Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-22


hands make light work. /
The paving OF Second street from Poplar
TO Beale will be commenced az soon ss the
residents raise 10000. With this paved |
with good block stone, and remaining Tree |
from street-car tracks, it is predicted that |
90 this street, will be more vslu- |
able for Wholesale business purposes than |
any other street in the city.
The chain-gang has been cleaning up |
number Of streets and alleys during the past |
week. They are now engaged in filling up
Sycamore street, between Main and Chicka-
saw streets. 1t might be stated that the
gang" Is not self-sustaIniug, and is bringing
the Taxing. District IN debt every day; but
the question is, what can be done with them?
Another meeting OF the Young Mems
Christian Association will be held in the
Cumberland Presbyterian church at 8
o'clock Monday evening. At the meeting
last Monday night over fifty new names were
presented for membership. The young men
are in earnest and working vigorously. All
young men are invited 10 attend the meet
iDgs from week to week.
The Auxiliary Committee, on sale of
seats, consisting OF Mr.. John johnson, chair
man, Messrs. F. w. Brode,. II. Furstenheim,
Napoleon Hill, E. A. Keeling, J. G. Nicely,
D. T. Porter, John K. Speed and John E.
Randle, have, with the directory's commit
tee, completed their preparations for the
Mozarts' auction, Tuesday morning. The
appointment of these gentlemen is an earnest
Of The lively, yet fair, conduct Of the auction.
in our Railway News" column on the
third page of this mornings APPEAL will
be found one of the most favorable reports
OF railway operations any Southern company
has ever been able to make. 1t is that of the
Mississippi and Tennessee Railway Compa-
ny for the fret six months of the present
fiscal year, showing an increase in net re-
ceipts of SIG 655 70 over the same period
last year. The expense account includes the
outlay for eleven miles of newsteel rails laid.
Several prominent American book pub
fishers are introducing the British custom of
binding books with the edge uncut. There
are several objections TO untrimmed books,
the chief of which is that when the leaves
are cut the dust, which seems to seek out
books, adheres like glue to the rough edges,
while from trimmed leaves il may be easily
brushed of. This fashion of the booksellers
will doubtless be as short-lived as the FASH
ions Of the dressmakers and the milliners.
The County Court, when it convenes,
should lend a helping hand to the District
authorities to pave Poplar street, from NJ ain
| " IAObi, anu 6licct Ncel Vi lut
between il and the Exchange building, These
streets should be paved with some substance
that is almost noiseless, asphalt, for instance,
| SO that the business Of the courts will not
| be interrupted by the chatter of drays and
wagons. The County Court could not ex-
pend $4,000 or $4,000 more advautageously
than in this work.
"A gentleman informs an APrEAL re-
porter that yesterday he saw cat climb a
tree in Court Square, go into one of the
squirrel-bo1es, and catch one of the young
squirrels. The keeper of Court Square
| should be provided with a target rifle, which
he should use industriously upon cats seen
anywhere in the neigh borhood of the square.
Tie cat will not tackle full grown squirrel,
consequently their attacks upon the young
are made In daylight, when the old ones are
away from their nests.
We hope our citizens will invite their cous.
ms and their aunts 10 come here on the 14,h
and 18th of May, throw open their houses and
extend the same kindness IS was extended to
them when in 1678-79 they f1ocked TO the
country. Races and Mardi- Gras ara we'll
enough for men, but the coming Mozart Fes-
tival is an occasion when ladies from the
country and their daughters eau enjoy them
selves, and at very moderate expense, and
hear the finest music ever heard 10 the Soath.
Again We say, throw open your doors and in
vite your friends to come.
The following resolution of respect was
passed by unanimous rising vote of the
teachers and pupils OF the Hope Night
School on last Friday night, after hearing cf
the death of Mrs. J. c. Johnson, by whom,
with her husband, that institution was es-
tablished and has been maintained: "R =
solved, that We, as te chers and Pupils, ten
der our most sincere sympathy and con-
dolence TO Mr.. ]. c. johnson and his be-
reayed family in their deep affection and
great loss in the death of Mrs johnson, to
whose Christian benevolence this institution
is largely DUE"
The garbage service is doing splendid
work, but this service 10 very much imposed
upon by many citizens, who want their sta.
bies cleaned out, their COW lots swept and
the trash removed, and their outhouses
whitewashed-all by this service; and q
great number of private residences, as well
as business houses, are SO negligent and in.
different that they do not furnish boxes or
barrels TO contain the refuse matter from
their premises, but pile it up in heaps, and
expect a cart to stop ten or fifteen minutes,
gathering it up with shovel, and then com
plain if the drivers do not sweep out the
back yard. President Hidden says this
service was not intended TO do this kind Of
work.
Although this has been race week, and
thousands OF strangers have been in the city.
there have been but three arrests at The
race-track, and the Police Court has been
more quiet than ever before. But one pick.
pocket was arrested, who las been kept in
custody during the week, and this mornisg
will be given free pass out of the city. But
enc complain OF pocket-picking was report
ed at police headquarters. President II sdden
says that il the races did not pay other peop!e
better than they did the city authorities, thew
were a dead failure. He states officially that
his receipts from that source were thirty
seven and = half cents, aud he RENTED tue
half cent because he could not make the
change.
The following instruments were fled
with the county register yesterday: Miss
Mary Gallagher, trustee, 10 Miss Ellen Nc
Carihy, quit claim; Ira NJ. Hill to Elias
Lowenstein, ct a.. quit claim; Probate Court
to Mary Cuneo, deed; S. NJ Mitchell to John
NJ Peake, chsttel mortgage; S. C. Brown 10
Jobu NJ. Peake, chattel mortgage; J. NJ.
Moore 10 A. I. Calls, chattel mortgage; A.
i. Obechain ct al, to Thomas NJ. Scruges,
deed; Mrs. Sarah S. Peele to Thomas Todd
johnson, deed; Daniel Appleton, executor,
10 John OyertoD, jr., deed; Tom Connolly to
Pearce, Suggs q Petit, chattel mortgage !;
VIM. Green to Psarce, Suggs & Petit, Oh al
Tel mortgage; E liza Todd to A. N. McCAl
lum, trustee, chattel mortgage; Edward
Tucker 10 A. n. McCallum, trustee, chattel
mortgage.
The Cincinnati Dramatic Festival, 10
commence April 30th and end May 5lh, will
be one OF the most notable events of the year
and will no doubt attract great many pso-
pie from this section, especially as the Louis.
vile railroad will carry passengers 10 and
from Memphis to Cincinnati for one fare.
All the trains have Pullman palaces sleepers,
and special trAil will be put on at Cincin-
natl alter the last performance tor the con-
venlence OF persons residing at dietauce.
The Louisville is one of the best equipped
and best conducted roads in the country, aud
its general passenger and ticket sgen', Mr.
Atnore, has an eye SINGLE 10 the advance.
ment OF the interests of the South. Round
trip tickets for the Dramatic Festival can be
had at the ticket office, corner of Main and
Madison streets.
We are authorized by Mr.. James w,
Richardson, superintendent o.. Brad. treet's, to
state that the fire which occurred on Sunday,
April 10Th, IN the basement of the bulldog
used by the Remington Company, No. 81
Reade street, New YORK, snd extended thence
" 'Ho ioAe9 oSSofteo lOf many SedTs py the
Bradstreet Company as their mechanical de-
paTtment-comPrising the press.roem, bird
cry, Hthographius and stock-roons, etc,
destroyed these only. TIE agency depart
ment of Bradstreefs business at Nos. 279, PSI.
2S3 Broadway, as we'll as the executive offices
of the company, suffered somewhat from
water and smoke, but not single report or
record was lost, not document destroyed,
uer was pound of the type, which makes
up Brddareet's Book Of Reports, disturbed. A
s.ie hL temporary delay in serving their pa
irons with information was caused soleiy bv
the Gampness which pervaded the agency
bulldog, but was SOON remedied. All the
machinery, tools, ETC., belonging to the me-
chsnical department are being replaced, and
every portion of their work resumed with
out delay.
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