The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-07
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

--fienceforth wine-rooms at variety thea
ters will be conspicuous for their absence.
Within short time there will be no thea
tiers Of that stamp.
Chief Of Police Clerk McNulty han
died 81, 100 yesterday morning, raked into
the city treasury as forfeits from sports.
II is said the end Is not yet.
The dry stalk Of the sunfiower will
burn "a good as maple wood, and the
flower better than the best hard coal. One
acre viii keep fire In one stove for one
year.
The new city scales, opposite the Kan
Gas City depot on Calhoun street, In charge
Of Mr.. Lee Mcconnell, will be open and
ready for business on and after this morn
ing at o'clock.
The case Of Sandy Carter, the colored
LAWYER who did up" Pat McClinton, the
fireman, Monday, for kicking bootblack,
was called In the police court yesterday,
but postponed until McClinton could be
arrested.
The Memphis custom-house Is slowly
hun surely being utilizedby merchants and
other importers In this district Mr.. Sam.
uel Slayer yesterday relieved two cases oil
goods imported direct 10 this port from
London, by paying s87e.o5 duty.
The pupils Of Miss Asbe will have
their works Of art on exhibition tomorrow,
between the hours OF 10 O'Clock am. and
10 O'Clock PM, at the studio, Room %
Cotton exchange building. The public Il
invited 10 visit tho studio and inspect the
exhibits.
--The Jacksonian club will hold the
most important meeting Of the year 10.
night at $50 o'clock, In the circuit courl
room. A new constitution and bylaws
will be- adopted, and governing and cxecu
tive committees elected. All members
are urged 20 attend.
Tho front door Of the store Of Dean 4
Lilly, coffee dealers, on Main street, wal
found open about II O'Clock last night
Examination showed that In the atiemp
10 iasicn the door the porter or clcrl
failed 90 pull the upper bolt down. Moth
Ing so Ear as could be laanod, was siolel
from tho house.
Two attempts at burglary were mad
nj two groceries ON the Raleigh roa'
early yesterday morning. The first was a
the grocery Of Mn. Schilling and the acc
ond ut another grocery, corner Marley nv
cnue and the Raleigh rad. Both attempt
were made by boring holes In the door
with augurs. The burglars were scared o.
before they could elect an entrance.
IL. l.. Punch, q grocer near the mort
pnlc oi Elmwood cemetery, has made u
assignment 10 l., A. Keeling. The amour
OF atsels are set forth a. follows Stoc
and fixtures, S72s; accounts, 81 90. II
Liabilities Kelly Roper & Reilly, 500
J. II. llcrbcrs x CO., $50. Matt % Hear
S400 Carbcrry 4 Casey, 500; &. Is. Rya
4 Co., $500; J. Baxter, $40: Tyler a ston'
SIS; u. j. Moran 4 CO., s7s. Mckinne
Mcknight. $40; II. Esch, go. The o,h'
amounts are for very small amounts.
j. +. McAllistcr aud his son, J.
McAllstcr, living nj the corner OF Broa'
way and Rayburn avenue, were arrcsle
lnt night for assault and battery on u
mes, Lewis, who keeps grocery on Il
corner OF the same thoroughiarc
Lewis was very badly beaten about u
face and head by the enraged father al
son. McAllister, 81, claims that Lew
applied vile aud nameless epithet 10 j
young daughter, and that he and his ~
deliberately went 10 the store for the pu
pose Of avcnging the insult
The committee appointed by the n
name society 10 work up public mce,il
orSunday, met ut No. ~ Madison street y
terday afternoon and drafted n most exc
lent program, consisting OF bnei Address
Rotations and splendid music. Mesdam
Cause and Mciscr expect 10 call up
every clergyman In the city and enl
them, ~ they have elsewhere, IN ~
work. Through them the Tennessee II