Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-22
SONGS OF DAVID.

Eff y one dollars in cash WIS captured.
"No smoking!" was the f 8; order from the
Court.
Barton Partee paid 81 for running his
day with but one number.
A charge OF stealing a bundle If clothes
was not sustained against Willis Shaw, col
ored, and be wss allowed to 90.
Thomas J tferson,a reckless colored driver,
drove his wagon over Brit;ou's horse's foot,
injuring it severely, but got off with a 81
fine.
"Silence in court-keep quiet out there"
emphasized with a desfeniug blow of the
] gavel, brought order out of chaos, and the
| docket was proceeded with.
Hadden's temple Of police jurisprudence
and arena of gigantic legal inlellects was
. liier ally j,mmed with an audience as nearly
Cosmopolitan as coutd be assembled on these
[. bluffs.
Austin Nance, colored, an old offender
, who was want for 8 me trihing transaction
a mouth or 30 ago, was overhauled by a po-
! liceman whom he resisted. 1t cost him
! $40 or its equivalent.
The police were notified to look after a
sidewalk GU Cansey street, north Of Elliott,
which had sunk, and the owners of the burot
district on Shelby street must be notified 10
clear away the rubbish from the street if no
immediate steps were TO be taken to rebuild
the houses.
A well-known attorney testifying against a
party who had assaulted his chicken COOP,
told the story as he had heard eli from his
servants, which ths defense would not ac-
cept IS testimony, and a wraugle was cut
short BY the Court raving ou': Stand
aside, MI. -; bring 10 a witness that
kuows something about this cts.."
Several cases were continued for various
reasons, among them Charles Smith, charged
with larceny, 10 be heard Monday; --GIss.
gov, colored, assault and battery; Barney
Farrell and Charles Boutall, fighting. The
case Of A. Wesson, jr, charged with invol-
un,sry manslsughter, was transferred to
E quire Spelman.
A diminutive colored girl, called Alice
Smith, was charged with ars)p, but she
was too young in years to come within the
jurisdiction of any court. Her parents were
advised to quit hiring her ou'. keep her al
hom', watcn her Gle 'ly, aud when soc went
the lie ast crooked whip her like smoke. There
is more virtue in one sound hide-lifler than
all the moral suasion or medical expert
ments in the world"
The Court has put its foot down on the
tsrdiness of citizens in making sewer con.
n~ections. A crowd of seven residents along
the line of the solitary Tenth. Yard sewer
who had already had thirty days indulgence
were up asking more time. mot q single
day; / nave been fooling long enough about
this business. l will just clap it 10 you fol
IS each, ard in ten days more, Il the work i,
pot drn', you hrd better have S25 more
ready. | see a disposi ion to make a e ght on
this, and am right in The humor f)r it,"
"John William'," who wa. frequently al
luded to by the witnesses az Vincent Bro
va, fued $50 aud bound over to the Crimi
nal Court for pounding old man Andy Stein
face into a Jelly. Vincent had an old grudz,
sgsinst Andy running back a. far a. 1879
and beiog druok enough Sunday 10 aveng,
himself made the assault upon the prelexi
that he had heard that Andy had sad some
Thing about him which the latter positivel,
denied. Boro il a young man, hale apc
:. hearty, while old Andy is about seventy snt
az fe BILE as a child.
Psck's B d Boy fads a counterpart il
Char ca F. z dmmons. The Court has spsn
many sleepless nights in efforts TO bling
about a reform alton in this youEgstsr, bu
without avail. His latest exploits wer,
/; climbing trees overlooking the Backyard o
Mr.. julius Taylor and picking his chickens
eff with a cling shot. His disIr, ed molhe
plead hard for one more exercise OF th,
Courts clemeucy, but Of no avail. Half
, dozen or m ore old ~mittimusses were revived
and IS added which will keep his mind &C
cupIed for awhile.
John Green and wife Matte, Caleb Nelsol
and wife Ada, Peter Hrichinson an wifi
D Fannie. George Griffin ard wife L zzie, an
q Lou Varmini, and enough OF ers to max
up the number OF fifteen sous occupyiHi
? two rooms 10 a house near the corner of D.
d soto and Beale streets, have been maxim
u nights hideous with sll manner of disorder
u Iy conduct. so that peaceable ciliz .ns Twin
+ N the ~peiyhborhood were deprived of sleeI
E Each one was fued IS, excepting Mstti
: Green, who bore an infant a few days old i
Der arm., and WAS allowed TO 60. 1t wa
also ordered that the case be reported to tn
Board Of Health as in violation of the ord
nance regulating the number Of persons al
lowed to occupy a certain amount OF spsc'
Jack Wilson, q young white rough, VII
pridsd himself on being "as good a lIttl
Irishmzn az ever walked the streets of Mem
phis." went down TO the street-csr stables an
raised a runpus with the boys, displaying
knife. for which Demonstration he wa
6ued IS. George Norman, colored, a
!s-sravs,ed csse Of fighting, has 10 chip j
+ a 40 note. George Pratt and Wyatt Ed
. ward, two disorderly colored "pussons,D vii
x do eight days work each on our street in
prov snts, or plank up a - note each. NJ
P. Williams, 3 nIne year-o.d coloreo mack
ereI, wac sent back 10 be thrsshed out BY hi
parents for misdenesuor-jumpiog on pas
irg trains, etc. NJ. J. Coleman, white, drum
Z and sleeping out, -.
4 John C. F.fer. charged with assault ap
: battery BIZ Walker Kenaedy, was hned ~
Officer jenny, who was present and receive
/. one of the b Vows aimed al Filler by Kennedy
= cane. was the only witness examined, an
both belligsrenls were allowed to give thei
side of the story. Filler acknowledged ths
T be m ade the ssssult upon Kennedy, havin
been provoked TO II by The article written 3
tKennsdy Rejecting upon Col. Gallaxsy, VIII