Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-28
ESTABLISHED 1910

: has much ''sick wheat" in it.-EG
Ieaaesseda.
Constable DrumwTight and two o.
sistants came over from Lauderdal
county last Tuesday morning, in charg
OF Misunderstanding negro man, az
cused of committing an RtrOciouS crime
The victim in the case Is white, but nc
of good character. The accused wi
await his trial in the Shelby county iai
COuingtOn Record.
Last Monday morning some devil &
human form placed distinctions on In
Central road, eight miles north of Jack
son, and had it not been for the watch
fulness of the engineer and power c
steam brakes, q dreadful disaster woul
have occurred to the mail train due her
at twelve, noOn.-BOtiUGr Bulletin.
We see from the Ripley No,cs that
tri-weekly hack line Is running from
that place to CovingtOn, connecting
there with the cars for Memphis
Would it not be a good idea for one 0
our livery-stables to start a hack from
here to Ripley, to connect there with tn
hack for Covington?-DycrsbUrg Pro
gress.
The Dyersburg Progress has receive,
a potato from Captain A. G.. Penn
which he plowed up on bis farm, nea
that place. The remarkable thing abou
it is that thePotatO weighed twenty-five
pounds, and the editor thinks il hsC
dried several pounds before it was shown
to him. Why not say one hundred
and be done with it?
A stabbing affray took place last Tues
J day at Millen's store, four miles west OF
town in which J. Maury Wood was
severely cut by Jerry Daniels. Daniels
was arrested and brought to town
! Wednesday. His case was TO have been
in sestigsted to-day, Thursday. We have
no heard the particulars Of the afray, OF
the result of the preliminary examina-
ton COUiRgtonI Record.
Esquire Bessly, in Crockett county,
has hen that has for several months
been laying her eggs high up in the
forks OF tree growing on his place, and
has successfully Matched out her first
brood Of chickens in her elevated nest.
She is now engaged in devising means
to get them downstairs, !" and we NAV
expect next to hear Of her taking them
in swimming with the "other ducks."-
Trenton NetUs.
A child of Mr.. Ashbury Wilson was
burned to death the other night. Its
grandfather was pouring coal-oil in a
lamp, and the mother thought she would
light q match so he could see better, and
from some cause the oil caught fire and
portion oft got on the child's clothes,
which were soon in a blaze. The child
was dreadfully burned, and died In
few hours from the effects. This is a
warning to all who use oil. You must
be careful or you are in danger.-Ler-
jngtOn Exporter.
The fatal scourge which has afflicted
our people the past six weeks has passed
away. The work OF death has ceased.
We are glad to announce that there is
no more work for the destroyer. Our
citizens feel confident that We shall have
no more sickness from the fearful ms
lady. There may be occasional cases
which will, undoubtedly, be so. Busi-
ness has partially resumed. Many have
gone 10 work. Our citizens are begin
ming 10 return. All are hopeful
GrecRCiLLe Union.
a few days ago Miss - gave birth
to an Ilegitimate child, Her parents
put the little "helplessn into a big baS- |
ket and shipped ii to youth Of fifteen |
summers, whom they supposed to be the /
father Of the child. The youthful dad" |
was not at home when the basket ar. |
rived, but his kind mother received the |
child and gave it "grandmotherlyu |
welcome. At last accounts the child /
was doing well at its new hOme.-CO-
UHbi0 Herald.
There are a great many mad-dogs in
his county at the present time. The
)ther day lady and child were bitten
~ one. 1t seems that the dog came into
, Mr.. JOnes's yard, and be saw there
vas something wrong with it, and went
ntO the house after his gun, when he
anne TO the door, not seeing the dog, he
vent around the house, and while out,
I got into the house and bit his wife
md one child before he could get back.
lie killed the dog, and had the doctor to
ut out the wounds from his wife and
.hild.-LcriBqtOR Reporter.
We understand that on last Friday
here were several cases Of cholera, or s
iisease with all the symptoms of chol-
.ra, al and near Newbern, and that the
lady OF our countyman, L. NJ.
Williams, died with it Newbern is a
'ery healthy place, and If there is any
.holera there il has been produced by
Where pure cistern-waterl
s used there Is not likely to be any chol-
,ra. Well-water, however, especially
when the water is hard, is as likely to
produce the cholera as an overdose of
green apples. The excellent health of
Dyersburg, where no cholera has sp-
,eared, is attributable to her splendid |
,isterns more than to any other cause
Dyersburg Progress.
1t is against the law to hunt deer in
Wayne, Lawrence and Lewis counties in
he summer time. One gentleman tells
Is that the consequence is that fawns
an he seen as you pass along the public
Dad. Mr.. RushtOn saw grown one in
he road as he came from Laurel Hill
IL other day. Another gentleman,
however, who lives in the barrens, says
b. us.ives do not observe the spirit oil
he law at all. He says men can be
eel very day passing along the roads,
4 tv- paths, with bags full Of skinned
earring "calves." Strange to say, all !
be beeves killed now are red. The law
.eeps the Maury county hunters away,
ut otherwise it is considered q dead {
etter. We do not vouch for the truth
( these statements.-C Columbia Herald. !
From reports from all points yester-
ay, brought by passengers on the noon |
-ains, We may confidently announce
ne total disappearance of the cholera in
Ut section. We learned from the con-
uctOr who came down from Bristol, \
noon, that a woman who got (
board the train at the abOve-named '
lace yesterday morning, was taken f
ute i'll before reaching ROgersville, I
18th violent vomiting and purging. =
Ter friends met her at R0gersville, who.
o doubt, supplied her with proper med =
al attention. We also learn that an 4
theT person died at OOltaWah yesterday :
lorning with symptoms similar to !
nolera, though the case was aggravated ! /
y various causes. A gentleman Who'll '
anne from Decatur yesterday informed | f
s that no cases or traces Of the disease q
smain in that place. Those who fed d
ON the disease, however, are rather \
Ow in returning.-RBOrriUe PreSs and ! Y
ierdld, 18th.
For some weeks past Mr.. Joseph Hast b
lgs, the father Of the triplets Of which V
lere has been so much said, and who 4
sides in Marshall county near the Bed
'rd line, had tried to take his life. First
y hanging, then by cutting his throat.
ONE four weeks ago he cut his throat
three different places, severely. The
rounds were dressed by neighbOring I
hysician, and were about well, when
q last Saturday he stole or from his
Ouse about breakfast time and ventl
yer to William Yowelps, some two or =
lree miles, and with a pocket-knife 4
svered the jugular vein Of his neck
ON which he soon expired. There Is y
0 cause known why he did this rash II
ct. He was a highly-respectable citi- .
IN of humble circumstances, and his Il
cath by his own hand cast a gloom over =
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