Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-28
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

st. Elmo Wednesday night.
They say" peanuts will be higher soon
--Hd,el Kirke at Leubrie's Theater tonight
The Legislative Council meets this after
noon.
-"They say" we will have drier weather
when 1t quits raining.
Marriage license was granted yesterday
to Bell Henley and Cora Easley.
"A Nashville paper calls Colonel John
Powell "another Memphis sporad."
Captain s. has been suspended from
the Bull Club for 80 days for consenting to
become a bear"
james Donnelly, who was given three
days to leave town, was arrested Sunday for
stealing a skif
The case OF young Hill, who ran over
old Mrs. Snyder, has been continued, as she
is not able to appear yet in court.
Any man who dumps his slops and truck
out in the streets or back alleys will be
handled rather roughly by President MADDEN.
Mr.. John J. Barry, assessor for the
Eighth ward, announces that his headquar-
tiers are at Esquire Quigley's, No. "a Adams
street.
--Resperoasen, by Wm. Howard Russell,
LID, is the latest issue of the Franklin
Square Library, and can be had at Mansford's,
29S Main street.
Horace Graham was presented in the
United States Circuit Court, yesterday, on
the charge of plotting a steamboat without
license, and fined 500 and costs.
The committee investigating the Office
OF the chairman of the County Court, COM
pleted their labors Saturday at midnight,
and they are only awaiting the arrival OF
Judge Horrigan to rerort.
"Wednesday, before the st. Elmo per-
Torrance, member of the company will
walk across a rope stretched from the top of
the Peabody Hotel to Levy's trunk store. He
will not be aided by the spirits, either
AT the meeting of the Porter Guards
last night NIessrs. Samuel Cruise aud 9. T.
Fender were elected active members, and
Captain p. r. Athy, Judge I. j. Latham, H.
NJ. Nicely, R. S. Capers, Joseph Uhl and H.
j. Nintou were elected honorary members
The river and financial editor of the
APPEAL, Colonel Win S. Brooks, made
very grave omission in hi list Of ARRIVALS"
last week He is excusahle, however, on the
ground that it didn't come by river; but
there is no excuse for his not quoting his
stock at pa.
Captain O'Haver telegraphed TO Chief
Davis from Nashville yesterday that he had
obtained a requisitiOn from the governor for
the Little Rock thieves-H. Begsman and
The hGbeds corpus case before Judge Eldridge
was postponed until this morning at 10 O'Clock. |
Considerable property was destroyed by
hre-the APPEAL learns through R. G. Dun |
u Co.'s mercantile agency-at Conway Ark
Saturday morning, the heaviest losses being |
on A. Hochheimer, NJ. a. J. Franenthal & !
Co., Davis & Haas and J. S. Jones. The |
loss is reported heavy and the insurance
moderate.
AT a meeting OF the directors of the |
Bon Aqua springs, held at Nashville last |
Saturday, for the purpose of deciding on the |
plans in competition for the new hotel to be |
built at that place this spring, the decision |
Memphis-his plans fulfilling all the re- |
quirements Of arrangement and beauty Of |
design.
The will of A. J. Hawkins was probated |
yesterday. He leaves the homestead, known |
at the Lane place" absolutely to his wife; !
his SOD, Monroe Hawkins, is TO have the /
tract of land in the Seventh civil district. !
known as the "Blair place." his son Leonard |
is to have $500; his son Mitchell is to re- |
ceive $3.50. Hester Hawkins and William |
Price are the executors.
Last night number of citizens assem- |
bled at the Peabody Hotel to take some &C |
ton regarding the holding of Mardi- Gras
next year. Mr.. Edward Oliver |
was called 10 the chair, and the movement /
was started auspiciously. Another meeting !
will be held Wednesday night, when Mr.. |
Furstenheim will more fully state the objects |
and scope of the organization.
1t is with regret that we learn, by the |
San Antonio Express, that the only child of |