Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-07

made by their business managers, neither
| having any p~acuuiary interest in themat-
ter. The statement Of the APPEAL is
sworn to by A. ID. WitherspOCn, whose
v~eraclty was questioned. The cir
| culatiOn Of the APPEAL is 70 that of the
Avalanche as TwO TO ONE, and the differ
sncs in favor of the APPEAL grows greater
every day.
At the annual meeting of Stockholders
Of the Memphis Agricultural and
Mechanical Society, held 40 the hall Of the
Chsmber of Commerce, on Saturday last.
llth inst, the following gentlemen were
elected q board Of directors for the eusu-
ing year, viz Jacob Thompson, a j.
HAYS, c. i. Anderson, james Bruce.
Nathan Adams, John &. Fiz5r, A. B.,
Haynes, n. C. Perkins, B. Bayiess. The
new board viii inset on Saturday next,
nth inst, at 1 O'Clock, p.m,s for O~rgsnizs-
ton.
We have received q sample copy of
the american ATtlSIu- q paper that meets
with very general support from the class
for which it is specially intended. A new
and Attractive feature which viii mark
the forthcoming volumes Of the AWeucGH
artisan is the weekly articles entitled
"Our Works snd Shops" commencing
with those l0cstsd in New York city and
vicinity, and also the articles published
with pOrtraits-unGer the heading OF
Sketches Of Distinguished Inventors,
Mechanics, and Manufactures" These
two series Of articles will be found very
interesting and instructive,
William Storey and Henry Palm
made themselves intimate with two or
three wagon loads Of emigrsUts en- route
TO Arkansas. The iuuCCeug people were
very grateful for many little fav0rs and
much good advice. In fact, they mag
iued they only escaped the c~slabCOse,
garrCters, and, more terrible sril, bhs tax
CATERERS, through tLs kin intervention
of the kusves Storey told q pretty story.
and Palm had an itching palm, and the
soft words Of one and the cunning dEE-
terity of the other, enabled the villsinCus
pair ~rosstesl three pistols. This pistols
were sold, and so were Palm and Storey.
The police purchased both, and they
conveyed in trust to the jaiier OF Shelby
county.
The proposition is made to build the
bridge across the Mississippi by private
subscription. If public expenses were
reduced Cne-hslf, as they might be, the
city and county could easily manage the
undertaking. There are enough office
holders living upon the toll OF the people
to pay interest on bonds that would bridge
the gulf between lazarus and Dives.
Perhaps we may ind some one citizen, as
happened Wigh the Little Rock road, who
was Lost. Swamped,' for half g million
dOligrE, while the whole community
howled and risked less than $4,000, and
those who mads the most noise never
stsksd a dollar on the success Of tbs un-
d~erJaking.
Last Wednesday morning, about s
O'Clock, four negro prisoners made their
escape from the Hsrdsman county jail.
The Bolivar Bulletin says: Mr. James
Taylor, the ia.l5r, ven into the room
where the prisoners were confined for tho
purpose of removing slop buckets, when
be was seized 10 violently buried into a I
corner, and a rush was made Tor the door, [
then the street, and then for parts I'M
known The alarm was instantly given, 1
aud in hot haste the jailer pursued the
mgitive5 and succeeded in c~apturing one I
of them, the others making good their
escape" One OF the escaped Is named
Edmund Mitchell. This black fsud In
human form attempted to commit a
nameiess but misunderstanding crime upon
little Minnie Moore, aged four years, He
is still at large"
We are informed by the friends of
Mr.. Peter n. Burgett that the statement /
made in this va on Wednesday last
Incorrect; that Mr.. BurEett made no
demand for money upon Mr.. Eshman, I
did Mr. BurgGtt make any demon
STATIONS Of hostility toward Mr.. Esh-
man, except such as was provoked; that I
Mr.. Eshmsn actually assaulted Mr.. Bur
gstt, caught him by the throat and was
crushing him, and anything that Burgett
was simply in self-defanss. The
friends of Mr.. Eurgett claim land we
have 20 right TO doubt it, that Mr.. Bur
gett Is no robb6r, but on the contrary is p
gentleman in the best of standing, raised
in twenty miles of this city. and of a good
Mr.. Burgett has surrendered
himself 10 the officers of the law, and in
company with his counsel appeared be-
fore Judge FIppin's Court, and entered
into a rsCogulEauca 20 appear from day
30 day TO await the action Of the Grand
jury. Mr.. BurgsuJ is not disposed TO
avoid a fair trial, but desires &c.
"A. y. Wheeler, who IS known Of ell
men and Of all Nelson's, was never known
10 have his boots BACKED. He was
Diroustting down Main street Yesterday
ALI. Burnett, when a b00t-bl8ck
properly sssailed Wheeler. Burnett and
Jthers insisted that the commissioning
should be polished Cufse went to
work, but made little progress. He
couldn't keep his eyes OF All BUrnett's
shangeful ph~ystogn0my, and the process
IF foot cleansing was very allow. AT
one foot was most brilliantly bur
aished, and the more bright from con
.rest. Then Burnett proposed, Ina q whis-
per, 20 give the negro a dime, to violate
.he boot backing contract. The negro
departed, and a crowd followed the then
lalf- polished clerk OF the courts and
manager Of the MssoHs, down Main
street. Major Wheeler never before
imagined the degree Of attention excited
q half "cleau paiT Of heels" From
time forth be viii be the boat patron
Jf boot blacks ia the cily,
Mr.. William Hall, President of the
sRamis Plantation Company Of Louisi-
statss thai great improvements
very recently been made Ga the ma
for preparing the ramis. The
mHy now be cleaned on the field.
he refuse being l5It tor manure. The
ibsr is hen dried, becoming compare
lively pure, white, and silky, Invested en-
frsiV OF gum, and prepared Tor bsling and
ar ~Eufnutng. The improved machinery
vas. unfortunately, not perfected TIN
ate in the season, when the ramie had
iseome harsh from 2 growth Of eight
the tops having been partly .
Tiled bv frost. It was therefore found
10 produce the fiber in bulk
bis season. With these Improvements,
one laborer 10 clean the product Of
acres. Mr.. Hall thinks "a acre viii
-ield al least two tons, making a prOduc5
If twenty tons to the hand, estimated 10
,s worth 500 per ton. Two joint stock
1mpanIe5 for the planting aD1 manu-
0framie have been organized d
.0uisiaua. one with a working capital OF
As. 1890. the ether Witha capital OF $l63,0O3.
have an agricultural society perfectly
rganizsd In this county, with tbe Hon
acob Thompson at its head, and would
8quirs whether the fitness OF cotton
zn0s ina this vicinity for the production
{ the ramie plant has been tested. ,
The last Bolivar Bulletin tells this ]
about the 18th Of January ult, q
ir. Charles Davis. an old man OF seventy <
ears, who was living with his son-iu-
&w, Wills N1nCen, who resides In the /
thirteenth district and ABOUT four miles g
rom Hstchis river, went out 70 feed some {
ogs, and from that day to this nothing :
As been seen OF heard of The old man. II
no at times was somewhat dightv d
D his mind. Dligsnt search was made q
day TO day, n8t no traces OF the @
Kissing n could be found until a few I
avs since, when Mr. James Coburn. @
lille floating down the stream ia his 6
anoe, about a quarter Of q mile below his b
ssidence, snd Just above Neely's old saw n
itll, discovered q hat and coat stuck un- G
er the roots Of a beech tree, near the G
'abers edge. On examination, they ,
70 have belonged TO Mr.. Davis. II
40 the presumption is that the old nix n
roWned himself in the river, Is be IVES g