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ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.
A WOFkfngmsn Run Over By a Wagon
Loaded with Brick and Instantly
Killed.
a HeEro WOnaan MangIed on the Ohio
Read.

Yesterday, between two and three
O'Clock, q workingman named John
Hastings, was killed In the simplest man
ner possible. BE was q teamster for
Piper, and was hauling q load of brick
toward h city from Chelsea, over the
Front street bridge, which spans the
bayou at the gas works. He had on 3
heavy losd, and when the vehicle turned
b apex Of the bridge, the fall. being great,
the mules accelerated their pace, the
bricks pressed against the front gate of
the wagon with such force that 1t was
showed out Of place, and the bricks fell out
on the launches Of the animals. Mr..
Hastings Wss precipitated to the
ground, and was run over by
across the abdominal region, and ipdIct-
ing such severe injuries that the man new
er rose from his recumbenJ position. he
died In b curse Of ten minutes, and Law
there in the middle OF the dirty street
half an hour afterWard, when he was laid
on q board and carried to his lodgings, on
Front, near the corner of Jackson street.
Justice Miller held an inquest on the re-
mains at the house, the Jury returning Q
verdict Of accidental death.
John Hastings was q Woodworking,
quiet man, who never drank, wa unmar.
r1ed, and nearly forty years of age; q ma
tive OF Ireland. The people who were his
neiRhbors and knew him best speak high.
~ Of him. he will be buried to-day.
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT.
About the same time a negro woman
who was eneieRte was passing over the
bridge yer Wolf river on the Ohio road.
The train came along running over her
and msshtng her all to pieces. She had
been IN the neighborhoOd, and was appar-
emily taking a short cut to q ~neighbor's
house,
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THE THEATKR.-It is creditsble alike
to themselves and to the artistic who oc-
cupies our stage that the people literally
crowded the thester last night. Every
seat wSs taken, and the same close stten-
ton was given to the unfolding of 3 piece
that has little merit beyond DNndreaTu,
one of the best characters ever put upon
the stage, q conception as unique as Il is
rare. Mr.. SOthern was as thorough as on
the opening night. The same care, the
same complete absence of self, the same
nicely OF detail characterized him
as at his first appearance. A COM
plete study, 9 masterpiece, it must
be seen several times to be under
stood and comprehended as Justice
TO Southern deserves. A character max
ing greater demands upon the performer
than Rip Yam WinkLe, IL will, like that,
bear repeated seeing. Viewed Alright,
DtHdTeary Is a living reflection Of all the
sbsurdities of society. From his lips
there comes many things that, taken in,
their full Specification, are among the
most sarcastic filings ever made at the
weaknesses and follfes of fashionable life,
the most stupid and least remuneratlvs,
in any sense, of all the resorts of weak
and vapid humanity. DundreaTy is, with
out knowing it, An aid TO the philosophy
Of every day life, since he per
mits many, more plsinly than in q
mirror, to see themselves as others see
them strutting and fretting their brief
hour on the borders of what Pt9nix
would call damned. fooldom. OF the
mounting Of this piece we have already
spoken, and Of the company, which we
think for evenness Of conception and per-
formsnoe quite equal to any we have had
this season. III management deserve the
greatest credit for the enterprise which
gives us Sothern supported and sustained
80 well. DWBdrsaSY sgsin tonight.
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PERsoNAL.

TEE DoCToRs are going to send q dele
CATION TO Holly Springs to attend the
Doctors Convention on the 9Th instant.
WE HAVE to thank Colonel J. J. DuBose
for Q copy of the report of Hon. William
Morrow, made to the called session of the
General Assembly.
z. NJ. SADLER, Iuka, Miss. John D.
Lookout, Nashville; Arthur Pell, New
York; z. F. McGhee, Mississippi; T. A.
Mitchell, Louisville; Jim Stubblehsld,
fernando, are stopping at the Peabody
hotel.
L. d. PETERS, Granville, Texas; J. D.
Brevsrd, Cleveland, Ohio; J. 81. Lee
grave. Illinois; NJ. Slaughter, Alabama;
J. r Todd, Kentucky; W. b. Rodgers,
Mississippi; L. Button, Troy, New York
F. J. lizard. Forrest City, and Colonel G..
L. Driver, are stoppiDgs at the Commercial
hotel. The prosperity Of this good old
house doesn't seem to decline with the
business season. 1t Is still doing a fine
business, especially In the way of day
boarders, a large number Of Virginians
are boarding there.
A NOTE from the fair author informs us
that Mrs. Lillian Messenger, who made
her debut In letters in the columns Of the
Memphis press, has in progress Of publ
cation q book Of poems, entitled Threads
of Fate" They have been written, at in
tervals, within the last ten years, embrace
ing narrative as well as fugitive poems.
and are published al the instance Of
friends, making q volume of yer three
hundred pages, A canvssser for Mem
phis can find employment on application
to Mrs. Messenger, Washington, D.. G.
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INVENTORS AID ASSOCIATION,
Meeting of the Chamber OF Commerce
Yesterday-Stock Subscribed.

Pursuant to adjournment, q meeting of
the Inventors' Aid Association was held
at the hall Of the Chamber of Commerce
OH Tuesday evening, April I'd, temporary
Chairman a. Lemon presiding, and Henry
White acting as secretary.
The minutes Of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting to report on charter, recommend
cd, that the association ~organizs under q
charter, which had been secured, as soon
as the requisite amount Of stock shall be
subscribed.
Messrs. g. W. Alexander, A. Hitzfeld,
g. r, Jones, John Cowdon, A. Pearsall,
- Dellacella, and h. Lemon, were sp-
pointed & committee to canvass the city
for subscriptions to stock.
Colonel Alexander donated the neces-
saty books for the committee. The books
wore, on motion, received, and q vote Of
thanks rendered Colonel Alexander.
The following gentlemen were then en-
rolled as stockholders Judge J. T.
SVFayne, Colonel CIV, Alexander, Colonel
LEON Trousdale, Colonel W. L. Duff,
MssErs. A. Hitzfeld, W. b. Lake, John
Oowdon, h. A, Tyler, d. Handley, b.
Lemon and 81. White.
All members of the association we're re-
quested to cooperate with the committee
in securing subscriptions to stock.
On motion, the association adjourned TO
meet sgain on Tuesday evening, April 18Th,
at tour O'Clock, at the hall Of the Chamber
Of Commerce, when, II the necessary
amour Of stock shall have bsen sub
scl1bed, a permanent organisation Will be
!
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THE NIcoLsoN SUITS.
All b Property of the City Levied
UPoR-A Pretty Kettle Of Ftah.

The suits Of Brown & Co., Nioolson
pavement contractors, have at last Gull
minated In q general levy upon the prop
erty Of the city, a. may be seen from an
advertisement In another column. This
firm has levied upon the nav yard, the
markets on Poplar and Besle streets, all
the engine houses, the Exchange Block
and all other real estate belonging 20 the
city that could be found. Brown & Co.
have also Rsrnished the Planters and
Union Bank, INT the First National
Bank. They have, In q word, full
ly and completely surrounded and
circumvented the city, snd the result will
be that II settlement Is not speedily had,
the spectacle OF q sale Of ali the public
property Will be q humiliation we shall be
called upon to endure In addition to
this result Of il-sdvised legislation, there
is the suit now pending in the supreme
court Of the State to which property own
ers are parties Of b first part, contesting
the absurd legislation which would force
the few TO pay for The enjoyments and
benefits of the many. In view of the re-
suits generally attendant upon corpora
ton suita, would IL not DO well for the Gem
eral Council 10 ind some mode OF settle
mens of these claims, some way by which
not only Brown & 90. may be satisfied
and the city property be released, but by
the suit in which Memphis is q de-
PENDANT against her own citizens may be
accommodated, In accordance with what
know TO be public sentiment. AS was
published by a contemporary some dsys
since, Brown q Co. are willing to settle
upon the payment of ore hundred thou
sand dollars IN gold bonds, at their fsoe
balance in i've years 81 ten per cent
interest; or for onehundred Thousand dol
lars cash down, and the balance st six per
,ent. interest, Either one of these offers
be accepted; and sitter giving tax
who have paid their pavement
tues credit on the books for that amount,
for the balance should be Withdrawn
Ind q general tax be levied to lq1idase
he pavement debt. 1t seems to us that
his would be an easy solution OF what
promises 20 be & troublesome affair all
ound,
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Ron, W. N. Reynolds, B. +. Duncsn, H. B.
Hale, John SpellmHn, Patrick n. Win
ters, ". h. Moncrief, W. II. Sneed, VIM.
wallace, Elijah Pulliam, Z. W. Caldwell.
Henry Q. Brewer, ]. w. Herring, d. A.
farrell J. w. Allen, Harrison Irby,
William II. Walker, Henry T. Jones,
Thomas Holman, jr., g.. D. BuntyD, W.
d. Hoegel, ]. r. Brown, Samuel A. Moore,
Robert b. Miller, W. B. 9lisson, O. L,
Brooks, Il @. Massey, Jeremiah Massey
and r r. Stone.
Justices Walker, Gibson, Holman,
Witherington and Bleckley were sp.
pointed a committee to inquire into and
investigate the expenditures of county
warrants by the Selma, Marion and Mem
phts railroad, and report back to this term
of court.
RAILROADS.
On the general subject Of railroad sub
sidiess Squire Gibson offered the follow
ing:
WHEREAS, It is the opinion of tbis
q that tt Ia he duty to encourage the
development of the Of the coun-
ny IN every way advantageous TO the pso-
pie Of this county; and
Whereas. The building Of railroads Is Of
very great osneht to sll CLASSES Of the PEG.
pie; but
Whereas, Experiences has shown that
suuscrlptlOns 10 railroads hRve alWaYs
been surrounded with great difficulties,
and have often resulted In great dissatis-
faction TO the taxpayers Of Shelby coun-
ty. Therefore, be It
RESOLVED, That 1t Is the sense Of this
court that no subscription should be made
nor any subscription to any railroad sub
mttted to the people at this tins, MOI at
any future time, until the road or roads
applying for such aid have built their
road bed, secured their depot grounds and
right Of way, built their bridges and paid
for the same and are ready to lay their
track, when such aid should be given, ss
interest and Justice demands.
Esquire Miller offered an amendment to
postpone the consideration Of the rail-
road subsidies until next Thursday,
General Pillow, as counsel for the Kan
sas City road, advocated the right of the
road to have the question Of subsidy sub
mitted to the people.
Having carried his point, Esquire Mil
Ter moved for an Adjournment for the pur-
pose Of attending the funeral Of Esquire
Burke deceased.
When the court adjourned to ten O'Clock
this morning.
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and pronounced serious If not

dressed and pronounced serious ii not
fatal.
"A small but interesting suit was con-
cluded in the 6rst circuit court, the Jury
having produced q verdict for the defend.
ant, one Mr.. Stewart. an overseer on the
Pigeonroost road. The prosecutor in the
case, Mi. Harris, complained that said
overseer had cut down q shade-tree with
which be repaired q culvert or bad spot In
the road. The defense showed that the
trea was dead and was kept standing by
three prongs OF roots that shot into the
ground 9 yard below the spot where they
emalgamRted with the trunk, so that q
calf could be squeezed under that tree
and come at the other side whole. The
damages for the loss OF that herb were
laid at one thousand dollars.
1t Is on the tapis that there are to be
two beautiful and costly Episcopal
churches erected in Memphis within .
brief space. The people who attend st.
Lazarus church are emlnently respectable
and wealthy. Their edihce Is of the
simplest design and periHhable material.
They Will have a new one in bou
another year on the same spot the present
frame building occupies. The building
viii not be commenced right away, how
ever. The preliminary movements were
inaugurated but q short time psst. The
RAAeASAOA5 - OoAFaAJ SuuISA AaNO 0C-
cided on rebuilding the old ediics much
larger and more beautiful. Tbs lot will
be taken In back to the alley, and Nor
gan's coach factory. This will be 3 beau
ttful structure when finished.
Wealth, honors, immortal fame and
monuments chant the praises and fame
Of Morse, and yet there are inventors and
discoveries ven here whose genius may
be developed by the newly-born In
ventors Aid Association, deserving as
great honors as tbs press to-day lavishes
upon Morse. The telegraph born of his
brain, clicks his praises in all lands, and
thus viii multitudes yet bless the names
Of those whose inventive genius may be
developed by an association the wisest,
most benehcent in purposes, and more
surely calculated to gain wealth than any
ever organized In this city.
There Will be & great deal of backing
n filing to night. Tit committees Of
the city government have agreed upon q
plan for the disposition of the everlasting
nsvy-ysrd question; but there has not
been enough discussion of the matter;
the city hiss not suffered enough; trade
enough has not been turned away to st.
Louis; Southern districts of Memphis
not gained enough at the cost of
Northern. Let the report Of the commit
tees be rejected, or amended, and action
The Little Rock railroad
may be finally expelled from the place
and some so-callsd misunderstanding" ring
or q Northern road may secure the pro.
perty after q time on their own terms,
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EMPESTUoU
Ticks of the stOrm-HOw 1t Turned o
Hotel Upside DOVE.

The storm Of the night before last, q
shown by our dispatches, twisted around
amazingly, and did many curious things,
1t wired In and wired out like the CITY
government when 1t gets In a tanSle In
the nRvy-yard business. 1t struck q hotel
in this city amidships. A pair Of window
shutters were wrenohed OF with terrific
noise; q do1sn psnes of glass were
smashed, and the storm went in; q door
wis thrown violently open, and q baby in
q high cradle wss set out in the hall. The
mother, thinking the Hsperrits" had
whisked her brat away leaped out Of bed
and upset a dimly-burning lamp. The
cussed thing exploded, Of course, and this
reused the old man, who leaped forth,
and in extingulshing the flames had his
linen curtailed of all It's fair proportions
The uprosr reused all the two hundred
inmates of the blessed tavern. Women
shgieked and ran wildly around loose, and
tho wild wind played fantastic tricks with
their personal Rdornments. The cry Of Are
went up. Everybody howled and danced
around for twenty minutes In ghostly ap-
pa.el, and then, when all were content
with the free show and with the pleasing
little excitements of the psstime, they
slowly sneeked away, each to his own
apartment, the women looked remark
ably sheepish-so the men said yesterday
the breakfast table-and the women,
well, they kinder snickered and..blushed,
and said nothing.
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TO-DAY.
Flowing Match at4the Old RaeesFraek
Near HernandO street.

There win be another exhibition today
OF Dugan's buggy ploW, planter, chopper,
and c~ultivator. The trial given this ma
chine in Hopeieldt Arkansas, on Last
Monday was highly satisfactory to those
who witnessed It's operations, and as the
ground selected for the trial to-day Is
much better adopted to exhibit It's work
ing qualities, and Ia far more convenient
and accessible We doubt not the match
will be well attended. This will be the
last public exhibition which viii be given
OF this invention, and those who would
see q combination Of all the implements
used In the cultivation Of corr OK cotton
utilized In n machine should not miss
the present opportunity.
The trial viii take place at two O'Clock
this afternoon, ct the old rsce-track, and
those DESTROYS Of witnessing 1t can do 30
by taking the fernando street cars which
will take them within three hundred yards
Of the ground.
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NEW STYLES
Parasols, Fans, Lace ovsrHkirts, Dolly
verden Ties, at
L. OPENING.
sTOYE.PIPEs.

The author of "Fireside Science DR.,
Nichols, comes to the defence Of the mUch-
msltgned ''stove-pips hat" He says:
n part Of the dress Of men Is really
more absurd than the hard 'stoye-pipe
hat so generally worn, and yet sll at
tempts to subvert 1t have proved abor-
tive. For forty years we have worn this
kind of head covering, and we like It bet
ter than any other; we have tried hard to
Ike the low, soft hats, but we cannot,
snd this is the experience of thousands.
Absurd as the high, hard hat IL, 1t does
keep the head more comfortable, It does
maintain 6 more equitable temperature,it
does feel better than any other form of
covering" The learned author
might also have sdded that Waggener's,
BIZ Main street, IL the place to get your
clothes made. Il Is the mg0asiRe des
modes of Memphis.
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NEW BOOKS.

We HAVE EROKTvKp from Young &
Bros, under the odd-FeIlowB hall, tia
following from the press of Dick & Fltz-
gerald, New York city: "How to Write
Composition" "Resdy.msde speeches, +"
and BurlesQue and Musical Acting
Oharades, by Nugent." These win be
found very useful snd interesting books
for Children.
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THE OLD FOLKS.
Long Yarns and who BPnn Them
Lively Times.

Yesterday afternoon there was q full at
tendance of the Old Folks, ct HiberniaI
Hall. Among those present, were Col
o. D. Mclean, president, Rev. DR.. Wat
son, John StrattOn, W. L Stewart, Alder
man Steinkuhl, Mr.. Richmond, Tilmsn
Belts, J. P. Trezsvsnt, Eugene Msgev-
ney, Major Bowen, MIR. Treasurer
wilkins, Jack Hslstead, Spence Lamb,
Anderson Belts, Michael Megevney,
James Banks, W. ". Ware, and others.
HARD Up.
The several officers Of the institution
presented Their reports, and 1t appeared
that the institution Is in q most flourish
ing condition. It does mo- owe q dollar,
and has in the strong box on deposit, and
drawing compound interest, for aught we
know to the contrary, the comfortable
little sum of eleven Thousand and seventy
two dollars and sixty-three cents. II will
be seen that the association can soon
afford to psy for labor and time devoted
to its service, that its srchieves,
consisting of bound volumes of the old.
est newspapers of Tennessee and Arksn-
sas, will be deposited 10 q fire. proof vault,
mt that the usefulness OF the institution
in coming years will be messureless,
HEAVY.
Hereafter every member who fails to
attend the funeral of a deceased member
of the society will be required to pay q
fine of five dollars. It should not be for
gotten that the Old Folks is now an in
corporsted body, and that its DEGREES are
final, and that any justice OF court will
enter up judgments on these bylaws
against the members. Fines imposed by
the venerable president are also collects.
bic, and it Is the private opinion Of some
people that the ancient j. b. had better
keep quiet, or the president will take the
whole assembly to Jake's, at jacks cost.
A BULL,
In discussing the regslis proposed to be
adopted by the association, Jack Hal
stead, who, since his induction into the
City Council, has become q famous orator,
said 1t would be pleasant to wear pretty
with two bows and tsssels. It
would be so sweet and nice. "More-
continued the speaker, "while so
many fail to attend the funerals of Old
l am always delighted to do So"
This unkindest cut Of all provoked 8 deal
Of laughter, and though Councilman Hal.
steadE eyes were as big as ssucers with
zstonishment, he didn't see tbs point.
THE NEW CHAPS.
Messrs. W. L. Vance, J. A. Lanphier,
Wormley, Jere Banks and A. o.
CAkuAOu WcIp meuO moulD6IG VI bn0 -"
ISOLATION. Not a black ball was cast. 4
list OF applicants for membership
read, and then the association gath
Bred around Judge Q K. Underwood, OF
who, occupying the presidents
place, read ar interesting recital of events
hat occurred when, in his boyh0od, he
q newspsper-carrier, printer and
.choolboy in this city. This historical
paper will sdorn the APPEAL next Sam
lay merning, when, In q new dress, ten
thousand copies OF the old journal viii be
scattered over this and adjacent States.
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VALUABLE AND RELIA1LE-'Brown's
Bronchial TToches" are invaluable to
those exposed to sudden changes, afford
ing prompt relief In Coughs, Colds, etc.
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FoR FAMILY USE Upper Blue Lick. Va
ter, In bottles, is admirable. 1t Is bottled
carefully at the spring, and packed in
cases suitable for shipment to n part Of
the world. In this form It Is equal to the
water at the spring, and far superior to
drawn from wood.
MANSFIELD & HIGBEE,
Wholesale Agents,
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THE PATIENTS.

I received, by authority of General
Wright as sheriff, on the first Of the
month, six lunatics from the jail, from
the hospital two, and on the 26Sh another
from the jsll-in ali nine, seven males
and two females. or this number seven
we're, in all probability, hopelessly in
sane, and OF these seven, four were physi-
cally, IS well as mentally, in q Wretohed
state of decline, pointing to q mortal ter
minstion at no very distant day. One of
them died on the 221 inst. Their habits
were most disgusting In every way,
Nightly they soiied themselves and their
bedding, and often, during the day, their
clothes, and required almost every day to
be clesnsed from head to foot several
times.
One man I deem cured, and have now
discharged him. One female seems con-
Valescent, and / trust will soon be well,
None Of these patients had, when re-
ceived, q change OF. clothing, while those
they wore were foul and Lhread-bare. and
being unfit for further wear, were thrown
aside.
PRovIsIoNs FoR TEKTR CARE.
I procured elothing for them, a SUBJ
stsntiRl quality, q bill Of which is hers
with enclosed. I did not deem 1t the best
economy 70 buy Indifferent clothes, the
insane being particularly destructive Of
them, and requiring them Of such mate
rial, and 30 made, as not to be easily torn,
or picked to rags,
I found, 10 q frstsclass clothing store.
unfsshionsble articles. well made and OF
good stuff, which were sold me atless than
cost, which In the long run will
prove cheaper than lower.priced articles,
/ have striven In every way TO render
my patients IS comfortable as possible I'M
der the circumstances. The house occu-
pied is ccmmodious and beautifully Iocs-
led. An extensive lawn fronts It, well set
grass and shade trees, with some shrub |
berry and e few flowers. On al sides su-
residences and cultivated gardens
surround it, nom which mind, even dis
sssed. may derive p~ieasurahle emotions,
u a flower be plucked, by feeble hands, |
oeuns TO g withered bosom thas Sc beauty
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L.
Wednesday, April Third,

TIE following numbers drew the prin-
oipsl priRss in the sinRle-number scheme
of the Missouri State lottery, drawn last
Saturday: No. S46S, capital prize, $50 900;
27,21s, l3 $50; 1852. SO 1000; 17,72S $500;
80. 1908, 5000; 1850, 5000; 39.O56, 5000;
4 1858, 5000; 1894 $500; 1883, S25o0; 81, 1888,
$500; 45,SOS, $500. For information as
70 prizes OF $1,000 and less, application
should be made to the agents.
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ILAEA LACE sA0UEs,

GENUINE French Corssts ct the Skirt
mandatory, SSS South Main street,
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OAAAVEs q sNITHwIsK, 2SS Main street,
have sent Us q copy Of True as Steel"
the last Of Marion Hsrland's novels. It
Is said to be quite equal TO any OF her pre-
ViOuH works. The march Of the plot IL
steady and admirably sustained. Hadss-
sale, the heroine, Is q Of her best char