The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-21

Killing stock, was heard yesterday IN
the Circuit Court
- Young Ladies Journal. New York
Fashion Bazaar, Reuiei0 De La Mode for
May, and the Duchess new novel, a
Mental Struggle, for sale at Mansford's.
The Chancery Court is still en-
gagged in trying the case OF M. @.
Pearce VS.. Suggs q Petit The case
is likely to consume the balance OF the
week.
The Citizens Street Car Company
announce that on and after tonight,
after 9 o'clock, their cars will run
straight through Second street with
out any transfer at Madison.
The police have received a letter
from Mrs. Mary Wallelery inquiring
for her husband, VIM. Wallelery, who
belonged to the Thirteenth Ohio and
has not been at hope for thirteen
years. ~
The water in theSbayou near John
son avenue, where Henry Moore drove
his wagon in to wash il off yesterday
morning, was deeper than he thought.
1t was twenty feet and he had TO
swim out. The horse was drowned.
The Woman's Exchange is be-
coming an attractive resort for lovers
OF ice-cream and light homemade
cakes. Why not patronize the Ex-
change when by so doing you can
combine the qualification OF self with
the doing of good TO others.
- st. Elmo Commandery No. 10, X.
T. elected the following officers last
night: N. w. Speers, L c.; f. A.
Keeling, G Keller Anderson, G. g..
B. f. Halter, P. W.R. Sims, S. W. |;
ID @. Shivier, j. W; Fred I. Harting-
ton, treasurer; James S. Mahaffy, re-
corder.
Henrietta Harris (colored), who
lives in the rear Of Avery Chapel, took
sixty grains of morphine yesterday
and was pumped out by DIR. Graves.
She will recover. The cause is I'M
known. Mrs. Bahler, who lives in
Jefferson near Front, has almost re-
covered from the effects of five grains
she took last Sunday.
There will be a meeting of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union to-day at 3 o'clock pm. at their
room, No 273 Main street All inter
estet in the cause of temperance are
cordially invited 10 attend and listen
to the gifted Elizabeth Avery Meri-
wether of St Louis, Mo, who will be
present and tell us Of the progress of
the goo { cause in that city.
The threatened strike of street-car
drivers was averted yesterday morn
ing by the agreement on the part of
the company to pay l34 cents an hour,
the same as the new company pays,
and 10 allow half an hour for dinner.
This amounts to about 3 65, instead
Of the S2 demanded. The cars were
about half an hour late. The drivers
were in council until 3 o'clock this
morning with Superintendent Barrett.
The Bradstreet Agency reports 1859
failures in the United States during
the week ending April 10, 1886,
against l4l in the preceding week and
1906, loo, 100 and III in the cores
ponding weeks of 1885, 1884, 1883 and
1889 respectively. Middle States AZ,
New England States 10, Southern
States 81, Western States 40, Pacific
States and Territories 20, Canada %.
Total in the United States and Canada
1872.
The failure of Treasurer Green of
the n emphis Theater TO secure a COM
pany OF professionals for the benefit
which his friends propose to give him,
will not be regretted when it is stated
that he has made arrangen ents to pre-
sent the Doctor Of Aicdntdrd race week,
most of those who took part in the
original presentation having already
volunteered their services It is an
operetta OF the most delightful nature
and is sure to draw a good house.
The argument in the VIM. Geno
case occupied all the morning in the
Criminal Court. The Jury failed to
agree upon verdict up to the hour
OF adjournment. Judge Douglass
the jury that il they believed
Geno as aulted Wells and stabbed
him, and that this was not done in
Sc and that afterwards Wells
died, and they do not believe he died
rom the effect OF said wound, that
hey might return verdict of guilty
of an assault TO murder.