Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-01
TENNESSEE.

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TENNESSEE.
Judge Bond, of the Fourteenth Circuit
Court, Is a candidate for reelection.
The present bonded debt of Davidson
county is estimated at about 81 ,042, 900.
j. Dupey is a candidate for Attorney
General Of the Seventh judicial district.
Hon. Ed. Cooper viii probably be a can
didate for Chancellor of the SbeIbyville
division.
The Winchester bar declared Colonel
Peter Turney their first choice for the
Supreme bench.
General William 4. Quarles, of Clarks-
vile, after a severe illness of Two weeks,
Is rapidly recovering.
DR.. Rice and Elder J. g. Wallace, were
selected as delegates TO the next General
Assembly, from the Presbytery of Shell
byville.
Thursday morning t~wenty-fve Swedes
arrived in Jackson from Chicago, under
the chargs Of Captain J. NJ. Woodland, of
tina city.
The Presbyterian church of Jackson
has undergone some needed repairs and
now is not only a mOdern-lOOking but a
handsome structure.
livery 44EkAAAtEH III nODEIlEDH county,
viii be closed this week. Cause.-The ut
ter impossibility Of complying with re-
strictive revenue laws.
J. W. Jones, a talented young lawyer
OF the GAINESVILLE bar, is to deliver the
anniversary address before the Tennes-
see Orphan Society, May 18th.
The Clarksville Tobacco Leaf expresses
a preference for Hon. A. o. p. Nicholson
and J. J.. Turner, Esq, for Supreme
Judges from Middle Tennessee.
A letter, signed by seventeen members
of the Franklin bar, expresses their pref
erence for Hon. A. O.. p. Nicholson for a
seat on the Supreme bench.
The Nashville Banner of Friday SAYS:
1.-The first child born in the Maxwell
House came 10 light very early yester-
day morning. 1t was q ffteen-pounder."
The cost of sustaining the public schools
of Nashville is about $4,000 per annum.
months Of the present term viii be
$500.
The Nashville Union and American
ssys Wilson county is in good condi-
ton, financially. Her bonds have been
eagerly sought after during the past few
days"
Mr.. John Jones, of the Fourth Civil
District OF Robertson county, recently
shot and captured q bald eagle measuring
six and a half feet from tip to tip of its
wings.
The Springfield Record says nothing
about the ravages of smallpox in Robert
son county, as reported from here by tel
egraph. We believe the rumor to be IN
founded.
Mount Vernon Furnace, fifteen miles
from GAINESVILLE, has been put in COM
plete running order, and now turns out
an average OF fifteen tons of superior iron
per day.
A. Y. Armstrong, Of Wilson county,
died last Wednesday. Another old ciu-
zen Of Wilson, Squire James McCuIloch,
died very suddenly Of apoplexy, a few
days ago.
The choir OF the Central Baptist Church
Of Nashville entertained the inmates OF
the lunatic asylum with an imprOyised
concert on Thursday evening last. The
unfortunates enjoyed il.
Work on the Edgefeld, Henderson and ,
Nashville Railroad has been resumed
along the whole line Of the road, and it is
probable that the cars VIII run through
from Nashville to Henderson before {
Christmas.
In the way Of practically securing the Z
benefit Of immigration, The county of T
rankin is moving forward with life and :
energy. She has organized All Immigra-
ton Society, which has issued an address !.
TO immigrants. !
The Franklin ReUieW of Friday SAYS: =
William Lunn, Of this place. aged
seyenty-hve years, went out last Tuesday .,
with a rife, and killed three 'possUns and I
squirrels and only fired his piece four =
times. He is the NimrOd of this whole ID
We understand that Col. Thomas J. y
freeman, Of Brownsville, at the s~olicita- y
tlon OF ms friends in West Tennessee, has y
placed ms name al their disposal. to be II
used as a candidate for one of the Su-
preme Judges, if il should seem desirable N
TO the bar and the people. g.
At a meeting Of the Winchester bar IN d.
I'D inst, il was resolved that the bar IA
Of Middle Tennessee be requested TO meet
IN convention in MurfeeesborO on the N
first day Of June next, Tor the purpose of ."
selecting candidates for Supreme Judge d.
for the middle division Of the State. "
Says the McMinnville NeU Era. "Our
farmers tell Us that their wheat CROPS look q
unusually promiBing. We hear the same Is
accounts from all the counties around N
IS, and should no accident befall the crop, te
We may look for a large yield. A much
greater breadth Of land was seeded to Ia
% wheat last fail than usual" le
The Columbia Herald of Friday, in an M
lceount Of the eXhuming Of the BODY Of Of
zen. Cleburne at AshwoOd, and the sub
'equent funeral ceremonies at Columbia. tn
.ays: The coffin was very much decay. "a
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ng on the skeleton. The General was dr
'urled ia a new gray uniform, and much
II was IN a good state Of preservation g.
The Springfield Record saws: "From th.
he encouraging reports Of our farmers w
re are reiOiced TO state that the croD If do
heat never looked more aattering than !
! present., while there is an area Of land So
own equaled by 30 precedence. our oat ser
rOp is also heavy and in good condition. col
lille The farmers are alive TO the impor- Gle
ance Of planting q large crop Of corn. =
he fruit is not damaged in the Ieast-r T.
each trees are, in fact, Overburdened 81
18th this delicious fruit" -
A correspondent ofthe Jackson Tribune IN
lys that during the late severe freeze. fire.
ltker than frost, blighted almost every.
ing. Peaches were ali killed. Strawber- a.
90 that had biOomed, or were blooming
ferries the same. G~oOseberries, plums ~
I'D apples were in a large measure killed. ~,
sDo raspberries were not injured. ~
rape vines which were shooting forth N
ie earliest leaves were denuded entirely. Z
az The frultlng for this season thereby e2f
Even tomato plants and pol
.uashes and cucumber vines under cold acr'
anes, and protected by glass were cut Wit
'wn- was
me Jaekson Tribune says: 1.-THE Epis-
pal Convention ~eonvsnes la this CITY on rail
1ltn Of May. Many gentlemen, dis son
lgulshed alike in church and State, will nlai
present. President Davis, who is Dui
legate from st. Lazarus Church. Mem ln i
~ We understand, viii certainly at n
40 ms announcement will doubtless deg
Z vast ~concourse Of people. His lS49
ne Is SUI potent with every true South fore
lef. We are told that there will be Mis-
ny connrmations. II is pleasing ID med
Y that our good housewives are setting In
.hgs IN order preparatory to the enter Of +
Of both delegates and visitor. men
II 0ObUlJdllEW NAV Ia fao4ol -. 49,
be fathomS5 - NC besteo Dat it can dry
ra-.I- ems,
- .S.TIseLanu East Iennessee) Banner nifty
present Indications are that creal
ni-sd ~hsvs ~ ~ He one OF The best Tn
~ 'Als section for storl