Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-04
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Cotton continues to advance in price
-Emerson's minstrels at :the Theater
again tonight.
The criminal court did but little busi-
ness yesterday.
The Arctic wave waved over Memphis
yesterday and last night
-Overcoats, and fires In stoves and CRATES,
were in demand yesterday.
The Mississippi river continues to 90 up
ward and onward toward hugh water mark
Our German ,fellow-citizens will soon
have to be making arrangements for the an
nual Maifest.
Monday night next, TIE Warde &
barrymore troupe will appear at the Theater
in Diplomacy.
The Riversides and Quicksteps, base
ball clubs, will play game at Central park
on next Friday afternoon.
But four arrests, and all for drunken
ness, were made by the police Yesterday and
up to twelve o'clock last night.
Burglars and thieves continue to get in
their work throughout the city. Keep your
pistols ready and your powder dry.
The Bluff City Grays have elected Cap
tain Bob Wise, of the steamer J. w. Gaff,
an honorary member of the company.
The sellerss who stand between the
planters and the buyers, are making all the
money in the rise in the cotton market.
The Italian society of Memphis met last
night for the purpose of considering business
OF interest to the members of the society.
Another frost yesterday morning mao a
the air feel sharp and cool yesterday. " he
Northwestern blew strong and steady ali day.
The colored folks from LOUISE, - and
Mississippi continue to go up TAG river on
steamboats, in search of an ~ ,orado in
Kansas "
The work of cleaning cf9 y % stroats a,d
alleys has been suspended ~ the commIs-
sioners until property~0wg ers come up and
pay taxes.
The law clast: Of Re nphis is in ouite a
hourlshlng condition. The iudpes and fine
members OF Sac bar deliver lectures to the
class regularly.
=. Ire Chlckasaw Guards, with their
coYslas' tnelr listers and their aunts," in
t . u giving INIT popular comic opera, II. NJ
D. PinGJ0re, TO the public ere long.
-On the eighth instant. Tuesday n ext, tht
great louisiana State lottery drawing comes
OIL. by investing two dollars YOU paw draw
the capital prize, thirty thousand dol lars.
The minutes of the chancery court wert
signed by Chancellor M'Doweil an d an adj
lournment OF the special December term will
pc naa' The April term commences on Mon
day next.
The races to-day at Olympic D. ark will b.
as follows: First race, mile heats, best thre,
IN hvS 10 harness and rule; We entries
second race, mile heats, two in lii rec, to road
wagons; SIX entries.
"A cooking main between Mississippi
arkansas and Tennessee, will take place a
Correll garden, Poplar street boulevard
April 9Th and Sth, for one thousand dollar
side. Cream o. all.
No Moses is leading the colored peopI
to Kansas frovI the lower Mississippi valley
the Egypt OF North America The promised
land canno. be found by them in Kansas
unless theJ pay for it at q. round price
The two lawyers who had pleasant
Wordy controversy at the circuit court OF
wednesday last, haze settled their little
trouble amlcaby, Ithout the necessity OIL
visiting Arkansas ia search of cancon anC
| coffee '''" N''
Taxpayers, step up and paw yorr take
TO the new city government. The ,axes ar
due, and why net pay them at o. 90 en- tina
the sanitary work can 60 on, ar i Az notice
wages? 5 Can he' 'Do
bo Man S e;x'hhange says: 1.-THE foolish ma
hoideth his hands, and saith. sThere is n
man Is T not so snOui h al" srtise?' But the wis
newspaper, and yerilT ,oopeth 1t up IN To
from afar off. ne "i""e'u
The ball to be .;,,a, for tho horaet Of n
widows and orr gwen ior t Tue Iia g for -
the saventeenn the night OF Thursda.
bn;,5;no :; !, / instant, at the Expositio
barn StfS, g -ead of on the fourteenth,
heretofore st .ated.
ort ne No .mphis Lac Journal for April
s,,r,.o co ntains abstracts of decisions of I'll
ME-, me ourts Of Tennessee, Arkansas an
g. SlsslpI u, and recent decisions in otht
! A.es' The Journal is edited and publishe
y Nj. ID Trezevant, Memphis.
--1e' sterday forenoon ESQUIRE Quieley bel
an maj 'est upon the dead body of a colore
cnllu, Ida jackson, aged three months. tt
| Jury r. turned a verdict of accidental deaf
Oy pc ing smothered while sleeping with i
moth er, on Wednesday night.
- For the races at Olympic h1ark, whiC
com mences 1t three O'Clock this Afternoon
IrN ms Will Leave the Louisville dep OF at hall
pas t two o'clock and fifteen minutes OF thr,
&C JOCK and quarter past three. r are spo
Is anticipated. Adm ssion free.
The county quarterly court will meet c
Ionday next, and will elect a member of Il
GARD of public works The court sho uld st
ect good representative ma,n-one W no hi
oeen' and Is, IN full harmony with the re
9roer OF things as created by tn e new Taxing
District government.
The Foss O'Brien imbroglio stands in
oy advice OF his attorney. has reh red to til
country, SO as to keep from engaI ing in a
atfray with Mr.. Charles Voss, the indignar
brother OF the young lady who was SO shame
fully .seduced, as it Is alleged by hir
(O'Brien)
"A musicale, which will be a real musica
treat, will be given to-nigl 1t. beginning a
eEIgpt clock, at the residen re of Colonel R
+. Looney, on the Hernand road. Prot
Levy will preside Cars will be IN waitin,
at the close. Admission ~ entv-fye cents
Proceeds to go to the benef of the Secon,
Presbyterian church parsonaa, e.
All the streets in Memnb 10 except on
are IN a bad condition, The a ne exception 4
Washington street, and that, portion of til,
str street used and kept in repair 10y the Charles
ton railroad company. It's the only respect
able street In the city. Tn It'll compels thi
statement, and the APPE. Al man being
lover OF truth, takes pleasur e in so stating.
n Our art reporter saw aC curiosity at Mons
+. Laylgne' s yesterday. 1t was rare flower
Stunclal, which was fc ral barometer, il
changing color in accord ance with the
changes OF weather. The changes in the
color oil the flower are as ! follows: Beau