Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-20
STATE NEWS.

The Richings English Opera Troupe
commences At Nashville On Monday.
The wheat crop of Middle Tennessee
looks more promising than at this
time last year.
They had five inches Of snow upon
the streets of Nashville on Friday.
The heaviest fall Of the season.
The Fayetteville Negs is publishing
weekly installments OF a history of the
FOrty-fourth Tennessee Regiment, G.
S. A.
The Franklin ReUjelC and Columbia
Herald are out for A. o. p. Nicholson
for Chancellor of the Fourth Chancery
Division.
Captain Richard Beard, editor Of
the MurfreesbOro Monitor, was mar
ried on Tuesday last 10 Miss Marie
DromgooIe.
Mr.. E. B. Luttre1, Assistant Post
master at Knoxville, Tenn, for the
past six years, has been removed by
an order from Washington.
There was nothing of moment done
in the Senate or House on Thursday.
What affected Shelby county or Mem
phis, has been given by telegraph.
There is much excitement in Legis-
lative and Convention circles over the
expose Of Fletcher and Blossoms mis-
deeds, a report of which we publish
elsewhere.
Five cars Of the Nashville and
Northwestern Railroad fell through
the trestle work, four miles west of
Tnh iii. -, NNnIaar1o- 1T
Fortunately no person was injured.
The MeMinnville Ne1o Era says that
on Saturday night last, about twelve
miles from that place, in the edge of
DeKalb county, GoOdberry Kirby
shot and mortally wounded 5. Cotton.
They are agitating the subject Of a
custom-hOuse in Nashville. We of
Memphis should initiate their exam
pie, and would, no doubt, if we had
anybody else for Congressman but W.
J. Smith.
The Carthage Vjdette says: 'EMajor
FalcOnnet is still moving the work
along lively or the Tennessee and Pa
cifc road between Lebanon and Car
thage. The corps of engineers who
are making the permanent location Of
the line, have crossed over Pope's hill
and are within three miles of Garth
age"
The Knoxville Wing suggests the
names Of Colonel Thomas 4. r. Mel
son and Major ID. NJ. Key as fitting
persons for the Supreme Judges for
the Eastern Division. 1t says Major
Key stands d~eservedly high as a man
and a lawyer. His mind IS broad and
his legal attainments high. With
two such men as these on the Supreme
Bench" the Wig says, "Our section
would be highly honored."
At the commencement Of the Law
Department of Cumberland Universi-
ty, the degree of l.. B. was conferred
by Judge Green, as the representative
of the Law Faculty, on the following
named gentlemen: j. w. Jefferson,
G. 6. Bond, j. =. MeuX, G. M. Ste
phens, w. b. Butler, John Beech, J.
A. Trousdale, S. B. Vance, Z. l.. Bull
lock, Tennessee; q. W. Wynne, w.
Moores, Texas; L. z. Morgan,
Kentutky; G.. NJ. Williamson, Mis-
sissippi; J. x. Pruett, Alabama.
The Franklin Revjec says: We I'M
derstand that a great many of our
friends in the county are going to
plant large quantities of broom corn.
We do not presume to dictate to the
people as TO what they should plant.
but if we were in that business. we
should not make a speciality Of that
crop, for the reason that larger guam
titles win be planted in Ohio, Indiana, /
Illinois, this year than ever be-
lore, which viii necessarily reduce the
price OF broom corn next year.
There are in Europe at the present
.ima LISP theaterS. OfWhich there arn