Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-20

Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday, at II IN,
his last moments being cheered and
sOlaced bythe presence of his wife and
son. Mr.. Norris was a native ofNew
Hampshire, but spent most of his life
at Springfield, Ohio. He came to
Memphis about five years ago, and
has since that time occupied the posi-
ton of Vice President of the First
National. He leaves a wife, and one
son, who with a large circle Of friends
willlong mourn his early and untimely
demise.
The Brownsville Bee of Saturday
says Col. Pickett and party reached
Brownsville on Tuesday last, and on
Wednesday completed the survey of
the Brownsville and Dyer county
Railroad to the track OF the Memphis
and Louisville road. Now that the
base line is chalked out no time will
be lost in pushing the enterprise to
completion. There is no doubt enter
tanned by any one, we believe, about
the ultimate success of this much
needed road.
IN unfortunate RynDh du pare,
named MOllie McClanahan, on Sun
OdN hlSIl lIolg I'LL q view II - SUP
posed, to escape labor pains, took an
overdose of laudanum which came
near resulting in her death. DIR. Grasty
attended her during the night, and in
the morning not only relieved her of
the poison, but of a very fine child
weighing some nine pounds. Mother
and baby are doing well. Instead of
death, morphine in this cast produced
an additional life.
An italian fruit vender, named
Louis, was arrested by officer r. w.
Webb, of the First District, yester-
day, for having in his possession and
uttering counterfeit money. After
being brought into the stationhOuse,
and before he was searched, he was
seen to throw something on the floor
and kick it under the safe. On exam
inatiOn it proved to be a roll of cOun-
terfeit United States currency of the
denomination of five dollars bills and
fifty cent pieces, amounting in all to
SS7 30. He was committed to await
the action of the United States Com
missioner to-day. Later in the even
ing Sergeant Smith went with a posse
of men to search Louis rooms, but up
to writing had not returned.
We learn that a negro named
Tom Jones was killed by another ne
gro night before last. Jones went to
another negro's cabin, andin entering
fell over or kicked a dog. As he did,
the dogs owner, who was present,
told him if heidi that again he would
shoot him. Some further words
passed, when the owner of the dog
took I'D an old gun that had been
standing in the cabin for some months,
and, pointing it at Jones, pulled trig-
ger. 1t exploded and the load litter
ally tore him TO pieces, killing him
instantly. We understand that the
murderer gave himself up, and says
that he had no idea thatthegun would
go OFF, having pointed it at Jones
merely to scare him.
Dame RumOr was more than Or
dinarily busy yesterday. The murder
of the negro on the levee and the
drowning of little Eddie Cusick, by
noon We're distorted into three or four
murders. The old lady had a white
man killed at the oil works, one at the
navy yard, another at the dry docks,
and il was stated that n had been
sent up" at the Overton pumping
| engine, on the Ievee. An
other rumor was that the
Grand jury Gf the Criminal Court had
returned seven more Aldermen, max
ing eleven in all, and that We we're
without a quorum in the Board thor
rible fateD. Still another was that
Stokes had withdrawn from the scam
vass, and that Barbour Lewis had got
religion and was dying of cOnsump-
ton.
Arkansas matters continue in a
muddle. Weare informed by gentle
men who left Marion yesterday even
ing, that the negroes were being or
ganiZed into squads of twelve each,
commanded by a white man, and that
they would begin = regular systematic
search for COllycg, to-day or tO-mOr-
| row, throughout the whole county.
John NJ. Jones, Esq, who lives about
ten miles below this city on the river,
was arrested yesterday morning and
boring CollyeF. 1t is said that Collyer
stopped at his house for ten minutes,
as he was making his escape. Sheriff
Hardin having had a %congestive chill
on Sunday, Squire Hemphill has
been appointed Special Deputy, and
has charge of the whole force of ne
groes. McClung and Click are still in
Jail. We learn that Major Mayne and
his new wife went over to Crittenden
county yesterday, intending to stay.
As soon as his other wife-the desert
ed negro washwOman-heard of his
mOYemepts, she packed up her buds
and followed him. She sWears that
she intends to make him wish be had
never heard of her before she gets
through with him. We envy him
the felicity of the irst-interview.
EyERYRoDY attend the great sale