Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-18
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

-Picnics are plentiful.
Straw hats are numerous.
The FLYERS at Estival tonight.
No rehearsal by the Mozarts last night.
The City Council met yesterday after
noon.
This will be motion day in the Chancery
Court.
The Auditing Board held a short session
yesterday evening.
"A number of country wagons were
noticed on the bluff to-day.
"A meeting of the Legislative Council was
held yesterday evening.
The Music Festival is over, but the
church festival is just looming up.
The brickmakers are busy and me-
chanics generally have their hands full of
work.
Virginia Smith, colored, was caught with
a bucket OF filth in her back yard, which cost
her 81.
Three dollars in money and eight days
work was all the Police judge pocketed yes
terday morning.
About $4,000 old city Indebtedness was
filed for funding yesterday. No bonds have
yet been Issued.
The three letters, "etc," furnished food
for learned legal dissertation in the Grim
inal Court yesterday.
The magistrates are all busy with trifing
civil suits. Very little of a criminal nature
occupies their time.
The county trustees office is deserted.
All his tax bills are in the hands of the
sheriff and cOnstables.
The squirrels are more contented with
the Wildwoody appearance OF Court Square
than other people are.
Haywood Dasmukes, for stealing wsich
from Henry Brown, colored brother, will
spend year at the cspital.
-Gounod's Redemption was given at Cir
cinnati last night, 10y the Tnomss troupe
with chorus of 900 voices.
The gambling case being argued before
Judge Greer will be appealed, no matter how
he decides. 1t is an sgreedl case.
There will be general meeting of the
Young Mems Christian ts3ciation at the
Cumberland church this evening at O'Clock.
Delicious strawberries retail for seven
ard a.haI cents per box at many places, ten
cents being the highest p:ice asked for the
choicest varieties.
Judge EIdridge yesterday appointed J.
A. Gray administrator of w. +. Bowman
and s. J. Shepherd administrator dc bonis
non OF V. G. Moore.
"A couple Of vegetable wagons were
warned yesterday to take Ut licenses or quit
selling garden truck, except what they raised
in their own truck patches.
Marriage licenses were Issued yesterday
to Ike Mater and Miss Eliza johnson, Viii |
lie Smith and Miss Kate Butler, Howard |
Al Afost1la n,nnIass
-Fiaunels are 90 longer comfortable ex- |
cept at night, and The merchant tailors have |
more orders for summer suits than they can |
fill. and more bills than they can collect.
Deeds were recorded to-day from Mrs. |
Ellen Devne to Minter Parker, Cnarcery |
Court to U. W. Miller, Minter Parker 10 |
Sarah Kizort, Sarah Kizort to w. l.. CiapP. |
Mary Jones was senterced by Judge Greer |
Yesterday to serve on. year IN the .peniten- |
tiary for stealing an overcoat. She wore her |
borrowed mems clothes while being tried and |
The May term OF the United States |
Court will begin next Monday week. Little |
business will be transacted in the meantime. |
Judge Hammond did not go on the bench at |
all yesterday.
"A meeting OF the Memphis Bsr will be |
held a. the Cnancery Courtroom at $50 |
o'clock this friday morning, upon matter |
Of importance. Every member of the Bar |
is requested to be present.
President MADDEN, referring to the COM
plants about Inc condition of Court Square, |
said yesterday that there was no money in |
the treasury "comesiabe" for that purpose |
1t is all tied up, and will not be released |
until the CITY debt is funded.
Several irifing articles pilfered By the
swindler Louis Sleinhsuser, whose tears 50
wrought upos the court officials when he
Was tried, nave larely been recovered by the
police. The evidence sgainst him until now
has been purely circumstsntisl.
DR.. Mayo will lecture tomorrow night
at The Central Baptist church on The subject
OF education, with which he is so familiar.
The tile Of his lecture is American Brains
in American Hands" A fine house ia as
sured by the bare announcement
"A special Dispatch to the APPEAL from
Little Rock last night, says: 'An unknown
man, aged about fifty year,, with a long
gray beard, fell off the Iron Mountain rail-
road construction train at 8 o'clock this