Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-22

! later on in the night the porter at the Wor
sham House idenIihed him as the burglar
"A case Is pending in the Circuit Cour
| between Mrs. NJ. A BOYD, who lives on tn,
| Louisville road, and the road commissioner
concerning right Of way extending through
the premises.
A negro under the name of Muuda,
| Graham, charged with the murder of ALDER
| Thomas was arrested at Horn Lake anC
| brought to Memphis yesterday morning, bu
he was not the man wanted and was accord
! ingly discharged.
The Society for the Prevention OF Cru.
city to Animals have been nursing the
singed buffalo, and owing TO his suffering
have condemned him TO be shot this morning
at 8 o'clock. The execution will take place
at 209 Main street.
Esquire Spelman became involved in
the intricacies of a Chinese law suit yester-
day. The two Celestials rallied at each other
for some time in an unintellIgible lingo, and
finally the perplexed Squire said: so, well
if you are the man, and he is your uncle,
you can both CO."
The drivers of the Districts carts should
be hauled over the Goals for keeping their
carts in such a sinking condition. gen.
tleman remarked yesterday that he would
rather have three privies located in his back
yard, than to have one OF these carts tenn
porarily at his front door.
The man who guards Squire Quigley's
Arkansas estate came TO the city yesterday,
ard said that the report OF the farm
having foated away with the food was I'M
true. The efforts of a professional diver
have been so far successful that the estate
has been fshed from the waters.
jeff Gilenwaters who murdered young
EasoD, at Arkabutla, Miss, some months ago
and escaped from the Senatobia Jail, where
he was confined, and was recaptured at Cor
pus Christi, Tex, by Mr.. Jas. NJ. Hawkins,
of fernando, Miss, about a month ago, was
tried at Senatobia yesterday and sentenced to
life imprisonment after trial of three days.
Long corsets are now almost universally
worn, and over the hips of the more expen-
siye kinds are set narrow V-shsped pieces
of India-rubber webbing, which, though
fitting the form perfectly, gives it uncommon
ease. These corsets are necessary, now that
the outlines of the form made con-
spicuous by the sharp pointed corsage and
scantily draped cuirass bodice.
playing hooky" seems to be the popular
pastime of youths, both white and black.
Some devote the hours that should be given
to study to playing ball, others to "ketchin'
fish, in the bayou. Officer .Plummer yes
terday "run in" a lad who is old enough to
know better. A walk up and down the
various bayous during school hours would
serve to break up the "hooky" business to
some extent.
-Gabey's rsghouse on Shelby street, be-
tween Mccall and Beale streets, took fire this
morning about / o'clock, probably from iu-
cendiarism or from spontaneous combustion.
The rear end was burned out completely ard
all the material of rags, ETC., inside was de-
stroyed. This place was former cotton
house and has caught afire before. 1t is diff
cult to estimate the loss. The fire depart
ment arrived soon on the scene and confined
the flames.
The Langtry bonnet already appears
this side of the Atlantic, though hardly six
weeks in London. The small, shallow shape.
with high front, allowing band wreath of
fnll-blown roses above the forehead, is the
shape worn by Mrs. Langtry on the stage as
"M,ss Hsrdcastle," in the play, She Stops to
Conquer. 1t is not unbecoming, but after the
bonnets which were all crowns, this, which is
all brim, looks as if the back had been
neatly shaved off in an accident. 80,
"A specimen of hemp was exhibited at the
Cotton Exchange, gathered from weed
known as the wild coffee plant, which grows
spontaneous in the bottoms. The specimen
was taken and prepared on w. L. Vance's
place, few miles south of the city. 1t is
claimed that the yield of hemp from this
weed Ii fully lOO per cent. greater than from
the real hemp plant, and its fibre is
equally as strong and as we'll adapted to the
uses for which hemp is made.
The discovery of four holes dug in the
back yard of Mrs. Rsvenstein, on the corner
of South Jackson street and the railway, in
Fort Pickering yesterday morning, created
somewhat of a sensation in that neighbor-
hood. The holes were about four feet deep,
and were dug by persons unknown sometime
during the previous night. Whatever might
have been the designs of the mysterious
excavators, they left no clue that will give
any light on the subject. The matter is in
the hands of the police.
-Hdrptr's Bazar says "The French dresses
are each supplied with pillow bustle,"
which is pad two or three fingers long anil
half wide, sewed permanently to the bslt
of the skirt, in order to make the figure ap-
pear quite full Just below the waist line,
where the marguerite corssge fits smoothly;
the panier scarfs and drapery give the proper
fullness below this. Hair OF the highest
weight should be used for these pada and
they should be as small as possible, other
wise they are not only dis6guring but I'M