Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-07
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
work progresses rapidly.

-Sanltary WORK progresses rapluly.
"A mission for Italian residents is pro-
crossing at st. Joseph's (Catholic) church.
Subscribe to the sanitary fund of the
auxiliary sanitary association. 1t will be the
best investment you ever made.
The auxiliary sanitary association will
meet this afternoon at four o'clock, at the
cotton exchange committee rooms.
The railroads are already making ar
rangements to bring in tremendous crowd
on the Fourth of July. stand to seat ten
thousand people is being projected.
The prevailing cholera nsorbuS is no
doubt caused by eating decayed vegetables
and upripe fruit. The health officers should
look into the vegetable and fruit markets.
-Mansford, at 298 Main street. received
last night a complete list of Franklin Square
Library, embracing sixty of the best novels
published-a selection of cheap reading IN
equaled.
-Absentees can have the DAILY APPEAL
sent to them at one dollar per month. Post
Office addresses will be promptly changed as
often as desired.
-Messrs. Leubrie Bros, proprietors of the
Memphis Theater, generously gave the use of
that building free of charge last night to the
board of education for the high school COM
mencement exercises.
The commencement sermon to be
RE6utGEu " tic GRADUATING CldSS VI tu6 I6o-
oyterian grammar and high school, will take
place on Sunday night week, and not on
Sunday next as published heretofore.
1t Is said that the agents of interior
watering places and other places of public
resort throughout the land are circulating re-
ports of fever in Memphis. New Orleans and
other southern cities. The object is to IN
duce people to leave these cities and visit the
springs for the summer months.
During last month, May, seventy-seven
people died IN this city, against one hundred
and ten last year for the same month, eighty
four the year before, and one hundred and
four in 1875. Of the seventy-seven only six
died Of four kinds of fever, including con-
gsstlvC, typhoid, maariai and typho- malariai.
Six died of old age, nine of consumption, FIX
cf accident, one. by murder and two by sui
| eide.
We learn that the supreme council Roy.
| al ArcaDlum at Its last session stopped the
| further increase of the order IN Memphis
! hence all persons who have applied for mem
| beTzElp must be present tonight for initia-
ton into the Tennessee council, or they will
| be shut out. We learn further that the in
| crease of the order has been stopped in al
| districts Of the south liable to yellow-fever
| epidemics.
The school children were wild with de-
| light yesterday, the school season having
closed. Parents will now have q lively time
| Of it keeping their children at home, away
| from the bayou and Wolf river, and out OF
| the sour apple and peach trees. There's
! cholera morbuS IN advance of as and cholic
! ahead Of US. Many a domestic apple tree
| will be Invested of It's finest switches fol-
castigation purposes.
AT the criminal court the following cases
were disposed Of yesterday: Henry Wash
ington, resisting an officer, jury and verdict
| guilty, lined ten dollars; fine reunited during
| GOOD behavior on payment of costs. Henry
| R0len, assault and battery, jury and verdict
| guilty, fined ten dollars. Robert Lyman,
carrying concealed weapons, verdict moi
| guilty. Henry Wilson, carrying concealed
weapons, jury and verdict not guilty.
Little Rock Gazette, of Thursday: "Tbe
History Of the Yellol0- FeUey, by Mr. j. NJ
| Heating, editor of the Memphis APPEAL, il
out. The work is dedicated to the Howard
association, to which organization belong the
| proceeds of its sale. The work contains
much valuable information, gathered from
actual experience. Mr.. Heating has on many
| occasions placed the citizens of Tennessee
under obligations to him, but in presenting sc
valuable work to the IIowards he renders a
valuable service to mankind.
| The city sanitary or board of health force
| have removed from the streets and alleys
over eleven thousand loaos of dirt since the
| FIRST of May. The dump carts are now run
| nlng regularly on the streets, and the garb.
| age carts are at work removing garbage, ETC.
from boxes and barrels placed in front oil
premises. II the garbage cart does not cal
! to remove the contents of boxes and barrels
report the same to the board IF health or to
| President Porter, when it will at once bt
| attended to.