Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-22
MISSISSIPPI.

The first "holf' IS being recSlNe0 Ds
all our exchanges.
The charbone has made its appear
ance In Choctaw county.
Port Gibson has base ball club
We are sorry for Port Gibson. lukf
had one.
State Senator Gibbs has gone tC
Iowa and got him charming wife
What-you bet.
The Crystal Springs Herald has beer
presented with 3 peach measuring II
Inches in circumference. e-e
Mississippi papers complain of toe
much rain, too much Tweed" in cot
ton, and shedding of bolls.
The Fdllonida reports the crop
prospects in that section-particularly
cOtton-''very good indeed"
The Port Gibson Standard reports
thirty-one bales of cotton shipped for
the week ending August 10th.
A negro man attempted to resist
the officers of the law in Madison
county on the Sth and was shot.
The i>tar says the grand jury of
Pamela county found siXty-SeVen in-
dictments and left work undOne.
The Young men Of Noxubee are GO
ing to auause themselves by punching
sticks through iron rings on the 18th
inst.
The Natchez Democrat says: "The
crops in this vicinity are doing passa-
bly, well. The alarm about worms Is
abating.n
The Ripley AdreTtiser says: "The
crop prospects are now little more
cheering, but they are gloomy enough
at best"
Mrs. Robert Faro, of NOxubee, was
injured recently by the horse she was
riding backing of a bridge twenty
feet high. The horses back was bro
ken by the fall.
A. J. Neal, a young merchant of
VicKsburg, from the North, highly
esteemed, blew his brains out in the
cemetery, Saturday. No known
reason for the suicide.
The Macon Beacon says during the
Circuit Court session in that place
negro was found guilty of larceny and
rewarded by being made deputy in
attendance on the court.
Mr.. John c. Mckenzie, a much
respected citizen OF Carroll, and the
father of Hon. Mr.. Mckenzie, MEM
Der of the Legislature from that
county, died on the 7th.
The Winona Democrat reports "eOrn
looking better" and fiatteriDg pros
pect of "acopious crop of caterpiller."
1t expects the cotton in some parts of
-, b.n1 1aaf hrr ho id
die Of September.
The Journal reports the organization
Of a volunteer militia company at
Meadville, on the 7th. Seventy-seven
persons were enrolled, and officers
elected, subject to the appointment of
the Governor. The company is
named 4" Franklin Rifles"
Governor Alcorn's militia appoiEtees
are, Major General, f. Stafford; Adju-
tant General, B. F. Hewson; Quar-
termaster and COmmissary General,
F. J. Mead; Brigadier General 1st
District, J. L. AlcOrn, Jr.; ID, j.
FiOurnOy; Sd, A. ]. Smith; 4th, L.
A. PeytOn; 5th, E. J. CASTILLO.
Hon. Geoge Mckee, NJ. C. of Vicks-
burg, authorized three learned gen.
tlemen of, his district to select two
youths, one for West Point and the
other for Annapolis. John NJ. Sim
Eaons and Charles Hull were chosen.
Mckee is a man of excellent good
sense and viii ultimately get bravely
over his antipathy to Democracy.
The Vicksburg Herald says: "Dan
Williams, has kept the partner of his
bosom in a wOful state of fear and
suspense for several days past by
threatening to shake off his mortal
coil, his plan for self-destructiOn was
entirely devoid Of originality. He
procured a hempen cord, one end of
which he fastened to the jOist of his
house, the other end he entwined
about his neck and then stepped of
the chair upon which he stood. His
wife came in and cut him down in
time to save her the expense of a fu-
neral"
.Alcorn's Board Of Supervisors Of
Lafayette county voted away Sl0j0
of the peoples monek in extFavagant
applouriations to Radicals at its last
session. One item was the Probate
Judges salary from March 2lst to
the An Monday in May. We were
under the Impression that othce had
been abolished. The Oxford Falcon
saws: "'This is the way the money
goes At this rate Of $le50 per
month, the county will expend the
beautiful sum of $4,000 annually for
the purpose of what? Not surely
building bridges, feeding paupers, or
advancing the interests Of the county
one dollar. What say the people to
these figures? What is your verdict?"