Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-15
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

Cool and pleasant.
-EaS Lynne tonight.
Cotton is pouring in.
White frost last night.
-Hrmpty Dumpty tomorrow night.
Around The World tomorrow night.
The oyster season is fully upon us.
The cotton gins are running rapidly.
Judge Eldridge holds court al Bartlett
Warm, fair weather is promised by Ole
Prob.
Miss Gray's support is composed of still
life actors.
Will the Congressional River Commit
tee be entertained?
Casey Young would make good Speak.
er of the next House.
The yonu. ladies of Union street have
| organized a social club.
The First Baptist church choir gave
pleasant concert last night.
The recorder, between the lawyers anC
the rental agents, feels like the "devil or
two sticks"
The young men here have organized s
gymnasium club, which meets at the EXPOSE
lion building.
Judge MADDEN looked detected yester
day: He didn't get good opportunity tC
read his latest joke.
The Knights OF Innsfail gave a most
delightful ball in their new quarters il
Cochran Hall last night.
1t would be cheaper for the tramp to &C
10 first class hotel. He gets fined hote
rates for sleeping in the gutter.
John r. Sloan, editor of the Weekly Call
is Endorsed BY the best citizens of Covingtou
for the office OF comptroller Of the treasury
james Cothran, the supposed accomplice
OF John Clark in the killing of Levi Preston
was discharged in the Criminal Court yes
terdsy.
President 81 sdden says the River Inyes-
tigating Committee is coming South in order
to elect John G. Carlisle Speaker OF the next
House of Representatives.
Officer Plummer, one of the best colored
policemen on the force, was tried before the
Commissioners yesterday on some trivial
charge and very properly re-instated.
-Huper's Magazine, for December, "Tyu-
dalPs Six Lectures on Light" in the Hum
6oldt Library form, with fine lot of scien-
tific works, can be obtained at Mansford's.
Mr.. Frank Roche was leading actor at
the Memphis Theater during the season of
1866 81. The intervening fifteen wears have
proved conclusively that Mr.. Roche is no
actor.
The Pittsburg CoIored Citizen rejoices
over the Democratic victory, and has
number of funny illustrations showing the
progress up Salt river OF the defeated can
didates.
The following numbers drew capital
prizes in the Louisiana State Lottery at New
No. 1886 drew $25,00O; No. SO, 7l9 drew
$4,000.
"A Sky-blue remarked yesterday 10 an
APPEAL reporter: 1--WE didn't poll very
many votes; but we whooped 'em up all over
the State and made 'em trot out their best
material"
President MADDEN levies an internal
revenue tax of 81 on the whisky OF
the plain drunk. OF course if the prisoner
throws in any scallops, the judge insists on
Sky-blue fine.
Amanda Walker and Mrs. Morrissey,
who keeps a grocery on the corner of North
and Manassas streets, got into fight and
the latter came very near getting her finger
bitten of. Amanda wss arrested.
Cheap work always result in no good.
Witness the abominI BILE patching on the
crossing of Main and North Court This is
the fourth time in our memory of patchwork
being done on that crossing in the last two or
&C hOuturJ anu
after the holes are punched.
Maj. Miles Meriwether, the Taxing
District engineer, met with quite painful
accident yesterday morning. He was just
stepping off the bridge at the foot of Bsale
,treer, when his foot slipped and he fell
down the embankment, dislocating his ankle
and possibly breaking one of the small
bones.
Quite little sensation occurred in the
Ada Gray company just before they reached
,ere. The "Bsrbara Hare" of the compsny
Hoped with a young man, and another
actress had to be sent for. She did not ar
i've in time for the Monday night engage
nent, and 80 the "Susanne" of the company
lad TO play BARBARA"
"A rustic-loekins chap, calling himself |
". Hilles, OF Crystal Springs, Mich, tried !
few days since TO beat the First National |
Bank out of $500. He began 20 deposit at |
he bank few weeks ago, representing him. |
elf as being here to buy lumber for his |
sther. Most of the meney deposited he |
rev out. Finally he presented forged |
heck for 5000, ON the Chatham National |!
,ank, Of New York, drawn in bis favor by |
Z. C. Cumming, banker, of Carson City, |
iicb- Mr.. Schultz, the cashier, refused 10
ay il, but said he would send on and collect
be amount. When il was discovered 10 he
forgery the festive young man was found
, have disappeared.