Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-24

TENNESSEE
The Knoxville Press and Herald re-
ports several cases of cholera-infantum
among the children in that city.
A son of Colonel Yearwood, Of Mon
roe county, about two years old, was
drowned ON the ninth instant by falling
into vat in a lanyard.
John Collins, of Lincoln county, died
few days ago of loekiaw, caused by
being thrown from his horse and getting
one OF his arms fractured.
Mr.. A. Nj. Piper, formerly citizen
and mayor of Knoxville, died suddenly
in Greeneyille on the eleventh instant,
after an illness of only few hours, with
cholera-morbus.
An effort was made, we learn, TO
poison the factory hands at the Hope
mills by poisoning the water. 1t was
discovered in time to prevent anyone
from drinking.-La,0rencebeETg Journal.
The farmers in this county are very
much in the grass, and unless we can
have q good deal of dry weather very
soon many Of the crops will be hope
lessly lOst.-JocksOn Wing and Tribune.
Most OF the cotton and corn fields
around Bolivar present a clean and
thrifty appearance. Oats are remaka-
bly, fine, and the few patches of clover
to be seen are really beautiful. BOLiUor
| Bulletin.
There is not now, nor has there been,
case of cholera in MurfreesbOro.
There have been but fifteen interments in
the city cemetery during the past six
| do oil of vuhn No
| MlLTfrees6OTO Ne1OS.-
A man of this place was kicked out of
bis kitchen by the cook short time ago.
1t is well to state that the cook was his
wife, and she was justified in kicking
him, because he went home drunk
LdWreHce6ttrg Journal.
On last Friday the wife of Armstead
| Keeble, eolored, attempted to ill coal
oil lamp while it was burning, the result
being the explosion of the lamp and the
burning of their daughter so badly that
she died Saturday night.-A1tJreesboro
Ne1US.
The old courthouse was sold at
Athens, and brought one hundred and
| fifteen dollars, the purchaser being Mr..
! Cleage, contractor for the new building.
The Post says that during the war twas
used as military barracks, both by the
rebels and the federals.-RnOrUille
| Chronicle.
According to the census taken on the
first of June, 1870, the population of
Bradley county, at that time, was 49,
| 3Z0-1l ,020 whites and 2300 cOlOred. We
have by the same authority the pOpula-
! ton of Cleveland set down at 1858
| Il5S white and 500 eOlOred.-Cg CgeVeldTtd
| Banner.
! During the past week some friends of
the Duck River narTow-gauge railroad
have been canvassing in quiet way in
behalf Of the enterprise. They sue
ceeded in obtaining several subserip-
tiOns which reduced the amount of Lin
coin county to about fourteen thousand
dollars. Fayetteville Express.
Thus far the weat ser of 1878 has been
in every respect the most remarkable
ever known in this latitude. The win
ter was without precedent for coldness,
and the spring was remarkably wet and
backward, and now that summer has
set in, the history of this country
furnishes no parallel to the amount of
rain which has fallen.-JdckSoR Wing
and Tribune.
4 ~
| Tennessee is called to meet at Hum boldt
on Wednesday, July I'd, at ten O'Clock
in the morning, for the discussion of
those questions which are now agitating
the entire farming population of the
country, and for consultation ia refer
ence to the special farming and planting
interests of West Tennessee
Wing and Tribune.
= 49, = do.rS,IoI ST.
counterfeit shinplasters, which have
been traced to an individual who deals
in the "queern at johnson City, in this
county. His arrest, conviction and i'm
l prisonment at an early period, with all
others connected with him in the infa-
NOUS work, need surprise no one, as the
government authorities have, we learn,
been put on their trsck.-JOReS6oro
Flag.
A Difficulty occurred on the farm of
Captain w. A.. Shaw, in Haywood
county, Sunday before last, between two
young men residing on the place, nam
!, ed respectively Conner and Clark. Clark
was shot in the neck by Conner, with a
ball from a small Smith & Wesson
pistoI-not dangerously. Conner, in de-
fault of bail, was sent to jail. Making
these days don't pay.
There is to be at Jackson, on the sec
ond of July, meeting of the members
of the press from Southwestern Ken
lucky, North Mississippi and West Ten
nessee, the object of which, as we un-
derstand, is an interchange of opinion
and views in regard to the establish
ment of new State, to be called the
l g L. ~fafra AnrTfh h
western Kentucky, West Tennessee and
! North sippi.-Httna6Otdt Journal.
Several rabid dogs have been killed
, in or near this city during the past few
weeks, and we learn that their number
is increasing. Prudence, wise precau-
! ton and duty demands at the hands OF
the city authorities the prompt passage
and strict enforcement of dog law,
similar to the one passed last year. II
| is neither wisdom or humanity, to wait
until the actual loss of life before acting
: in this matter.-JdcksO1 Wing ana
! Tribune.
! An old negro named Cuffy Lawrence,
! servant of Colonel Lawrence, of revo-
+ lutionary fame, died last Tuesday night
, in Macedonia, near Columbia. He was
I said to be one hundred and three years
: old, and there was every reason to be.
lieve that this was his correct age
: Cuffy could converse intelligently Oh
: the various events of the revolutionary
. war. He was not the livery servant O.
General Washington, but he certainly
was of Colonel Lawrence.-Co1om1biC
: Nail.
# The Dyersburg Gazette says that re
8 ports calculated to ruin the characters o
d two ministers Of the gospel, married
!, lady and a young lady, have been riff
d in that community for some days. NJ
s names are given. The Gazette says: 81
e would be healthy public sentiment tina
v would Justify man in taking the Law
; and a double-barreled shotgun into hi
e own hands, and blowing the slandere
d of female innocence into atoms to,
i small for an inquest to be held over hi
IS remains
e We alluded few days since t,
: the destruction of a number o
sheep, of the Shropshire DowI
n breed, belonging to Messrs. Mars
!, tons, near Lions view, in this eoun.
. ty, by a neighbor's dogs. At thai
: time the number OF sheep actually dead
:. were valued at two hundred dollars
, Since then two premium bucks, which
. had been bitten, have died, one o.
i. which cost Que hundred dollars in Eng
= land. Messrs. Marston estimate theil
. actual loss by this slaughter at four hun.
. dred dollaFs.-RI RIa0SviiIe Press dsld Her.
!. aid.
e A man named John Reeves, who shot
Y another man in Manry county about
e two years ago, and took refuge in Giles
:. county, defying arrest, was arrested By
Deputy-Sherif E. +. Aymett, at Aspef