Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-03
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Arkansas law book before I will entertain
H." "All right, sir; appeal the case"
The tuenty-fourih annual Maifest will
be celebrated ct Estivsl Park, next Monday.
The street procession begins at l O'Clock p m,
and ine festiVities close at midnight. The
Maifest as an occasion for royal fun has long
been appreciated in Memphis, and our Ger
man friends say this "fest" will sarpsss any
one that hss gone before.
Lima Ketcher says she married Fred
Kstcher in May, 1879, and lived with him
two years. Al the end OF that time ne de-
serted her in the gloom Of night, taking
with him $500, ali their combined wealth,
and the family horse and wagon, leaving her
to support her child on nothing. She petit
tions the ChsneeTy Court for divorce.
"A drsy-losd Of cotton was discovered on
FIRE on Main street, near Brooks, Nicely &
Co.'s cotton shed, yesterday afternoon. Il
was thrown off and The fire extinguished by
a few buckets Of water. There were FIVE bales
on The drsy, the coverings of all being en-
tiIely burEed off and the outer LAYERS of cot
ton badly scorched. The cause of the fire
was not ascertained.
REUBEN Carr, colored urchin of about
fourteen summers, was arraigned yesterday
for shooting the little spsrroRs with sling
shots. The boy's aged parent, who had put
up S2 forfeit for his hayward progeny, was
present. The Judge looked at the boy
scrutinizingiy, and then addressed the parent:
do you want me 10 scoop in the S2?" "No,
ssr, not if l can help it," ''Well, DON'T you
think little whipping would do more good
: than the fine? You see, when you whip q
boy for an ofenze like this, it's like scorch-
ing the hair Il a rst-he viii tell all the
balance OF the rats and they are cure TO
avoid similar punishment" "a ii right, sar;
/ think when l git through wild i'm be won't
bodder no more birds." And the old man
took the lad down in the stationhousa yard
and gave him Fl king be viii not soon for
get, and then came back to be refunded the
81 forfeit
A colored citizen Of Tunica county,
Miss, made application TO President Had
den yesterday morning for permission to
place his wife in the City Hospital, she being
a sufferer from frost-bitten feet. His honor
decliaed, atiDg that the State OF Missis-
sippi had M ade ample provision for the care
Of her pauper sick and destitute, and il
would be interfering in family aft ira for the
State Of Tennessee, or The Taxing District of
Shelby county, TO take any OF them off her
hands. The petitioner urged that ne had
been a citizen of Tennessee. "How long
sgo?" "Ab0ut five years." "Great guns!
Another generation mas sprung up since tnen,
municipalities have crumbled, and new ones
srisen out of their sshes and grown TO great
ness. Look at the great Fixing District OF
Shelby county, of which L am the distin-
guisbed head. Did you ever see anything
like that down in Tunica? No, sir. While
it touches the weak points of my nature, the
duty l owe my constituency compsls me to
deny your vile admittsnce to our hospital
and you must 20 bsck 10 Tunics, and throw
yourself upon the b3untiful charities of thai
great and good people"