Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-02-01

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business at Houston, Texas.
A negro m was found dead il
the woods near Columbus, Ga, the other
day. She preferred starvation to work
Grading has commenced on the
road frOme Rome to Dalton, and viii
doubtless be pushed forward with energy
The hog cholera prevails in the vi.
cinlty Of G4llatiD, Tenn. Many farmers
have lost their entire stock.
The Louisiana judiciary has declared
the one per cent. tax Of that State IN
constitutional.
-MontresI has q foe new Academy
Of Muslc, built in the Italian style. II
viii seat 1890.
The RedemptOrIst Fathers are con.
Quoting a mission at the Catholic
Churches in Savannah.
The Legislature OF Nsvada has en-
acted a law remanding the business OF
the State back to q specie basis.
Commissioner are on their way to
Washington from Georgia to consult o.
reconstruction
Rev MIR. Matt, the Presbyterian min,
lister at Athens, Ga, has accepted q cal
frcm Columbus.
The South Carolina Legislature has
authorized the Governor to employ az
armed force for the preservation Of the
peace.
The Florida Legislature having aban,
dlned the impeachment protest, showed
their affection for Gov. Reed 10y carrying
him about on their shoulders.
Senator Yates wants to be placed al
the head Of the Navy Department. But
is 3 nan fl to be Secretary OF the Navy
who generally can't navigate?
The Knoxville W6ig, under its new
owners, will aiVOcats religion anC
virtue. Just thi8k Of 1t. The Knox,
vile Fhig prociaiming sueh doctrine.
The lady trustees OF the Georges
State Lottery hsve memoriaiized the
General Assembly, asking protection fol
the enterprise, and guaranteeing the !ul'
hilment of promises.
The man Martin, who made thC
most tremendous promises to reveal
startling things In regard to the Alaska
bribery case, revealed only that he had
nothing to reveal
The Radical organs say that GarreI
DAVIS babblas. If he does there is more
sense Ia his babble than in the speeches
OF the most eloquent Of the Radical Sen
ators. They might study this bSbble tC
good advantage.
The Delaware Legislature has De
clared that it has entire authority owe
the question OF landing ocean telegraph
cables on its shores. Congress must be-
we're" the eyes Of Delaware are or
yOu."
A capitalist Of Washington, D. c.,
wishes to purchase fifty thousand acres
Of pine land on or near the line Of the
Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. The
intention is TO establish truck and fruit
farms.
It "a complained that the remains 81
dead horses are gathered and buried as
soldiers, IN the National Cemetery in
East Tennessee, by the Government
regent employed to gather and bury the
bodies OF dead soldiers.
"A notorious prostitute known As
Jack Bender wss arrested in Nashville
Thursday, st the instance of a member
Of the legislature, On the charge o.
stealing 500 from him while at bel
baguio the night previous.
-Jsmes Butler vas killed st Port Glib.
son, Miss, LAST week, by the accidental
dischargs OF a pistol which he was trying
10 wrest from the hands OF the deputy
sheriff, who had arrested and disarmed
him. Butler was drunk at the time.
Hon. A. H. Stephens has declined
the Chair % History in the State Uni
veTsity. The stste Of his health, and his
desire 10 finish his woTk-"A Constitu
tIoasl Visw Of the Late Warfare the
reasons for his declining.
Col. Y. K. Stevenson has recently
disposed Of his tract oflsud lying in Crow
Creek Valley, near Chattanooga, which
be purchased y few years since for five
thousand dollars, for the round sum of
one hundred and ten thousand dollars in
cash.
Mr.. Seward, II is said, shows IN q
report 10 the Senate, that he made his
proposition TO purchase st. Thomas and
s.. Johu's with the approval and author
iyy Of President Lincoln. But We were
In a vastly bstter condition for land pur-
Uhases then than we are now.
Garner, the noted old horse thief.
lately taken by force from On officer of
the law Ia Alabama, and a few nights
since arrested in Nashville, was on
Thursday turned over to Officers from
Alabama, sud will be taken back to that
State for trial,
Nearly all the prOprIetors Of the
leading Journals Of the United States
have joined in recommending the extern
sion OF the Hoe patent for printing
presses, sud the House Committee on
Patents appears to be unanimously in
favor Of recon- mending that the patent
be extended.
We see by the Dalton Citizen that
the Sheriff OF Pickens county wss killed
A few days since By 6 horse thief, Joel
Richie, whom he had arrested. The
Deputy Sheriff was shot at twice, the
balls taking effect In his arm and shout
DER. The thief and murderer made his
escape in the direction of North Carolina.
in Cincinnati, the other day, the
rider Of q v~elocirede, probably using
whip and spur upon his ligenous charger
too freely, got himself run away with by
the fiery tin ber-besst and considerably
damsged. Not having properly broken
his high mettled courser, he came near
getting broken himself.
Edwin Booth Is reputed to be worth
hsli q million, part Of which has been
expended on the new theater he has Just
erected. Edwin Forrest cannot be
werth less. Barney Williams, from s
ragged, poor market boy, is now the
happy pUssessor of a fine residence, ard
a Oad $3.50 600. LESTER Wallack makes
$50 900 a year from his thtater, and can
ne counted on as being worth at least q
quarter Of a million, partly inherited.
Joe Jefferson is a successful aud wealthy
man. Maggie Mitchell has q splendid
house near Fifth avenue, and can put
her wealth In six figures. The Conways
have made money and made it fast,
Mrs. Blwers and Lolita have both in
creased immensely in worldly wealth
during the last two years. They are
each esIimatsd to be SoFth $3.50, 0C0.