Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-04-09
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

| -lhlS week Is lent Tor year.
| -Scaret-fever and erysipelas prevail in
| Memphis at present.
The fruit trees in this section of country
| are all right as yet.
On the fifth of May next the German
| MaIiest will cone eff.
The legislative council OF the District will
| meet tomorrow forenoon.
All home talent in Fra DiaUol0 and the
Daughter Of the Regiment.
The case of Sam Brizzell, murder, is still
| on trial at the criminal court.
The county quarterly court has ad-
journed over to Tuesday next.
Every body IN Memphis who can sing is
humE ing the airs Of II. NJ. S. PiHaf0re.
"A new derrick was erected yesterday on
| the customhouse grounds, for the purpose of
placing the first course of marble on the Gus
tomhouse building.
Captain Boynton will be here on Friday
next, and on next Sunday will show Mem
phlans what can be done on and IN water by
hive aad amphibious American.
Friday afternoon next, at Olympic park,
one mile from the Louisville depot, series
Of trotting races will be given. The trains
viii carry visitors On the round trip for ten
cents.
An art exhibition will be given at the
GrseDlaw OperahouSe tomorrow evening and
during the remainder of the week. The ex-
hlbltlOn will consist of panoramic views Of
the old world.
The Diplomacy dramatic company will
appear at the matinee. to-day, at the Thea
ter, and again tonight. The engagement of
the company will close after the performance
Thursday night.
The balance Of the main of cocks, be-
tween Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee,
will come OF aG Correll's garden, Poplar
street boulevard, this day, between twelve
and one o'clock sharp.
The jury IN the chancery proceeding of
Donaldson as. Oakley, yesterday, brought in
verdict in favor OF fhe defendant. A de-
cree viii be so drawn and the Judgment of
The court settled accordingly.
During the afternoon session of the
cnancery court yesterday, Judge NJ 'Dowell
had no difficulty IN rapidly disposng Of his
calendar OF cases, no one being present but
his honor, the clerk and sheriff.
The Preachers aid association of Mem
phls has issued call for a subscription for
the purpose Of purchasing and improving an
orphans industrial school for coored children
within a convenient distance Of Memphis.
A well-known Memphian has purchased
sixty dozens of eggs for Easter, to distribute
among the orphans of Memphis. He has
dode this for many years, and the children IN
the orphan asylums are made happy an
nually.
AT the circuit court John T. Davis has
commenced a suit for fifteen thousand dollars
damages against the Mississippi and Ten
aessee railroad for injuries received some
three years ago, and, rs Is alleged, caused by
the neglect of the company.
The chicken fight at Correll's, on Poplar |
street, yesterday, between Tennessee AID |
Arkansas cocks, resulted as follows Ten |
nessee won FIVE fights and Arkansas two. |
Tho ci,,bE G,, 70,
day, and this will settle the main.
Captain Lew Gates, of the steamer |
Thomas Sherlock, who arrived here last even
ing, states that he hailed Captain Paul Boyn-
ton yesterday morning at ten o'clock. one |
hundred miles this side Of Cairo, and Boyn-
ton informed him that he would not reach |
Memphis before next Friday evening at three |
o'clock.
In the chancery court, yesterday, Martha |
Am Jones was made happy by divorce, |
seyering the marital ties between her and |
Rufus Jones, the evidence showing Rufus to |
nave been dereliCt in bis duties OF providing |
Tor and protecting his better half; in fact, |
seeming to delight in the playful habit Of |
knocking down and dragging out, greatly to |
he detrlment OF Martha Ann, and contrary |
to the peace and dignity of the statutes IN |
such cases made and provided.
The Bluff City Grays will give an exhi- |
ton drill at Exposition building on Friday, |
April 18th. They will also give an excursion |
on the river on the twenty third Of next |
month, for which Captain r. w. Wise has |
rendered the use of the James w. Gaf On |
the twenty-ffth Of May the Bluff City Grays |
dramatic cub will present LOUe'S Sacrifice at |
the Memphis Theater. Thus it will be seen
that this popular military company will con-
tribute considerable number of attractive
entertainments within the next sixty days.
AT the chancery court, yesterday, g. w.
Mueller fled bill for divorce against Caro-
line VI. Mueller. The complainant states
that they intermarried at St. Louis, in May,
1871, and lived together until the spring of
1874; that defendant has been guilty of adUl
terry with various persons In Memphis and st.
Louis, and that defendant, after her marriage
with complainant and prior to their separa
ton, visited houses OF prostitution in st. Louis
and Memphis, unknown to said complainant,
out when he found it out he at once left her,
she being unfit to be his wife; he therefore
prays for divorce.
The Pastors association Of Memphis,
which includes all the white pastors of the
city, except the rectors OF Episcopal churches
and priests of Catholic churches, are divided
IN opinion as to the Sunday religious law
sought to be imperat!vely enforced upon the
people OF Memphis by the new Taxing-Dis
trict government. The Sunday laws should
be observed by those sectanans who desire to
do so, but they have no right to compel other