Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-23
Oliver, FiRDR&
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The weather yesterday was just beautiful.
The streets are in fearful state! Mud,
mud, and mud only.
The police made two arrests up to
twelve o'clock last night.
The ladies, God bless them, were out in
large force and brilliant array
The cotton exchange was lively yester-
day with buyers and sellers.
Cotton continues to come by steamer,
rail- and wagon in liberal quantities.
Our hotels are crowded with visitors from
the surrounding country and from abroad.
Our merchants are hard pushed to ELL
the orders received from their county patrons.
The chain-gang will have to "whoop-
them.
The city hall precincts are very quiet just
at present His honor, Mayor Flippin, is acting
recorder.
George App, who used the pistol argu-
menti in liquidation of pair of boots, has not yet
been captured
Our streets present an ever-changing
living panorama, diOTama kaleidoscope Just you
may choose to call 1t.
The hats of the season, and the hats that
are in style, are sold by Leidy Co., Main street,
the leaders OF fashion.
The trouble with our detective force is
the small amount of money allowed fo= their ex
penditures In capturing malefactors.
The police and firemen, we understand,
will not receive any pay until the first of January.
DOh dlO llSJ W liNO OUllIS INC lIlSllh.
The ticket office at Hollenberg's music
store for the sale of reserved seats at the Memphis
Theater, will be open to-day after nine O'Clock.
-"Oa, say, can you see by the evenings
starry light the moonbeams brightly shining through
your b-rglass at night?' ASK your wife when you
go home late.
1t is impossible to get quorum of our
city fathers together at present. and our private opin
wish to serve should resign.
The cotton exchange yesterday reported
the receipt of 1917 bales OF cotton; shipped 2179
bales; and the stock running account, 58,41O bales
The sales fer yesterday were 25OU bales.
We yesterday received a ine, large
lobster from Ssessel Sons meat, game and fresh
fish depot corner OF Jefferson and Second streets,
that was fine specimen Of the marine world.
There will be meeting Of teachers this
afternoon at the Office of the school board to draft
resolutions Of respect to the memory of Colonel
James T. Leath, late superintendent of the public
schools.
John T. RAYMOND, during bis engage
ment at the Memphis Theater, will play g. Colonel
Mulberry sellers" in Mark TWain's celebrated Gded
Age: Risks, new play, and hurried Life and
Only three tramps applied at the sta
tonhouse last night. and were Accommodated with
6ed in the coo'er. This morning the IT corder will
shovel to cl AN the streets with.
Our worthy mayor is considerably exer-
cised over letters he daily receives from parties east
He lately received a letter from lady residing in
Baltimore, advising him to sell the " HERMITAGE If
there is no other way Of paging the cty's indebted
ness.
The popular insurance order, known IS
the Ancient Order of United WoTkmen, Will have
paid, in Il short time, to the widows and orphans of
the late yellow-feyer epidemic in this city, about
one hundred thousand dollars. This with kindred
organizations are supersediBg the old plan of life
insurance very rapidly.
-Cohn and his pal, name unknown, the
dollars on THURSDAY night were captUred at Milan
last evening. Detective PTEde lett on last nights
train, and will bring the scoundres TO the city this
morning. When caught they had over eight hundred
dollars on their persons.
The Tuscumbia North Alabqmian has
peculiar claims upon the business men of Memphis.
The patronage of north Alabama Iegitimately be
longs to this city, and the ALlbjt has persistent
ta6oFed 70 direct Il here Only few days since
Memphis, by showing, in 2 long and able article,
Inat while the present cotton crop OF north Alabama
to the purchase of goods In Nashville and Louisville
EVER NUMBER OF ne AEL6GIts.a4 has something to
trading point for north Alabama. Such Jealous
champion OF our city should be literally patronized
thur 81. Keilar editor of the NOTth 4ia5qnja is in
the city and Will call on our merchants today.
Next Monday evening the gifted come
dian John I. Hammond supported By his own com
pany, will open the dramatic season. He will ap-
Gitded Age, and "PembeItOn Pembroke" in HiSks
After Mr. Raymonds engagement Will follow in
rapid succession GotthOld * Rails Uncle Tom com
bination with new version of UHcIe TOMS Cabin,
with t0bee-singeIs, Transformation scenes etc thu,
Union Square theater company, Nth their great play
Celebrated CdSe with all the scenery, Costumes and
caste as played over one hundred nights at the Union
Square theater New York; then comes the gifted
Mary Anderson for Christmas week; Lolita Will fol.
low with her new play L. Cigatte IN addition, the
Joseph Murphy Kerry Gov combination: the VIII
Iiamsons, in Struck Ola Robson and Crane the
great character actors of the country: ModIeska
Fanny Davenport, Mccullough Lawrence Barrett the
Coville Folly company, E-s. Oates's opera company
the Danites combination, Sals1uIy's TrOubadours.
EmeTsOn's mlnstTelS, and d number OF other of the
best companies In the country have been engaged
and will appear during the few months remaining Of