Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-17

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! and possibilities, then if he be honest he
would have to tell nine Ia every ten
young men that they would certainly
turn out 70 be scsmps. When a man is a
/ chronological murderer the law ought to
| punish nature as an accessory before the
act.
1t is said thst the ex-coDtractors or.
| the Little Rock road, having been fOiled
in Arkansas, have gone 90 New Orleans
/ 70 levy an attachment on iron there be-
/ longing to the company. This cOntiu-
gency has been anticipated, and, as we are
/ advised. edectuellv provided against.
Was there ever 8 corporal or incorpOresl
/ creature subjected to as many mishaps as
this Little Rock road. II viii be finished
as sgrsed. Greenlaw's Buck, and pluck
and resources seem infinite.
The freezs has prevented the receipt
Of immense quantities of supplies due al
the wharf. lt resulted yesterday that
transactions on Change, reported IN an
/ other place, were few, but some Of them
heavy. Conversation yesterday turned
mainly upon the accession Of the Board
to the conditions suggested by retail
/ dealers, and it was universally agreed
that commodities disposed Of on Change
should be Of unbroken hulk. This fact
understood, it is certain that hereafter
the greater portion of the trade Of the
CITY. except in cotton, will be hereafter
conducted in the hall Of the Chamber OF.
Commerce.
The people along South Main street
quietly submit to milk and waJer, espe-
6islv if the water were drawn from @
decent puddle, but when Il comes to
chalk, msgnesia, and other uupalsrable
substances, they revolt. The Mississippi,
when MIXED ike q GOVT Is almost in
credible when said Of the Father of
Foods-furnishes a pretty, rich, yellow
tinged Is5Jeal fluid that plesses the eye
and thus cheats the other organs OF the
Joint stock concern called man. But
m~iIk-venders have become a little reck-
less Of late. and il is thought they viii 60
into the water-wOrks business outright
and run their cows by steam.
A gentleman Sunday morning who
wss taking home 3 half dOZsn mincs pies,
steaminz hot, on a street car, placed them
beside him on the seat. A brawny son OF
Ham. with breeches seriously rent, enter
ed the car, and when il was making the
=udden turn st the corner of Poplar, the
negro losing his equilibrium suddenly
seated himself IN the smashed, smoking
dish. Reader, he hOwl5i. and not know
ing what it wss that had nabbed him q
B0stsrtOrE. went U ar the window, head
foremost, on the opposite side Of the car.
Coroner Mofat's jury said he went up
from NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. The pies
were considerably hatUened out, and the
owner swOrs in a very lively manner, I
though it was Sunday. when be cOnt6m-
plated the "smash-up."
The Tribune says thst Sin Memphis
men shoot each other at funerals, in the
interest Of the u~ndertaker's trade-the
only branch of business active there at
present" 1t is bad enough to bear the
burden Of infsmy bsgOtten oy thugs who
make Memphis a Veritable pGude- /
monium: but when the Tribune asC1bes 1
to Memphis the sublime and peculiar
achievements Of Chicago, we must mod
estlv decline to wear the crown. Chicago
still stands robed in the solitude of its
originality. and. alone, of al cities, makes
beer gardens Of cemeteries. The Tribune
copied the above news item from the AP-
PEAL and substituted the word 30 Mem
puis" for Chicago Greeley should
kick his fraudulent malicious news editor
stairs.
The quantity of opium, in all its
forms. used in this city, exceeds in sCtual
value half that of the whisky con
such Is the assertion of psople
who ought 10 know the facts. Morphine
Is sold by every druggist in vast guam
and there are countless dealers in
The drug who are not apO-heCaTiss. The
is conducted very quietly, and with
the least noise and fswsst words, and the
of the vice rob, and plumber, and
1ilfsr. and subject themselves TO 5Very
,0utumely and every privatlOn TO secure
supplies Of the coveted drug. There should
5s restrictions imposed by law upon this
rads. 10 any event, druggists and
.pothecaries should not dispense it, a. is
low done, without proper authority from
known physician. ,
The State of Tsnnsssea produced, dur
ngthe vesr ls70.6, 80, 900 bushels or wheat
sos 81 acres s0wu, being 50 bushels Z
@ the aCre. She produced 8 go 90 bushels
Il osts from 100000 acres making 9
ield Of 1917 bushels TO the acre sown;
5s. 600 tons Of hay, being an average OF ?
So 100 Of tons 20 the acre cultivated. or q
orn she produced Al 500. 900 bushels from 5
$4,000 sores planted, being al average 6
p bushels to the acre. She also pro ,
.ucsl 2S. 600 bushels OF barley from l7O7
ores in cultivation. She raised 225,OO0 81
usheIs Of rye from p 600 acres, making
average Of 10 bushels 20 the acre, and =
B. 0J0.C00 pounds CT tobacco, averaging :
IS pounds 20 the acre cultivated. She I
reduced 10 O-T.7AT pounds OF butter, 49, Z
- pounds OF cheese, l,405, 81 pounds of
-odI. 2g5 464 pounds of cotton, 6972 bushels d,
lover seed, and A lS9 bushels Of other
rass seeds. She raised LOCO 900 bushels n
E potatoes from 10000 acres OF land, max
~ ~ NAHAHan 20 NAn laLHr EAA NV hAaAHAa Q NJ
f buckwhsaG. The improved land no the 7
ate is estimated a. 6,79j .337 acres, and Cd
ls unimprOyed land AZ 1888. SIS acres. \
Wood is cheap and plentiful in the
iwn: that is one reason fwhy coal IS a
lmbling. The wood men are Ia despair; Y
sstsrjay a delegation Of them were as s
smb.ed in Van Alstyn's yard discussing
De- Devils Elbow affair, a place whence "
.uch of cur wood comes. In talking
the killing up there, and the energy u.
LOhatt displays in hunting up evidence 8
his inquests, it occurred TO q of the :
sntlemen that it would not b a bad idea I
hold an inquest over the dead cOrpses .
the wood business. The kindliug wood o
was made coroner, and old McCOrd Q
as foreman. Alter q long discussion .
ID deer Investigation into the OF q
Is fatal catastrophe, during which IL was 2
lspecJsd by some tina old King Coal did n
10 deed; by Others, that tinsweather u
I'd hand id it; by some others that :.
.8 common poverty OF the times or the y
.audalOus low price of cotton, low water, q
Oh various other elements, but the jury u
,uld not agree on any Of these fpOluts, I'
ID were finally induced to unanimously z.
zre8 that Mr.. Wood was "run iu the 81
-1und " and from which he died.
The Columbus lMiss.) Democrat, as C
e published Sc some days ago, is making W
zorJus war upon that huge monopoly, al
e Mobile and Ohio road, on account Of
B enormous charges, which impose a tax
iuually upon b people Of L0wndss ~.
unity. Miss, Of at least $4,000 Ga =
is account this bold, OutspOken journal
b incurred the dire hostility Of the b.,
ansgers of that road. IL is well known u
although his road owes its existence
the loan Of bonds which 10 received
ON Tennessee, whilst Alabams AS a =
ate, gavs IL no aid, it has been discrim- p
ating against the interests Of Memphis, y
Is principal city Of Tennessee, which has 7,
10 one nuh Of the taxes Of the State. y
o are iu favor Of a fair and liberal poll =
on the part Of railroads. We do 10 I.
* them 20 discriminate in favor Of Mem p
bis, but think hat railroads which were =
IilG by the use Of T0nnssses credit y
.ould not be used for the purpose of y
up foreign cities TO the degri- y
of or own by unjust discrimina- y
onz. Fair play is a Jewel; no city should y
K OF desire any more. The thanks Of "
.e whols country are due to the bgmo- y
for its bold and manly course. Mem =
lis Is entitled 10, and should receive. a y.
roe portion OF the trade Of the rich y
-siris region Of Mississippi. The mar -
policy Of the Mobile and Ohio rail- p
ad will, in the end, iBiure the trade Of =
ObiIe. and so her most enlightened nes- =
are beginning to ascertain. Cities =
present attractions for trade and =,
y rsiv on unjust discrimination. =
There is q virtue, besides fidelity to @
ends, that distinguishes dogs. They
Az sometimes 20 mad but are always
Der. Yesterday afternoon when the ia
"a was going down, q poor drunken or
-etch. his hair stihened By the Gery m
.od that coursed kissing and hot
rough his veins, lay helpless I'm drunk
ness on the bluff. Incapable Of loco
1tion, and falling when he sought TO
eevara6 with filth and his ewes blear-