Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-20


awnings.
The Rev. George W. Sws euy, Of the Chris.
tian church, breaches this morning on Soul
Building" and tonight begins hi. sermons
on Religious CertaiHties, or Thoughts for
Thinkers" "Theism and Its Proofs" will be
his subject tonight.
The Trenton Globe says that the yisitors
10 the Music Frs'ival feel especially ,ude1i-
ed to Mr.. Jno S IOof-the prInce u jril-
eious workers for numerous cour.tsies,
which added greatly 10 the comfort and
pleasure of their visit.
The Penny Club, OF the Central Method
ist Church, of which Miss Hattie Hilliard is
president, will give another one OF its pleas
ant entertainments next Tuesday night,
May 22d, at the residence Of Mr.. David H.
Poston, All Vance street.
Thomas A. Tabor, of Water Valley, who
IVES shot in the bowels az that place BY Geo.
Mitchell Friday, came to Memphis yes,er-
day, and, Notwithstanding his wousd, got on
such fearful spree that two policemen were
required to bring him in.
None of the court officials have vet been
furnished with official copies of the acts Of
the last General Assembly. Several Of the
lawyers received copies yesterday morning
through personal friends TT Nashville. The
Ic61-A lOl mus GSlat - MI apparent.
THE people Of Memphis" sars the
Trenton Globe, ''should feel especially in
debted to R. Wayne Wilson, 10 whose genius
attributed, in large measure, the success OF
the Festival in financial and business way"
The approach TO the Chesapeake and
Ohio depot is uolishted At night and the
place is almost inaccess be sf,sr dark.
Several hacks have run of aud their drivers
and passengers made narrow escapes on &C
count of recent excavations for railroad
tracks.
The tobacconists of the city will, alto
gether, make between $4,000 and 500 900
by the law allowing a rebate on tobacco and
cigars. As Congress failed TO make an APP
preparation at its lsst session, they must
wait year before receiving the amounts
due them under the act.
Rudolph Anderson, the colored ''lhief Of
time"-otherwise the alleged purloiner of
ten cent clock and several other articles from
another colored friend-was bound over to
the Criminal Court yesterday by Police
Judge Hadden, the charge being house
,, breaking, larceny and vagrancy.
The law is broad enough, Judge Greer
thinks, to make it an offense TO keep pocket
pistol in ones house or Office. This, he says,
isplain from the fact that the Supreme Court
| does not regard euch weapons as property,
aud holds it an offense against the State to
sell OF offer them for sale. Army or navy
size pistols are, however, not forbidden.
Seven and a half acres of land on the
| east side of Brown avenue, near the Raleigh
railroad, were sold for $500 an acre yesterday
| to M. Nealis by Clerk-and. Master Black, OF
| the Chancery Court; also a two-siory brick
house, with 6fiy-iye feet front, on Market
!. street, between Main and Second, 10 Ii. C..
! Ashbrook for $500.
| The i;nior exhibition of the Lemoyne
| Normal Institute for the benefit of the Ls-
moyne Public Library will take place next
| Friday night. The annual sermon will be
| preached the following Sunday night by the
Rev. B. A. lines, and the Hon. Henry Graft
will address the graduating class Monday
night, the 2Sth instant.
Tho Teschers' Destitute for The colored
| teachers of West Tennessee will convene at
| the Lemoyne Normal Institute building the
| 4th of next month, and continue in session
| two weeks. II is hoped arrangements can be
made for addresses at night from prominent
| educators, but The chief feature of the insii-
| tute will be practical, hard work.
Before Justice Quig'ey, yesterday even
| ing, Mrs. Ella Eunis was required to give
| $500 bond to keep the peace for twelve
months toward DR.. III. w. Purnell. The at
| torney for the latter put in some of his best
| ticks 10 have the bond made as big as pos
sible, and he and his client were considers
| bly, chagrinsd because a larger amount ls
not named.
SO far the city debt settling board have
had easy sailing, but expect to have roug b
weather next week, as iudgn snts allowed Ivy
the courts TO creditors will be presented for
| funding. There are two lawyers on the
board, and President MADDEN declares that
| he is fearful lest that awful equanimily OF
temper, for which he is so widely celebrate
should be disturbed.
A dsrky named Jem Rice will be tried
in the Criminal Court next Tuesday under
the law making the offeuse punishable by
as many lashes on the bare back of the cul-
prIt rs the aggravation of his case dem ands
Rice's case came up for trial last week, hu;
was continued to give the Court an oppor-
4 tuuity to examine the official act, which he
hopes TO receive by next Tuesday.
n case of fighting was docketed yester-
day morning, in which one OF the com.
| batants WAS missionary, named Turner
Hisifriend asked that his case be continued
until Tuesday, as he had q pastoral call
down the river and could not be present
fAll right" replied the Court; Eve will
continue Brother Turner'S case till Tueedsy
so as not to interfere with his minister al
duties"
Some time ago gay and festive coored
youth named Henry Terrell borrowed from
Jasper Powell 81 to buy a marriage license,
and suit of back clothes, in which he de.
sired TO shine before the nuptisl altar. The
marrisge took place without accident, but
| Henry Isied TO return the bridal suit 10 its
| who N adj him OF cd and 1aE pn no
fore Justice Fleming for his contumely. He
was sent to Jail by that magistrate without
loss of time yesterday evening.
"A rather unwsrranted proceeding on The
part of G .orge LETTERS got him into trouble
and the stationhouse yesterday. He went
| into dry goods store, took some silk hand
kerchiefs and socks without calling the atien-
ton Of the proprietor 10 the fact aud start d
to walk out. the eagie eye of the dealer was
| on him, however, and he was collared and
called on to disgorge. The dsrky had the
face to demand ten cents for drinks before
he would give up the property, and WAS at
once turned over 10 the police.
MIR. E. OrgilI, OF Brooklyn, N. Y has
sold to Mr.. B,yard Thayer, Boston, Mass.,
the champion lemon-and white pointer bitch,
HRue," by imported champion Snapshot"
ex OrgilPs champion Ruby" for $1,000.
| "Rue" took first prizs at the lsts New York
show for champion pointer bitches under
| fifty pounds weight, also Especial prize for
the best pointer III show" for which there
were 112 entries. "Rue," amongst many
other prizes, divided with Mr.. Orgill's
"Rush," at Atlanta, Ga in 1881, the special
| prize for best pointer in show. This price is
| the highest ever paid for a pointer in Amer
| ica. "Rue" was broken by T. NJ. Aldrich, at
Humboldt, Tenn.
MIR. Seymour Z. Locke, agent for Thee
dore Thomas, was recently interviewed at St
Louis regarding the great musical tour
across the continent. He said Mr.. Thonas's
reception had been splendid so far. Nearly
halt of the seventy four projected concerts
have been given, and everywhere they had
performed they had met with immense and
enthusiastic audiences. They were especis ! Y
pleased with their reception at Memphis,
| where the people came from all over the
South TO attend the festival. He said the
chorus at Memphis was small, but did excel
lent work. The greatest festvs 81 OF the tour
will be at San Francisco. The rendition Of
Gounod's Redemption has everywhere brought
forth the greatest c1mmendation, and has
proved very popular.
1t is frequently remarked that lawyers
! and business men cannot afford to make the
this is the standing excuse when men of abil-
ity and prominence are called upon 10 enter
the public service. An experience of forty
years With men in public life has convinced US
that this is mistake. F,ithful and eff ciAu,
pnbllc service has never destroyed the bust
ness prospects of any man. DR.. Porter ard
Col. Patterson are examples OF this and fully
verify cur observations. II the success of
DR.. Porter in business, and Col. Patterson at
the bar is 10 be taken as a criterion, we would
advise other business men and lawyers to
follow their example and not shrink from q
public duty when it is imposed On them.
The Central Council of the Bar Associa.
tion OF Tennessee held an important meeting
at the Office of Estes & Elicit yesterday.
Alter full consideration Of the suggestions
and arguments of different persons upon the
advantages of various places, it was deter
mined to hold the annual meeting OF the
association at Bon Aqua Springs on the 11th
and 18th of July. Assurances were given
by the proprietors of these springs that the