Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-13
NEWS OF OUR REIGHB0Rs.
ARKANSAS.


This Metropolitan hotel, at Little Rock
seems to give satisfaction under the new
management.
Major Whitmore. OF Arkansas county
scc1rding n the G zstte, has executes
two very orsditsble pieces Of sculpture.
In Fayetteville, -four sells for s4 rwt
corn. E0s 3 bushel; cornmesl, SOC; bacon
I2<ci beef. 59sc ~ market; npples, SOC
bushel: butter, 25c q pound; eggz, 1Oc
dozen. Irish potatoes, 75c a bushel; sWee
P7sssoua, 1oc a bushel pork, Sc; tsllow
iOc.
The split in the Republican party in Ar
kansas, Is irrepsTable It is war to the
knife, snd there is = possibility that the
honest people of the State unsy come t.
their rights through the squsbbles Of the
thieves, who have 20 long and so ruth.
lessly robbed the commonwealth.
Mr. Lee worthington, agent Of Kings
Wrought Iron Bridge company, of Iols
K~nsss, has closed a contract with the
ofiCisls of Conway county for the con-
struction Of two iron bridges in that
county, Of one hundred sDd fifty spans
esch, resting upon solid masonry.
ThA committee appointed by the State
Medicsl sssocistion, st its late convention
in Ii tie R9ck, to inspect the Blind ssy-
lum. IN their report. cordially recommend
the Institution, snd srs persuaded thst
no necessity exists ofpsrents in the Stste,
whose children may hsYs been visited
with the sore sfiliction OF blindness, to re-
move them beyond the limits of Arkansas
in order TO procure their complete eduoa-
tion.
General james F. Fsgsn, sgaut snr the
sale n tickets in the Memphis Real Estate
distribution, publishes q card in the Lit
tie Rock Gszstte from which we extract
the following: at is but Just TO myself
that / should stsis that I Wss assured by
some Cf the best citizens of Memphis,
before accepted the sgsnCy, thst IL wss
En honest enterprise and would be so con-
Quoted. / sssura the purchasers that
mine, not theirs, shall be the loss in csse
Of fpRl fsilurs on the Dsrt OF the manage
ma1t In Memphis TO fulfll in sll respects
their engssemont. am still of the opin-
ion ths the drawing will soon take plsos.
ard ba fairly conducted, Otherwise hold
myself responsible"
Oftbe prospects Of the Cairo and Fulton
railroad, the Little Rock Gazstte. OF Fri
dEy, has ths following: Track Is being
laid A. the rate of three quarters of a mile
q daT. Twenty seven miles of road north
from Little Rock are ompleted. and it is
probable that Prospect Bluff. fifty miles
from tha capital, will be resched by the
LllN OA DrlrLAA Inv C1nAAAAOAH VI sAu
lsnd-grsnt from congress require that the
second twenty Tor forty miles Of road)
miles bs completed by that time. It
Is contemplated to put on q daily train
c. ? The road by Christmas, which will
give the farmers and plsnters between
hsre and the Little Red river fsciiities for
trading With the capital When these
tiftv miles shall have bsen finished, there
wfl remain a gsp OF one hundred and
sixty miles 70 i'll up. Oas hundred spd
fiVe rnilSs Of this are in Arkansas, and the
remsirdsT extends from the State Inns TO
4 point ifty i've miles south Of Bismarck,
the Iurc-ion place with the Iron houd
tzir road The foundation piers OF the
bridge over White riyer-seven miles bS-
low Jacksouport-sre being worked At
now, aud tho bridge over the Little Red
viii be completed in ample time for the
running Of trains. The heaviest work
has been done on the Missouri end of the
road, and e is hoped to make both ends
meet by July lst, next year"
MISSISSIPPI.
An Aldernsy bull is the lion Of Her
nsndc.
Yellow fsvsr is slowly sbstirg in
NatchsZ
su.picious characters are annoying
Jackson.
Jackson had only two fatal cases Of yel-
low fever lsst week.
Yellow fever has almost entirely dissp-
peared from V!cksburg,
Kosciusk0 has a cornst band-goOd in
strumentalists, every member OF It.
The Goodman Star has been presented
with fOJr-snd half pound turnip.
sherin Hall, Of vicksburg, has entirely
recovered from an attack of yellow fever.
Nr. Sevell will be continued or the n,
@ & r. =, IS rs 81 assistant to Colonel
Frost.
A turnis twenty three tnehss In circum-
ference has been presented TO the Jackson
Clsrion,
The editor Of the winons Democrat is
the sole agent for Montgomery and Choc-
tsw counties of He-dee's new map of the
State.
Professor H. W. Pierce, principal OF the
Jackson public schools, died OF yellow
fever last Tuesday. BE was member oi
jackson Typographical Union.
A bale Of cotton, raised by A. L. Hill,
Of Marshall county, Mississippi, took the
Sweepstakes premium over all cOmpeti-
tors. including McShsn's Lee county bale,
(ths same that WAS exhibited AZ st. Louis
At ths Cinciunsd fsir.
Radical negroes. prompted by their
white leaders, FGriong end Weber, at
tempted t. iDcits rios In Vicksburg on
election dsY. but were prevented by Fur
long bstug knocked s'iuto the middle OF
next week" by the coed right arm OF {
gentleman whom he had insultS5. The
fan OF thsir general disbesrtened the col
ored troops s1d they ned ingloriously.
The Clarion (Jsckson) Of Fr1dsv, gives
the following counties, represented oy
Radicals In the legislature Of 1863 but
which by the late election were ''re.
deemed, regensratsd and dissnthrslled:
Attals, Copish. ChlekssaW, Clark elected
Democrat a. special election in 1870
Harrison. Itawmbs, Jasper. Jackson, Lee
Lsske, LsfsVette, L4udsrdsle, Lincoln,
LsNTence, Marshall Marion; Pontotoc
elacfe5 one Radical and one Democrat In
1859; P ke. Rankin elected one Rspubli'
can aud one Democrat in 1859; Scott
Simpson elected Democrat 1t special cleo
lion IN 1870 Wayne Winston elected
Democrat a. special election in 1870.
ALABAMA.
The Selma fair commences to morrow
The State Legislature viii convene OF
the 2Oth.
A splendid railroad passenger cOsel
has been built st Montgomery,
The southern bound freight train on tb'
Selma. Rome and Dalton railroad rsl
over and killed q man at Randolph
Wednesday night.
The infamous Bob Knox. one OF tht
leaders Of the Internal ''nstionsl guard,
has been elected 70 a seat In the lsgisls
ture fropa Montgomery county.
The Mobile Register can rest sstisfeS
that Mr. G L Loop Is the cashier OF IN
Southern Express company st Memphis
There Is lot wolf Ia the ONCE.
Good looks are at premium In Selma
Messrs. Hurt, Corbin & Atkins, OF ths
city, will present a sst OF fine dress shirts
TO the hsndsomest man At the fair.
The State treasurer's snnual repoEi
shows the receipts for the fiscal year end
ing September 30. 1871, TO have been 81,
S7s 16s, and the disbursements, 81 425, ,lG5
sFessrs. + johnson 81 Co, Of Selma
rff4y a special premium Of an elegant se
Of furs to the pFettiest young lady wh'
shall attend the fair, to commence 81 thz
city to morrow
BTr, Thomss Anderson, conductor o.
the Selma Rom9 and Dalton railroad, We
severely injured At Cbildersburg on Mon
day niRht, by being crushed between Nv
cars which he was coupling.
Al. Lane, Of Georgia, has been eleote
president, and B. Durham, superinten
dent Of the Montgomery and E1faola raj
road The Advertiser congrstulates ID
citizszs on the completion OF the rose
Mr.. r B. Grimm, Of jacksonville n
Gently presented The editor Of the hepol