Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-23
TENNESSEE NEWS.
.~,bur;Ila wants a skating rink.

S~berbrville wants a skating rink.
Favette county pays a tax OF tWentV
cents on every hundred dollars.
Matthew Rhea, of Fayette an old cil-
zen of the county-died last week.
NJ povtar smith has been called upon
70 nm for Chancellor Of Davidson county
Tho Dversburg Gazefte says there Is
oo1sjdareble sickness in tOWn-more thah
usual.
sra DIarting cotton heavily, and corn 100
lightly.
~ Presbyterian church at Bristol, OF
no ordinary interest.
The Milan Times ColoneI X
p Caldwell. of Gibson for Holh
the Seventh District.
Mr. I. D. McCord of the Pulaski CIT
zsn. was married on the in 10 "lSS N
Thompson of Franklin.
According to the Falcon, the people OF
Esvetre are in good condition 10 Duliu
railroads. and in a good humor to go at II.
earn from the Knoxville Press and
u.-oyJ that the snow was SIX ueep
in the vicinity OF Bristol on MONDAY last
The GaIlatiu Examiner says that the
1sts f-osrs have done no particular hdrm
in sumner county, and the wheat Is I'M
injured.
The Nashville Union and American says
snring vegetables nave been quite anun-
dant in tina market during the past week
or ten days.
For The year ending March 5Ist, JACK
son has shipped 1867 bales o. c9''Gn
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad, besides
sbinments via the Mississippi Central.
Persons residing in the county of Ruth
arCord saw that the fruit Is not seriously
injnred-i1 that region, and that, without
fnIrtber accident, an average yield may De
expected.
John Mills, of Putnam county, tired
for Illicit distillin,I was on wednesday
sentenced by the United States court 10
t~wenty-four hours imprisonment IN the
county jail.
In answer to calls made upon MN py
numerous citizens Of Nashville, hon
WIN. A, Glenn himself As a
candidate for reelection as Judge OF the
County Court of Davidson.
The brownsville Bee says: "In Gibson
county there were four one-legged men
elected TO office. says a paper, at the late
election. They could stamp the county
better than anybody else.'
The oldest representative members OF
the bar Of Nashville nave called upon
Edwin II. Ewing and William +. Cooper
to submit themselves TO the voters OF the
state as candidates for the Supreme
Bench from the middle district.
The Louisville and Nashville and the
Iouisville. Cincinnati and Lexington
Railroad Companies have been othclaLy
notified of the passage of the or~dinsnce
granting them the right of way Tor a con-
Meeting track through the city Of Louis
vile.
The Nashville Union and American
saws; since the LIST Of July last 100000
of the city's Indebtedness has been paid,
and no debts have been made by ihe pres
emit administration IL being a part of their
religion 10 pay As they go" lihat's the
motto Of Mayor johnson, of this city.l
II seems almost i~ncredulous hat trains
should be retarded by snow in any part Of
this STATE at this season Of the year, yet
such has been the case. The passenger
train on The Virginia and Tennessee road
failed t~oconnect at Bristol on last Monday
morning. The mi%s-conneetion being
caused bv the deep snow on the noun
tains which fell Sunday night.
The Sumner County Fair Association
have determined 10 hold a aspiring fair on
the 24th and 18th OF May. One of the
features Of the second days exhibition
will be a foot race under the entry, "Old
mans Trial" for fifty years old and over,
%. or D.. i've to I'LL and three 10 Start. The
society adds $40. Catch weights. Track
TO he IN rUuulLGDn 10 kO VI "AAhSaA
shoes. Distance, speed ring.
Captain John @. Turner, Of Sumner
county. Tennessee, sold last week. his
crop of broom corn Of last year., at S204S,
the product Of about twenty i've acres,
BESIDES about 200 bushels of seed, which
IA worth one dollar per bushel, which n
within a small fraction Of FllO per acre.
He thinks that the seed viii pay for the
entire expense Of raising the corn. Upon
his small farm Of ninety acres, he has
cleared the past year, $500 over all eI-
penses OF production.
The United States. by District Attorney {
+. c. Camp, and Hon. a. +. Perry, and {
Judge Stanley Matthews, Of Cincinnati, I
has fled a bill against the X. and X. Rail
road. in the Circuit Court of the United
States for the Eastern District Of m
zee. for the purpose of collecting the sum
$500. which it is claimed is dee the
government for machinery and rolling {
took purchased IN 1866. This suit is sim [
y TO those now pending againstthe F.. S
I'd Va, and +. T. and Ga and ". and !
agHd Companies. !
ToNBfGwnsyiIle Bee says: President ,
r. W. HAYWOOD. of the A. VI. and H. As =
Of Haywood county, authorizes '
TO announce the following premiums ;
for the Fall Fair Of the Association: $50 b
for the best acre Of corn; 500 for the best q
acre of cotton; 500 for the best two bales a
Of cotton weighing 400 pounds each, Z,
grown on one acre OF land. Liberal pre- n
miums will be offered by the merchants =
and cotton buyers OF Brownsville for the 4
best bale or lot Of Short staple cotton, and q
for the best bale or lot Of long staple cot q
ton. Planters will please take notice and a
themselves accordingly" al
The latest official election returns az d
published in the Nashville luton and
Aaertcan from the Secretary Of states
,fhce, afford the following recapitula- !,
ion: u