Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-16
Wholesale 6R0CERS.
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

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his witt.
| Strawberries abundant and cheap; ten
| csnts per quart.
An artistic and financial success-ihs
| Mozart Musical Festival.
| Only few unimportant arrests were
made by the police yesterday.
-Fifty-nine thousand four hundred and
| twenty dollars were fled to be funded yesier-
day.
The value Of the Music Festival to Mem.
| phis cannot be computed from a pecunisry
| standpoint.
May musical festivals will doubtless
hereafter be regular INSTITUTIONAL least
| they ought to be.
A couple of the new Taxing District
bonds have been placed on exhibition in
| in Vikings window.
The case of Purnell Us. Ennis will be
| the first case on the docket in the Criminal
Court this morning.
Only few chaitel mortgages and deeds
| of minor importance we're fied with the
| county register yesterday.
In the Criminal Court yesterday several
keepers of houses OF ill-fsme submitted their
cases, and were fined s. each.
The will OF Henry Duke, deceased, was
probated yesterday, and letters testamentary
issued TO B. F. Duke a. executor.
The APPEAL has received a copy OF the
charter and sy.laws Of the Memphis Cotton
Exchange Mutual Aid Association, Just
| issued.
| Two colored couples were licensed to
m AIRY yesterday-George Fields and Miss
Jane Jenkins, and James Robinson and Mira
Sarah Webster.
| Sidney Brooks, for burglary and shoot
| ing with intent to KILL was yesterday con-
victed and sentenced TO FIVE years in the peni.
Tertiary in each case.
"A specimen of country butter, made in
the suburbs, was left at the APPEAL office
| yesterday by ]. J. Hale 1t compares favor
ably with the beat Western creamery"
The psgoda that has been recently built
in the center of Lsnow circle, in Eimwood
| cemetery, is beautiful, aud much admired by
| visitors, The company will soon commence
| graveling the drives with the 1ishomingo
gravel,
The Finance Com mittee of the Confed.
crate Association should take immediate and
| active steps 10 incloss with suitable curling
the graves OF their dead comrades at Elm
wood. This is the only Effective way to pre-
vent future DIES Grafton
Mr.. Robert Jackson, of Sardis, Misc,
] sent 10 this Office, yesterday, box of the
| finest strawberries We ever saw. We failed
to lesrn what variety they were, but it is
one that Ought TO be generally adopted in
this part OF the country.
| Among those who contributed in no
slight degree toward making the great Festi-
| val pc feet success were the com mittee on
seating the audience, composed of members
of the Mozart Society. Such large audiences
| were never before handled in Memphis, and
| very rarely indeed have lesser ones been
seated so systematically or with 30 little
noise or confusion. The gentlemen of the
committee worked faithfully and snecess.
fully, and deserve credit for the very efficient
manner in which they performed their duties.
Yesterday morning, while a wagon be-
longing to a huckstsr at the Beale streei
market vas being driven aevcss the bridge
on Pontotoc $ rect, between Desoto and We'll
iing,op, The horse backed against the railing
of the bridge, which gave way, and the
wagon and horse fell Into the bayou, the
driver, colored youth, barely escaping by
jumping upon the bridge. The horse was
severely injured and the wagon badly
smashed. TIE bridge has been in bad con-
ditiou for some time, and unless it is repaired
it is likely there will be loss OF life.
The following are the Supreme officers
of the Catholic Heights OF, America for the
ensuing Two years, elected at the meeting
| Just closed in s.. Louis: Bishop Span dipg,
OF Illinois, supreme spiritual director; Judge
VIM. E. Russell, Of Lebanon, KY, supreme
president; DR.. r. D. Davis, of Brooklyn,
n. Y, supreme ce-presideDt; John J.
Thompson, st. louis, supreme secretary; NJ.
J. OBrieu, OF Chattanooga, Tenn, suprs me
treasurer; John j. Duffy, of Memphis, Tenn,
| B. II. Everslsge, of Cincinnati and P. j.
/ U'Rourke, Of Fort Wayne, Ind., supreme
tustses;Dr. E. Miles Willeu, OF Men phie,
Tenn, supreme medical examiner.
| The Nashville American of Sunday an
nohroes that the plan of the Military History
of Tennessee has been enlarged by its suthor,
| Dr.. J. Berrien Lindsey, the first volume OF
| which will now be devoted entirely to Con-
| federa'e military history. The original con
ceptiou Of this work in 1864 embraced a Sc
ries of volumes GOV ring the whole field, he
frst of which was TO have included The mil
itary annals from 1912 TO 1861, inclusive.
| Lstterly, owing to the interest taken IN his
work throughout the State, and which, pour.
ing upon his table such CREST veal h Of
original and valuable atefiai, the ceDspiler
| has conceived the idea OF Limiting the hrst
volume as above The rich and ample con
tents gathered from the pioneer times, the
days OF jackson, the Mexican epoch and the
Federal OF general history of the recent war
will appear in 1885. The snbiect, though
well known to those interested, 10 still new
to the general public; and h a yet limited
number is The real magnitude o. the work
fully appreciated. As interest awakens,
| however, prominent representative men In
different counties of the State, realizing that
so extensive an undertaking can be so suc-
cessfuIly carried on and censummsted only
| By snbst antisl popular approval aud sup
port; have volunteered TO act ss SCENTS TO BE-
cure subscriptions ard make the work more
generally known. It<Gl De sold entirely
| upon subscription. anu upon the success of
the first volume will depend tn continuation
| of the authors labors. The names of these
gentlemen, when complete, that is, when
each county Of the State is represented, will
| be given to the public. Three years have
| already been Consumed in this work.