Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-06
LOCAL
farmers feel good.

The fsrmers feel good.
Pop will go off at Leubrie's tonight.
The procession of the tramps has begun
Yesterday was a reminisceuce of summer
The temperature got Town to 5l0 yes.
terday morning.
Contemplating has been delayed some
by reason OF rain.
The working on the Kansas City railway
is getting we'll on.
The clearinghouse made its heaviest
clearings yesterday.
Henry Cannon was indicted for the
murder of Matilda Foster yesterday.
The Rev. Mr.. Knott will preach at
Germantown next Sunday at Z O'Clock pm.
st. Peters church and it's friends design
to give an entertainment for the benefit Of
the orphans.
"A motion was made yesterday in the
criminal Court for a new trial in the r 1bt.
Wilson case.
Mr.. Thomas Moffet was arrested yes
terdsy on the charge of maliciously cutting
F. L. Warner.
Richard Anderson, colored, for stealing
SIS from another darby, WAS fined $50 yes
terday and sent 10 Jail.
Cotton receipts this year are nearly
4O1OO aI0 III CANCEc u at III COliC-
spending date last year.
Venus hides her blushiug lace in the
suns genial bosom to-day. In prose: There
will be a transit of Venus.
Read about the money. making MILE,
workshops and foundries on the second page
Of this APPEAL. 1t will cheer your heart 10
read 30 much good news.
Several leans nave violated the law bv
passing directly in front of trains near Msin
and Washington. The drivers paid no at
tention TO the orders OF the isgman.
T. M. Mckee, the shirt and notion man,
has, at the instance of friends, been taken TO
Jail on a writ de lunGtico inguirendo. He is
said to have attempted to taxi his life.
&C. P. Nixon, the man who shot ODE
Davis at Covington several days ago, was
Tried before Justice Shelton and acquitted.
1t seems that Davis, by way of a little bluff,
invited him to shoot or get shot, and 30 he
fired.
w. B. Galbreatb, ]. NJ. Fowlkes, A. C.
Treadwell, w. A. Gage, J. S. Day, L. N.
piled Tor a charter OF the Mutual Storage and
Compress Company of Memphis, Tenn, yes
terday.
huckster was presented before DR.. 4
Hadden yesterday on the charge of main
tanning a nuisance in the shape of geese. |
They cackled 30 much as TO annoy the neigh
hors. The president ordered the man to
have the geese sing in a lower register.
In connection with the facilities for
handling cotton and selling goods 10 the best
advantage Memphis has, mention must be
NJ sde that river insurance rates to and from
Memphis have been reduced ene-half below
years rates by the Memphis companies.
About 1000 men are at work on the
Springs road. The road-bed has been
built from Main street. 10 the fernando
rad, and e force OF diggers are at work be-
'ween here and the State line. Nine hum
1red convicts are employed from the line TO
Holly Springs.
Marriage licenses were granted yester-
Law 10 the following PERSONS: w. NJ. Erwin
md Annie Mac Jolly, S. G. Brent and Mary
Lou Saunders, Sam Erskine and Sue Tay.
or, Henry johnson and Mary Malone, T. J.
and Jennie N. Paine, A. Kerstine
Ind Mollie Brush.
The case of Maurice Brosnan on q writ
lie tEndtico inquirendo was begun before Clerk
md Master K. j. Black yesterday afternoon.
/ was not regarded as safe 10 take Brosnan
rom the Jail where he now is, and Capt.
Slack accordingly directed the jury to pro-
eed thither and examine the alleged ~lunatic.
They will render their verdict this morning.
In Inc criminal Court yesterday, when
he case Of the State Us. Gus Steihl was called
or trial, the attorney general arose and said
hat he had talked with Mr.. Baxter, The
prosecutor, and that on account Of Steihl's
rife he thought it best 10 retire the cases,
'hereuPon Judge Horrigan ordered the cases
etired and gave Steihl twenty-hours to leave
he State.
Kilograms from New Orleans give the
.ollowing as the result of the election held
. that city yesterday for directors of the
Few Orleans and Northeastern railroad:
L. Carriere, J. H. Oglesby and Robert
ATT, of New Orleans; George Headley,
lex Inc Mcdonald and John Scott, OF
,incinnali, and Fred Wolfe and Otto Plock,
( New York.
The body of a child was found yester-
sy morning in the rear of Il2 Washington
ireet in a bed of ashes. Justice Spelmsn
as called in to investigat ate the case. Owing
} deterioration 1t vas difficult to tell whether
he child was white or black. The proba-
iliiy is that it was black. The verdict OF
le jury was that the child came to its death
, foul means. II was bruised in several
laces, and there is every reason to suppose
lat it was killed by its iuhuman parent.
While Special Constable ]. R. Boyd was
ringing Emanuel Black, a colored thief who