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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-01-31
rMR CHARITY RAIL.

There will be o brilliant assemblage
of ladies and gentlemen at the charity
ball to be given at the Peabody Hotel
Tuesday night. The thoughtful aud
humane gentlemen who originated
this plan for raising fund to help the
suffering poor deserve the thanks OF
all who sympathize with distressed
humanity. Especial praise Is due H.
Furstenheim, who has had the enter
prise deeply at heart and labored 30
asHiduously for its success. Such men
are blessing to humanity. They al
ready exhibit something OF that
splendor which glitters beyond the
gates we call death, for the essence OF
true religion is love, charity and
mercy. The lives OF such men are
rs much brighter than those Of the
mouthing Puritans as the wing Of the
butterfly is more radiant than the
grub from which 1t springs. This
money which ministers receive in
payment for their salaries does not
come to them annolEtsd. Some OF
it is made In dealing in fut-
ures, by the profits made On
the sweat and toll OF the widow,
who Is paid starvation wages,
by the money derived from the nSws-
papers OF Memphis who shave sold
out to the devil;" and II does not be-
come those who receive money from
such sources 10 condemn the method
of raising charity fund by social
me ,ting of ladies and gentlemen at a
public hotsl. 1t Is gratifying to know,
however, that the proposed charity
ball GA Tuesday evening next will be
grand success. A similar ball given
for a similar purpose in Baltimore dur
ing the pa week was attended by
President Cleveland, part Of his
Cabinet and family. The President, a
dyed'in' the-wool Presbyterian, has no
tate for balls or social gatherings; but
when he saw tia. his presence con-
tributsd 10 the relief OF the suffering
widow and orphan, he attended the
Baltimore ball, did graceful act OF
charity, and was not contaminated by
coming in contact with the ladies and
gentlemen who had met for the
benefit Of the POOR. The charity
ball 70 be given at the Peabody Hotel
on Tuesday night has the active
particira ion OF many social leaders,
the generous cooperation OF the pub
lie, and the results will no doubt be
most gratifying. The music will be
sweet 10 all present, but still sweeter
I, the cold, ragged, hungry poor.
There will be dancing, but each
step will be kept TO the music Of char
'ity. Heathens and saints should unite
in double-shufil,, old Virginia
breakdown when suffering men,
helpless women aud hungry children
are relieved by the exploit. On with
the dance On with charity.
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THE CHARITY BALL.
The HOsfesses OF the Entertainment
and Bellies of the Dances.

The following ladies have been ap-
pointed as a Comm ttPe OF Hot .sses'
to receive and entertain our guests at
the charity ball on the night of Feb
rusry I'd at the Peabody Hotel. They
will greatly assist our Reception Com
miltee by attending promptly at 8
o'clock that night:
Mrs. Napoleon Hill, chairman; Mes
danes Sam Tate, it,, Frayser Hols', FL.
Furstenheim, F.. q. SnOwden, r W.
Mitchell, E. s. Hammond, H. j. Fors-
dick, James Phelap, Levi Joy, it,, r.
81. Vance, O. B. Galloway, ]. M. Greer,
Il. N. Mansford, D. P. Hadden, W. B,
Bethel, j. NJ. 6emmes.
Assisted by Mrs. F. 7. Anderson,
Mrs. w. d. Cannon, Mrs. A. Vsccsro,
Mrs. w. w. Soho olfield. Mrs. J.J. Duffy,
Mrs. W. W. Mcdowell, Mrs. L. Lowen-
stein, Mrs. VIM. Katzenberger, Mrs.
John s. Tcof, Mrs. 7. J. Latham, Mrs.
J: M. Goodbar, Mrs. w. d. Beard, Mrs.
John E. Ran6le, Mrs. w. F. Taylor,
Mrs. Barney Hughes, Mrs. J. S. An.
drews, Mrs. S. O. Toof, Mrs. N. Fon-
tame, Mrs. @. W. Metcslf, Mrs. W. M.
Harrington, Mrs. @. W. Mosby, Mrs. l.
N. Snowden. Mrs. George Arnold.
Very respectfully,
r, W, MITCHELL,
Chairman Charity Ball RECEIPT on Com
mittee.
Capt. W. F. Shippsy, superintend-
ent of the Memphis City railway,
directs us 10 say to the public that on
the night of the charity ball, at the
Peabody Hotel, February I'd, his COM
paHy will rpm three cars over all th.ir
lines as late as l O'Clock a.in. The lat
cars will leave the hotel at ~ 80 and l
o'clock an. Very respectfully,
II. FURSTENHEIM,
Chairman Charity Ball Committee.
BELLHs OF THE DANCE.
The following young ladies have
been selected by the Charity Ball
+ OR Committee as Headers of the
dance" and will be distinguished by
rainbow badges: Miss Kate Thomp-
son, chairman; Miss Pet Galloway,
Miss frankie johnson, Miss Mollie
Fontaine, Miss 10 Semmes.
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Chairman Charity Bali Committee
A SAFE THAT Is SAFE.
What IL Il Safe to Buy Because IL
Is the Safest Of Safes.

Mobile Register, 2let: "The ruins of
the recent Commerce street fire show
curious relics in the shape Of safes.
which are cast among the piles cf
bricks and mortar like wrecked vessels
on a rocky coast. Curiosity tsmpted
repo ter to examine these relics, and
aterward to ask the respective owners
how the contents of the rates had
Jared in the hottest confla Sration
known here in years. The answers
obtained were interesting, a, showing
that tome safes are not worth the
space they occupy AZ guards against
the destroying power Of fire, while
others stand up faithfully to their
work and perform ell that is claimed
in their behalf: For instance: Louis
Touart had Herring safe, n vet
opened; also Dieboli & Kenzie safe.
The tsst Of the latter may not have
been a severe one, although the door
knobs were melted off. Had books
and papers and about $3.50 in money
therein. All were saved, but in wet
condition, owing to the steam which
formed inside. Believe this is secret
of what are called wet safes. The
water decomposed the glue OF the
bookbinding, but otherwise the books
and papers and money were unin-
jured. There is no trace of fire upon
them. The safe was taken out Sun
dry, two days alter the fire,
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1t is amsging to how great an ex-
tent the silver people have contrived
to befog the silver question now be-
fore Congress. That question Is {:
There being enough dollars coined to
supply the present and the immediate
future, why should we 20 on coming
mores 1t is taid that, as a silver
producing country, we should favor
bimetallism. Bot TO stop the coinage
OF dollars is no: to stop the circulation
OF dollas, and we should be as much
blmetallists while suspsnding coin
age until Il was wanted as we
are now. Because a man likes
potatoes, he doss not 60 on buying
potatoes when he has already a whole
years supply In his store-roomP, nor
Is he damaging the potato trade be-
cause he stops buying until his stock
gets low. The question Is further be-
fuddled by bringing in the policy of
having "chesp money" to pay bond
holders with. There Is millions OF
cheap money already manufactured to
pay with for some time to come, pay
ment Of bonds included, 30 that to
stop coinage until coins are wanted
will not leave us bare of cheap money.
The bondholders may or may net
deserve to be paid In eighty cent
dollars, but the question Of their dc.
servings has nothing TO do with mint
ing coins Of which we have already
more than sufficient In stock. These
and other matters are lugged In { . hide
the real reason why such an
effort La made to continue the
coinsge Of silver dollars. The
real object in view is TO support
the silver-mine monopoli;t; by pur.
chasing halt their yield every year.
II any reader doubts this, let him read
over again the Sherman silver bill
published In the APPEAL last Fri.
day. There he will discover that
after all the logic and eloquence spent
to prove the necessity OF continuing
the coinage OF silver dollars--the silver
men are willing to give up the coinage
II the government still continues to bug
silOsr. That bill proposes to stop the
coinage of silver provided the govern
ment buy and store away I 10, less than
100000 ounces Of silver every month.
Their silver bought and paid for, wha.
does the silver-mining interest care
whether the silver Is coined or kept In
vaults, or certificates issued upon
them, or notH This silver bill of Sem
ator Shsrman's ought TO convince
every one that the object Of those who
contend for the continued coinage OF
silver is simply aad solely to help, not
the country, but the great silver
miners monopoly.
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MOODY AND SANKEY.
A CHOIR COMPOSED OF OVER A
HUNDRED ANGELS.
Where the Meetings WIN BE HeId-A
Jewish View OF the Evan.
CYCLISTS.

Services will be begun tomorrow
night in the Court Street church and
continue through an entire week. II
will be a week of united Christian
effort for the salvation Of souls. The
various denominations are a unit as to
this holy purpose. The pastors are
earnestly praying and faithfully labor
ing for a revival of religion which
shall reach into every part Of the city.
The great evangelist, with the Sweet
singer" will not arriveI until Friday
night. But the revival may be here
before these consecrated men see our
city. A score Of earnest pastors, as
sisted by several hundred Jealous,
warm hearted Christian workers
united in such a cause, will undoubt.
edly exert powerful influence for
good. This will ba an era in the re-
ligic us history Of Memphis. The fol-
lowing is list Of the services for the
week:
Monday. 1850 pm. Meeting con-
Quoted by the Rev. A. W. Lamar.
Tuesday, 1880 pm. Meeting con-
Quoted by the Rev. w. E. Boggs.
Wednesday, 1880 pm. Meeting
conducted by the Rev. r. II. Mahon.
Thursday, 1880 pm. Meeting con-
duet I'd by the Rev. j. B. BTiney.
No tickets will be needed for these
meetings. The services will consist OF
prayers, gospel hymns and a brief,
pointed address by the minister who
conducts the meeting. Each service
viii be limited to one hour. The
singing will be under the direction OF
the choir, bat the congregation will
be expected to sing. Let everybody
provide himself with q hymn. book.
Any of our booksellers will furnish it
at 5 cents.
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Nonresident Notice.

No; 60O2, R.D.-In the Chancery Court of
shelby county, Tenn--John johnson vs. q
1t appearing from bill sworn IN in cha,
cause that the defendants, N, nj, Bn.k e
So:i are residents Of st. Louis, State OF Mis-
sousl, ana Lon residents of tho State OF Ten
5essee: and it further appearing that ssid
defendants are indebted to complainanIi" IN
tne sum OF slllOOO due by open account and
ih ns;5 having been issued and returned.
ieyisa on the property Of defendants.
Al ~ Is therefore ordered, Tn they make
thelr appearance herein, at the courthonee
o. shei3y county, in Mem phis, Tenn, on or
before the first onday in March, isS6' ana ~
plead, answer or demur to compisinant's
oui. OF the same will be taken for Confessed
aS 70 them and set for hearing ex psrto and
tnN 9 copy Of this order be pubiished oncs
Z week, Tor four successive weeks, In tbe
memphis Appeal. This 18th day Of JAM
uary, 1885. A copy attest. Va yam
3. |. McDNWELL, CLARK and M.,..-
BY \. Walsh, Deputy Clerk and BsStsr
John T. Aartin,.S Sol, for eomplnt. sst
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TORN TO- TATTERS.
THE COMPLETE OVERTHROW OF
SMITHS TOTTRRING CASE.
Powerful Arguments BY Slaughter's
COunsel-The Trial ester.
day on Its heJ s.

There was quite an audience In the
Chancery Court yesterday morning at
10 o'clock when the Smith Slaughter
contest came'up for hearing before the
Chancellor, on motion TO dissolve On
its merits as shown by the bill and
answer. Col. CAN'T submitted as an
amendment statement from Deputy
Clerk Mcdonald to the effect that he
made figures instead OF check marks on
the original tally clip. Afiidavits Of
magistrates that Lee Allen did not
vote, his own statement to the con-
trary notwithstanding, aflidayits of
magistrates that Mr.. Smith and his
friends asked second ballot be-
cause there was suspicion that the
first was full, and al 20 a paper raising
the question as - the right OF Justices
Gross AID Mercer to vote, coupled
with sworn statement that they
voted every time for Smith, we're sub
mitttd as amendments by the defend
ant, Slaughter. NSfA - :,
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ADJUSTMENTS.
Aimee.

Aimee.
Mile. Marie Aimee, who makes her
appearance Monday, has undoubtedly
Won as great, il not greater success in
her venture in the fields of English
comedy than she hss ever achieved 90
Queen Of Opera Bouffe, and this il
certainly the greatest praise that can
be be towed on any artist. Mam'selle
the comedy which Messrs. Jessup aud
Gill have written expressly for Aimee,
has won its way into public favor, and
was one OF the greatest snc-
cesees Of last season. The farce-come-
dy gives Aimee numerous opportuni-
ties for the display of her wonderful
vivacity and facile art, in which she
is unexcelled. Aside from Mdm'selle,
which proved a great success last sea-
sou, we are to have Victorien Sardou's
most brilliant comedy, The Divorce
BIZ, on Wednesday night, which has
made grea. hit, and Jeesup aud
ellis latest farce-comedy, Mss or Mrs
recently presented for the first time at
Milwaukee, where it achieved a sue
cess. Aimee ba, a number Of entirely
new songs aud dances, which are bet
ter than ever.
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A Pressman,s neYice.

About week ago H. ]. Hester, the
Main street retail druggist, gave his
office boy letter to mail containing a
check in favor of Myer Bros, Cincin-
natl, for $50, the amount due them
for drugs. He thought no more about
il, but when he received a duu from
Myer Bros. day or two since he
concluded that the check must have
miscarried. He called at the bank and
found it had been paid. The teller
said that the check had been present
ed the next day by a young man,
who was tod that he mutt be identi-
fed. Shortly afterward the young
man brought it back with the name
Myer Bros. printed in script in two
places across the back, with the
legend, "Pay t. Lee Stanley" A
clerk at GarrieoR's named Montgomery,
st Sankey's solicitation, said he
knew sta ley, and the nc ley was ac-
cordingly paid him. OF course MIR.
Heister had an interview at once with
Stanley, whom he found to be press
man at Rowe, Townsend & Creigh-
toms. He said he found the check in
the street, and after he had got tNe
money on it felt that he had done
wrong, and informed his comrade,
who told him to wait day mr. two
and it would be advertised. He was
willing to pay the money back and
was allowed to do go, being put I'M
der arrest Immediately afserward.
Stanley is about nineteen years old
and a nice-lookiug young fellow. He
came here about a month ago from
Nashville, where he has mother aud
sister.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-01-31
CATHOLIC KNIGHTS
or AmerIca-Somet About the
state Council Soon 10 Ne
Held Here.

The State Council CT the Catholic
Knights OF America, oae of the most
influential and popular benevolent as
sociatioDs in the United States,
will be held here in May,
aud delegates from Nashville,
Knoxville, Chat anooga, GAINESVILLE,
Jackson, Columbia and Memoirs
branches will be in attendance. The
object OF the meeting will be to per-
feet general laws for the management
OF the order in Tennessee, and also to
elect delegates to the Supreme Goa
vention to be held in Chioago in May,
1887. The order of Catholic Knights
of America originated in Nashville,
but has extended it's branches to ether
States and now embraces every State
ia the Union, with a total member
ship Of 10000. 1t paid out last year
in Memphis a'one, to families Of de-
ceased members $4,000.
Branch 2s, the large; in Memphis,
VIII be represented in the Council by
O o. johnson and ]. j. Duffy; ]. J.
B rfy and Tom Dryer, slternates. The
o ,her local branches, 50 and III, re-
soectively, will be represented in the
Council by the following gentlemen:
Branch IS, Thomas 0'Neil and J. r.
Walsh, delegates; James Reilly and
Wm. Harrington, alternates. Branch
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-01-31
Mr.. John ID. Martin

Mr.. John d. Martin cf counsel for
defendant read for a few moments
from the bill, as basis for his argu-
msnt. The action of the chairman in
declaring the first ballot a fonl after
having announced the election of
Smith, he declared was not arbitrary,
but he acted strictly in accordance
with the the rule OF the court. There
was no necessity for reconsideration
the chairman simply enforcing time
honored rule,to the infraction OF which
attention was called. He wa simply his
the mouthpiece CT the court, not the
judge. 10 put the chairman in place
OF the court is ID count the court a
nullity. The mere assertion OF a
presiding officer has no force
without the concurrence OF the
court. His honor was asked, the
speaker said, simply to substitute
correct rule Ct the chairman
for an incorrect one made under
Misrepresentation, to do what the
County Court itself did, and no more.
Afer conserving to the decision
against him, the relator comes like
boy with stumped toe to ask relief
OF this court. He has usurped for
year the office he now claims for au-
other year. He may deny that he is
making contest, but your honor will
find from the bilr and answer that 1t is
nothing more, and must go decide,
which takes away the Jurisdiction OF
this count,
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SOUTHERN RAILROADS.
THE BIRMIHGHAM ROAD AID
vERTIsEs FOE SEALED BIDS.
Tennessee-Persona Points
Spikes and Sparks.

A notice 10 contractors was issued
vest srdSy by the Memphis, Birming.
ham and Atlantic railroad stating that
sealed promo al5 would be received
until IL o'clock m. on Monday, the
18th day CT February, 1885, for the
graduation, masonry, bridging. trestlee
and cross-ties for that part OF the
Memphis, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad lying between the Illinois
Central and the Mobile and Ohio rail.
roads, being about sixty (6O) miles in
length. The Legislature of Mississippi
having granted ali the needed legisla-
tion and the attempted Wolfe and
his asSoci ates 10 steal the re al having
utterly failed, the work OF pushing
this valuable line on to Birmingham
viii be resumed at once, aud Mr..
James B. Pace, the president, who
haI returned to Richmond, promises
that it shall be completed to that
point by December, 1887.
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BALK-LINE BILLIARDS,
schseTsr winner OF the Match by n
Good Margin.

New YoRK, January 30.-The bill
lard match between Jacob Schaefer
and Maurice Vignaux, which hat
been in progress for the past five
nights, was ended 10 night. Five
thousand dollars was the stake fol-
which the men PLAYED, and either was
obliged to make 5000 points to win.
Schaefer woa, after q fine game, by
the following SEQ e:
Total score for five nights: Schae fer,
5000; Vignaux, 1888.
The following ia the score OF the
nights play:
Scholarly, 4, 4, 10, 80, &c, PC, 35,
l, 0, OF, ], 7, 81, 2, 0, 2, %, 1eS, 8, o, 9,
81, 35, 68 -G63.
vignaux-26, 0. 10, 8, @, 2, /, is, 1O0,
s, 90 ~, IS, IL, IS, o, l, 8, !, 2, 2, "a,
60, /, 5-43s.
Schaefer's average, % 1925; Wig
naux's average, l6 1920.
Best runs--schaefer, 1853, n, SO, IS,
81, 20, 22; Vignaux, 1856 "a, 90, So, 26.
Time Of same-Two hours and fifty
minutes.
Grand average for five nights
Schas fer, 20 l2O.l4i; Vignaax, 10 l2l-
143.
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Gen. Luke n. Wright.

Gen. Luke +. Wright, whose turr
came next, asked for an hour, bu
was restricted to forty minutes, made
n powerful argument, speaking very
rapidly and in tone which made hil
own conviction Of the force and truth
OF his argument pain to oil who
heard him. Smith, who had been
present in court up to this time, to ok
his departure when Gen. Wright got
on his feet.
your honor" he said, "has at.
tempted 10 liken elections by the
County Court to popular elections.
There is no analogy between them ;
a judge at popular election has the
power to reject a vote, a cauvasaing
officer has not. The County Court
holds triple position. 1t holds, de.
cides and pronounces an election. The
announcement of the chairman pro
tenn, objected ID by the court, can be
revised in q moment. The JUS
tices are the judges Of the ballot.
the Wright-Ourry case is one where
the County Court, sitting as Judge, not
canvasser, threw aside celtlin votes.
Nothing more Ca1 be made of 1t. This
bill sets up all the facts; that IL has
always been q rule of the court to
throw out all ballots when more were
counted out than voted; that the rule
WaI in full force; that when REALTORS
friend objected to the ruling, other
friends and relator himself asked
the withdrawal OF the motion for
appeal. Relator Smith entertained
lofty views about taking Gan office
tainted with q suspicion Of an unfair
halo. The spirit may be strong but
the flesh is weak. The fact Is he
thought he had u votes fixed, and
could afford 10 be magnanimous. l
am accused Of bringing in new mat
ter. Where was 1t ever heard that
complainant, by patching together
parts CT facts, can get an injGnc-
ton which win stand forever in the
face Of an answer giving all the
facts. Were that rule of practice, the
more INSCRIPTIONS the plant fl the
easier It would be to win. Here is an
authority which tays that
If there is the least thing misleading,
or il any Of the facts are suppressed by
the party seeking to put in motion the
ingress OF the count, an injunction can.
not lie. Was it good faith for the re-
lator to say he protested; that he was
bona fide chairman for 1885. Here are
aflidavits showing that Cross and Mer.
Ger represent corporations which have
been abolished, and that they vo.ed
every time for Smith. Take them
away and we have the prima facie
proof of the election OF Slaughter.
Would your honor permit him to 90
in simply because he fled his bill and
got his Injunction first, and that, too,
when on his own showing he had not
& majority of the legal votes2 Your
honor could certainly do no less
than say to both, hsnds off until the
case is decided on its merits. Some
thing has been said about defendants
insolvency. In closing, 1 want TO say
on that point that we are willing to
make il condition of the dissolution
Of the injunction that he shall give an
indemnity bond" This closed the
Judge Mcdowell asked
thet briefs be sent 10 his apartments,
and In leaving the bench remarked
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-01-31
Col. aen. Gnnif

C)l. George CAN'T, the ex-chairma as
attorney, 1899 to speak, and it was
plain that for once in his lifs he was
about to make strained and labored
effort. He did not occupy much more
than half of the honr given him aud
made no points except in the nature
OF objections to the proper filing { + the
amendments to the answer. He reit-
Grated his argument thst the chairman
pro tem., having once anno lnced the
eIeclion of Smith, no power Oh earth
could take it away from him, and that
though he might have consented at
the time, II he found afterward that
he had reason to insist IL waj his right
- do 20. AS to his IA lure to give
bond, Col. CAN'T said he supposed
Smith thought he had done 80, and
had been sworn in. CIoss and Mercer
were mentioned in the course CT Col.
Gantt's speech, and Judge Mcdowell
raid that II the corporations they rep
resented hal been abolished th6y
were unquestionably no Dagger mem
bers of the court, but TO count out
their votes would ne going behind the
returns.