Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-14

s. bill. Justice Elliott Investigated snd dis
charged Hill.
The School Board adjourned 10 a body
yesterday to confer with L lady who had
sent in a communication, and who appeared
at the open door during the hight OF the dis
custom.
Justice Quigley's court was densely
crowded yesterday during the trial Of the
casa Of Joe Miller and the two Johnsons,
charged with an attempt 10 outrage a negro
girl on Carolina street Saturday night.
Bond was GIed at 1900.
There are two casss Of gcsrlet fever on
Desoto street south Of Vance, snd complaint
is made that the peighborhco1 has not been
warned OF il in the msnner prescribed By
law. II is alleged that by a special dispense
tion Of the Board Of Health, they are not
Obliged to
Notices 10 abate nuissnces are now given
for twelve hours, instead OF forty eight, and
II is said they are promptly complied with,
except IN cases Of very poor people, who
have not ready means to pay the plumber.
One reason for this prompt compliance is the
knowledge Of the fact that arrest in case OF
failure will surely follow.
At q meeting Of the subscribers, a new
insurance company, 10 be called the Airing
toD, was organized under the directorship OF
4 AbC OiiOWlu kcuticulcus geo. ArDOl0, tB-
ton Boyd, OIto Schwill, John Armistead, T.
B. sims, w. II. Berry, w. r. Jones, 3. II.
Carbsrry, s. II. Malone, John J. Duffy, ].
N. Smith, W. P. Dlnevant, James w. Rich
ardson, n. NJ. Jones and w. T. Stone.
"A good deal Of labor Is required in
stamping the Fiippin compromise bonds
funded by the Auditing Board. Each coupon
must be stamped or punched, and it must be
done by hand. A borny-fsted S~enegambisn
Ia employed for the work, and even his cor
rugsted palm add iron wrist were badly
swollen a day or two since, when he had $50
blows to plant upon the stamp in the courss
OF an evening.
The entertainment at Estival Park to-
night will be under the able direction OF Mrs.
Rose P. Thompson, who has had 30 much ex-
perience in this wsy that there can be no
doubt of its success. 1t could have no more
lsHdsble aim-that of benefiting the Odd.
Fellows' Library, which they have made free
to the public, and the support of the public
will no doubt be heartily and deservedly
given. The affair will conclude With a
grand hop.
-"Doyou wish to know" said a N an OF eel
enee, walking into my kitchen yesterday,
"how to know that your fruit Can is certain
ly air tight?' l was at that moment con.
templating a can which had a little nick on
The upper edge, and it was hard 10 Judge
whether the rubber would eGectuallv keen
the air out. The man lighted q bit of paper,
put it into the can, slipped the rubber ring
over, and put the glass cover on. The burn
ing paper exhausted the air, and behold the
cover was with difficulty removed.
About 1:30 o'clock yesterday evening
Secretary Pulleu waltzed into the PRESIDENT
Office looking more than usually JOYOUS, and
laid three keys upon the desk. This" he
said, "is the key to the righl-hand drawer of
the desk. This will unlock the private
drawer of the big safe, and this one" point
ing to the third, will undo the big iron door
in the little safe. Be back tomorrow even
ing. Tll leave some for you when we pass 10
by your house." The Judge kept on signing
bonds, scratching with his pen as he used to
do in the little log schoolhouse in Kentucky
looked at the keys, raised his eyer and benz
them on the agile secretary as he skipped
~gleefully out of the door, then turned 10 tbs
reporter and with one eye closed uttered thu
cabalistio word, "Fishin'"
"A peculiar order OF he County Court il
the matter of the petition Of w. w. Nc
Dowell, was handed in TO The clerk Of the Cir
cult Court. The court by the order under
took to remit and have refunded all the sals
and condemnation fees OF lot 6, block 81
Fort Pickering, delinquent for the year.
1878 to 1888 inclusive, amounting in all {,
about $40. When a piece OF property is solo
for taxes, as this WAS for six years in success
sion, the fees are paid by the purchaser. Ii
this case the State was the purchaser ant
! has already paid the costs Of condemnation
and sale. The order, therefore, is really
demand upon the State, a sovereign power
. to pay to a private party what 1t has alread,
paid an official for his services. 1t is need
less to say the order was not complied with
and the purchaser, CO.. W. F. Taylor, psiC
the costs as soon as it was explained to him
A hair-splitting, otherwise a watermelon
splitting case, was heard by Justice G allo
: way yesterday. Robert Holmes, arrested 70
stealing twenty watermelons from Dan Viii
? liams's patch, was on trial. They were ider
: tilted from the fact that they had bee
marked with the letter Cd" William
claimed that the seed were of a kind with
: handful he exhibited, and to prove it Justic
Galloway decided that the melons should b
l bursted, wh.reat the mouths OF the deputie
. did twinkle. Dan was Endorsed and Holme
was found guilty. While the deputis
munched the melon the question as 10 tn
: degree OF punishment was discussed. An
Z here came the hair.splitting. 1t was decide
? that if the melons had been plucked from th
! vines and laid upon the ground while th
! thief went off and brought back a convey
ancc to remove them, it weuld have been La
4 ceny, but as he had put them in a sack as fn
) as pulled, 1t was simply trespass, and th
T melons were real estate. A fac of S. wa
imposed.