Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-03

test against the Legislature settling the State
debt.
Our Railroad Record" on the second
page will always be found interesting, If not
instructive.
The Rev. George W. Sweeney preached
again last night at the Christian church, on
Linden street
-Downey, the pedestrian, ia stylish chap
and wears an aesthetic suit of clothes and a
white beaver.
The Pioneer Cotton Mill will employ
about 300 persons when everything gets in
good running order.
AT the concert at Estival Park tonight
one of the chief features will be the fancy
dancing of the children.
Two calves and three sheep were stolen
from DR.. Pryor, five miles out on the Ran
dolph road, Monday night.
j. NJ. Cannon yesterday fled a suit in
the Chancery Court against Annie Cannon
for divorce; ground, abandonment.
Last night a sacred concert was held at
st. Peters church for the benefit of the
organist, which was we'll attended.
Annie Freeman yesterday brought suit
in the Circuit Court against Miles Freeman
for divorce on the ground of cruel and in
human conduct.
The requisite subscription has been
raised on West Court street to have it paved,
and it is presumed the work will be COM
menced without delay.
The charming vocalist, Miss Bessie
Pierce, makes her farewell appearance to-
night at the concert for the benefit of ST.
Mary's cathe1ral,sat Estival Park.
AT the annual meeting of the Shelby
County Medical Society, held May LIST, the
following officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year: President, DIR. d. d. Saunders;
FIRST vice-president, DIR. Heber Jones;
second vice-president, DIR. ]. E. Black,
secretary, Thad. Donahue.
Jack Stanley was sent to the Island
yesterday for creating row on Sunday. He
wanted to kill John Brennan, janitor of the
courthouse, because he had when a police
man threatened to arrest him as a vagrant.
The testimony OF Officers Dougherty and
Butler cooked Shanley's goose.
1t is said that the drummers are down
on Memphis. They have contrived plan
which will put money in their purses. Half
a dozen of them meet in Cincinnati and
throw in $40 or SIS apiece and send for
Memphis merchant, instead of coming indi.
vidually to Memphis and spending twice
much here.
The new organ in the Cumberland Pres
byterian church is beginning to show its vast
floor nearly covers the end of the spacious
audience-room. A corps of workmen are
engaged upon it day and night, 80 as to COM
plete it by May 18th. When completed it
will be beautiful specimen of Gothic archi-
lecture, and reflect great credit upon its de-
signers and workmen.
The Memphis Water Company COM
pleted their main to and turned water on
yesterday at the Pioneer Cotton Mill. IN
der the supervision of their energetic super
intendent, Mr.. William l.. Cameron, one
mile of pipe was laid in four days, and
two fire hydrants put up at the mill. The
pipe extends out Main street to Jackson,
thence to Second and to the mill. The
pressure of water is said to be ample.
The Rev. DR.. G. W. Sweeney, preached
last night at the Linden street Christian
church to a crowded house. The doctor is
from Chicago, but has been spending the
winter in New Orleans. His subject last
night was "Cnrist." He treated it frsm the
national standpoint. The doctors style is
very attractive. We have seldom listened to
20 eloquent sermon. He breaches again to-
morrow night on Christ and the New Testa-
ectual treat ought to hear him. He is fully
abreast with the times, and presents christi
anity as it must be presented if it is to with
stand the onslaughts of its foes. Mr.. Swee- |
1ey comes from family of preachers. His |
afher and four brothers are all preachers. |
They have satisfactorily filed pulpits in |
Savannah, Dubuque, Louisville /
md Chicago. He is eminently gifted as a |
preacher for the masses, argues his points |
ogically, moves the feelings, and, by force of |
will, carries his listeners from the beginning |
o the close.
There are few readers of newspapers and ]
ailway placsrds to whom the words "Yose-
mite Valley" are not familiar. Tourists |
ave written up the big trees, interlardipg
heir well-rounded sentences with drinks
in magnitude to the subject,
nut not one as yet, so far as the writer's
extends, has given, or attempted
o give, any explanation of the name-wby |
losemite? 1t might as we'll have been
b ,rnson Valley-if an English sailor, Joe
smith by name, had not, in 1928, dc serted
is ship while on the Pacific coast and
ought the interior. He found the great
alley suited to his ideas of privacy and Sc
fusion. Spanish, of a mongrel sort, was
he vernacular of the country; sound Joe
mith as Spaniard would, and you have
70 Semitic. Ask any Diego whom you may
leet on the street in your walk, and you
ill find the conclusion drawn is correct.
'hus il is that one of Americas greatest
atural curiosities is indebted to a runaway
ailor for name.