Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-13
hurled beer glass at the head of the former

hurled beer glass at the head OF the former
and cut him severely.
-Rubenson, the ascending three ball
pawnbroker, who swlndled so many connoing
Wemphians out OF borrowed money and jew
elry. has been arrested at Monroe, Louisiana,
and will be brought back here to answer the
charges brought against him.
The annual picnic given by the French
plee club comes OFF ON Monday next, at Es-
tival park. Ladies admitted free of charge.
One-half the net proceeds will be donated to
the auxiliary sanitary association. Fine
music will be furnished by Arnold's band.
Major John Freeman, clerk of the su-
preme court Of the State for the district of
West Tennessee, on Wednesday last gave a
grand dinner at Gaston's to number of
Memphis lawyers who belong to the secret
legal society known as the jackson Pa stor
Aid society,""
This evening, at Como, Pamela county,
Mississippi, Conductor Belllnger, of the Mis-
sisslppi and Tennessee railroad, will be pre-
sented with gold watch and chain, in COM
incubation of his kerolsm in running his train
almost daily over the road during the cpl
demic OF 1878.
Ike johnson, colored, was brought before
President Porter yesterday morning on the
charges of carrying concealed weapons and
threats to kill. He was fined fifty dollars, or,
In default of payment, one hundred days on
the chaIn-gang, and was placed under one
thousand dollars bonds.
When you see a woman going toward
the Bayou Gayoso with good-sized pole In
her hand and a wrinkle across her nose, you
needn't think she's going fishing. Not
promised her, with tears in his eyes, he
wouldn't go swimming.
AT President Porter's police court yester-
day morning cUntinuances were granted In
the cases OF Thomas Coffee, who is charged
with carrying concealed weapons, resisting
an officer, and assault with pistol with in
tent to kill. Henry Barnes, who assisted
Coffee, forfeited the twenty-five dollars put
up on Wednesday night, to answer the charge
of interfering with an officer.
Celery Is said to be a positive remedy for
govt and rheumatism. Here is the remedy:
Take celery and cut in pieces, then cook in
water until soft, then take the water and let
the patient drink the same. Take the soft
celery and cook In pan with fresh milk,
| holrSand muscat nut. Serve kthis to the pa
tent warm. When eaten with toast and po-
tatoes the pain will Immediately cease.
Cooked celery is without question an I'M
doubted remedy for rheumatism. This is
the positive assertion of a doctor.
Almost nightly, near the APPEAL Office,
drunken lot of men create disturbance by
indulging in profanity, vulgarity and singing.
Occasionally lewd women of low grade are
the companions of the men, and all get drunk
together in an adjacent saloon. The thing is
becoming a nuisance that calls loudly for
some abatement. The presence of police
man In this locality nightly would have very
beneficial effect, by at least inducing the
rowdy men and women to frequent some less
public locality wherein to indulge In their
drunken orgies.
The third annual meeting of the Shelby
ha hal1 70
day at LeMoyne normal school, No. pa Or
leans street. During the meetings, which
will continue until tomorrow evening, pa
pers will be read and discussions had by
teachers on matters of interest to teachers
and those interested in public education. All
teachers, school officials and friends of edu-
cation, are cordially invited to attend and
take part in the work of the institute. The
officers are: F. r. Hunt, president; Mrs. s.
81. Thompson, vice-president; Mrs. 4. Fur
bush, secretary.
Yesterday J. w. Jackson, colored, post
office route-agent on the Memphis and Little
Rock railroad, was arrested IN this city by
Special-Agents Boyd and Galbreath, on the
charge of opening letters and robbing the
mails, jackson has been route agent Tor
several years, and must have gotten con-
siderable amount of money from letters
during that time Out of forty-six decoy
letters he captured and opened twenty nine,
and thirty four dollars of marked money was
found In his possession when searched by the
special agents. Last evening the agents
carried their prisoner over to Little Rock for
examination and trial.
The following business was transacted at
| the criminal court yesterday: Henry Wilson,
larceny, jury and verdict not guilty; Henry
Wilson, larceny, jury and verdict guilty of
petty larceny, and sentenced to imprison-
| ment in thelpenitentiary for one year; Geo.
| Williams, burglary and larceny, mol pros.
| entered in three cases; L. A. Divine and
| VIM. Bridges, assault with intent to commit
| murder, Jury and verdict not guilty, and
| the prosecutor taxed with the costs; Dave
Jackson, larceny, mol pros. entered; VIM.
| Wheeler, larceny, jury and verdict guilty of
petit larceny, sentenced to ten days imprison-
ment in the county workhouse-sentence
suspended during good behavior.
"A dangerous rascal, dangerous princi-
pally to the clergy, recently visited Austin,
Texas, where he succeeded in sticking in the
| notice to the clergy, and describes HIM in the
| following manner: The rascal represents
| himself sometimes to be q priest and some
] times as Trapist monk, and has IN his pos
| session several letters of introduction (proba-
| bly, forgeues) from bis superior. He was
lately in Austin, and during the absence Of
| the priest stole from his house silver watch,
| a breviary, tatum and various clothing,
| which were in a trunk. He speaks huently
| the German, English, French, Italian and
| Spanish languages, and is probably an Al
sacian by birth. He is about twenty-eight
| years old, FIVE feet nine inches high, wears
spectacles occasionally, and has quite cleri-
cal appearance. OF him beware.