Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-21
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Court circles were extremely dull yester-
day.
The weather yesterday was cool and
CLOUDY.
The hotels are showing up a large reg
istTy of names.
Fruits Of every description are visible at
all of our fruit stands.
Our street cars yesterday were crowded
to their utmost capacity.
-Rerieao de la Mode and Demorest for De-
cember at MarsfoIds
We will soon have "snow, beautiful
snow and won't you be glad?
For the benefit of travellers we will state
that our railroad timetable Is official
The police up to twelve clock last night
made six arrests, mostly DRINKS and dlsOrderlies.
The criminal court will, to-day, continue
work on the docket published last Sunday morning.
Game and fish of every description is
being shipped from the lakes surrounding to
Memphis
Christmas is fast approaching, and the
boys ask the question: " Have you money enough
for egg-nogg?"
The cotton exchange yesterday was well
Of the feecy king
VIM. Watson, for grand larceny, was
checked for three years In the state penentiary by
the criminal court yesterday
The ladies are putting on their winter
attire, and although their clothing Is Cf a sOmber
tint, yet tbs pleasing to the eye.
Boxes and bales of merchandise and cot
ton are now rewn along the sidewalks, where few
weeks ago only collins were to be seen.
w. w. Wage. colored, for the pleasure
of five minutes wife-whipping, paid twenty-five dol
lars In the recorders court yesterday.
The case of Thomas Kane, for INSIDE
meanor, was continued by the city court. He will
answer this morning, and receipt his account In
The sidewalks were again crowded with
country visitors and the thoroughfares with vehicles
chandise. W
Thomas Ward, arraigned in the criminal
court yesterday for assault AID ba terry was fined five
dollars and COSTS BE walks the streets once more
better man.
Colonel M. D. L. Stewart Yesterday pre-
France Island, which weighs over six pounds. who
will bring in the next?
The receipts Of cotton yesterday as re-
shipments, 1884 bales; stock on hand 1906
bales; the sales were 34OO bales. We are not dead
and not likely to die yet.
OF the knowing ones prescribed as preventive of
yeliowfeyer whisky and sulphur but after they were
to about sulphur. or, whisky either.
Frank Robinson, of Friars Point, Missis-
slppl, lei out OF pecan tree, distance of forty
feet to the ground and was pi ked up and taken
Will recover, and in few days be as well as ever
The Memphis Theater reopens on Mem
day next, with John 7. Raymond in his great i'm
PRESERVATION OF Colonel Sellers In Millions IN H.
The box Office will be open Friday for the sale Of
tickets and all parties wishing TO reserve seats and
themselves with tickets beforehand.
Chief Athy yesterday received the follow
Ing letter from W. s. Rawson, chief of police Jack
sOnville, Florida " VIII you be kind eHonoh 70 Let
me know II Miss Fannie levitt Is now In yOuT civ or
whether she Is numbered among the victims of the
terrible scouTge OF your late afflicted city, Any one
knowing OF the whereabouts of the young LADY Will
confer favor by giving the information to the chief
Of police.
Three of the prominent members of our
school board met last Monday night in solemn con-
claye, TO congratulate themselves their wonderful
escape from the fever Just at the time the cODgrat
atons were most in order, and the flowing bowl was
being largely circulated a distant rumbling was
heard, and very parceptble, uneasy motion of the
floor, earlhquakey in fact, attracted their attention.
They did not stand upon the order of going but slid
down the steps at once.
The vagrant law should be carried out
in good TAI h. Let the poor, miserable hungry and
naked tramp seeking an honorable existence have
some snow IN the world; don't shut him up in jail
ana DaDg him around In the criminal court, put
ting the county TO thousands of dollars in costs Tf
any arrests are mace let the police take up those
WHO are professional tTamps and vagrants whose
object Is robbery on the slightest pretext The of
GERS should be more the alert than ever for the
city is fast coming full of egcers sharnerS and
villains ' '--0
AT meeting of the colored Orphan asy.
lum association II was announced, by the president
that possession Of the Garfield orphan asylum had
been made 1or the benefit OF colOred children where
upon commlttee-c0nsisting of Fl. ". Settles Rev
j. p. mcconnell, Rev. Jas. Lott. EIgaTd Shaw Mrs
=. r Armour. MIS- s. II Tho epson, Mrs. S P
Pickett, airs. > itoyd and Captain J. E. Glass-was
appointed 10 get tie hous7 In readiness and report
prog ess on honday, November 25th A com
nlitlee was also appointed to arrange programme
OF exercises for the opening of the asylum.
There was quite stir created at the
criminal court yesterday by man named Ham