Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-11

so, as he didn't have money enough TO
commence a suit for divorce in the
State Of Tennessee. A few days ago
Mrs. Holmes went to a funeral and
partook rather too freely ofsOmething
the " baked meats" It is supposed
and after spending the night weep
ing with the bereaved family, came
home in the morning full Of what
she ought not to have drank. She
came in the back way, and while
crawling through a hole in the fence
tore her dress almost off her by a nail.
Knowing that Shed, who of late has
been most impecuneous, would refuse
to get a new one, she picked up an
axe helve at the woodpiIe and gently
sliding into the room where her be-
loved spouse lay sleeping, she lit into
him in a manner that "everlastingly
bumped him up" He was dreaming
at the time, she informs US, and
thought that he had been showed into
a fifty-horse power threshing ma
chine. He is not very sound sleeper,
so it didn't take more than a hundred
Iicks to wake him up. The first thing
he did,, before he got his eyes open,
was to get hold of his pistol, which
was under his pillow, and shoot it off.
This scared his amiable spouse, and
dropping the axe heIve she put for
town and got out a warrant for Shed
for shooting with intent to kill. The
case will be triedtO-day.
Might before last a German,
poorly but cleanly dressed, apparently
in very bad health, came to the
Second District Station and begged a
nights lodging. 1t was given him,
and Sergeant Hanson, with his accus-
toned humanity, furnished him with
a bed and blanket. Yesterday morn
ing he left the station about To'clOck,
| and when next heard from was on
South street, near the corner of st.
Martin, where he begged to be al
lowed to go into a house and rest
himself. His appearance excited the
compassion of the party to whom he
applied, and he vas permitted to en-
ter and lie down. He had lain there
but q few moments when he died.
Coroner SamelsOn wassummoned and
held al inquest on the body. 1t is at
HOlsts', where it will be kept during
the morning for Identification.
We are indebted to our friend
Tom Neal, Of the Dyersburg Gazette,
for a copy of an Extra" giving the
result of the recent election in Dyer
county. From it we learn that the
election for Governor passed
off very quietly in Dyer
c0unty-nOt a single disturbance
taking place. Only a few blacks
! voted, the most of them having very
wisely concluded to let politics alone.
In this election, the largest vote that
Dyer county ever pOlled has been
cast, Senter receiving lj0J and Stokes
10 votes, Upton receiving the same
vote. w. NJ. Hall is elected Senator
by 1906 majority, and d. T. A. Lackey
is elected from the counties of Dyer
and Lauderdale by an overwhelming
majority. The District election, for
the Dyersburg "beat," resulted as
follows: For Magistrate: r. II. Nc
Gaughey, 1873; H. f. FurgusOn, 107.
For Constable: John Nichols, 205; 10.
Richardson, 46.
in a conversation with Mr.. Bing-
ham, local editor of the Sun, night
before last, we learned that in his par
agraph at which we took offence
(about our election returns) he had
simply used Mr.. Registrar BOughner'=
words, and was consequently not to
blame for the statement. We cheer
fully and gladly exeulpate Mr.. Bing-
ham, with whom we have always
been on the best of terms, and hope to
continue indefinitely our friendly re-
latiOns. As to Mr.. Boughner's state
4 nnnFaf that he. ernf nm Fhn EarnaI Tor nrHr
use is to q certain extent true, but his
claim to any credit therefor is simply
absurd. For several years, eve since
we have been a reporter, we have
used the identical form, and the eve
ming preceding the election were en-
gagged in ruling paper for use the next
day. Col. u. d. L. Stewart happened
to come in while We We're thus en-
gagged, and lOOkingoyer cur work, told
uE that We need not trouble ourselves
any further, as he had already had
fifty forms printed tor the use OF tbs
reporters and election clerks, and tnat
he would give US one next day, which
he did do. By the time Mr.. BOugh-
per has conducted as many elections
as NE have reported he will know
that he is NOT tHe originator of every
blank that ne bapPeny Is H64eprinted.
As everybody knows it is the printing
such a table as that in a daily newspa-
per the morning after an election that
constitutes enterprise" As well
might atype founder take to himself
the credit of the ''appeaFance'} of a
newspaper as for the designer of a
blank claim special hOhOr for its in
seEtilp in 9 daily paper.