Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-01-26
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The whale is the coming sensation.
Postal Guide, for 1882, at Mansford's.
At midnight a drizzle set in, whicl
smelt like snow
1 Some one has carried off volume 43 o
the Iowa Reports from the law library.
Song of the people:
If your health you would keep straight
Go see doc and Vaccinate,
Jefferson street has bad hole in il cas-
of Second that should be attended to by tn,
engineer.
| The citizens are growing deeply abou
The bad condition Of the sidewalk on Poplar
near Dunlap.
-Ausette drew large house last nigh
and was heartily enjoyed. Lolita in thi;
part is as charming as ever.
The smallpox victims are all doing we'll
The negro who died in the pesthouse is the
only person whose case has Terminated IA
tally.
| Harry Thomas yesterday was tried in
| the Criminal Court for stealing six chickens
and got sixty days, or ten days for each
chicken.
The citizens should remember that ii
they do not procure blanks and send in their
| assessmencs they are liable to a penalty of
twenty per cent.
Marriage licenses were granted yester-
! day to Morton Phillips and Lizzie Robinson,
Z. Merriweather and Lila Smith, Harry
| Brinkley and Matte Townsend.
The Chesapeake and Ohio cars come
tearing over Market street at rate that is
decidedly dangerous. Recently mule and
dray were run over by the cars.
H. c. Poole was found guilty in the
Criminal Court, yesterday, of fraudulent
breach OF trust, and his punishment fixed at
ha m ba
At an election held at Withe, in the
Eighth civil district, for magistrate, ON the
23d day OF January, j. II. Mercer received
twenty votes and f. NJ. Hughes nineteen.
The young lady who squirms all around
In her seat and losses her head with the
elephantine hat on it to one side or another
regardless of the person behind her, was at
the Theater.
The mediums are fighting over the
Hollywood mystery. The latest yarn il that
he got into a dispute in a saloon and was
knocked over the head with a bottle and
then buried in the cellar.
-OGrsie was not given last night on
account of the inclement weather. 1t has
been postponed until Saturday night nexi,
when it will be presented at Leubrie's The
alter. No reserved seats.
Robert Ross, the negro who killed Henry
Bunch, has been found guilty of murder by
jury in the Criminal Court, and sentenced
to be hung. A motion for a new trial was
made in the case, and Judge Horrigan will
hear it Saturday.
Last night a loud mouthed, boisterous
individual, with cheek equal to that of
Guiteau's, kept saying to the lady with him
at the Theater, in loud way that annoyed
all those around him: Il can't hear any
thing they saying. People make so
much noite." The fellow himself made six
times as much noise as any ten men in the
house.
The will of Mary Powers was probated
yesterday before Judge Eldridge She wills
that she be buried at an expense not exceed
ing $50 or $50 That $50 be given to the
pastor of St. Bridget's church, Memphis, |
to offer high mass for her. All else that
she owns she bequeaths to her niece, Kate
Taylor. She appoints as her executor, with |
out bonds, the incumbent pastor or rector OF |
ST. Budgets church.
Victoria Ross yesterday filed suit for !
divorce in the Chancery Court against Rob |
ert Ross. She states that they were married |
in the spring of 1876. She charges that he |
has been almost constantly away from home |
until September, 1850, when he wholly de- |
serted her; that he refused to support her;
that he has committed adultery with two !
one living on Vance street and the |
other in South Memphis; that he having |
once been absent from home for quite a |
while, brought a woman home and told the |
that he intend ID to marry and |
live with her.