The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-20

from Chancery on the prayer Of John
ID. Waldran, administrator. The
claim is for 5000, aga INST which a
counter charge is set up.
Building OF en- expensive and eI-
tensive character is going on all over
the city. The work is OF much bet.
ter and more enduring character than
that OF any previous year.
- What business are you in?"
asked the Circuit Judge yesterday OF
Witness Snowberger Of Greenville,
Miss. "a combination, your honor;
run a hotel. a saloon and an under
takers shop"
I'm the table OF distances to the
top Of bluff from the center Of Ten
nessee street, given in the APPEAL
yesterday morning, the word ''chute"
was used instead OF "street," changing
the whole tenor OF the article.
DO not fail TO attend the Japanese
wedding at the Central Baptist Church
tonight. II promises TO be decidedly
novel and unique entertainment The
ceremony will commence promptly at
$50 O'Clock. The admission is only
rs cents.
Eyes, the real estate ma,ket is
active now" remarked a dealer yes
terday, especially along TIE Fort
Pickering river front. II is changing
hands there rapidly and when the
wafer begins to fIll it will be laid off
in blocks"
All parties having flowers for me.
mortal service at Elmwood, Saturday
next, VIII ofnd ii inconvenient to send
them TO the grounds, will please send
them TO the Cotton Exchange, in
careaof X. b. Spillman OF the Execu-
tive Committee, and he will forward
them promptly in time foruse.
The grand jury has been engaged
in an effort lately TO learn the name OF
a doctor whom they believe to have
performed an abortion in the case Of
the infant found recently near the
b you, in North Memphis They have
summoned one or two witnesses, but
they decline to testify.
The Supreme Court does not
bCShI W baho M pd'blCulul btOIh III
the decisions Of Judge Douglass. A
lawyer who returned from Jackson
night before last said that the court
z I to work at 10 o'clock that morn
ing and he left half an hour later. In
that time six Of the decisions of Judge
Douglass were reversed,
= / not ice your name TO a petition
calling upon an ex-poker room keeper
TO become a candidate for an impor
tant county Office" remarked a friend
yesterday TO leading member of the
Baptist church. "What So " and
then he threw up both his hands
"W by / didn't know the man.
signed because saw the name OF one
Of the biggest men in the city at the
top of the lst,"
Senat r Harris has written the
following TO the Cotton Exchanges
Your remonstrance against the re-
moval Of the headquarters of the en-
gineer OF the Third District, Missis-
sippi river improvement, came to
hand tonight. l have referred it to
the honorable Secretary OF War, but l |
had an interview with him and the
Chief OF Engineers yesterday upon the |
subject, and am sati,fed that no |
change will be made"
AT a meeting of the Memphis |
O ton Compress and Storage Assoc O.
ton yesterday, Messrs Napoleon Hill,
II A Montgomery, w. ID. Bethel, ].
N. Fa Is, w. j, Crawford, @. p. Hunt |
ard ]. W. billiard were elected di- |
rectors The new board, 1t Is said,
will consider the advisability of re-
ducing the price OF COMPRISING to the
lowest possible figure, in order that
Meuphis may retain and increase her
hold as cotton center
The first rehearsal OF the Mikddo |
with full orchestra took place last
night at the theater. Profs. Hand |
werker and Levy expressed them
selves as being well pleased at the |
great progress shown. The rehearsals |
will continue during this week with |
out the orchestra, but will be resu med |
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday |
evenings OF next week with the COM |
plet orchestration. No one but es-
CO is of the young ladies will be adj
mitted.
The trial OF Mrs. Conway's clerk,
who lost 5000 belonging to |
the Office in a poker game with a
Nashville lawyer at Wetter's, is set for |
trial before President MADDEN to-day.
The am unit lost, $500, has been
handed TO President Hadden by the
knights OF the green cloth Of the city,
but Wetter contributed nothing. He
has closed bis house and declares his
in ention Of going into legitimate
business. He has capital OF prob
a lxy q M OOn