Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-30
ESTABLISHED 1910.
TENNESSEE ITEMS.
Knoxville has mad dogs.

June "A.
The Carroll county jail is without a
prisoner, and Huntingdon without 9
barber.
Giles county reports wheat yielding
over half CROP and oats and corn
very promising.
Pitching each other with pitchfOrks
seems TO be the amusement Of the
O'Hearn family in Memphis.
Mr.. Jesse Sparks fell dead at his
residence, in Henry county, a few
days ago, from palpitatiOn of the
heart.
The recent heavy rain and wind
storms have done much damage along
the line Of the Nashville and Decatur
railroad.
Corn and oats in Bedford county
were fisttened by the heavy rain and
wind that passed over that section on
the Goth Of June.
The crop along the creek bottoms In
Trousdale county have suffered an i'm
m ense damage from the floods caused
by recent heavy rains.
A heavy rain storm occurred at
Kingston, R0sne county, on the 18th
inst, which deluged the streets and
sWelled the little streams.
At Hillman's Iron-works, on the
Cumberland river, there are two ne
gro workmen who weigh jointly six
hundred and seventy pounds.
A large immigration party expected
in Lawrence county, between Law.
renceburg and Henryville, has caused
land 20 walk right up ia price.
ROsne county wheat crops are not
a success. Some farmers will hardly
save seed. whilst Others find the har.
vest much better than anticipated.
The new steamer being built al
Kingston will be ready for service
soon. Henry G. Murry, of Evans
vile. Ind, has charge of the work.
Lebanon brags OF a gentleman who
has worn one pair Of boots Tor six
vears: and Of another who drinks
every day two dozen bottles of ale.
Heavy rains seem to be general.
Two of the heaviest of the season fell
At ShelbvviIle on the 10th and Goth
inst. Duck river at that place wore 8
very angry look.
Thirteen sheep were killed by light
ming on the night Of the 10th Of jun 6
in Bedford county. A lot of them
had collected under q tree to escape
from the fury % the storm.
The Knoxville Press and Herald
saws that death has lately been very
busy in that city,snd that young, mid
de sged and old have been sum
moned from earth to another world.
The Jouegboro Herald and Iri5tels
of June 22d, says the wheat crop OF
Washington county is pretty good,
and that the corn and oats crop is
promising. The grass crop Is said to
be abundant.
The Sheibyville Commercial SAYS
that midnight providers enter the bed
rooms and kitchens of the citizens OF
that place. It announces two rObber-
les, one on last Sunday and one on
Monday nights.
NJ Weaver has been found guilty OF
s'murder in the first degree, under
mitigating circumstances" by the
court Of White county, and remanded
to jail 70 await the announcement OF
his punishment.
Religious excitement has turned the
brains of q eOloFed man IN Wilson
county. He breaches TO steps and
trees, aud throws rocks and chips at
his progeny. He is charged, however,
with "pOssuming it."
The Chattanooga Times says thst
late Thursday night, June 22d, Mr.
Charles Manning was wounded by P
pistol shot, IN q saloon, and states
that Captain Jake Fritz had shot Cap
tain J0nn COIyer at Kingston.
Columbia is to have a reservoir on
Mount Parnassus, from which the city
will receive a supply OF water. The
present w2teTWOrks are in a dilapi-
dated condition, and may at any time
fail TO furnish what is needed.
A Circuit Judge, three editors and
two other passengers had q lively
jaunt In a burlesque upon hacks, in
Dresden on the 18th instant. The
periOdicalists were "pied, and a nOlle
Issued in the case Of the Judge.
When Beecher was in the country
last Summer he lost his hat, and found
Il IN the barn where he had left it,
with tour eggs in it. Beecher had Just
written aa eulogy on the hen; why
shouldn't the Hen-re-ward Beecher2
Hurricane creek, in MaQry county,
--SsSs- EsEss aHeiI Eaollen by the late
: rains. Fences were washed away,
sntl e hoEse Wes washed from under
ar. John GisiesDis asd drowned
whiiai attempting to cross at the sta
Hon.
A Young man named James Estes,
near Brownsville, Haywood county,
a few days-since, killed negro man
named William Johnson with a
.dosFef knife in self.defence. He was
aeaE4tted on the ground Of justifiable
st.-s7snnicide.
z Henry Suttles, the young man from
tftnite county, who feiA over Dlun
whilst attempting to escape from the
<efhcer who arrested him, and made
himself a cripple fOr life, has been
sentenced to the penitentiary for
twelve months.
The wheat near Henry station,
Henry county, viii be a twO-third
S7aIS. but from the Ninth District
r'c6mes the Information that there will
= te cOrooaFatively no wheat raised. In
the Fourth District the crop is about
one-half the average, and in the Sixth
about one-fourth.
The Board Of Trustees for the pro-
pOsed new Odd Fellows College, met
Fl Humbeldt on the Goth of June, and
resolution was adopted, that unless
flty per cent. of the subscription was
paid in, to report the fact TO the Grand
Lodge and ask the erection Of q like
college at some other point in West
Tennessee.
Two murderers, one white and one
black. and three prisoners charged
WITH larceny, broke Jail at Sevierville.
The fail was made Of logs, so Provi-
.dersSS was trusted for the safety OF
<hoss eOnfied there. Somebody fur
Efssed them with saws, hatchets and
Hels. and with these they cut their
sssy0Bf 50 freedom.
q gseetipg recently held in Mos
a. zUas resSl v9{i that the citizens
sSin the territory proposed for the
,1,~sntv of Bell, hold public meetings,
s.-,d an,,oint committees to obtain sig
-tr,res to a petition TO be presented
:. the Legislature, requesagg tnst
s'lS,- - 70 pass another enabling act Tor
80 sarr,ssti ton 6f Bell county.
Tba racerf commencement eXer-
o,sss ~ the East Tennessee Uniyersi-
- IL Kaoxville, we're witnessed Dy
~ 49, = eT.d sence, and IL is said that the
a.lisiona Of the graduating Class
o'..;,.oed o.i.-s,sd thorough culture and instr9c-
<s.r NJ John ". Q. Willeugnpy
sselivered the valedictOry oration, and
- - haecalaureate sermon was
-,. 81 hy DIR. HumeS.