Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-07
TENNESSEE
Death Of Elijah Barker-The Supreme
Court at KnOxTllIe-Brut&l0 Out
rege-Teacher Wanted.
The KBOxvllle and Memphis Marrow
gaHge-A Plueky WGe-BurHt
10 Death-HOnicide.

DEATH OF ELIJAH BARKER
On Monday, the twenty-fifth OF Au-
gust last, a difficulty occurred at Spring
Creek, in this county, between William
Kizer, ST., and William Kizer, j., and
John Kizer and Others, on the one side,
and Elijah Barker aud Others, on the
other side, which resulted in the death
of Barker from injuries received on the
following Thursday. The precise origin
Of the quarrel we have not been able 70
ascertain, bat il, perhaps, grew out Of a
Ia wsuit before q magistrate ia reference
TO "borse-swsp Barker was under
the influence Of whisky, and boisterous,
and ''spiling, probably, for a fight
He was struck-dOwn by q brick buried
by one Of thesl<izeTs in a promiscuoUs
fieht, and from this blow his death, in
All probably, ensued. Barker was a
North CarOlinian, 3 newcomer TO these
D .rts and unmarried, and worked on
the farm OF w. &. Hutchinson, Esq.
Ths Kizers gave bond for their sppear-
aBce TO the present term Of the circuit
court at jackson. The affair Is much 10
I be regrett d, and we shall not censure
any one until further facts are elected
Jackson Whig ard Tribune.
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE.
A Nashville special to the Knoxville
/ Press and Herald, dated September 4th,
says: "The supreme court adjourned to-
day TO meet at Knoxville next Monday.
( After consultation upon sll information
I received, il was determined to hold the
I Knoxville court as usual, for the regular
disnatch of all business before il, subject
to prevailing circumstances. Judge
/ Nicholson will resume his seat on the
/ bench at Knoxville. Juige Burton's
[ pro TEN. service expired to-day. Your
former dispatch was based upon the ex-
/ press opinion Of the chief justice, found
I ed upon the views Of other judges
4 Informally communicated. A postpone
ment of business was only contemplated
upon the supposition that the situation
/ demanded it. Present Information from
private and official sources leads to q
I different conclusion from that Of a week
I ago.
SCHOOL-TEACHER WANTED.
Z Awhile male school-teacher is wanted
I in the eighth civil district Immediately.
I Applv to William Mckinney or Whit
I Macon. Here Is a good chance for some
Z man. The people Of the eighth district
are among the best, most clever and pros
! porous Of Hsrdeman cOunty.-BOtiUdY
/ Bulletin.
BRUTAL OUTRAGE.
A brutal outrage was perpetrated by
an attempted rape on a little girl about
/ eight wears Of age, near Scott's Hill, IN
! Decatur county, by an Irishman named
I John Carroll. Carroll is about five feet
! eight inches high, medium size, hsil
short and rather gray, his beard some
I what sandy, eyes blue. When he left
I he had on light pair of pants, and 8
/ eolOred shirt; he slsO took other cloth
/ ing in black satchel. A handsome sum
/ is offered for the apprehension OF the
Z monster. We hope that he may be cap
+ tured and hung .--BOliUdF Bulletin.
JOURNALISTIC.
/ The Union City Tenn Courier is nc
more. It appeared for the last time on
4 the twenty second ultimO. The editor
w. r. Handy, goes to Jackson, Ten
nessee. where he and W. w. Gates will
commence the publication of the Jack
& son Courier. We wish the new enter
! prise long life and prosperity. The jack
soa Courier will make its appearance
an tbe fifteenth instsnt.-BoiiUdr But
letin.
rHR MEMPHIS AND KNOXVILLE MAR
RtH,w-GAUGE.
We want our Newspaper friends in
Memphis to read this lesson 70 tnen
patrons. Before the war, as We learn
from Captain Frost, the general nEn-
sger of the Southern Railroad essocsa d
ton, about seventy-five OF eighty thou
sand bales of cotton weretcarried into
New Orleans over the New Orleans
Jackson and Great Northern and the
Memphis and Charleston railroads pei
aunum. Within the last twelve
months this amount has been increased
fully one hundred thousand bales. 30
much for north and south railroads.
Would not east and west roads turn the
tshles in favor of Memphis2 Oul
friends may not want their country
cousins along the Tennessee and HRtchle
valleys 10 come to see them once IN q
while, but there is no good sense Ia u.
That's all. Help us build the Memphis
and Knoxville railroad and see II ouI
head is not level on this point. 1hiS
one road will do Memphis more good
than any road built or propOsed.-B0i'
r0r Bulletin.
A PLUCKY WIFE.
On the twenty-ninth ultimO, IS we are
informed. a difficulty occurred at J. H.
Holmes's, between Mr.. Holmes and one
Of his tenants named Gray. In the
language of our informant, "Holmes
and GTay hitched for a fight, when Mrs
( GRAY ran up behind Holmes and strucE
him on the back Of the head with
mani and knocked him senseless. She
then made an attempt to strike hin
again. when Mr.. Frady and Mr.. Row
I land caught her." thuA preventing
I further damage TO Mr.. Holmes. Th'
I triangular fight had its origin in Homes
stock destroying Gray's corn.-Botfrdi
/ BtllIetiH.
/ THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH
A most terrible accident occurred a.
/ Mr.. Charles Murpby's farm, ten milei
west Of Bolivar, last Saturday night, by
I which three negro children were burned
to death. 1t seems that Diem. Hame
and Berry Wood, pare1ts of the ehil
dren, had gone of TO attend meeting
and left five children in the house whict
they occupied. The children put som'
eggs in the fire TO roast, and then ven
70 bed, and were soon in sound sleep
The eggs burst and scattered eoa's o
! a, over the floor, and set the bOuse in
Hoe Two Of the children managed t.
set 80 on, q, che burning building, but, a
I Stated sbove "a zee were burned to deati
+ and the mouse cons,- naed, Inc names Q
the deceased are: Silas WOOD, age9 nv nv
years; Kitty and Billy Han. - s;.so Sl..1;r : y
I aud nine years, respectively.
I o Harris held an inquest over the
consumed bodies OF the unfortunate cha.
dren, rendering a verdict in accordance
with the above facts, and then bad tbeiI
remains buried. This should be terri
ble warning 10 parents, and prevent
them from leaving children alone in
their houses at any time.-BOlir0T BWl-
letin.
JUsTlFIABLE HOMICIDE.
Some two weeks ago man named
Henry g. Hight, living near Smyrna
had difficulty with negro named Jacb
Huckleberry, when he drew a pistol and
made him stand while he cowhided him.
HuckleberTy expressed his intention OF
taking outs State warrant, and High
hearing OF it, told him If he did he
Hight would kill him. Huckleberry
got out the warrant, and Hight hearing
oft armed himself with dOuble-barrel.
I'd shot gun, swore he would Kill Huckle.
berry, and that no one should take him
alive after be had committed the deed.
| Last Saturday afternoon about five
I O'Clock he proceeded TO the negro's cabin.
When HnckleberTy saw him approach
I ing. be fastened the door and
shot at Hight with q pistol through
a ereviee in the wall. The bal
penetrated Hight's heart, killing
him instantly. HuckleberTy then gOt
out Of the back door and went around
the house and shot him again, the bal
entering his abdomen. Huckieberry
gave himself up TO the authorities, but
vas released. An inquest being held,
the verdict was rendered that one Jack
Huckleberry, colored, killed said Henry
G. Hight on the thirtieth day Of August,
1873, with a pistol loaded with powder
and ball, and that said killing was done
in self-defense, and therefore say that il
was a iustifiable homicide.-M,Tfrees-
/ boro Monitor.
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