Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-12
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

We will have spring races.
Mr.. Frank Roche supports Miss Ada
Gray.
blted yesterday.
day guardian of the heirs OF George r.
Phelan.
Tony Denier's Humpty Dumpty will be
here the latter three nights of next week at
Lsubrie's.
Each lady attending Miss Gray's per.
formance will be presented wi'h very hand
some souvenir.
With such start as the fall meeting
gave TO the Jockey Club, a spring meeting
would prove a success.
George Owen fell over the FreDt street
bridge, near the gas work., last night, and
was considerably injsred.
The APPEAL has received No. Is of
Seed Time and Harvest, Published at La
Plume, L1ckawarna county, Pa.
Marriage licenses were granted yester-
day to Peter Dickson and Mrs BERTHE Glenn,
John Clark and Bette Hicks, d. w. Hogue
aud Emma Cummings.
"A concern has been 81 ar.ed in Cincinnati
called the American News Exchange. The
thing is fraud aud the people are warned
Letters are received every day by the
Jockey Club management from WelLposted
racing people, rendering services toward
making the spring meeting success.
The Memphis, Selma and Brunswick
railroad has brought suit in the Circuit
Court to have Condemned properly belonging
to ST. Agnes Femsle Academy, Mrs. Mary
Corrigau, III. NJ. Hill, w. P. Dunsvant, and
William Hewitt. Commissioners were sp-
pointed TO assess The value of the property.
As there are thirteen railroad tracks
near The elevator, and the traffic there will
so1n be very complicated, President Hadden
has issued an uhipomatun TO the railroads
that they will have 10 build bridge from
Poplar street into the elevator over the
tracks. SO that there will be no danger of
loss of life.
Memorial services will be held at the
grave of Frank Wenzel, at Emxocd, this
evening at $3.50 o'clock, weather permitting.
There will be Two songs by members of The
Mczart Society, the German Casino and Ger
man Mennerchor. The services will con-
clude with an address by Rev. u. Thomas, of
the German Protestant church.
"A sample measure of second growth
Irish potatoes, averaging seventeen ounces,
was left at our Office yesterday by Mr.. A. B.
Garter, who lives two miles from the city, ON
the Boulevard. MIR. Carter states that the |
ground on which the potatoes were grown
has also produced this season .uruips which |
are now nearly large enough TO dig.
Memphis spot cotton declined lie yester-
day, the quotation at the close of business
being 9sc, with the tone easy. Receipts we're
1888 bales; shipments, 1896, ard sales 205O, |
1000 bales Of which went to spinner account, |
spectators taking 100 bales New York went |
of I6c and New Orleans sc-Liverpool I'M
changed. Some ar. estimating the crop at |
from 100000 10 800, 900 bales. Nothing |
doing in futures.
Clerk and Master Black Yesterday sold |
the following property: Lot No. 2 of Will |
liam Cranes subdivision, on Monroe. 10 d. |
H. PostoD, 129 feet for $23 so; lot No. of |
same subdivision, on Madison street, 1891 |
ieet, 10 L. B. Eaton, for 500 so; lot No. Al |
Of Kerr subdivison, rs % scres, to w. NJ
Moon, for $75 70 per acre; lot on Union |
avenue, four miles from Memphis, being lot
No. z OF n. NJ. Trezevant's subdivision, TO w.
A. Collier, Tor S225; 229 acres OF Holiness /
for $4Sl6 AZ.
The different congregation of the city
will unite in service 10 be held at the Cum
Derland Presbyterian church, Court street.
o night, under the auspices Of the Memphis
and Shelby County Bible Society, when the
claims OF the Bible cause will be discussed by
he Rev. DR.. Savage, district superiutepdent
If the American Bible Society for Kentucky /
ind Tennessee. The public are invited. aud
{ is hoped there will be large attendance
services 10 begin at 80 o'clock.