Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-26
OLIVER, FlNNIE & co
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

| The warm weather has come again.
| Fourth of July feteS are in prospective at
present.
| The Chickasaw Guards were out last
| night engaging In a street drill.
The Helping Hand excursion comes of
| tomorrow night on the steamer Calf.
Yesterday thirty-fve hundred dollars of
| the Planters in urance company stock was
| sold at sixty cents On the dollar.
The July interest on the Memphis city
mpromise bonds is being paid by the
German national bank without rebate.
The speech of Colonel A. S. Colyar, of
Nashville, delivered at Cochran hall last
night and published in to-day 3 APPEAL, will
attract attention.
Wild Oats. No. 6; Ne,c Boys Monthly,
Boys Of Neie York, five cents each. Romola
novel, fifty cents; at Dlckens's Curiosity
Shop, 285 Second street.
The regatta next Sunday will be one of
the most interesting and exciting of contests.
The four crews were out In their ''shells" last
evening practicing for the great race.
The complimentary concert, picnic and
hop given to Miss Marie Hitzfeld at Estival
park last night was largely attended. 1t
was pleasant, social affair. The music was
excellent.
The newspaper reporters have been
elected complimentary honorary members OF
the boat clubs of the city. The reporters are
with the boys, rowing In the same boat, but
not with the same skulls.
Those who bolted from the Democratic
convention are still angry, and still swear all
kinds OF vengeance, not only against the
county ticket, but the Democratic nominee
for congress to be made this fall.
"A shanty occupied by colored people,
and situated on Center alley, near Exchange
street, accidentally caught fire at eleven
o clock yesterday forenoon. The flames were
extinguished before much damage resulted.
"A Fourth of July temperance procession
is being inaugurated by committee of citi-
zens. The committee will meet again to-
night at the Jefferson street temperance hall,
when the reports of the subcommittee will
be presented.
AT regular meeting of the Bluff City
library ASSOCIATION, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing quarter: L. Gronauer,
president; W. A. Stone, vice-president; w
l.. Surprise, secretary; S. Fl. Nook, treas-
urer; ). ID. Schwarzenberg, librarian; &. l..
Cheek, sergeant-at-arms.
Three members of one of our ,at clubs
rowed from Randolph to the mouth of Wolf
river, In a four cared sklff, yesterday after
noon, in four hours. The distance by river
Is sixty miles, but by running the cut-offs and
chutes the boys reduced the distance to about
forty eight miles. This was at the rate OF
twelve miles an hour.
Mr.. Acklen, the Louisiana congressman,
who figures so extensively In a scandal at
Washington, resided in this city few years
ago, after he had left his home at Nashville
He was noted here as lover of fine hunting
dogs, fine guns, and a frst-class shot at
pigeons over the traps. He engaged in many
contests over traps here with the different
gun clubs.
Tho P,o0T.nnosuo will ha iSo,,ad for ba
benefit OF advertisers and visitors to the
Fourth Of July celebration, the first number
appearing on the third of July. The pub
Usher, Mr.. M. A. Mansfield, is an experienced
journalist, and will make the Programme
one OF the features of that occasion. Five
thousand copies will be issued on each day
third and fourth.
have made several efforts to hatch out
ticket. but the old hen has failed. The can
dldate- producing eggs were found badly
added and spoiled, probably on account OF
the hot weather, or the old hen may have
been attempting to hatch out a lot of decoy
China eggs. Tomorrow another lot of eggs
will be put under the foul fowl, and another
attempt will be made to incubate a ticket
composed of Nationalist, Radicals and In
dignationists.
"A Front street poultry dealer, who has
been missing his fowls lately, concluded that
several domesticated coons IN the neighbor-
hood were making nightly raids on his ccops,
and set a trap for them. No coons were
caught up to yesterday evening, although
the closest watch was kept on the traps. The
visit to the traps yesterday evening, however,
resulted IN more than was bargained for, as
1t was discovered that negro boy was held
tight and fast in the jaws of the trap, and
was yelling vociferously for some one to re-
heve him. He explained his misfortune by
stating that he was lies passn' long like,
and the trap closed on him sudden like, fore
he knowed anything about IT. He '"clared
fore God be WASH t arter nuthin, out jes goin'
long" His J and was released from the
trap, and he was permitted to go about his
businesa