The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-31

agent Of the Newport News and Mis-
sissippi Valley railroad, Is at the Pea
body.
MIR. J. NJ. Harris, in card which
will appear In the Avalanche this morn
ing, announces himself out OF the race
for Congress.
--Moorehead City has been lead
ing rfs1rt for MemphiaDs this season.
There we're about fifty there from this
city, and they were all delighted.
will Copewood, Rsss johnson, W.
Phillips, Dick Sheetin, Eliza Walls, ii.
q. Shearer aud Tom Van Buren, will
be tried to-day in the Criminal Court.
Gen. Netteton is in the tg busily
engaged ia making arrangements to
take charge OF the Memphis, Birming-
ham aud Atlantic on the 9th OF Sep
TENDER.
The railing in the Criminal Court
room has been moved back nearer the
door, leaving fewer seats for specla-
tors and considerably more room for
the lawyers.
Licenses TO marry were issued
yesterday 10 VIM. Foster and Henriet-
Ia Mckee, Frederick Chapman and
Carrie P. helms, w. q. steeling and
Fannie Mooney.
An improvement is being made
on the Toboggan, with view TO give
passengers a round trip without get
ting off the cars. The idea is a good
one and will draw crowd.
What interests Memphis is not so
much the prospect for new railIos ads
as to know what batteries she will
have next season-and this is time
of peace. Also OF baseball.
1--WE will need the Exposition for
our convention two years from now"
said Col. Mike Garwin yesterday,
"The old Third alone will have be-
tween thirty and forty delegates"
-Mulltr's jswelry store, 122 Beale
street, was entered Saturday night al d
robbed OF about eighty watches. Tue
thief is supposed to have secretsd him
self in the store, as no doors were
broken.
The ball and the bat and the in
flated rubber cushion will soon be
sadly laid away. The umpire is about
to sing bis last song, and he may Il en-
retire TO toughen his hide for next
season.
The storm came up Just as the
steamer Enquirer WIS about to take in
passengers at Island Park for the
return trip and several persons fell
into the river in the scramble TO get
aboard. Nobody was hurt, however.
Several prisoners were found not
guilty in the Criminal Conrt yester-
day, as follows: Calvin Galveston, lar
cepy; Angela Melozzo, fraudulent
breach OF trust; Albert Hamill, OBJ
tanning money by false pretenses, and
Molly Johnson, for larceny.
Geo. r. Wright, an engineer on
the Mississippi aud Tennessee rail-
road, lot into dispute with Ed.
McReynolds, brakeman, at Como
Sunday night end received blow on
the head from sedge hammer which
killed him. Wright Is report,d TO
have drawn pistol on McReynolds.
In the Criminal Court yesterday
Lawson Jones WAS sentenced to two
years for larceny and $50 and sixty
days for carrying pistol. w. f..
Thompson's bond for forgery was fixed
at $1,000 and his case continued. VIII
Dickens was fined $i5 and sentenced
20 eleven months for throwing into a
Chesapeake and Ohio train.
Henrietta Alexander, Margaret A,
Kerr, Mary A. Walsh, Levicia Brooks,
Elizabeth Harrington, Kats Barbee,
Morgaret Farrell, Fannie Cooper, Eliza
beth Hughes, Mattha Mcclure, Mary
+. Wolf, Amanda M, Gardner and
Fanny Gottschalk applied for char
ter yesterday TO incorporate the Eu-
reka Manufacturing ompany OF Mem
phis, Tenn. They will issue stock to
the amount Of $4,000.
w. 7. Thorpe, a planter, who
came here from Helena about two
months ago, lost his life while bathing
in the river about four miles above
the city Sunday evening. He would
have been rescued by his companion,
Stephen Mason, except for the fact
that ekifi in which two clumsy ne
groes had pushed out to their rescue
fouled and separated them.
--Iu view of the large amount Of
pipe laying going on the city II may
be OF interest to plumbers TO know
something Of ierroid, the new material
for pipe 10 nts that has made some
what remarkable record. Joints made
with it have resisted a water pressure
Of from 90 to 200 pounds per square
inch, and steam pressure OF 20
pounds. II has q tensile strength Of
from $50 to 1900 pounds, requiring a
force OF 5000 pounds to crush 1t. 1t is
easily melted and easily handled,
flowing in the molten state like water.
lis specific gravity is 81, being one
third rs heavy as iron, and 1t success
fully resists the attacks OF air, water
and earth.
The SchliIz Brewing Company
celebrated the opening OF their new
bottling and cold storage establish
ment last night by giving promenade
concert and free lunch and beer in
the large hall OF their new building,
Arnold's full band was in attendance
and discoursed delightful music.
There were upwards of 1000 persons
present, and in ten minutes after the
doors were opened 1900 sandwiches
had disappeared, as il by enchaut-
ment Beer also flowed in copious
streams, and all who cared to drank
to their hearts content. II WAS nearly
midnight when the festivities were
concluded, A full description Of the
works will appear in tomorrow's edi-
iinn