Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-07
TENNESSEE.

The Humboldt hnder advocates
John @. Brown for Governor.
There are 400 licensed express
wagons, 20 hacks and 300 drays and
carts in Nashville.
Reports as to the corn crop from
almost every section of the State are
unprecedentedly favorable. q I.-le 81
W, G. Thomson, of Williamson
county, has been granted letters patent
for a smut mill of his invention.
Our information is to the effect that
the hay crop has everywhere through
out the State, been unusually heavy.
Mr.. L. H. Osborne, who was re-
Gently so severely wounded in Knox
vile in a ~rencounter with Tom Sar-
tin, is rapidly recovering.
At the grand picnic to be given at
Carriers Creek, on the Nashville and
Decatur railroad, on the 18th inst,
three hundred animals are to be bar
becued. r..
We learn from the GaIlatin EraB1-
| liner that the trial of William Exum,
of Lebanon, for the killing of Harri-
son, at Gallatin, last spring, resulted
In his acquittal.
The August number of the Nash
| vile Journal of Medicine and Surgery
contains valuable original articles by
Prof. r. B. Maury, Of the Memphis
Medical College.
The fruit crop of Tennessee has
turned out much better than was an
ticipated. Apples show a larger yield
than for any previous year. In some
localities, however, the peach crop Is
reported short.
As an evidence of the lively nature
of the canvass, considerably over
125, 600 election tickets and circulars
had been printed at the Banner office
to be used in Thursdays election.
Had it not been for the damage done
to the wheat by the long continued
wet weather, the farmers of Tennessee
would have but little aus for COM
| plant. Nature has indeed visited
upon US her richest favors. .
Letters received from Governor
Senter a few days ago state that
he has been quite Ill at Rutledge,
East Tennessee. He has had a pretty
severe attack of the hux, but was
some better at the date Of the letter.
The McMinnville NeU Era regrets
to learn that Judge Hickerson is lying
seriously i'll at his home in Manehes-
ter. He was thought to be some bet
ter on Thursday last, and hopes are
entertained of his speedy recovery.
The East Tennessee Division Fair
| will take place at Knoxville on the
4th, 9Th, 9Th and 18th of October next.
Several thousand dollars viii be dis
tributed in premiums. Our Knox
vile friends are making preparations
to have a big time OF it. u
Nashville has made a settlement of
! old debts to the amount of $4,000
| since the 1st of July, about one-third
of which was paid in cash, and the re-
mainder in bonds. The Mayor and
| Finance Committee are certainly do
ing their best to restore the eity's
| credit. .llV eEI teai
The Tribune heads its notice Of the
consolidation with the words " mar
riage of the Wing and Tribune"
Which is the feminine gender? The
Gates of paradise'Or that Wisdom that
pRsseth all understanding? Is 1t a
question OF shape or beauty? If the
former prevail, the Tribune gets the
Wing down.
Mr.. William (alias Bungy) Over
ton, says the MeMinnville NeW Era,
now living near Spencer, in Van
Buren, county, is no doubt the Oldest
living man in our State-having lived
one hundred and eighteen years, ac-
cording to the best calculation and the
old mans memory. He is remarka-
bly, healthy for one of his extreme age,
but excuses himself from any further
labor. If any of our contemporaries
have an older man living than Mr..
OvertOn, we would like to know his
whereabouts.
The Banner says: "A great deal Of
wheat has been damaged in East Ten
nessee by putting it up before it was
thoroughly dry. Ditto Middle Ten
nessee. From many sections in Mid
die Tennessee the reports about the
cotton crop are by no means encour-
aging, but, generally speaking, the
prospects are said to promise an aver
age yield. The oat crop in Middle
and East Tennessee is unusually fine
and large. 1t is estimated that the
BFUOulcUIn CTOp VI Uu4dulC ACuACcocC
Is fully four times larger than last sea-
son. Our producers need hardly look
for as high prices as they got lastyear."
The McMinnviIIe NeW Era, says:
ave learn that a Lively shooting
ARRAY occurred at Liberty, in DeKalb
county, on last Thursday, between
two Mr.. Whites on the one side, and
Bill Hathaway and q Mr.. Seay on
the other side, in which both Seay
and Hathaway We're wounded by
pistol shots. Seay was shot through
the thigh, and Hathaway through
the mouth. Some fifteen or twenty
shots were fred between the parties.
The White brothers escaped unhurt.
Ouriuf0rmant was under the impress
sion the fight would be renewed on
the first meeting OF the parties. Both
sides OF the difficulty are sustained by
determined and reckless men, suA 4
The Mobile and Ohio road is to be
extended from Columbus, Kentucky,
to Cairo. President Murdoch has gone
70 see the Illinois Central railroad
folks about It. ,s
uColonel n. j. Williams has sold the
Selma Times to 8. ]. HafEold.
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