Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-27
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The sheriff is busy collecting taxes.
-Jsuauschek playa lLas;e IStuuTt tonight.
-Fifty-siI arrests were made on Christ
mas.
No complaint eau be made OF the
weather.
-Keub Shaw confidently expects to get
out of Jail.
Business at the Cotton Exchsnge is
slack at present.
Mrs. Fitts's concert takes place at the
Iheater Friday night.
"A. Buford threw two cups at his wife,
AMI had 10 pay IS for it.
John Becker was scooped last night for
giving ball without license.
President Hadden has invented a new
ofiense, called "skylarkipg"
The Little Rock road has brought more
cotton here than any other road.
The eggnog helped along President Had
den's business wonderfully yesterday.
Charles Smith has been arrested on the
charge Of robbiDg The till OF Dugsn's saloon.
The cotton receipts now are 40, 4S7 bales
greater in number than they were at this
time last year.
John McVoyd was brought into port
last night for committing a nuisance and
carrying toy pistol.
"A beautifully designed menH of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee, and s. Paul dining
has been received at their office.
An old negress who was impaled for
drunkenness, said she was a Baltimorean
Democrat 10 a visiior yesterday.
Although there were a great many
Christmas DRINKS, there was little or no
serious crime committed on that day.
Ed Tucker and Lou Cross were arrested
by officer Chastiue last night for illegal CO.
habitiug and carrying concealed weapons.
For carrying spring back, double
edged knife with siI-inch blade, Billy
Clemens was consigned 10 he jiiler yesler-
day.
Dixie knight, charged with the murder
OF Willis Dickens, was allowed the privilege
yesterday of giving bail to the amount of
$500.
-Blrrell Bayliss, aged about seventy,
yesterday brought suit 10 the Chsncery
Court against hi' wife, Peggy, for a divorce
on the ground Of abandonment and adultery.
"A safe full of pistols will be thrown into
the Mississippi river by Deputy Sheriff John
Powell to-day. The burial will take place
at $50 o'clock this morning, and Col. Powell
will ofhciate at the last sad rites.
Sheriff Atby and Officer Mike Butler
lift last night for Nashville with Rsub Shaw.
He will be placed in the penitentisry and
carefully guarded there. Reub will be quite
young man when he gets out.
The rumor about Hollywood was care
fully Investigated, but no satisfactory infor-
nation could be obtained by the police yes
terday. A great many persons ha hesrd of
it, but the source OF the rumor could not be
reached.
"A glass OF eggnog was standing inno-
Gently upon table. Julia Barnhill seiz.d
and with her arm raised it 10 her mouth,
thence 1t gulped down her throat. The in
fuence then arose 10 her head and impelled
her TO pick up poker. futher influence
compelled her 10 hit friend over the head
with it. A still further influence compelled
President MADDEN 10 line her S5. This is a
true story.
Twas the night after Christmas; the boys
were awake,
And doughnuts and oysters, and plums, and
There were meanings and groanings and piteous
20 my stomachlp 80 Mosesl' 20 helpH' 81 shall
How wish that hadn't had half as much ple!",
% mother!' Come hurryl" 30 what shall
Bring something to cure mel'' boo hOo!' and
'Boo-hoo!"
Emanuel Dukes and Nancy Bonds,
Adam Slubbs and Mary Phillips, Charles
Humphries and Mrs. Octayia Stinsou, Rich
ard Miller and Adelaide W. Eer@au, Daniel
Roberts and Mrs Matilda Hill, Louis Love
and Mrs Alice Pegues, Repj amin R Will
Jams and Virginia L. Joiner, E. Fl. Walker
and Matte Reeves, John L. Hathcock and
Recca Freeman, Walter Turner and Mrs.
Fannie Mosley, Ed f Brit and Mary Lane,
Monroe Bledsoe and Ella Since, Samuel
Gordon and N. p Lowe, Wade Collins and
Dora Gilhams, Frank Bell and Emma john
son, received marriage licenses Christmas
and Yesterday.