Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-03

counties along the proposed route, and Sc
cure individual stock; the COMMITTEES di.
rectly interested should, and of course
will, subscribe literally. Put this enter
prise on foot ; show TO st. Louis and
Memphis that we are In earnest ; both
cities are interested in securing the trade
OF northwest Arkansas, and will each con-
tribute largely. We say put the ball In
motion, and keep it rolling, until the
Northwest Border Railroad is completed"
A commission de IttRatico iHqui-
reHdo wa held by Squire walton yester-
dav, on the sanity of Miss Annie Davis,
daughter Of Samuel Davis, Esq, date a
Front street m~erchsntl. The result was
a determination to send her to the insane
asylum at Nashville.
A woman named Mary Pointer had
her husband arrested yesterday on q war
rant from Squire Griffith, for threatening
to kill her and her child, to extOrt money
from her. The couple are separated and
he is living with another woman, who
was also arrested on the same charge.
The case wilt be examined this morning.
The Choctaw Nation through its Su-
preme Council has chartered a company
TO build a railroad from Boggy Depot,
the seat of Choctaw empire, to Little
Rock, and given the company alternate
sections of land along the whole length Of
the road within the dominions of the
Choctaws. A railroad office isto be open
ed at once at BOggy Depot and the work
begun. Little Rock aud Fort Smith will
soon be connected, and alas ! poor Mem
phis can reach neither Fort Smith, nor
Doggy Depot, nor Little Rock.
Attention is directed to the notice in
another column in which Mr.. Henry D..
Beatty informs the public that hereafter
~ - g...-1 - III - arn-a-
of MIR. Darlington Mason, No. 9 Madison
street. Mr.. Beatty is a gentleman of
much experience, acquired in one of the
largest and most influential Insurance
agencies of Memphis, and will, we are
persuaded. prove a very valable accession
to Mr.. Mason, a gentleman who enjoys to
a great extent and deserves the confidence
of the merchants and property wne of
Memphis. We shall be much disappoint-
ed if these gentlemen do notimmediately
and largely increase their insurance BUSH
ness, already, we learn reliably, very ex-
tensive. Messrs. Mason & Beatty are
worthy all the success they can attain to.
They are characterized by entire deVo-
tion to business and the interests of their
customers.
We learned, yesterday afternoon, that
a man had been killed by the accidental
discharge of his own pistol, somewhere
on Poplar street. We could not learn
from our informant the name of the de-
ceased nor any circumstances connected
with the affair. We posted Immediately
of to the police office, and there found
that they knew nothing about it. AS the
e~X-cOroner, Samelson, had enjoined the
coroner appointed by the County Court,
we went TO the office of the acting coro-
ner, Squire Walton. This we found
closed. We then went to the county
clerks Office, but found no return of an
inquest. The County Court having ad-
journed, we next visited, in succession,
the offices of seven Justices eff the Peace
qualified to hold an inquest, Nothing
could be learned from any of them. At
the sherih7s Office, which was next visited,
nothing was known. Another round was
made to the police stations and We were
told to come back when the patrol came in
at seven o'clock. Learning meanwhile
we could find out where Squire
Walton lived, we went thither and got
his address. To his house we went, and
there learned that he had neither held an
nor had he heard of one being
held. Another visit to police headquar-
5ers resulted as before, and at half-past
nine pm, after having spent six hours
n vainly ~endeavoring to learn something
about the affair, we gave it up as a hard
sase and quit. This is a beautiful illus
of hOwthings are now being mas
lged by Our county officials. Rumor Us
t that the mans name was Leinfelder.
md that he was killed by the discharge
If his pistol while trying to shoot a