Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-23

VI 'Pherson, of the Federal army. Many 0
our 'ex's remember the event.
Our good Court square keeper Shout,
raise his crooked stick now and then upol
some of the white and black bodies tina
snooze with their full length upon benches il
the two squares, to the exclusion of peopl
who desire the comforts of the shade.
Policemen are giving dogs buttons, which
| disposes of the dogs very quickly, says thu
Railsoay Record, and adds: 1T would be
good idea to distribute some around in fami
hes where the old man is always growing
about having no buttons This kind will stoI
his fuss"
The stores of Messrs. A. J. Vaughan {
Co., and c. B. Carter & Co., were entered
on Saturday night by thieves. But the con
tinued tramp OF moving people, seeking com
fort from the heated atmosphere, kept thu
thieves nervous. and they lett without ac
complishing any injury.
On Vance street. near Echols, while {
barouche was being driven across carriage
bridge, one of the wheels went through large
and dangerous hole, upset and tilted the oc
cupants. Beyond shocks, no injury was done
but the occurrence proves what hole vii
do when not repaired.
"A large number of Memphians left Sun
day evening for the watering-places, having
given up the idea that Memphis will ever
again be visited by agreeable weather. Prof
Tice predicts that we will have three more
pleasant days, and the remainder of the
month will be very hot and sultry.
Sunday night gentleman and lady were
thrown from buggy on Second street while
attempting to cross the Louisville railroad
A train was standing at the time on the rails
and the escaping steam frightening the horse
caused the buggy to upset, turning out both
parties and inJuring them severely.
The new and elegant quarters of Captain
X. w. Lightburne, the popular steamboat
agent, at No. Monroe street, which were
opened to the public yesterday, were the CEN
ter of attraction to large number of business
people, river men and members of the press
The captain entertained his visitors with char
acteristic dignity.
"A colored Democratic meeting which
took place last night at Vaughan's grocery,
on Union avenue, was largely attended, and
much interest was manifest. Speeches were
made by Messrs. Greer, Perkins and Dent.
The colored people present seemed very much
interested in the speeches, to which they
gave the closest and most orderly attention.
Henry johnson, colored an escaped con-
vict from Colonel Ensley's plantation, was
arrested yesterday morning in the recorder 8
Office, where he had come to be witness in
a case to be tired before that official. He was
lUChct u - III Tic SldtlOuuOuSG W AVID d1l VI
fcer to take him back to serve three years of
an unexpired sentence from the criminal court
of Davidson county.
The bricklayers yesterday commenced
work on the building at the corner of Front
and Gayoso streets, opposite the Gayoso
house, for the new Memphis manufacturing
enterprise of the Carvers cotton. GIN COM
pany. That portion of the city is assuming
quite manufacturing appearance. There IS
g,
ing manufactory, machlne-shop, and some
others of the kind, all within square.
--Messrs Brooks, Nicely & Co. received
yesterday morning per steamboat Illinois, the
first new open cotton bloom of this district,
raised by colored man on J. D. Zeigler S
plantation, near Concordia landing. The
first new open bloom was received last season
by Thomas II. Allen & Co., August 18th, and
was raised near Frars Point. So the first
new open bloom this season was received
over three weeks earlier than last season.
"A bale of cotton from Texas reached ST.
Louis on Saturday from Schulenburg, Fayette
county, Texas. 1t was graded strict low
middling, sold at auction for thirty-one cents
pound, and was sent to New York for
transportation to Liverpool. In our cotton
exchange yesterday was shown an open cot
tonboll from this neighborhood, showing
that we may expect this season an early first
bale OF cotton from our own cotton district.
In the recorders court, yesterday. State
cases were made of Andrew Levy and Robert
Mahoney, arrested for larceny; James Hoch-
ran was fined FIVE dollars, for being drunk;
Ed Murry, assault and battery, forfeited twen
ty-fve dollars; Lee Hardy, proving, fined
five dollars; Tim O'Conor, assault and bat
terry, placed under bond; Thomas Ayers,
drunk, fine five dollars; Sam Cannon, James
Cannon, Ellen Lucas and Lucy Kelly were
each fined five dollars for disorderly conduct
Colonel Barney Hughes "phew! p-h-e-wI
pfu! fues!" IN his last Record fearfully, and
advises his readers Literally how, when and
where to go. He says the poor nose must
silently submit to the imposition of the ex-
plosive expression ''Phew!" and that it can t
blow without subjecting the proprietor to the
mental If not audibly-announced epithet of
"hog." This meaningless but unconsoling
word is brought into action TO interpret in
tense heat, intense smell, intense disgust, and
intense doubt.
The Memphis Light Guards were out on
the principal streets last night, undergoing
the tortuous meanderings of a drill, and we
must say acquitted themselves with good
deal of credit, considering it was their second
appearance. Captain Richard 81. Allen, jr.,
Ger, and will ere long have his company
among the best drilled in the State. The
young men deserve encouragement in their
aspirations for military glory. They will drill
again Thursday and Saturday nights.
The following is correct picture of some
Of our Every smart Alexis" who board street.
cars in shirt-sleeves, cigar in mouth, and
funny words on their tongues. Barney
Hughes says: "Men should never again COM
PLAIN of women In street-cars. Just witness
the space occupied by man on warm day.
He sits sideways and launches those big feet
Of his across the aisle as if he had a legisla-
tive right to make a toll-gate there; looks as
graceful as if the mule had kicked him and
broke him about the terminus of the back
bone, and entertains look of possession as if
ne was the only hog entitled to wallow in that
spot"
We have received from II. G. Hollen-
berg, Main street, the following new publ
cations: Say Your Prayers and go to Sleep"
I'm Going Back to Alabama to DE-" Re
member the Old Folks at Home" dreamy
Eyes have Gone to Sleep" Sweet Little
Face in the Candle Her Pretty Fa e is
Pictured in my Heart, " Though Poor. Tn
Friend to You STILL are by John T. Rut-
edge, who seems to be as prolific a song
writer as Foster. kiss and be Happy"
polka, by Henry Farmer; Saturday Even
ng," polka mazurka, bv A. E. Ritter, and
Il Elegant, a mazurka de salon, by Alice
3. Ritter.
That enterprising manufacturing con-
,ern, the st. Louis manufacturing company,
ire charging their premises at Fort Picker
ng. Yesterday they commenced a three
story brick building, fifty by sixty six feet,
With e-proof floors and roof; also, TWEEN
y-four by thirty six brick building. These
Ire required, as the company is extending its
operations, already very large, for it pays over
Ight hundred dollars week In wages. A
q 4nce over the show of goods and yarns, and
eady-made clothing from cloth of their own
and of blankets of a quality and
lyle of finish nowhere excelled in this coun-
ry, to be seen at their sale-rooms on Union
treet will show that Memphis is making ad-
Tances IN manufacturing few Memphis people
re aware of.