Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-21
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

| The grand jury meets to-day.
The Art Loan Exhibition continues to
draw.
The "bucket-shop" cases will he trieC
to-day.
The Legislative Council will meet thi.
afternoon.
John Ear, a new novel by Judge Tour
! gee, at MansTord's.
Those who wish to enjoy a treat should
visit the Art Loan Exhibition.
| The Britton cases in the Criminal Court
! were continued until next term.
Matches may be made in heaven, bu
they are taxed in the United States.
w. A Murphy, the Beale street grocer
died of smallpox Sunday night, and he will
be buried to-day.
George Butler and Annie Rose, Bern.
hard Hilberth and Gussie Morrison, All
Ross and Agnes Hall, were given leave tc
m airy yesterday.
Services Will be held at the First Baptist
church at $50 pm, and at the Court Street
Cumberland church at 80 pm. Everybody
is cordially invited.
"A vigilance committee is 10 be organized
| by the people OF the neighborhood where
| young Albert Thomas was so cowardly assas'
sinated Sunday night.
| The buffalo gnats are the worst refugees
the food has yet sent to the city. From the
way they feed on human flesh it is evident
they know good thing when they get it.
Owners and drivers of mules and horses
should be careful to provide themselves
with gnat-oil, and use it plentifully so long
as these annoying pests continue to becloud
the atmosphere.
! Jack Hadley, who cut a negro named
Green, at Butts's saw-mill, Saturday night
| was bound over in the sum of $4,000. 1t was
! discovered that he was wanted for an old
offense, and he will accordingly be tried for
! it to-day.
Governor Hawkins is expected TO be in
| Memphis to-day. 1t is understood that he
will be petitoned by a number of citize Us
TO offer reward of $1,000 for the apprehen-
! sion OF the assassins that have been running
the Old Raleigh road.
William Jackson, grand larceny, three
years; Mike FInnegan, grand larceny, three
years; Lewis Jones, petit larceny, one year
William Wallace, petit larceny, one year;
John Walls, petit larceny, two years, were
escorted TO the penitentiary.
"A negro went into the Jet Palace yester-
day 10 get his watch fixed. The jeweler
told him it would be 81. At this the negro
Over the head with his watch. The white
man was angsred and hit the negro with a
drill, hurting him severely. The negro was
arrested.
j. III. Carter, one of the colored police
men, yesterday morning reported at the
stationhouse and was discovered 10 have
broken out with smallpox. The police
m ade him get out, but he was given no in
structions as to where he should go. Any
such case should be sent Immediately TO the
pesthouse; for fear OF spreading, and the Off
cers did wrong in not showing the negro his
proper place.
At meeting OF the Porter Guards the
following non commissioned officers were ap
pointed: First sergeant, w. =. Wildberger;
second sergeant, J. B. Waggener; third ser
geant, w. B. Armour; fourth sergeant, {.
N. Mason; fifth sergs ant, J. L. Hunter; first
corporal, John Leahy; third corporal, q.
p. Goodyear; third corporal, +. Y. Anderson;
fourth corporal, Walter Farabee. Honor
airy members elected: The Hon. J. NJ. Har
ris, W. B. Gibson, L. Lehman, Napoleon
Hill, Msjor c. Weatherford, and John K
Speed.
The Little Rock Democrat has an account
Of a strange affair, az follows: Matte Davis
is the name of a girl who is employed by
Mrs. Langtree as a seamstress. She was
highly recommended to her as an honorable,
virluous girl by Mrs. NJ. K. Brodie, by whom
she was at one time employed. She is rather
tall, slightly inclined to be ound-shouldered,
with pleasant, prepossessing face. 1t is
three months to-day since Mrs. Langtree
took her into her family. Between and 5
o'clock yesterday evening, while Mrs. Lang
tree was away from home, this girl admitted
q man TO the house and shot him. Both the
girl and the man have mysteriously disap
peared."