Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-05

end OF it slipping, struck young Knigl
j on the forehead, crushing his skull al
killing him instantly.-Holly iSprin,
Mss Reporter.
SUPPOSED MURDER.
On Sunday last Zeke House, a colort
resident of Holly Springs, was fouu
dead on the Pontotoe road, in a 6en'
willow thicket. He had evidently bee
dead for several days, as his body W,
very much decOmpOsed. A jury of il
D quest was promptly impanneled b
Coroner McCrosky, and verdict r,
turned of killing at the hands ofunknOw
parties. While the jury could find u
marks of violence upon the body OF th
: deceased, yet circumstantial evidene
clearly pointed to his brutal murder. 4
month or two ago Zeke was
! mail-rider between Holly Spring
and New Albany, and was the caus
Of the arrest of a person living nea
COrnersville upon a charge of interrupt
: ing the United States mail. The part,
was arrested and confined in the Holl,
Springs Jail for several days, when b
was released on bail. On Thursday last
brother, it is understood, of the accuse,
party, came to Holly Springs and inter
viewed Zeke, for the ostensible purpos
of compromising the difficulty, with tn
view Of having the suit dismissed. H,
and Zeke left town about ten o'clock OF
Thursday morning last, and proceeded
in the direction of COrnersville, on tht
POntOtOc road. The last seen of the de
ceased alive, he was seen in company
Of three men, coming in the direction o
Holly Springs late on Thursday evening
Holly Springs l4iss.) Reporter.
CONSERVATIVE TICKET.
The VIcksburg Herald of June 26th
contains the following ticket to repre-
sent the conservative party in the COM
ing election, suggested by a correspond
ent of that paper: "Goyernor, E. c..
Walthal, Green county; lieutenant-
governor, Thomas R. Stockdale, Pike
county; auditor, A. J. Vaughn, Mar
shall county; treasurer, Waites Gibbs,
Lowndes county; attOrney-general, J.
z. George, Kinds county; secretary OF
| State, J. W. .'Fennell, Lauderdale county:
| superintendent of education, w. +. f.
Bartlett, Claiborne county. The ticket is
q good one, and would no doubt give
I satisfaction to all the elements of which
the conservative party is Composed
! Holly Springs Mss reporter.
BRUTAL MURDER.
On Wednesday week, the twenty-fifth
ultImo, a Mr.. Brown on the farm of
Mrs. Flynn, seven miles from Byhalia.
was shot and instantly killed by James
Shelton. We are informed that Shelton
walked into the field where Brown was
at work and Immediately discharg-
ed the coDtents of a double-barrele
shotgun loaded with buckshot at
Brown, killing him instantly. The
cause of the killing is unknown. Mr..
Brown was a hard-working man, had
good crop, and was known to be good
citizen. He leaves a wife and several
children TO weep for his unexpected loss.
The murderer aPed.-H0lly Springs
Mss reporter.
NEW LIFE FOR NARROw-GAUGE RAIL
ROAD.
We have reason TO be much encOur-
aged at the action taken by the people OF
Henderson county, in a meeting held
there a few days since, and in the call
for a convention at Huntsville, for July
9th, in the interest of our new road.
Every day brings to light some new in
terest in this enterprise. The people of
Henderson county are now anxious to
build branch of this road from Hen
derson station in the direction Of Paris,
in order to connect with the road from
Cairo Uid Paris to the Tennessee river.
The people of Middle Tennessee nave
progressed so far as to let out part of the
contracts for building their section of
this same road, and the people of Ala
bama have now called convention,
the intention of which is to unite in the
effort to make this project a success
Paris lIehn.) Lltelhgencer.
THE TEXAS PACIFIC.
We see that the Texas and Pacific
railroad company are preparing 10 push
track-laying on the line north to Texar-
kama. AS soon as the line TO Marshall
is completed, regular clearinghouse |
train will be connected with the track |
laying party, and work vigorously pros
ecuUed from Jefferson nOrthwaTd. Gen
eral Dodge is determined to be on time
TO shake hands with the Cairo and Full |
ton road This will place US one hundred |
and fifty miles nearer st. LOuis.-JefeT- |
son (T6pds) IIibo0le.
BAXTER's APPOINTMENTS.
The following are the latest appoint !
ments by Governor Baxter: Military |
Thomas Boles, of Dardanelle, brigadier- |
general; NJ. G. Rerdell, sheriff of Van
Buren county, brigadier-general; Major |
;. R.HarTingtOn, United States district |
attorney, colonel, and assigned to duty |
on the governors staffas inspectOr-gene- |
raj. Civil-Lee county,. N. Henley and |
Joseph o. Gray, justices of the peace. |
LOnoke coanty-J. G. Boyd and r. w. |
Dorsey, justices Of the peace, Cypress
township. Sarber cOunty-William w. |
Williams, justice of the peace; J. J. Har- /
risOn, constable. Hot Springs county
Hugh McCullum, president; /
John Yates, Smith Sullivan. Garland
J. II. Baushausen,
William Lewis, William
Sumpter. Baxter. cOunty-B. Tate, as
,essoT. Monroe county-E. A. Babo,
ustiee of the peace.
FIENDIsH WIFE MURDER.
A fiendish attempt at wife-murder was
by negro man named Bry-
nus Ross, on Cotton street, Yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. II. 9. Zeigler, passing
Town the above-named street, observed
, cOlored man dragging a woman alongI
he ground. Stopping him, Mr. Zeigler
inquired the cause, and was told by
W. 1
Ross, had beat and stamped the woman,
his wife Rosa ROss,) and was dragging
Ter TO his house that he might finish
Ter. On this information being given,
Ross tried to escape, but was overtaken
md placed IN the hands Of an officer.
lie was carried before Justice s. c.
Wright, who committed him to jail on
charge Of assault with intent to muir
Ter. The woman will die. Jealousy is
aid TO have been the cause Of his at
empt.-SgerepoTt Ia Times.
TOM SCOTT HAS IT.
We understand Judge Campbell left
Sew Orleans on Monday night for Bal
imore with all the papers and authority
10 close the contract for the
ransfer Of the North Louisiana and L
Texas railroad to Colonel Tom Scott.
50 nearly completed, We are told, are
he arrangements, that two tugs have
already left New Orleans for Monroe
With "bridge-bOat," 10 he used while
a bridge at that place.
are also going forward at
Sc. Louis, and as soon as the papers are
signed, everything necessary TO com
nence operations will be shipped down.
This really looks like business PTcks-
jurg Times.
RAILROAD FOR SALE.
On the fourteenth Of July, at the mer-
,hants' exchange, in New Orleans, the
Baton Rouge and YiCksburg. Familiarity
known as the Backbone railroad, is to
be sold cut, stock and barrel, by the
sheriff. This on the Judgments of Geo.
5. Lacey, former attorney of the road,
nd of Major q raan ifc apuinaar pbaca I
Judgment. and executions include the
.ights and property of the road on both
Iides OF the river Ncks5,,rg Mss