Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-28
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The Humes Rifles will engage in drill
| tonight.
Up to twelve o'clock last night the sta
| tionhouse docket failed to pan out an item OF
interest.
Many leading citizens are about to organ
ize first class male academy OF the non-sec-
tartan character.
Horse. trots have been inaugurated at
Olympic park by a club of gentlemen who
own roadsters and buggies.
"A big crowd of temperance folks went
down to Horn Lake, Mississippi, yesterday,
| to enjoy picnic IN the woods.
Three big races on the Fourth at Olym-
| pic park Already some of the best horses
| In this section have been entered.
Many friends of MIR. Owen Dryer insist
| that he will not accept position on the had
| ical National ticket. The company does not
suit him.
Quite number of Memphians, lovers of
| horse flesh will attend the great race to come
| of at Louisville between Tenbroeck and Mol
| y NJ 'Carthy.
"A gentleman from Mississippi gave Mr.
Tracy FIVE dollars to assist In paying for the
| magnificent display of fireworks on the even
| ing of the Fourth
Temperance meetings continue to be held
| throughout the city, but the excitement is
| dying out, probably for want OF further ma
| terial to work upon.
| At st. Johns church, on Vance street,
| tonight, a temperance meeting will be held.
| Mr. T. P Winchester and Mr.. j. j. Peres
will address the meeting.
| Last Wednesday a boy named John
Britton, playing with some other boys In
| mill in North Memphis, was accidentally
| pushed against circular saw which badly
| lacerated his arm.
| Mr.. Snedekor will commence exhibiting
| of Of uuO
| o'clock, in the store No. BOT Main street,
under the Peabody hotel. Admission,
twenty-five cents
"A street-car driver, R. F. Calhoun, was
arrested Yesterday on the charge of driving
his mule against a colored child, on Main
street, near Union. The accident is believed
to have been purely accidental and unavoida-
BILE.
The Mississippi and Tennessee railroad
company has issued a prospectus for the
| Fourth of July celebration in this city. Halt
rates for the round trip will be charged pas
sengers from all stations between here and
Grenada.
The farewell testimonial benefit rendered
| Messrs. Jackson and Keefe comes Oft at the
| Memphis Theater tonight. An entertaining
| programme has been arranged for the coca
sion, and all who attend are guaranteed an
evening of rare enjoyment.
of comment yesterday. The mercury in the
thermometers firted up among the nineties,
while few well located tn ermometers lndl-
Gated ninety-6ve degrees. The latter point
was caused by reflected heat.
Memphis Encampment, No. 80, 1. o. o.
F., at its regular meeting last night, elected
the following officers for the ensuing term:
]. T. Leake, c. P; Il. Backer. H. p; VIM.
Albert, S. W.; VIM. Henry, ]. W.; George
W. Smith, scribe; Fl. M. Gage, treasurer.
Cesar" the pet dog of the household
in South Memphis, yesterday fell a victim to
poisoned meat, according to the ordinance.
The following Shakespearean quotation is In
order: upon what meat doth this, our
Caesar feed, that he has grown so greatP'
Yesterday afternoon youth named Jim
Donnelly, with some other youths, was plling
up slaves at the Memphis cooperage factory,
south Memphis, but while so doing the pile
of slaves tumbled down, breaking young
Donnelly's leg and slightly iDJuring the other
boys.
To-day being the feast of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus, the closing of the Novena,
at st. Mary's church, corner of Third and
Market streets, there will be solemn high
mass at nine o'clock in the morning, and SOL
emn vespers and procession with the blessed
sacrament at half-past seven o'clock In the
, evening.
An omnibus, loaded with passengers,
, | coming from IQo MenpQlS anu bOulsNllc
railway depot about eleven o clock last night,
got wheel caught and wrenched Oft In the
street railway track in front of the No.
engine house, on Main street. The passen-
gers were changed to another omnibus ana
sent to their various destinations.
From a sample of Irish potatoes sent to
the APPEAL office by j. l.. Lowry, who re-
sides on Union avenue, three and one-half
miles from the city, three potatoes were Sc
lected at random, and the three weighed four
and one-h half pounds Even where the potato
originally came from, In its native lair, South
America, no larger specimens can be found.
AT a meeting last evening of the Irish
literary association, at their hall on Poplar
street, the following officers were elected to
serve for the ensuing term: NJ. Gavln' pres
ident; E. G. Kremer, vice president; II. b.
| Cullen, financial secretary; John j. Shea, re-
cording secretary; John Lilly, treasurer;
: Thomas Keely, censor; A. W. MarchildoD,
librarian.
; The temperance meeting at the Jefferson
street hall last night was we'll attended, not
withstanding the extreme heat. Mr.. Parks S
! address was an excellent effort, that both edl-
! fed and entertained his hearers. The meet
ings will be continued every night at st.
. Johns church, corner of Vance and Lauder
dale streets, and at the Baptist church In
> Chelsea. Good speakers will be on hand
: and, as usual, the best of music.
{ All day yesterday West Court street
}, near Main, was the rallying point of all the
!; colored politicians of the city, during the
= secret deliberations of the Radicals and Ma
tionalists, at their hall over Guy, Mcclellan q
Co.'S store. on Front street. The polItica
talk, swearing and staggering by the col.
ored citizens reminded people forcibly of the
palmy days of carpetbag rule in Memphis.
An evening paper states that Mayor JohI
r. Flippin has been elected pastor of tn,
Linden street. Christian church, rice Rev. DR.
Walk, who has resigned. We presume the
V mayor has been elected lay pastor only, be
"a cause If elected clerical pastor he would hav,
e to resign his Office as mayor. You canno
O. take care of coupons and souls at the SAM
y, n time. The theology of each do not mix well
sc What use can the photograph be put to
1e is a question asked our reporter by scores o
4 citizens. If you fall out with your wife o
sweetheart the instrument could be put 4
" practical use. You could abuse each othe
n during each others absence-this would b
more polite and respectable than fighting i
mt out In the usual way. If you want to max
Mt love to your wife or sweetheart, the instru
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