Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-13
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

| King Lear tonight.
| Monday night next Haverly's MINISTRIES
| Will appear at the Theater.
| Tomorrow night South Memphis Ma
sonic lodge will hold a meeting.
| John Mccullough has become a Mem
| phis favonte, and he wears the medal.
Tonight, at their armory, the Chickasaw
Guards will indulge in a parade, drill and
mop
The grand jury of the criminal court is
hard at work investigating things IN the city
| and county.
The third anniversary dress ball of the
Pbenix club will come off on the twenty
sixth instant.
The divorce case of M. Ford os. Bridget
Ford has been revived at the circuit court of
Shelby county.
"A M. Williams was arrested by the po-
lice yesterday on the charge of housebreak-
ing and larceny.
Numbers of planters and country mer-
chants are in town making purchases Of
plantation supplies.
Spring costumes are beginning TO make
their appearance on the backs of the denlzens
Of the Taxing District.
by request Julius Caesar will be pre-.
sented at the matinee Saturday, instead of
OthellO, as heretofore announced.
From twelve o'clock Tuesday night up
to ten o'clock last night but two arrests were
made by the police Of the District.
The police found horse and buggy on
Beale street Tuesday night. The owner can
secure his property by calling at the station
house.
Billy Lieben's book and news depot,
23619 Nam street, has received PetersOn's,
GOdey's and Leslie's Sunday magazines-all
for April.
The dust continued to fly everywhere
yesterday, much to the annoyance of store
keepers and pedestrians. The streets need
sprinkling.
AT a meeting of the Chickasaw Guards,
held Tuesday night, charges being preferred
against Hugh G. Davis, he was expelled from
the company.
Thu board of health is hard at work
abatinG nuisances throughout the city. A
very large amount of work has been COM
pleted already.
Yesterday a divorce petition was fled at
the circuit court by Maggie Butler against
Ben Butler, on the grounds of cruel and in
human treatment.
The residence and furniture, therein of
Esquire I. 2. Lewis, situated at Caperville,
in this county, some twelve miles from the
city, were destroyed by fire last Tuesday.
Mr.. Mccullough and company will ap-
IL
Tomorrow evening Brutus and Tanning Of
the ShreaO will be the attractions.
The young men, Hugh Davis, James
Wallace and A. /. Foster, who attempted to
blackmail Mrs. Dawson, have been indicted
by the grand jury of the criminal court.
No more free rations. The spring sea-
son has opened, and everybody should hunt
work. 1t was not intended to issue free "a
tons forever, but only at times of general
want and necessity.
An effort is making to close the gap in
the Memphis and Paducah railroad, between
Covington and Union City, and when closed
Memphis will have another line of iron rail
to the Ohio river.
Since the first of January three hundred
and twenty-five marriage licenses have been
issued by the county court clerk. Thes6
licenses made SIX hundred and fifty Door
souls happy-probably.
Butler, in Hudibras, describes juries with
wonderful correctness. He says;
Did not your juries give their verdict,
As IL they felt the cause, not heaTditP
And as they please, make matter of fact
Bun all on one side, as they're pack'd."
Repairs we're progressing at the Court |
square fountain yesterday. The gentlemen /
who gave the beautiful fountain 10 the city
have to make the repairs. This is not right. |
The new government ought to do all that,
and pay for such repairs.
"A female pedestrian has never vet made
her appearance in Memphis, but she nas ao-
peared in nearly all the northern cities. At
present, au Chicago, Nine. Anderson has
been walking for several days and nights,
anu walks IN her sleep occasionally.
The rate Of taxation for Memphis, under
Inc new Dill just passed, will be one dollar