Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-20

vile and Nashville railroad and the follow
ing counties and towns in this State: Gibson
and Crockett counties, snd the towns Of
Humboldt, Milan, Gadsden and BellevIlle,
perpetuatiDg the injunction prayed Tor.
AT a meeting Of the Porter Guards the
following gentlemen were unanimously
elected active members: w. NJ. Cross, Chas.
VI. Patton and w. l.. Haynes. Captain Bar
ney Hughes was unanimously elected COM
plimenIary honorary member on account Of
valuable services rendered the company.
"A colored woman named Hanson, who
resides back of Elmwood Cemetery, reports
the loss OF a seven year old son about week
ago. She last heard of him on the corner Of
Gayoso and fernando streets. His COM
plexion is light, and his hair Is inclined 10
be straight He had on a blue shirt, light
colored jeans pants and black hat
The County Court register shows the fol-
lowing transactions for yesterday: Sanford
Wilburn to G. G. Howard & Co, chsttel
mortgage; w. E. Dunbar to A. L. Barrett,
quit claim; Isaac Issacs to w. \. Brown,
trust deed; Memphis Lumber and Manufsc-
turing Company, articles OF incorporation;
ChaIcery Court 10 the Springfield and Mem
phis railroad, decree; S. Sturm to A. Wesche,
quit claim.
A colored WON an named Annie Graham,
living on Madison stseet, east OF the bayou,
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Sunday noon, and would have "bid farewell
to this vain world" but that DR.. Purnell, the
Health Office physician, who dislodged the
dose She Claims to be an unregistered mar
ried woman; says her love is not responded
to, and that she will yet succeed in taking
her life.
Mary Lewis swore out the proper papers
before Esquire Quigley yesterday for the
arrest of l.. Bauer, a merchant at the corner
of Beale and fernando streets, on the charge
of passing counterfeit money. The woman
lives in the country, and visited the city to
dispose of some OF her garden productions,
after which she went to Mr.. Bauer's store
and made a small purchase. In change Tor
a IS bill he gave her lot of counterfeit sill
yer, which she discovered on going to Ter
ence Mccartney, at the Catholic Cemetery,
and offering the silver with some other
money in payment of an account due him.
After the arrest and the departure of the |
woman to her country home, with lnstruc- |
tions to come to-day at 10 o'clock to the trial,
a test of the money was made by several ex-
perts, who pronounced it good, and that it
had been covered with quicksilver for some
purpose as yet unknown.
The execution of the Criminal Court |
charge, as regards the county prisoners on
Presidents Island farm, was carried out yes
terday morning. Sheriff Athy, with his as
sistants, Andrew Harris, Charley Newell and |
Billy Quinn, accompanied by J. ]. DuBose,
Sam Mcdowell and ]. F. Hunter, were car
ried down the river to the head OF Presi- !
dents Island on a tug, and after heated |
walk of mile or more they came to the |
workhouse, where the prisoners were stand>
ing in a row, hoe in hand, answering TO their |
names preparatory to going into the field to |
work. The sheriff explained the object of his |
mission to the island farm-keeper, and pre-
scented him list of names of the Shelby |
county prisoners, from which he selected the
following persons: John Ryan, Hardy Nor
rison, Pleas Steel, Sherman johnson, Clinton |
Hilliard. Sy Roddick, Anthony Tindell, Mil
ton Rankin, A. Pondo, ALI Watson, Charles
Zimmerman, Henry Smith, Sam Jones, Will
liam Wheeler, Sam Blair and Wallace Bar
tree (all colored except the first namely |
The usual ornaments-handcuffs-
placed on each one, and the lot were re-
turned to the city and turned over to Castle |
Mason.