Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-07
MAY =. 1889.

Watson for nearly a fortnight, received
unanimous vote of thanks from the bar, tn
officers OF the court and the people OF th'
county, "for his digDifed and courteous bear
ing, his impartislity and promptness, anC
especially for the judicial bearing he has
manifested in his rulings and decisions al
the present term OF our court" These reso-
lutions were ordered To be published in
several prominent newspapers and spread
upon the minutes of the court. Certainly
no resolutions were eset more sincerely
voted or more justly meriied.
ENCOUNTER WITH TRAMP.
On Saturday the 2gth ult., Captain Will
liam Jones, our city marshal for nearly two
decades, and one of the best officers in the
State, met, in the performance of his duty,
| with an encounter in which ne received a
| very painful wound, and came very literally
within an inch OF losing his life. negro
| tramp, who gave his name as Jim Griescom,
| and claimed to be from Jackson, Miss,
stopped at the house of resident negro, and
asked for food. This was offered him, but
he refused it, and demanded that a hot meal
| be prepared for him. This was, of course,
very properly refused; whereupon the brute
| raised great disturbance, terroriziDg the
| entire family. Marshal Jones having been
sent Ior, entered the mousse arrested the IN
truder, and as he was taking him out of the
| doorway. the villain suddenly opened his
| pocket-knife, reached forward and cut his
| captor a severe cash upon the lower part OF
! his right Jaw. If the wound, which runs
nearly from the ear 10 the chin, had been
only half inch lower, the result would
have been fatal. The negro, as he struck the
blow, sprang through the doorway and
fled. Captain Jones instantly mounted his
horse and followed. Alter an exciting
chase, in which half dozen shots were fred,
one of which took effect upon the feIon's
leg, he was, with the aid of some negroes,
finally captured, and conveyed by Captain
Jones TO The county Jail. Mayor FAINT has
since bound him over 10 court in the sum OF
$1,000, in default Of which he occupies a cell
in the county Jail. Captain Jones's wound,
though painful, is not dangerous, nor has 1t
kept him one day off duty.
THE ODD FELLOWS
The Grand Lodge of the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows of the State met in this
city on Tuesday, the I'd instant, and were
called to order at IL o'clock am, on the
north side OF the courthouse, in the public
square Major VIM. NJ. Strickland delivered
an eloquent address Of welcome, which was
responded to by Grand Recorder Joseph
Hirsch, of Vicksburg, after which the lodge
organized for business. The excellent dra-
matte entertainment, under the management
of Mrs. +. A. Lucus, which was given the
week before for the b neft of the Knights
Templar, was again rendered with equal
neutrality-suspicious. the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows" This entertain
ment, which is much musical as dramatic,
has drawn forth the warmest praise from
many of the newspapers Of the State, its
merit having been fui y acknowledged by the
knights upon returning to their several
homes. And indeed 1t is very seldom that an
amateur entertainment is SO commendable in
every detail.
May Sd having been appointed by the
Ladies Memorial Association as Decoration
day, it was duly observed by our citi-
zens and their guests. The beautiful and af-
heroic dead with floral Offering, passed off
to the satisfaction of all. The ceremony
was excellently planned and gracefully per-
formed. The members of the Ladies'
Memorial Association, the children of the
several schools, citizens from both town and
country, and last, but not least, the Odd
Fellows attired in their rich regalia, and
the whole procession, preceded by the Silver
Cornet Band, marched to the silent city, and
from grave to grave, leaving each last
dwelling place covered with the beauty and
rich with the odor of the floral world-leav-
ing them all, very literally, a city of
flowers.
On wednesday evening lnere were IN
the city los Odd Fellows, ninety-eight OF
whom attended the grand banquet in the
commodious diRing-room of the Holly
Springs Hotel. The ladies present, however,
outnumbered the gentlemen nearly two. TO
one. This banquet was given the visiting
members by the Holly Springs Lodge, No. so,
and was a complete success. The tables
were covered, in the greatest profusion,
with every luxury the season afforded. The
proprietors of the hotel richly deserved the
thanks of the local lodge for the manner in
which they prepared this excellent enter
tainment and insured the complete enjoy
ment of the guests. Thursday afternoon at
4 o'clock the public installation of officers
took place at the Masonic: Hall, and the:fol-
lowing members, all of Mississippi. were in
vested with the insignia of their offices:
j. l.. Power, grand master, J ackson.
J. w. Trimble, deputy grand master,
Grenada.
l. d. Biamenrhai, grant warden, Holly
Springs.
James T. McCown, grand secretary, Vicks-
burg.
David NJ. Barrows, grand treasurer, Jack
son.
Thomas J. Haines, grand representative,
Vicksburg.
The Literary and Musical Circle held an
interesting meeting at the Walter mansion
on Friday evening, the 9th instant Their
next meeting, which promises from the pro-
instructive, will be held at the residence of
Colonel John Calhoon.
SOCIAL MATTERS.
The concluding event of the visit of the
Grand Lodge and Encampment of the l. o.