Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-29
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The various benevolent orders will cleo
officers during the coming week.
M. NJ. Mclaughlin, Memphis man
has taken the contract for laying the Littl
Rock sewers.
The paving contractors on Beale stree
have only twenty more working days TO com
plete the job.
in the Circuit Court yesterday an entry
OF mistrial was made in the case of L. 4
KSnton Us. H. Dow.
The APPEAL acknowledges the receipt
of a basket of fine peaches from the orchards
of r. G. Craig & Co.
The annual meeting OF The Tennessee
Press Association takes place at Bon Aqua
Springs at o'clock in the afternoon.
The many candidates for the position OF
county register will learn with regret that
not one entry appeared on that officials books
yesterday.
The result of the drill at Louisville will
be announced this evening at 8 O'Clock
"Chicks" thought to be first, ia the cheerful
intelligence go far.
We saw the plans yesterday OF the lat
rines to be placed in the Beale street mar
ket. The arrangement is ample for the ac-
commodation of all.
j. ii. Bostick and Emma Woodson,
u,
colored, were licensed by the County Court
clerk yesterday to marry.
The "coonn who reports the military
business for the Courier-Journal is too, too, 10
live. He ought to be shot. He uses the
word orchestra for band.
The New York Cotton Exchange, and
that of New Orleans, will be closed on the
Sd, 4th and 9Th of July, in honor of the an
niversary of the nations Independence.
The tardy subscription TO the fund of
$500 asked by the City Council to secure the
paving of Union street, between Main and
Front, is allowing the paving fund to be ex-
hausted on other street.
"A cotton limb has been received at the
APPEAL Office from DIR. G. III. Moseley, con-
tanning one blossom and five squares. 1t is
OzIer silk cotton, planted April 4th, and
was grown on the doctors place, out on
Central avenue, two and half miles from
the city.
The Louisville Courier Journal, of Tues
day, says: GAIL the members of the Chicka-
saw Guards wear badge OF mourning on
their coats, in memory of the member Of
their company who died so suddenly last
week. He was one of their best drilled men
and is sadly missed"
Captain Styles, foreman of the city
bridge force, states in explanation to the
complaint about the bridge lumber on John
ston avenue, that when the water. in the river
recedes so that he can get at the foundation
in the bayou, the lumber will disappear into
much needed bridge over the bayou there.
The paragraph in yesterdays APPEAL
concerning the changes making in the Cotton
Exchange building, was incorrect in the
statement that the Exchange and bucket
shop next door had combined under the
management Of the former, though the en-
largement of space is being made for the
accommodation of future" dealing.
The baseball game for the benefit of
O'Neil, the disabled catcher of the Reds, has
been postponed until tomorrow friday on
account Of the sickness of Reccius, and the
bad condition of the grounds. The Reds
make their-hrst appearance at this game in
their new uniforms. The boys will do their
best, and an extra good game is assured.
ONeil deserves a rousing benefit, and it is to
be hoped he will get it.
The shower of rain Yesterday forenoon
was very heavy in Chelsea, but gradually
in force it extended SOUTH
wardly. Below Vance street it petered out
until lost sight of at Butler street, and not a
sign of rain was visible south of that thor
oughfare. The second shower, which &C.
CURED about l O'Clock, was more Is neral
and of greater abundance. There was an
absence of electrical display, but a consider
able amount of heavy thunder accompanied
he latter pluvial visitation. The two
showers did good work-washed the streets,
alleys and cutters, laid the dust, lowered the
revived parched vegetation,
md inspired animated nature with better
ceilings generally. We should always be
thankful for even small favors-larger ones
n proportion to their ponderosity.