Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-05-30
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To she Patrons Of m Appeal.
You are requested not to pay any car
riers without certificate nom me, and
to report at the counting desk any irN
regularity in carriers. l.. DAVIES
NEWS IN BRIEF.-HOns. w. Y. Elliott
and - Norman, radical members Of
the legislature from Middle tennessee
were in the city yesterday.
Second street, north Of Madison, is
being pIoughed up for grading, prepara-
tory to receiving the Nicolson pavement.
To-day, weather permitting, amstch
game will be played between the Dixie
and Eagle base ball clubs.
Our old and esteemed fellow-citiEen,
VIM. Park, Esq, has gone to Hot
Springs, Ark, h~eslth-seeking.
"A few more copies of our mammoth
WEEKLY for the current week "a yet
be obtained at our countingroom.
Late Monday evening a young man
named Powers was drowned at the loot
of BeaI street. He was from st. Louis,
and a deck hand on the Kellogg.
It is probable that the crack-brained
~phiIosopher -. N" will soon refresh
this portion of the fOOtstool by his mag
n%ificent presence.
The clerk of the weather favored US
with a little more rain yesterday and
last night, just to convince Us that he
was about.
-Ttemizing was immensely dull yes
/ terdav. The magistrates did scarcely
ANYTHING, and up to 1 p m. there had
been only one commitment to the county
Jail.
The projectors Of the proposed col
ored tournament are e~ndesvOTing to pro-
cure the grounds Of the Memphis racing
association for that object. They say it
will be a "big thing" No doubt of it.
On Monday next, at 8 IN, at the
Court street s~choOl-house, the board OF
visitors will commence examining sP-
p~licants for teachers positions in the
| bubble schools.
The inspectors appointed to super
wise the LAYING of the NicOlsOn pave
msnt formally entered upon the dis
charge of their duties. The gap between
Adams and Court streets, on Second,
lacks only a few feet of completion.
The passage of the ordinance prohib-
itinc nubIic meetings in the city squares
displayed a refreshing CLEAN Of common
sense. The marks were designed as breath
ing places, not eenters OF political har-
rangues-
Hon. Geo. W. Jones, formerly a
democratic congressman from Iowa, Is In
the city en- route to Hot Springs, ARK.
He is a staunch friend of the south, and
we commend him to the cOurtesies OF
the people Of our sister state.
-CoIored voters are being registered
bv Commissioner EDavis at the rate oil
four OF five hundred per day. Between
six and seven thousand have already
received certificates. ItwOuld take Davis
lust six hundred years to register that
number OF white conservatives.
John Kennedy distinguished him
self Tuesday evening by so badly beat
ing his wife that her life is despaired Of.
He stoned, and had not been appre-
hended at last accounts. 1t would be a
serious loss to society should the buzz
yards get him.
At the radical senatorial convention
held in Brownsville Tuesday, Maj. G. w.
Smith. Of Haywood county, was nOmi-
mated for senator OF that district. His
councillors were W. A. McClOy, Of Tip
ton. formerly Of this city, and A. w.
Brooks, of Madison county. Ultra rsdi-
cal resolutions were adopted.
II is understood that a lawyer, who
mysteriously disappeared between ten
and fifteen years agO from this county,
and whose disappearance was signaliZed
by the equally mysterious disappearance
OF 500 900 worth of county scrip, alb
stracted from the county clerks Office at
Raleigh, has been seen in West Ten
nessee.
Cannot steps be taken toward pro
curing the services Of fine brass band
to perform in Court square, say twice a
week, between five and seven O'CLOCK
nm.2 The experiment was tried several
wears AGO, and proved highly successful,
4 sufficient sum could easily be OBJ
tanned to remunerate an efficient corps
OF musicians for the labor involved and
the music would prove a great attrac'
ton.
THE DOMAIN HABEAs CORPUs CASE
THE PRISONER REMANDED TO JAIL.
The examination on application for writ
of habess corpus, was concluded before
Judge Hunter in the law court room
yesterday. The prosecution introduced
Dr. +. Miles WiIlett and James NJ. Kel
lar. who testified that about the oath o
March last they were called to assist DR.
Thornton in amputating the arm OF Mrs
DOMAIN, deceased that they found hel
with q Vunshot wound in the arm Close
To the shoulder, with q compound com
minute fracture the deceased was ther
i'm an exhausted condition, from tbs
severe shock received, and the greai
loss of blood nothing short Of am
mutation would save her life ever thai
was doubtful, and afterward proved tC
have been vain, she having died two
DAYS after the operation. On the cross
examination Capt. Myers, the prisoner
counsel, attempted to prove that the am
mutation caused the death, but the pro
/ fessional gentlemen testified that 1t was
r the only chance, and did not ever haster
the death. DR.. q. B. Thornton testified
: in substance the same, and also that bel
life might possibly have been saved haC
5 the hemorrhage been Don staunched
the wound was of such q nature tina
modification must have soon set in
: had not the amputation been performed
Several other witnesses were intro
duced in behalf of the prosecution, whC
testified that Mrs. Donlan was cOnsciOu
. Of her a~pproaching dissolution, and tina
e she had said she was going to die, an
: that "Joen (meaniug her husband) haC
' shot her. Witness Wilson testified tina
e she had said a negro had shot her, bu
: when she learned her husband had lef
the house, she told the truth and SAT-
: Joe Donltn had shot her. Witness Wi
! kerson testified that while he was trying
r TO console the deceased, after the smpu
5 tation, the defendant clenched his rs
4 menacingly toward the witness and sal
e he would be revenged. Freedmen Heyn
3 olds and Anderson said they were goin
home about eight o'clock pm, hear
d two shots. and after the second hear,
Mrs. Donion say, "Joe, you have she
d me-" also, heard defendant say, "Yo
son-of-a-b-h .D Edmund, an old col
ored man, testified that he saw the de
. fendant deliberately fire upon his. Wit
about three weeks before the occurrence
After a sharp argument by Mr.. Robin
son for the prosecution and by Cap
Myers for the defense, Judge Huntt
e ordered the defendant to be remanded
e. jail.
THE QUESTION OF STREET PAVING
.e IN - 81, Gao,nd street. has OiVpn q