Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-25
STATIONS.
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The checker-board must 60.
There is now but one case OF smsllpox
at the pesihouss.
"A number of HANDSOME cottages are be-
ing erected in Chelsea.
The Mozart Society directors will hold
a meeting at their hall to night.
-T$elve hundred feet of cable for the
Telephone Company arrived yesterday.
MIR. r. A. Oilum has been rendered the
secretaryship of the new Insurance company.
The open.air entertainment season will
soon be over, and the festiye red bug will HE
him southwark.
The current number Of the Continent
has been received, and ii is, as usual, fully
up to its high standard.
"A dead dog lay Oh Main street, corner of
Jefferson, yesterday until it presented the
mos, nauseous spectacle.
The Jeans Senators will give a unique
performance, to be followed BY a hop, at Els.
tival Park next Monday evening.
The travel through the city, on all the
railroads, has been unusually heavy for the
summer, and all The hotels are doing a good
business,
The new switchboard for the Tele.
phone Exchange has arrived, and the work
Of putting it 10 will be commenced in a day
or two.
While playing yesterday, VIM. Mitchell,
| d lad OF about twelve years, fell and broke
| his arm and sustained other Commissions OF Il
slight character.
A special meeting Of Constantine L7dge
| No. % Knights of Pythias, is called for this
| Saturday. evening at $3.50 o'clock for lIans-
action OF important business.
Judge Eldridge has adjourned the Pro.
bate Court until his return from Kerrville
wheie there will be a barbecue and a profu
zion Of the fesh-pots OF Egypt to-day.
Since the arrival Of the first bale of cot
ton trade has begun 10 exhibit signs Of activl,
ty, which increase every day, aud the bust
ness community expect a very brisk season
The Commission of Referees met at ] ack
SOD, Tenn, on August Dist, and took q recess
until Monday, September 8, 1888, when they
will resume the call of the Shelby Law
docket.
Adams street has no rivalnow as a drive
/ though Second is many times as busy as i
was before the pavement was laid. A grea
deal of the heavy traffic has been turned OF
of Main street.
The August number of The Planters
Journal, the official organ Of the Nationa
Cotton Planters Association, is of unusua
interest TO the farming interes.s. Orders 70
subscriptions should be addressed to tn
Planters Journal, Vicksburg, Miss.
The excellent condition Of the alleys O
the city is worthy OF remark. A great deal o
paving has been done in all those in the moe
~populous portion OF the city, and they are al
kept as clean a. they csn be. Several of tn
blind alleys, which ~fJrmerly we're damp an
musty, have been ventilated and drained, a.
present a marked contrast.
Before Justice Elliott yesterday Jane
Scott wss fined 81 and costs for committin
an assault and battery on Joseph Davis
James Harris was under arrest for assault
with a pistol on w. 81. Webb. Manue
Mckee was on tIisl lst in the afternoo
charged with stealing S25 from ]. 81. Garter
which had been hidden by the latter unde
the carpet of their bedroom.
The exposure of Decker Davis, wh
aspired to shine in the society line, create
something of a futter. The committee az
pointed to investigate his accounts have