Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-17
TENNEssE NEWS.
Ku-KIux---Crops--- Rai1roads---
Crime Etc. 20

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FINED.-In the Circuit Court, on
Tuesday, David McMackins was fined
$25 for taking four sh0ts at Henry Finch
with pistol. That is just IS 25 pop.
Cheap enough In sll conscience Who
ssys that Government Is oppressive p
Huntingdon West TefaHesseedn, Sept. 10.
SHOT .AT.-A--.yo young man named
Jacob Stewart, clerk in Mr.. Cunning
HAMS store, at Carter's Depot, was shot
st while standing il the sterehouse door
on Saturday night last. The ball passed
through his vest, doing no particular
damage. Robbery, it is supposed, was
the object. = Gree'teUitte UIato19, sept. II.
Never before was there SO many flies
known in this county. They are aetu-
ally 50 very bad in some localities, the
cattle and stock rein frequent instances
severely injured, and in some few cases
We have heard Of death ensuing from
their pestilentious presence. Wecan1ot
account for the fact Of their numbers be-
ing Observation-Disclosures ReUfeaci
Sept. IL. ''Le-'
EAST TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA RAIL
RoAD.-The Board of Directors Of this
road organized on Wednesday by elect
ing Col. Thomas 81. Galloway, President; /;
Msj r. G. Jackson, Superintendent; and
R. ID. FISHER, Esq Secretary and Treas
nrer. This result gives the public Rssur-
ance that the line Will continue to be well
and successfully managed.-AthensP Post,
Sept. IL. -s.s-
ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL.-The pris-
oners confined in the Athens Jail, five in
number, made an attempt to break out
on Wednesdsy night, but were prevent
ed by the vigorous effjfta OF Sheriff Glib
son, A negro man employed about the
jsii is supposed to have been In cOlIuSioD
with the prisoners, and is now himself
in duranee vile.-Atheras Post, Sept. IL.
The corn crop in McMinn is SO prom
ising that many of our rural friends are
growing uneasy lest they should not have
territory enough to crib il. We noticed
in cur shoct trip dowa the road that the
corn crop wss looking good. The yield
in Bradley, however, will not te as
heavy as in McMinn, the former coun-
ty having beea visited by protrscted
drouth In the esrly summeT.-AtheRs
Post, Sept. Ii.
A CoLLIsIoN.-The Ku-KlGx and
Loyal Leaguers had collision ia Wash
ington county on Saturday night last.
The former we're holding a meeting at
Jsckson's sehoOlhouss, in the Sulphur
Springs settlement, when they were fred
on by the LeagusFs. Nobody hurt. Such
is the report we heard at Jonesboro' on
Mondsy.-GreenviO Uaion, September
10Th.
SICKNESS. There Is q great deal of
sickness in Bedford county. Our physi-
clans are kept busy day and night. Fe-
vers, fux, chills, etc, seem to be the pre-
vailiug diseases. A great many deaths
have occurred, and we fear we snail lose
many more of our best citizens. The
people should refrain from the use OF
fruits snd from exposure to the night air.
-iSaeI6yvitle Union, 1lth.
UNDER ORDERs.-Col. Thomas II.
Reeves, -EieotOr on the Democratic
ticket, hiss received orders to report to o.
D. Howard, chief of the Freedmen's b.
reau, for duty. This compels the Colonel
to decline entering the canvass. Who
viii take bis place we cannot divine, but
certainly not one who will te more hon.
est, courteous and candid. id.-Joaes6oro
Flag, I1th.
A KU.KLUx DRoWNED.-On Wednes-
day OF last week the body Of drowned
man was found in Elk river three miles
below Fayetteville. Decay had so
msrred the features IS to render recog-
milton impossible, yet the apparel was
thought to be that OF Elijah Burns, and
q cofoner's jury, from that and other
circumstantisl evidence, decided the
body to be Burns, and that he came to
violent death through the agency of
some unknown persons. In the pockets
Of the clothing were found, among other
articles, some money and a whistle said
to be the kind used by the Ku-Klux.
The finding Of this whistle seems to cor
roborate what Burns had asserted.
When rescued from the guard at the
courthouse, he told Constable Beavers
that he was Ku-kiux, and that he
would yet make him (Beavers) suffer for
Lhe course he had pursued ia the matter.
The popular impression seems to be that
Burns really was, as he claimed, Ku-
Kiux-thst he turned traitor to the or
ganization, Ia that, instead of acting in
the interest of law, order and justice, he
became law-bresker, and that his trea-
son has cost him his life.-F1yettevil
Observer, Sept. 10.