Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-07-01
TENNESSEE

The Medical Society of Stewart county
will meet on the ID Of July.
They are TO have large and extensive
slaughter house in Shelbyville.
A large portion of the wheat crop OF
{ Bedford county has been harvested, and
the WELD is very tine.
The ShelbyvfiIe Rescue mentions q bee
hivesAaE has, during this season, turned
ont sil54aarms Of bees and leo pounds Of
honey.
Through the indefaiigable exertions of
Captain Kirk, says the Mary vile RepEb-
bean, thar place is now in daily commu-
nication with Knoxville and the outer
world.
The DovH Record has been shown
splendid specimens Of iron ore from the
lands of Z. II. Baype, on the Tennessee
river For space OF coo acres this ore is
represented as being abundant.
Mr.. Alfred Ross, of MurfreesborO, few
nights SINE had his pockets picked, and
the sum OF $3.50 sbstracted from them by
q negro hired man. The negro made on
with his booty and has not since been
heard from.
We lear1l from the Huntingdon Courier
of the 23d inst, that ThOs. +. Freeman,
one OF the parties who broke jail at that
n
XIV. on chs 18th inst. He had assumed
the name OF W. H. Smith.
The editor of the Kingston East TeRRes
sesan has had left at his Office samples of
the BOughton snd Baden varieties of
wheat, Of this years raising. Ghe heads
are large and well filled, and it is thought
The crop viii average twenty bushels to
the acre.
The Kingston East TeJuaesseean says
that The rainy season appears 10 be about
over, at least there has been none since
Saturday, June is, and the farmers are
making the most Of it by gathering their
wheat and plOwing their corn.
The Cleveland Banner of the 2Sd inst.
Saws that corn meal has been as high as
81 SO per bUshel in that market. Within
a few days a downward tendency has
been observable, and now the market Is
glGtted with the article, with but few pur-
chasers.
The festival held in Smith county on
the 18th inst for the benefit of the Con
federate Orphans Home, was decided
success. A large cOncOurse of persons
were in attendance. An able address was
delivered by Colonel r. G. Saunders, and
S65l 80 was subscribed for the orphans on
the spot.
The Marvville Republican says the
MltdE crop IL NIhL EiUA - ADb 1uAAtAoA1
damaged as vet, by the frequent wet
weather, but the harvest has been neces-
sarily delayed, A great many farmers of
BlOunt county have already cut their
wheat, but & large number of fields are
vet standing.
Mr. Taylor, Clerk Of tho County Court
of Polk, has furnished the AtheGs Post
with the following, in regard TO the taxes
of that county, for the year 1870: Aggre-
gate value, Sl,I7s. .3S6: number of polls,
$50; state tax, s., ,456 Il; county tax, 3d.
Ol5 76: special tax for county Jail, a.,
III 81; total, Sll, lS6 o..
The JonaabOro Herald and Tribune of
the I'D inst, says the farmers OF Wash
lngtOn county srs buisjly engaged in har-
vesting large and splendid cropot wheat.
In some sections there is a great deal Of
smut; still, as z whole, the cropis as good,
and the yield greater, than for several
years previous.
The Knoxville Chronicle of the 25d inst.
is informed by gentleman from SEWER
county that the yield OF white wheat in
that county is unsurpassed, bat that in
the river bottoms, where considerable
breadth of Walker wheat was sOwn. the
spot prevailed 10 some extent but not
enough to cause any serious dimnutiOn
OF the supply.
There Is ia Huntingdon, directly in
front Of the SaZ irsc House, brick
which has the perfect impression deeply
imbeded, Of a panther's foot, which Is
supposed 70 have been made about thirty
wears ago. When that very identical
brick was in line brick-ysrd unburnt, and
that region wac infested with this
sort of wild beasts
The Nashville Union and american is
Publishing the roll OF the Tennessee Leg
islature in rhyme. Here is a specimen:
Russell Of Hickman. ia truly take
For an iron man who'll bend, not broak-
Better nj managing rolling mills
Than at lOg-rOliluE for Office or bills.
Russell of Rutherford, once with ths lanksi
With gilt shOulder-straps led onward their
Vow a good Democrat. earnes, and strong;
We hope 10 see him in Congress ere long.
A correspondent writing from Gimp
vile, Lauderdale county, on the 26th inst.
Saws. "nnt very long ago we had very
fine prospect of good stands of cotton and
it appeared very fine. But some two
weeks ago il set in cold and rainy, which
put the crops considerably in the grass,
and / baTe heard OF some who have
pIowed up their cotton and planted in
corn. and when cotton gets very grassy
hands will en-. up more or less, cleaning
Il out. But the worst Of all is the lice,
which have killed out some pieces Of cot
Ion, till there Is not more than half
a stand, 30 YOU can see that If il Is ever
80 good a season we cant make full
crop, for il takes the weed to make IL on.
The wheat and Oat crops are very good,
something over an average. Corn Is very
good. and there is a very good crop of It
planted in this neigbO0rLoOd (which Is
The Southwest and best portion Of the
county,. So we have prospect of some
thing to eat if we do not make so mach
cotton.