets, accompanied by dusky queen in
4 rockaway, who presented a new flag to the
Guards at the Exposition building last night
The galleries of the Theater were crowd
I'd with noisy sovereigns at the convention
and they looked down upon the
delegates with a sympathizing and patroniz-
ng air, yet they encouraged them by their
applause In manner not to be ignored or
lnheard.
AT an adjourned meeting of the Mechan-
cs building and loan association, held last
night, the following officers were elected: G.
'. Rambaut. president; Joseph Haynes, vice.
president; II. J. Ward, secretary; John g.
Lonsdale, Jr., treasurer; Smith and Collier,
solicitors.
John Leach, base-baller, who was arrest
I'd on the charge of being one of the party of
-oughs who attempted to kill Captain Reudel-
huber, at the Bluff City artillery picnic, some
nights since. was brought before the recorder
when the investigation of his case
was continued.
Last Saturday night burglar entered a
residence near the corner of Georgia and Or
eans streets. The robber attacked Mrs. Ma
ley, who discovered him in one of the rooms.
and compelled her by threats to give up some
money and aiot of jeweIry, after which he
made his escape.
Prior to the adjournment of the copyen-
ton yesterday, the delegates passed a vote of
thanks to the chairman and secretary. They
forgot the tellers and the busy REPORTERS If
tine press, who daily noted down and nnb-
llshed their doings and sayings. The dele.
gates have the thanks of the reporters for
sine die.
The CITY and counfy deIaoatas Co., A. |