Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-02-27
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moon hung in the dark western heavens. 1t
was a beautiful sight-one which no painter
c3Ild depict on canvass. As Moore sang:
..OD such blessed night as this,
We often think II friends we're near,
Bow We should feel, snd gaze with bliss
Upon the moonlight scenery here.
The printed and trankad speeches Of
Hon. George 3. Robinson. of massachusetts,,
Of TIE house Of representatives, az W asnlng-
ton, on improvement Of the NtSS!SslPPt
River; of Hon. B. +. Martin, Of west Nir-
gInia, on No Subsidies to Railroads, and OF
Hon. STANLEY Mathews, Of Ohio, on Chinese
Talmiqrati0a, have been received at the AP-
PEAL Office.
The carcagses OF fouc deiunct purps have
been quietly repcsiug Tor nearly two weeks
in the vacant lot on the north side OF jack
son street, between Second and Third streets.
We suggest that they be either pounded,
carried to the dump. or crsmated before tie
red-hot rays Of July's sun pour down upon
these unfortunate yelpers; If not they viii
melt We make this suggestion out OF re-
spect to the canine fraternity, IT nothing else
At quarter past three o'clock, yester-
day afternoon. ii fire broke out III an Ola
diiaUidated frame sL2Hty, ut ~ Market
SQUARE, the sbenty being occupied by BECKY
Lewis, q negro woman. Inc root and upper
story were badly damaged by the tire. The
ireboys were at once on the ground, and eX-
tinguished the flames. Iheiotd r0okery was
not worth ten dollars, aud 1t would have been
a blessing if 1t had burned to the ground.
At the criminal court the app Hackett
murder case hangs FIRE. The argument OF
counsel closed on Tuesday afternoon last, but
under the new act OF the legislature theJudSe
has 10 deliver written charge to the Jury.
In addition 10 the regular charge IN murder
cases, the counsel Of the defense presented
forty pages in foolscap Of special charges,
which they asked Judge Ray TO deliver to the
Jury The charge Will be delivered. some time
to-day.
VIM. Parker, who was brought back to
Memphis from K0komo Indians. by Sheriff
N 'Gowan, has not only been indicted for the
murder CT the le5a Mrs. Parker, bat he viii
be indicted for horse stealing Immediately
after the murder of Mrs. Foster, Parker stole
the horse upon which he escaped. He con-
le5scG the horse stealing to Deputy
Harris ald told where the horse could be
found, he having sold the horse and with the
money so received reached kOkOmo, Indiana.
In the chancery court, yesterday, Ia the
case of Hart Us. Giles, a suit founded on q war
contract 10 the purchase OF cotton, the It'll
giants being partners, q recovery Is now
sought on a replevy bond given under an at
tachment proceeding. Both parties subse-
quently became bankrupt. The court held:
"BSnkJUgt cannot, alter being SO adJudged,
prosecute suit to recover property which
should have gone 10 assignee; nights. It any,
acquired only at bankrupt sale. No recovery
can be had against the surety, 0s no judy
| ment can be rendered against principal"
- Ten arrests were made by the police on
Mardi- Gras forenoon, and eleven on MardI-
| Gras night. The large majority OF the ar
| rests were made on charges OF being drunk
and disOrderiy. Ransom Nohatt, coIorad,
was arrested on Mardi Gras day on iae
charge of attempting TO pick the pocket OF
4 l. z H. .Av-.s al II
! ored, was arrested On the charge Of larceny.
Altogether, Mardj-Gras day passed Oft
quietly. The drunken men were the only eX-
ception, and they either went home or were
locked up ST the stationhouse,
Yesterday a gentleman doing business
on Madison street, near Main, lost from his
| room a dress coat and so Informed the police.
Last night white man intoxicated WAS ar
rested by the police and he wore the missing
dress coat. The coat left by the man who
carried off the fashionable RS, was shown
the drunken man and he at once said: why,
that is nv coat; but whose coat is this l am
wearing?" The truth is that the man had
been frequentlng the Madison street man S
room and had changed coats while iutOXi
Gated OF course there was 70 stealing n
| the case. Both parties ate well known IN our
city.
Yesterday afternoon, at the criminal
| fore Speci8l-Ju5ge John d. Adams. MIR.
| Stratton stands indicted for the killing of a
negro named Emanuel Cohen, at CollierViIe
| some four years ago, or on the seventeenth OF
| April, 1875. At former trial Of the case in
| he criminal court, he was convicted by the
| Jury and sentenced to twenty years imprison-
ment in the penitentiary, but the supreme
court reversed the decision Of the court be-
| low and remanGed the case for new trial.
The hearing OF the testimony will be renewed
to-day. The State is represented by At
torDey- General Turner, and the defense By
General Horrigau and Judge Logwood.
The age OF any actress On the American
stage is most difficult to get at, except when
she Is a chIld-wOnder or prodigy, and thea
the midget is put down in the bills by lying
managers as several years younger than she
really is. You cannot iaaten a manager down
as to the age of his star-aCtress. He will not
tell you the truth by many years, and news
paper men will know this. Oar dramatic
critic has often had to blush for the manager
of a company, when the manager uttered an
auachronsm with deliberate intent to de-
ceive. The Louisville NeI0S says of Lolita:
Lolita Crabtree Is the real name OF the little
actress who plays here this week. Her first
appearance IN Louisville was al the old Full
Ter operahouse in 1853. Size was then seven
teen years old. She is now about eighteen.
The row between the stone cutters and
Burns x BenneT, marble contractors, for the
customhouse, amounts TO this: The stone
cutters say that they will not 20 10 work
again for less than two dollars and ftty cents
per day. Contractor Burns says tnat he
agreed TO pay the skIiltul workmea two dol
lars and fifty cents per day. and the incom-
petent ones he agreed TO pay seventy FIVE
cents per foot. The strikers claim that Mr.
Burns had upon his black list a large number
OF the best stone cutters in the country and
the result was that it forced them 10 this
strike, as they could not, st Mr.. Burns's rate
make more than ore dollar and fifty cents per
day The strikers say they will hold out, and
the contractors say that they will hold out.
Between the two, should both hold out, the
customh0use viii net be finished until other
contractors take charge Of affairs
CHI ncellor NJ Dowen yesterday overruled
the demurrer as to jurisdiction and misjoin-
der of parties in the case Of the Memphis
and Little Rock railroad company rer8us H.
J. COIN and Herman Caro-, and required an
answer. This litigation involves some new
and very interesting questions as to the rights
of custody and ownership Of certain railroad
tickets stolen about year ago from the gen
eral ticket office of the company at Little
Rock, and afterward purchased by one Of the
defendants, one holding for himself and as
agent Tor his cO-detendant. The defense
claimed the tickets possessed no value by
reason Of not being stamped by the local
agent requisite essential to render them
current over the lines Of the several roads
over which they purport to give passage to
a holder. though stamped at tbs general
office. The company claim otherwise and
demand their return, that settlements with
other connecting roads may be had. Under an
injunction the defendants hold the tickets,
but are unable to use or dispose of them uu-
der the restricting powers OF the writ.
The police and FIRE COMM sioaers yes !
terday made the following selections for Of !
fees: Fer South Memphis marketmaster. |
r. II. NJ Cain, cllor5d; for hospital physi- |
clan, DR.. 4. A. Laurence. The salary Of the /
hospital physician was fixed at one hundred /
dollars per month; q house On the n07Ulfai /
grounds, fuel and light viii be furnished him. |
and he TO furnish his own provisions. The
hospital has been taken out Of the hands |
of the board OF health, and has
been erected into "a separate apalt-