Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-19
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The picnic season is near at hand.
The festive mosquito hiss made his ap-
| pesrance.
The tax collectors office was deserted
yesterday.
The Hess Opera Company ia the next
attraction at the Theater.
Nothing done in the Probate Court yes
| tetday. Everybody at the races.
$ Only few deeds'of priv ate nature were
fled with the county register yesterday.
The street-csr company turned out an
| other summer car yesterday, making three
in all.
BY order of Judge Hammond, the
United States Courts are adjourned till the
Both instant.
The police report the city very quiet.
Very few arrests are made, and they are for
minor ofienses.
The Merchants Exchsnge committee
on the mutual aid department meets Monday
at O'clock p. M.
Contractor Fossick is pushing ahead
with his work on the culvert on Main street.
1t is good job OF work.
When will the paving Of Second street
be commenced? II needs it badly, and the
work should be pushed at once.
Marriage licenses were Issued Yesterday
10 NJ. j. Cooper and Miss Ada Burr, snd
Robt. L. Groomes and Mrs. Saina Mead.
A colored boy jumped from the incom-
ing race-trsck train yesterday afternoon,
just north Of Vance street, and broke his arm /.
Now that the ladies have taken the
Nash Library in hand, there is a chance that
Memphis will get the benefit OF that gentle.
mans generous offer.
The Auditing Board lie now ready for
business. Those having old city indebted
mess which they wish funded should present
it at once. The bosrd meets next Monday.
The sticks Of fashionable psrasols, ma
laccs, bamboo or metal, chow a variety of
quaint designs; on the wood canes are seen
scrsggy broSn roots or a twist OF natural
wood.
The race meeting is proving a bonapzl
Tor the sireet-car company. Superintepd-
ent Semmes is equal to the emergency, and
deserves credit for the manner in which he
performs his duty.
1t is to be hoped that the ladies who
have the Nssh Library in hand will meet
with the hearty cooper ration OF every good
citizen. They are engaged in a laudsble
woIs, and should be encouraged.
Some of the dark satin parasols have n
guipure Spanish lace band from five to ak
ntuc pldCeO DslWCtu up
and tips Of the frame; this 10 lined with
some bright color; many are edged with
heavy frirg', which is headed with a ruffle
of lace.
The metal knobs of parasols are ham
mered silver balls, block, crooks or cubes;
brorze heads initiating those Of different sni-
mails are seen, also those Of delicately frosted
silver; other hspdles are made very long,
like shepherds crook, and have bows Of
ribbon tied on them.
1t is said that one whole regiment of
Illinois troops will participate in the May
drill at Nashville. One of the features of
the drill il to be a sham battle, in which
there will be over 1000 troops on each side.
They will be commanded by both ex Federal
and ex. Confederate officers.
The new tariff bill contains the follow.
ing provision, which will be interesting TO
farmers: provided, that farmers and pro-
ducers OF tss-esa may sell at the place Of
production, OF their own growth GOD rAi-i-sl
al retail, directly 10 consumers to an amount
not exceeding 500 annually.
The Mczarts' auction sale for choice OF
reserved seats comes off at the Peabody
Hotel pext Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock
The rules governing the same will be found
On our first page, and ii will undoubtedly
be the Occasiuu of an exciting contest
among the numerous competitors.
Dixie Knight was sentenced to twelve
years in the penitentiary in the Criminal
Court yesterday for the murder of Willie
Dickens, at Miilingtop, on the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad, last November. A mo
ton for a new trial was overruled, and an
appeal was taken to the Supreme Court.
Signatures were being received yester-
day Of members and employees of the Cotton
Exchange who desire to become members ef
the mutual aid and life insurance depart
ment recently organized. At the rate CT
enrolment made yesterday, there is no doubt
about The limit of membership being reached
soon.
The street railway company yesterday
completed the lower end of their Main street
line, but the break in the line at Georgia
street, where the stone culvert is being built
across Main, continues to interfere with the
running of regular cars to the end OF the line.
Temporary trac ks will be laid there to day,
and the II snsfer nuisance will be done away
with.
"A fat parasol with canopy top Ia
shown in all The bright new eolors, such ss
raspberry red, shrimp pink, cardinal, msuve,
pale blue and crushed strawberry, aud prom
ises 10 be very popular with the young la
dies. These are particularly pretty with
dark costumes. With the new embroidered
s.teens and French cambrics come earasols
with similar figures to match.
-Handsome psrssols have the Fox
frame, which is made Of heavy gilt wire.
Tbev are covered with pongee, satin, otto-
man or heavy figured silk. japanese figures
are displayed on come of the dark satin
ones: others show exquisite embroidery in
both silk and chenille. Tnfy are joined
with white or colorei silks; black satin ones
are lined with ecru, c0audron or white.
Lewis W.. Sleinheuser was yesterday
sentenced to three years IN the Penltentiary
Nv Jndoe Greer. This is the confidence case,
in Which Steinheuser viciimized Ficksburg
psddIer out of lot OF jsWeiry q week or
Two ago, and then tried to ruu him out OF
town. He was tried several days ago and
convicted, when a motion was made Tor q
new trial. which was argued yesterday and
ovs,rnled. The case will probably be Is ken
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