Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-09

ton Of his, nor of his fret wife, but wai
merely friend OF his, at whose house ht
boarded his child.
MIR. Washburn, OF Boston, will lectur,
on "Spurgeon and London Lie" at Leubrie's
Wednesday night.
The Towpalh Club meets tonight tc
| take action regarding the death of the Hon
Horace Maynard.
The "May Coronation" under the man
agement OF Mrs. Rose p. Thompson, comes
off at the theater Friday next.
Mark Twain, the humoriAt, Mr.. Osgood
OF Boston, and photographer, have lef
New Orleans for their trip up the river.
Marriage licenses were granted yester
day to Thomas y. Humphreys and Isabella
Hicks, Robert Herring and Martha Jones.
Speeches full of fine rhetoric guaran.
teed 10 pulverize any audience can be secured
by applying to General G. p. Empty, care
Scimitar Office"
ALI the subscribers interested in organ
izing semi professional baseball club will
meet tonight at 35 Adams street for perma-
nent organization.
The committees of the different unions
met at No. 81 Adams street Sunday night,
and adjourned to meet at the same place
next Sunday at , o'clock pm.
The Louisville Erening Post says it is
generally understood that Mrs. Newton, who
poisoned little Elmer Slusser, will be prose-
cuted for murder when she RECEIVERS.
-ATne, a SLetch Of Norwegian Country Life,
by Bjornsij erne Bjornson, and Fhdnkenstei1,
by Mary w. Shelley, are the latest in cheap
series at Mansford's, No. 29S Main street.
The baseball game was interfered with
by the rain Sunday. Eight innings were
played and the Memphis Reds were pretty
thoroughly cleaned out, the score standing:
Cars nine, II; Reds, 2.
The attention of our readers is called TO
the very full report of the brutal double as
sassination of Lord Cavendish and Mr..
Burke, in all it, details, on the second page
of this mornings APPEAL
Several workipgmru who present
at the late Union meeting say that if they
had known what sort of men Bingham and
Turner were, they would have hustled them
unceremoniously out of the meeting.
Happy jack" who was suspected of
murder in Mobile, Ala, and placed in the
stationhouse, has been released, Chief Davis
having been able to secure nothing definite
about the crime with which he was charged.
AT meeting held by the Misses Intel
lectual Association Sunday, the following
officers were elected: Miss B. Hesse, presi-
dent; Miss J. Baum, ce-president; Miss r.
Cohn, secretary; and Miss b. Loeb, treas
urer.
MIR. IIadden is resolute in his determi-
nation to stop street-walking, he says. Hat
tie King was walking out late Saturday
night with beer pitcher in her hand. She
was fined s., and told TO go home and stay
there.
Planters, farmers and gardeners talk of
mn fn he nf ho
weather, asking that the spigot be turned
The other way for day or two, TO the end
that the earth hereaway may become dry
enough for agricultural pursuits.
A bit of advice to General G. p Empty:
Don't speak any more. You are not an ora
tor, and never will BE-; you are simply a nice
rotund, sonorous old blower. Go and study
law, devote yourself to your office, learn the
eloquence of silence, and you may yet be
happy.
Mrs. Gourd and Mrs. Annie Stock had
racas on Sycamore street yesterday after
loon and the former shot at the latter three
lines, hitting her once in the jaw. Mrs.
Stock was arrested for dIsorderly conduct
and abusive language, but Mrs. Gourd was
not plucked.
j. w. Lieben, former newsde aler of
his city, died yesterday at noon, and his
funeral will take place at 10 am. to-day
rom IA Promenade street. Ever since the
ever of 1878 he has been of unsound mind,
md has been an object of sympathy to his
many friends.
The proposed consolidation of all The
rades unions of the city into a Trades As
'embly seems in a fair way of accomplish
nent. Six of the leading labor associations |
If the city have already appointed commit
ees OF conference and the end of the week |
will probably see the scheme well on foot. |
word OF caution: Keep Cheap John poll |
icians in the background; they will damn |
my cause TO which they may be allowed to |
Ittach themselves.
General G. p. Empty, the "Deadeye" of |
he Senitdr, denies that he said anything |
in his speech Friday night. He |
plainly minated in his scatter-brained hsr-
Dad ought tebt q have tfsF skas n tie profits
L his speech meant not this, il meant moth |
ng. The APPEAL's Buttercup" DOESN'T |
1--WE the Scinrfa,'s 'Deadeye" credit for hav- |
ng courage enough 10 be communis', and Is |
therefore, willing to believe that he meant |
lothiDg-as usual.
Beautiful Autograph programmes, with |
slips of the grad organ |
concerts of Prof. Pitcher, have been sent to |
Is many of our citiz7 as the committee in |
barge could think of at the time, and doubt |
ess many OF their friends have be forgot |
en- or overlooked in the hurry. Prof. |
'ilcher, OF New Orleans, will arrive in the |
ity to-day, and take charge of the vocalists |
Turing the preparatory rehearssls. Thurs
lay and Friday nights will be marked events |
mong musical people. Our best singers are
n the programmes, aided by Miss Alice
'uchs, who has lately added her vocal gifts
o our local talent. Tickets at the leading
torres for the concerts, 81 each.