Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-07
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
No marriage licenses yesterday.

The rainfall Sunday was % inches.
Winter fingered little longer yesterday.
The trains are running in good order
now.
Council meeting this afternoon at 2:3O
O'Clock.
"A long rain, strong rain, and rain
| altogether Sunday.
! Lore the Debt, by Basil, in 2Oc edition, at
Mansford's, 29s Main street.
The Democratic mass-convention at the
| courthouse will take place tonight.
The carcasses of number of animals
have lodged at the Bayou Gayoso bridge, at
Market street.
Religious services were held last night
at the First Presbyterian church by the Rev.
w. J. Woodbridge.
George Lige was arrested yesterday for
beating up his sisters child, on Front street,
near Washington.
Tom Schaffer was fined $40 yesterday
Tor striking woman on the head with pis-
tol, on Beaie street.
Galveston, was sent to Jail yesterday, his bail
being fixed at $4,000.
Mike Hurst was fined S25 yesterday by
Recorder MADDEN for giving masquerade
ball without license.
William Kennedy was fined 81 by Re
corder Hadden yesterday for snatchiDg
lah de-dah's cane from him and then break
ing it.
-Pardons have been granted by the gov
ernor to d. l.. Gillespie for running a street
lottery, and Willis Coopwood for carrying a
pistol.
The home of DR.. Buddeke, No. $40
Adams street, was burglarized early yester-
day morning, and $500 worth of clothing
stolen.
Wolf river rose fifteen inches by the
Sunday rain. No damage was done, but the
farming interest has been retarded for ten
days at least.
Now would be good time to make
chronological examination of the lawyers, as
many OF them have received a fully supply
of new bumps.
Judge Morgan and Mr.. Nichols were
presented before Recorder MADDEN yester-
day. The former was fined $40 and tina lat
ter discharged.
A "Thespian exhibition" will be given
at the Collierville College, Friday evening,
March 10th, at which the CollierviIle Club
will render the Lady Of Lyons.
Mr.. John CASTOR purchased pompano
fish weighing thirty pounds yesterday. 1t is
quite fair-sized sardine. 1t would make a
good mlnnow to catch whale with.
-CeTElCtb at IlcdSuTe 1drQen Daptlst |
church could not be held Sunday, owing to
the fact that the water covered the bridges |
placed across the bayou near there.
MIR. Halle, a planter who lives near |
Gaines Landing, ARK, was killed at Arkans as |
City Sunday at noon by Mr.. John Fuller, Of |
the latter place, being shot through the head |
with pistol. He died instantly.
There is some talk Of a concert by the
Mozart Society, some night this week, for
the benefit of the sufferers by the overflow.
Such an entertainment, for SO laudable a
purpose, ought to draw an immense audi
ence. By all means give it, Mozarts.
j. c. Nicely and W. F. Taylor reported
yesterday TO the Cotton Exchange for the
food sufferers: Cash collections, $24 twenty
one barrels -four, twelve barrels meal, one
barrel potatoes, one barrel meat, one barrel
rice, one barrel kraut. No other committees
have reported.
H. P. Farrar and J. w. Mercer, of Jack
son. Tenn, who have been in the city for a
few days, left for Bolivar county, yesterday,
on the Dean Adams, to survey the land at
high water, that they may know what kind
of precautions to take in the building of the
branch Of the st. Louis, Chicago and New
Orleans road
AT meeting OF the Board OF Directors
of the Water Company, Judge T. J. Latham
was reelected president, w. S. Bruce vice.
president, and w. l.. Cameron secretary.
This is the tenth time that Mr.. Cameron has
been reelected to this Office by the different
boards and speaks well for his ability and
attention TO the duties of the Office and the
interests Of the company.
-Second-Lieutenant w. p WiIdberger
asst night resigned that position to accept
he first sergeantcy in the Porter Guards. 4.
+. Looney, lr, was unanimously elected Sec
md lieutenant. The following honorary
members were cleo, ed, viz: DR.. B. G. Hen
ling, Captain II. G. Smith and Harry Rob- !
nson. The non-commissioned officers will !
'e appointed at the next meeting by the
officers.
The Water Company is giving a fair
warming 20 those who are guilty of reckless !
taste Of "the third best" The company's
Inspectors will be around turning off water
n few days. People do not pay for an un- ,
United amount of it, nor for the privilege of
citing it run perpetually. The rate is fixed :
y the estimated actual demand for a GER ;
ain number of rooms. As the company
aye, "people have no more right to use five .
T zen times much water as they pay for !
han to expect 81 to buy S. or $40 worth of \
:
As Mr.. ]. w. Harris, an officer of Rose
ale, Miss, was coming up the river Satur-
ay in skifi, in the neighborhood of Boil
a
rec, which contained little darby named
i'm Collins. He was perched in the top
most branches, and water was on all
ides of him. Mr.. Harris took him in
nd the boy is now working at Gaston's Ho-
Ell. The officer also rescued two people
rom the top of their hoDses and brought
hem with him. One old fellow would not
esert his house, although the water was h
yer the roof and within six inches of the 7
latform he had built upon it. !
In answer to a conundrum recently pro- 81
osed in these columns concerning the sale of d
he Louisville and Nashville stock, Mr.. J. j.. h
)uffy, member of the committee examin- p
ng the chairman's Office, yesterday made the b
blowing statement TO an APPEAL reporter:
90 shares of Louisville and Nashville stock T
ere sold for S100,481 25, the amount y
eing placed to the credit of Shelby e
ounty and deposited in the Bank of z
commerce, May, 1880. This was used to c
iscount outstanding indebtedness. Thirty a
ne Memphis and Ohio railroad bonds, il
81 900, were bought for S30l92 so; one Ii
lemphis and Raleigh bond and twenty-five Il
oupons, $1,000, for 500. Also large num- o
er OF warrants, judgments and past-due Ii
Otes were discounted, and the balance left
/ bank was 81 81. The balance sheet of Il
q nrnIa aEaait ts.o-. IL. 4 l.: IL