Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-27
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"A certainty. In religion the contrlbu-
ton box.
"A cool proceeding-driving a Memphis
ice-wagon.
The first good political fight" opened
out yesterday.
"A few days more and everybody will
know who is who"
Reunions and barbecues are prevailing
throughout the State.
Peaches and milk is the great luxury at
present afforded gourmands.
The job-printers of Memphis are en-
gagged in striking off election tickets.
-Counclmen and aldermen, do your duty
regardless of the voice of the alarmists.
Like roasted potato, just drawn from,
an oven, the political canvass is decidedly
hot.
-Four cases were registered on the docket
last night as the catch of the police drag
net.
and stiff breezes was the weather bill of fare
last night.
The Mobile and Ohio railroad, with all
its franchises, ETC., is to be sold on the nine
teenth OF August.
The steamboats, laid up at the river front
are cleaner and in better condition than any
portion of Memphis.
MANY curiosity stricken people were on
the bluffs last night to witness the John Pur-
ter and barges pass up.
Evening horseback-rides, buggy and
hack drives are the epjoyments INDUCED in
by those who are lucky.
The Poplar street turnpike extends three
or four miles out of the city, and is in SPLEEN
did order for pedestrians and horsemen.
The contractors will commence paving
the levee to low-water mark as soon as the
river gets down to extreme low-water stage.
Twenty dollars for candles and
matches, Is the bill rendered lately by sly
retailer OF whisky to firm against one of its
members.
Next Monday Is the great eclipse day,
and the people should be smoking their
glasses to see the complete workings of the
moon and sun.
IF anybody's clothes-line has been raid
ed recently, they will get information at the
stationhouse that may lead to the recovery
of the clothing.
We hear from a reliable source that the
Democratic ticket is rapidly gaming strength
In the fifteenth district, which embraces a
portion of the ninth ward.
The ordinance regarding hacks and ex-
press-wagons around Court square keeping
their Stands clean is not daily Observed
too much refuse matter and no lime.
America has eighty-four thousand miles
OF railway, all nut ten thousand miles of
which are in the United States. Great Britain
has less than seventeen thousand miles.
-Workmen are engaged In repairing The
bridges on Second and Third streets. This
will be good news to those who have to make
circu'tous route from north of the city.
"A fire plug on Poplar street, between
Main and Front, was yesterday turned on,
when the citizens In its neighborhood cleaned
up the filth and dirt that had accumulated.
"A small sorrel mare, with d star in her
face and badly harness. marked on her shout
ders, was stolen from George Smith, colored,
at Glencoe. Such is the dispatch given to
the police.
The Ninth and Fifty First Tennessee regi-
ments will hold reunion at Clopton, in this
State, on the eighth of August. The Sixth
and Ninth will also gather together to-day at
Denmark.
Most young men can wear a cane. II is
an economical garment; no buttons flying off,
no seams ripping, no rents occurring, nor
holes wearing through. The inventor was a
great man.
The Commonwealth distribution COM
pany Is chartered by the State of Kentucky,
and its drawings are supposed to be perfectly
far. The next big draw will occur on next
Wednesday.
The clouds hung low and rain fell all the
morning north of the city yesterday, while in
the south hardly cloud was visible, and the
sun shone fercely and hot. Let some learned
doctor explain this.
The average Memphis novel-readers at
night gently fold their clothes away and
crawl under the mosqnito-bar with fan in
hand, and pursue such light food as their
minds take fancy to.
That fife and drum did not draw from
the first ward as the Nationals of the third
expected. And the transparent coffin was an
insult offered our county trustee that others
than gentlemen can only engage IN.
Docs your sister Annie ever say any,
thing about me, s1ssy?" asked an anxious
lover of little Memphis girl. Yes was
the reply; ''she said if you had rockers on
your shoes they'd make nice cradle for nv
doll"
A small attendance greeted Captain John
Cowdon at the Memphis Theater last night.
which was no doubt due to the ward meet
lngs going on and the extreme hot weather.
The captain should address the people at
some other appointed time.
A monster rattlesnake, five feet six or
seven inches long, about eight inches in cir
conference and having twenty rattles and a
button, was killed near the old Raleigh road,
Wednesday, by colored man. The skin was
brought to the city yesterday.
The Cincinnati Commercial says: There
is a lady living at Fort Jefferson who recent
ly gave birth to triplets. Two of them are
as white as the mother, and one is as black
as any negro" Perhaps the mother herself
is black.
Yesterday. upon the request of DR..
Erskine, of the board of health, Wharf
master Kallaher ordered the use of a tug to
convey the sanitary officer down the river, in
order to meet the John Porter, said to have
on board cases of yellow-fever, and instruct
such steamer to pass on without landing.
Little Rock will soon be visited by the
old Memphis hrass band and Handkerchief
orchestra of this city, where they will give
three concerts. We guarantee that these
musical gentlemen will entertain the citizens
of that place with as good and rare music as
ever greeted their esrs. Treat the boys we'll.
The young gentlemen of Memphis will
be glad to learn that in bon ton it is quite the
thing not to wear kid gloves on any occasion
less solemn than a wedding. This informa-
ton comes from a reliable source. and can be
depended on as being accurate. loneliness
bare hands-it Is said. needs not the aid of
foreign ornaments, but is when unadorned
adorned the most.
Alien Riggs was arrested by Deputy
Steuf Bradley yesterday morning for steal
ing the satchels of ReVs. James Coleman and
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