Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-14

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a few days since, by striking him on the
head with an inkstand.
Ra~ Mr.. Gray, messengerof the South
ern Express Company, on board the w.
r. Carter, died at Vicksburg from his
wounds. He has a child at Cairo, III.
%. There are n hundred and
seventy cases of smallpox in the pest
house at Montgomery, Ala, all Of them
negroes except eleven soldiers.
sa-Capt. Joe Ashby 'was killed at
Evansville, Ind, on Travis & Co. = wharf
boat, by Andrew O'Reily, who is in Jail
for the offeuse.
BE- Seven prisoners have just escaped
from Sing Sing, y. Y. This makes IF
teen or twenty who have broken jail
there within a month or two.
"a Geo. Parham, an esteemed citizen
of Madison county, Tenn, wounded him
self painfully, but is hoped not MORALLY,
a few days since. A derringer exploded
in his pocket.
~ The Richmond Times, Of the
seventh, reports another case of genuine
Asiatic cholera in that city, on Broad
street Il urges prompt sanitary reg
uIations.
"a It is a mooted question whether a
negro ever committed suicide. Should
any reader of the APPEAL be eognizant
Of a colored ielo de Sc he Will please
report it.
sa- DR.. John Mayo, Il New Kent,
Va, allowed two soldiers to stay at his
house a few days since. During his alb
sence they stole his clothing, jewelry,
etc. They were deserters.
H- Statistics Of the Nashville Hospi-
tai for smallpox show only one hundred
dred and forty cases on the tenth instant,
against one hundred and sixty-four on
the thirty-irst day of January.
ES-The Savannah, Ga, papers report
an abundance Of small cotton thieves in
that vicinity. The thieves in the same
line here are holding OFF, declining
prices making it scarcely worth the
trouble.
THE LATE Col. JOHN X. HOWARD.
The remains of this gallant officer and
valued citizen, have been brought to
Lebanon, Tenn, his former place of res
idence where they will be inferred with
Masonic honors.
B- The President Of the State Bank
Of Ohio gives notice that the affairs Of
that institution viii be wound up, and
bill holders are requested to present the
same at any of the branches for redemp-
ton.
H-A lunatic was arrested in Wash
ington the other day for pelting the Sen
ators with peanuts from the galleries.
The poor fellow seems to have had a fit
appreciation Of the importance and dig
nifty of that grave body.
BST a difficulty occurred on Thursday
at a saloon in DeSoto, between a young
mar named Maginis and the barkeeper,
Spiller, in which a pistol was cred, the
ball striking a ~bystander named Enoch
Martin, killing him instantly. NIagin-
mis- made his escape.
IA The last sale Of negroes in the
Valley Of Virginia, was made by a gen.
tleman ofStaunton, April seventh, eigh-
teen hundred and sixty-fve. He sold
two negro children, aged nine and
twelve years, for five thousand cabbage
plants.
rs CIarksville Tenn Chronicle is
reliably informed that the smallpox is
abating considerably there being but
eighteen eases in the pest-house, all Of
whom are fast recovering. No fears
need be entertained now in going 70
that city.
IA On Thursday night last the young
wife they had been married but a few
weeks Of Mr.. Jas. Perfect, Of Galena.
Delaware county, Ohio, fell into the fire
in her room, in al ~applopIectic fit, and
was terribly and fatally burned before
she could be rescued. She lived but a
short time after the dreadful occurrence.
s9T In accordance with a resolution
adopted by the Georgia Legislature, a list
has been opened in the Office Of the clerk
the Inferior Court, Augusta, for the
purpose of registering the names Of des-
titute widows and orphans and disabled
in each county in the State, so
that assistance may be rendered them.
BE- Queen Victoria is reported as
shocked at discovering that the Prince
and Princess of Wales smoke cigarettes
together in a little blue satin sanctum
called their smoking room. This per-
and reprehensible practice was
her royal highness by her scape-
grace husband, and, horrible to say, she
it!
la VIM. Bess, a resident of Alle-
ghany county, Va, for the last century,
departed This life on Wednesday, Janu-
airy, eighteen hundred and s~ixty-six, at
the advanced age Of one hundred and
years. Bess was a soldier of the
evolution, an honest and upright man,
-esnected by all, leaving a numerous cir
lie offriends to mourn his loss.
pB- The Natehez, Miss, Courier states
hat the assessors of fifteen counties in
Mississippi have made returns to the Su-
,erintendent Of Army Records, at Jack q
Of the number OF manned Confede- {
ate and State soldiers requiring artificial
egs. There were seventy-fye in the !
fifteen counties. Amite has six and {
seven. e
pG- In an editorial under the title Of
Threatened Again, - the Jackson, Miss, 7
states that a threat has been made Z
certain military officers 70 burn that :
flee. The NetUs states that its informa-
ION came from a Federal officer, who y
communicated the fact to an editor in {
ackson with the remark that he had ,
.iscouraged such a proceeding. o
Ia At DeSoto, jackson county, ILL.,, b
fatal aflray occurred on the first in
ant. A number Of rowdies from the
went into the town, and tried il
bring on a fight with every citizen c
ley met. At last they We're successful 9
nd a general row was the result. In =
IL mnIna- q man namnl ALarIim one of .