Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-14
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The late heavy rains had fine effect on
the fields and gardens.
DE Murska as NORMA" in Don Pas
quaIe, at Estival park tonight.
The fireworks to be used on the Fourth
of July will weigh about three thousand
pounds.
The county Democratic convention meets
this morning at nine clock, at the EXPOSE
ton building.
Ex-Governor Hendricks, of Indiana, has
been invited to join us on the Fourth of July
and deliver an Grafton.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Sabbath
school will picnic at the Leath orphan asylum
grounds on Saturday, June 18th.
"A large bear, weighing over two hundred
pounds, was killed, few days ago, by Mr..
Bland Oswell, four miles south of Holly
Springs.
Tomorrow night the commencement ex-
ercises of the Christian Brothers college, on
Adams street, will be held at the Memphis
Theater.
Country exchanges which come to us in
blurred copies are politely and carefully laid
away and gently placed in the scrap basket
without further notice.
-LIbrettOs of the opera Don PdSguale, by
the DE Murska opera troupe at Estival park
this evening, can be had at Peters's hat store
under the Peabody. where tickets are on sale.
Captain Reudelhuber, of the Bluff City
artillery company, who was so badly beaten
by roughs at Estlval park a few nights SINCE
is recovering. His injuries are serious, but
not necessarily fatal.
Says an exchange: Tell me, ye angelic
hosts, ye messengers of love, shall swindled
printers here below have no redress above?
The angels tapped their wings and said, TO
us heap is given; delinquents on the print
ers' books can never enter heaven
Nashville american, 18th: 'tJohn F.
Cameron, captain of the Memphis Bluff City
GIays, has written letter to the managers
of the Atlanta fair suggesting the probability
OF their taking part In any competitive drill
which may occur there at the approaching
fair"
Irish World, five cents per copy; Irish
Democrat, five cents per copy; Detroit Free
Press, five cents per copy; Burlington Haiok-
eye. five cents per copy; and all the late
dailies, .weeklies and monthfies, at S. B.
Dickens's, No. 2S5 Second street. Papers
delivered free In any part of the city.
Give us Fourth of July orator who is
not tainted with the Presidential election, or
who is not an indorser of the same. A square
Democrat and Confederate soldier is the man
to crate on the Fourth of July. General
Tracy will no doubt look outside of WASH
ington City and Hayes cabinet for a speaker.
If anybody objects to the nominations
made yesterday by the Democratic county
convention, put him down as a postoffice
Radical in full bloom, or in disguise or a
Nationalist, who is the handmade of Radi-
calism, a second fiddler to the Grant and
fraudulent party now in power at Washing
ton.
-Mitiiner and DFesSmdker, Peters Musi-
cal Monthly, Lire Stock Journal, Wonldn
and her Master, new novel In cheap series,
price twenty cents. This series now embrace
over four hundred new and standard novels
at the attractive price of ten and twenty
cents each. Go to Mansford's and get sup
ply of above.
The ladies of st. Lazarus and Grace
church will give an excursion on the popular
steamer Andy Baum, on Monday evening,
the seventeenth instant Good music has
been engaged, and the ladies having the af-
fair in charge are determined to make it the
event of the season. See advertisement in
next Sundays APPEAL.
When residents of the town leave to
travel northward, or eastward, or abroad,
and when asked the question, Where is
Memphis? it would be strictly correct to re-
ply that Memphis is 29o 81 feet above the
level OF the sea, and is In latitude thlrty-fve
degrees seven minutes north, and longitude
ninety degrees seven minutes west.
Mr.. Penn closed his series of meetings
in the Central Baptist church last night To-
day at five o'clock, and tonight at half-past
eight o'clock, he holds meetings in the First
Baptist church, to which all are invited. His
longer stay in Memphis depends on the inter
est manifested In the meetings to-day and to-
night.
The commencement exercises of the
Presbyterian high school takes place ton light
at the Memphis Theater, exercises to COM
mence at half-past eight o'clock. The friends
of the school are cordially invited to attend
Tickets of admission can be obtained at the
office of Mr. C. B. Wexford, No. Madison
street.
About one o'clock yesterday morning
burglars entered Mrs. Thomas Nagle's store
and residence. No. 100 Rayburn avenue, but
succeeded IN stealing only seven dollars 1t
Is believed that the burglars entered the house
for the purpose of robbing Mrs Nagle's
brother, Mr.. L. Burton, of Helena, Arkansas,
who Is here for few days before leaving for
Europe.