Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-14
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Tony Denier Thursday.
John Thompson Thursday.
Eat Lynne again tonight.
The people are already preparing for
Christmas.
Winter hustled the oveIcosts FROM The
red cedar boxes yesterday.
"A Jury was impaneled in the Circuit
Court yesterday and the hearing of jury cases
| begun.
"A cold, damp rain Sunday gave en-
couragement 10 winter to send down an adj
vance agent.
Coles circus crossed the river on it's own
transport Sunday, in the presence OF a great
many people.
The sacred and secular concert by the
First Baptist church choir takes place this
evening at the church, Under the leadership
OF Prof. w. E. Hughes.
Ella Cheek yesterday obtained divorce
from John w. Cheek in the Chancery Court,
while BERTHE Smith obtained a similar dis
pensation from Alfred Smith.
John Clark, charged with the assassina-
ton OF Levi Preston, Is on trial in The
Criminal Court. Gen. Luke Wright defends
him, while Gen. Turner and Mr.. Watson are
prosecuting.
-"Ain'tI pretty?" remarked citizen to
Senator Blessing yesterday. "Chop off your
head, and take a photograph of you from
there down, and you are certainly beautiful"
was the reply.
The flies and mosquitoes yesterday
adopted series of = resolutions thanking
their friends for many acts of kindness
during the summer, and left the city TO win
ter further South.
-"Of with his head. So much, hal hal
for Buckingham" remarked President Had
den yesterday in bis best Richard LII"
style. "Spsre my life this time" pleaded
the ''plain drunk"
is a waiter at the Worsham House, yester-
day showed an APPEAL reporter poll-tsx
bill for SO, which had been presented TO him.
He showed receipts for the full amount.
Marriage licenses were granted yester-
day 20 Henry Turner and Hattie Turner,
Charles Sykes and Mrs. Ella Martin, ohm
l.. Williams aud Rosa HendricKson, j scob
Arant and Julia Day, Ernest Temple and
Lena Hall.
The cotton market yesterday closed
firm, with no change in values from Satur-
days quotations. Receipts were 1921 bales,
shipments 1928 bales, and sales 1850 bales,
of which exporters took $3.50 bales, and specu-
lators $50 bales
III yesterdays cotton receipts S6Zl
bales-the cotton commission and grocery
house of Hill, Fontaine & Co. scored 1011
bales, the heaviest receipts in one day by
any one house on record. The receipts of
this house the came day last year were 957
bales.
The Democratic ratification which was
TO have taken place Last night was post
poued because of failure to make the nee
essary arrangements. Furthermore, the
i. john Ellis of Louisiana, will be here to-
morrow, and will probably be induced to
speak.
"A pamphlet bearing the transactions of
the Tennessee Medical Society at its forty
ninth annual meeting, at Memphis, has been
received by the APPEAL. The pamphlet has
all the addresses delivered during the meet
ing, together with the constitution and by
laws OF the association. The book was
printed at Nashville, and bears the compli-
ments OF the secretary, DIR. c. G. Hite.
The jurors who don't answer to their
names in the Criminal Court find that Judge
Horrigau does not neglect them. A few days
ago several of them were fined, and yester-
day the following twenty of them were re-
minded OF their abs snce by fine OF $25
each: VIM. Lunp, L. Bonfauti, Robert Cal
bo1n, r. 3 Robinson, Wesley Harrison, w
Fl. G .ylor, John Shuebler, Robert Brown
Jesse Morgan, F. Burrows, J. w. Brown. Joe
Jones, w. III. Stevens, John Sullivan, q. I.
Smith, A. P. Tuck, lobe Berlin.