Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-06
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The Irish literary association elected
| officers last night.
| The work of setting the marble blocks
on the customhouse progresses slowly.
! Sanitary affairs are the Chief topic Of con-
versation throughout the city at present.
The weather is again running up among
! the eighties, and will soon pass the ninety
| point OF the Thermometer.
The broad Mississippi is on the rise
| again. The late heavy rams up the country
were the cause Of the upward movement.
The annual commencement exercises in
| Miss Fanny Mays and Miss Cora Ashes
| rooms, Market street schools, comes off to-
day.
The Helena ARK. Rifles will anticipate
iu the celebration of laying the cornerstone
of the customhouse On the twenty-fourth in
slant.
Summer will begin on the twenty first
instant, the longest day in the year.
"No price is set on the lavish summer.
And June may be had by the poorest conner"
The legislative council considered several
matters in secret session, with closed doors,
yesterday. The matters so considered, how
ever, were not of any great public impor-
lance.
The sanitary laws and regulations are
being strictly enforced by the new govern
ment. When the delinquent santarian is
DEOuknE DeIoFe Ir. E0fCSr TO be tried ne VIII
be convicted and fined heavily.
The mission at St. Joseph church, South
Memphis, which is to be given exclusively
for the benefit of the Italian residents of the
city, will commence this evening at eight
O'Clock and will close on Sunday.
Sunday next, at the Presbyterian church,
corner of Poplar and Third streets, a COM
mencement sermon will be preached to the
graduates Of Miss Higbee's school. The
scholastic exercises will take place on the fol-
lowing days.
American Agricult,nist, Lire Stock
Journal, Country Gentleman, Rural Life
and Southern CHitigat0T, these works, Of In
t9rest to farmers and stock-raIsers, can be had
at Mansford's book and news depot, 298
Main street.
The Central Methodist church Sunday
school will have their annual picnic Saturday
next, the seventh instant, at MITCHELL tank,
on the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad.
All must have their baskets at the depot by
half-past eight o'clock in the morning.
In day or two President Prestidge will
announce his ward sanitary committees,
whose business it will be to visit all premises
In their respective wards and make an ac;u-
rate report IN printed book tolm as to the
condition OF SUCH premises, and make report |
daily to the association.
The funeral OF the late J. A. Thompson
took place yesterday from the Central Meth |
odIst church, colored. Rev. Mr.. Locke con-
Quoted the funeral services. The eoIored Odd |
Fellows and other civic societies turned out |
and attended the funeral. The church was |
crowded during the services ard the funeral |
OF the deceased was largely attended.
The following officers were elected by |
the IRISH Literary association last night: |
President, Nj. Gavin; wee PRESIDENT, James |
reilly; recording secretary, r. A. Odlum;
financial secretary, Dennis Smith; treasurer, |
John Lilly; librarian, Thomas Fisher; censor,
Thomas Keelg. The society intends fitting |
up hall IN some central portion of the city |
ere long.
Arrangements are being made to accom-
modate ten thousand people with comfortable
seats around the grand fireworks display to
come off on the Fourth of July. This is
done for the comfort of those who have al
ready and. who will subscribe to the finest
pYrlc exhibition ever seen in the south. The
children will go into ecstacies over the great
show In preparation for them.
The Pinafore and Memphis archery clubs
engaged in a contest yesterday afternoon, on
the grounds of MIR. Amos Woodruff. The
PInafores won the match, best three in FIVE
games. The young ladies of the Pinafore
club shot well, and made telling hits, if not
On the target at least on their beaux. The
:ontest was witnessed by large number of
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music and dancing followed
The Grand Temple of Honor and Tenn
perance of the State of Tennessee, met last
lIght in this city and elected the following
officers, to serve one year: Il. o. Milton. G.
w. T.; Z. Colby, G. W. V. T.; c. L. Geb-
lardt, G. w. R.; J. Chase, @. w. T.; J. L.
Bourne, g. w. o.; w. Carr, G. w. G. D.
,. Nj 'Dougal and John Graham were elected
representatives. to the supreme council,
which meets in Hartford, Connecticut, in Au-
gust, 1879.
To-day, the sixth instant, is the ami
yersary of the gunboat fight in front of the
'ity, and the capture of Memphis by the
Federal forces IN 1862 In the APPEAL Of
ice can be found the first solid shot fired
rom a Federal gunboat. The shot went
dreaming over the city, and buried itself
ieep in the ground near the old spring in
he Charleston railroad yard, where it was
accidentally found almost two years ago. 1t
vas the shot which opened the fight on the
liver.
AT the criminal court yesterday, Joseph
dhoon and Jesse Shipway were convicted of
arryin0 deadly weapons, and were fined
fifty dollars each. 1t will be remembered I
hat some time since these two young men
we're out on a spree in a hack with two I
ourtesans, and when a colored policeman
ttempted to arrest them, they fred a num-
'er of pistolshots at the officer, one ball
aking effect In his thigh. For this latter