Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-08
STATE NEWS.

Jackson has got the measles-so says
the Wing.
The militia ct Pulaski have got the
black measles among them. So 1t is said.
The peach crop is said to be "gone
up " in West Tennessee. We hope not.
Some intern perate rascal stole all the
coal belonging to the Temperance socie.
ties of Jackson u night lss5week.
The furnishing little town OF Hunt
iDgdon, Tenn, wants a baker. Here's a
chance for a kneedy 3
The Cleveland Banner of last week
says: "Our town continues to improve in
every direction. New buildings appear
to be the order of the day. Several of
our citizens contemplate building new
residence during the approaching spring
and summer. By next fall We expect
cur population TO number some FIVE or
six thousand. The price OF real estate is
advancing and changing hands daily.r
The Press and Times Of Saturday
learns that William Johnson, charged
with the murder Of Old mar McCaSlln
and his son during the war, has been ar
rested in Huntingdon. The McCasljps
were murdered under circumstances OF
most barbaric ~atrocity. johnson has
been lodged in Jail, and will hsVe a hear
ing at the next term of the Criminal
Court Of Carroll county.
"A couple Of lsrks, named James Mar
tin and Albert Odin, wers arreatrd nv
the Sheriff of Carroll county, on Tines.
day, in the vicinity Of McLemoresyiIIe.
charged with having atolen two mules
from MIR. Benton, OF that county, seme
TWO weeks since, Circumstances strongly
indicate their guilt, and they have been
ccm United to Jail for examination tin
Friday. R1mOr points very strongly TO
the conclusion that they are both old
offenders,
The Athens EAST Tennessee) Post,
of Thursday, a alt Is rumOred, too,
that a heavy pressure is to be made on
the Governor to induce him to call an
extra session Of the Legislature, in order
thst the negro suffrage amendment may
be ratified. II sc, we hope he will resist
it, as that absorbing party measure can
With great propriety De left to the next
Legislature"
The Knoxville Wing of Thursday
says: We learn that an unfortunate
ARRAY took place a few days ago. In Wart-
burg, Morgan county, which resulted in
the killing of Gsrret Hall, a well-known
citizen Of that county, oy a young man
uSheu hslt0t VINO at laSJ accounts s.
not yet bsen captured. The affair is an
especially sad enc, inssmuch az the par
ties were on terms OF intimate friend-
ship, the difficulty originating, like
many similar sad affairs, in a drinking
bout,
The following We clip from the
Franklin ReUiedO Of Friday: Most Of our
people will remember 1" cid uncle Doris
Chadwell, A." the negro who for several
years has peddled meal through our
streets. Well, Doris is no more. On
last Saturday evening, about dark, while
on his return from Nashville, and whom
he had reached the vicinity Of the Holly
tree Gap, he fell from his wagon and
broke his neck. II is said that he was
intoxicated, which Is not at all iuproba,
Bile, considering his previous habits,
On Tuesday last, a Mr.. Foster, an
ex-COnfedOrate soldier, and an East Ten
nesseeaD, met with a most distressing
and psinfui accident on the plantation
of Mr., James Perkins, some -four miles
northwest OF Franklin. He had beer
engaged in thrashing oats, and was
about finishing up when his elsthing
were caught 10 the machine, dra wing
him forward and crushing his leic arm
in sneh q manner as to render amputa-
ton necessary. The operation was
performed by DR.. Wallis, assisted by
DR.. James Z. Hammer,