Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-09

Yesterday the weather warmed up bit.
1t looked like rain for a while yesterday.
Are the Democrats going to put forward
a regular ticket.
Are the Democrats sleeping in reference
to the coming election?
The roller-skating tournament takes
place tonight at Estival.
The present Mundinger case will not
probably be 80 interesting as the last.
The regular monthly meeting of the
School Board will be held next Monday.
james Glass, captain of the Mcclellan
Guards, lost his wife at Hot Springs recently.
President MADDEN says the Police Court
business don't pay since he has been on the
bench.
Detective Pryor yesterday arrested G.
w. Rosa, on the charge of receiving stolen
property.
Annie Needs, poor, demented creature
was taken to the stationhouse last night by
Officer Mcfarland.
g. B. Meyers and John Smith were ar
rested last night for fighting in Pat Finnessy's
saloon, on Second street.
1t will probably be several days before
Special Chancellor Elicit will decide.the case
of Pickett Us. Ferguson & Hampson.
Bets have offered here that the Quapaws,
Of Little Rock, would beat the Crescent
Rifles, of New Orleans, at the Louisville
drill.
Marriage licenses were granted yesterday
to Edward P. Hall and Sallie B. Dickinson,
Bristo Hill and Lizzie Sims, George B. Lowe
and NJ. A. Hill.
The question agitating the candidates of
the Republicans and Greenbackers is: Are
the Democrats going to let it be go-as-you-
please race or not?
On Thursday next, the 18th instant, the
Tennessee Transcript will be revived, and
thereafter be published weekly at Savannah,
Tenn. Victor Thompson, editor.
The old Catholic churchyard on Henry
avenue is in a bad condition. Fences are
down, the trees uncared for and mutiIated,
and cattle have perfect freedom to roam at
large.
Last night guileless individual named
ID. w. Hoskall, opened a knocking machine
in front of Luehrman's, attracting large
crowd. Officer Condor came along and
scooped him in.
will in all probability be ordered investigated
by Chancellor Mcdowell. The attorney
general should see that the matter is brought
TO the attention of the grand jury.
-Messrs. George r. Jacobs and George NJ.
Bellamy, committee on solicitation, Nebletts
Landing, Miss. return thanks to the citizens
of Memphis for twenty-four barrels of flour
for the sufferers by flood in their vicinity.
Next Saturday will be ladies' and chill
dren's day at Estival Park. AFR. Kirkland
has thousand and one amusements of the
most innocent character to interest ladies
and children, and he is trying to make the
Park an institution in Memphis. Croquet,
archery, skating, ETC., are among the attrac-
tions.
-Levy's wife and children are living in
Paris. Mrs. Levy, nee Miss Conway, of New
York, is studying for the operate stage. 1t
is said that Levy is very conceited; a man
who has a very pretty wife and two very
pretty children, and makes $1l00 week
well, he has some slight reasons to be con-
ceited.
The developments in the Chancery
Court jury case have caused big stir about
the courthouse, and have certainly aroused
the courts and the officers to a more active
interest in the selection of jurors. Chancellor
Mcdowell should order an investigation at
once, because suspicion points very strongly
against certain of the jurors.
An aesthetic picture in India ink of
Oscar Wilde and his Southern manager,
Peter Tracy, was executed by Brance Ander-
son and placed on exhibition in McCarthy's
window yesterday. The artist displays con-
siderable talent in the almost perfect like
ness of his subjects, and has embellisbed the
scene with the expected lily and sunfower.
The Quapaw Guards have been drilling
twice day for two months. They sleep in
their armory and have regular cook en-
ployed to make them coffee and light
breakfast at O'Clock in the morning. One
of the Chlckasaw Guards who saw them
drill recently, says they are we'll up, and he
thinks they are a good dark horse" for the
second place at Louisville and Indianapolis
For the purpose of obtaining the expert
ence of practical Southern farmers in regard
to the cure of murrain in cattle, and hog
cholera, the Rural Record offers two premi-
ums, of $50 each, for the best recipe, of not
more than 100 words in length, giving the
most effective and practical remedy for
either. For further particulars address
Rural Record Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Porter Guards will enter by tele-
graph to-day in the drills at Louisville and
Indianapolis. The officers will be: Captain,
j. D. Waldran; first lieutenant, r. B. Ar
mour; second lieutenant, K. F. Looney; first
sergeant, w. P. Wildberger; second sergeant,
J. B. Waggoner. The company will proba-
bly, go in camp on or about the 18th instant,
at Olympic Park, and the honSfary mem
bers propose to see all necessaries supplied
provided they 60 in camp.
ELECTRICITY is now being curbed down to
true domestic use Some of the latest de-
vices are the window and door burglar
alarm, which gives an alarm whenever the
windows or doors are raised or opened; the
fire alarm, which notifies you whenever the
heat at any part of the house rises to ire
heat; and the gas lighter, which is arranged
so that from your bedroom the gas in any
part of your house can be lighted or extin-
guished at pleasure. Add to these the cleo
trio light, the telephone, etc, and its great
advantages are at once shown.