Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-30
TENNESSEE.

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Wiley, who was in the last stage Of coll
sumption, crawled into a car at the Mo-
bile and Ohio depot, on Monday night
and died.-JdcksoR Wing and Tribune
The up passenger train on the Mobile
and Ohio railroad, on Wednesday eve
ming, ran over an unknown man eleven
miles this side of COrinth, Mississippi
crushing him to 1eath.-JdcksOB Wing
and Tribune.
The Dyersburg Progress says: 90 We
are informed by Mr.. Msnsford, engine er
on that section, that Mr.. Smith is now
grading or the Paducah and Memphis
railroad within two miles Of Newburn,
and that so soon as he finishes his work
70 that place, iron will be Immediately
laid and the cars running there by the
first Of September.
The following is an extract from a let
ter Of Rev. DR.. Young, which appeared
in the Nashville ChriStidH Advocate
picturesque village, scattered about
among the hills of Maury. 1t is
on the Nashville and Decatur rail-
road, about fifty miles below Nashville.
The goddess of health presides there. a
lDAAn III lEA eANAN9 AAAG = StAAA
munity."
DR.. w. J. Matthews, of Forest City,
Arkansas, called to see US the other day.
He has been stopping, since his return,
in the Bigbyville neighbOrhOOd, where
ne was raised. He is a son of the ven
cradle ESQ. James Matthews, one Of our
oldest and best citizens. The doctor is
looking as yong and handsome as ever,
which is because, We suppose, he is still
a bachelor, and has none Of the harrow
ing cares OF married life to make him
old and ugly Columbia Herald.
On Monday last, in Lexington, Mr..
lanes Priddy and his brOther-in-law,
Mr.. James Knowles, fell out about some
money matters, and Priddy struck
Knowles on the head with a slung-shOt,
knocking him down and fracturiDg his
skull, from which he has, or probably
will, die. Pnddy, we are informed,
armed himself with gun and pistols, de-
fled the authorities, walked out Of town,
and is still at large. Further particulars
we did not learn. .-JdcksO1 Wing ana
Tribune.
Mrs. Law, of Memphis, widow Of DR.
Law iOne Of our leading physicians), , is on
a visit to our city. During the war Mrs
Law was a Jealous sympathizer with the
"lost cause - and was the efficient presi.
dent of the Ladies Aid Society of the
Southern COnfederacy," which assOeia-
ton did much to relieve the suferings
Of the ragged, starving and sick soldiers
in the dark days Of the late war. She
goes to Salem, Virginia, on a visit tc
her granddaughter, Mrs. Burdett.-CO-
luBa6iu Herald.
Crops in Wayne county are very fine.
The wheat crop has been harvested, anC
Welded much more than was anticipate
ed. Cotton is looking well, and the Osi
crop surpasses any grown here witnin
the last thirty years, and the acreage
sown is more than double the average
There is a considerable amount Of cot.
ton pIanted. The great humbug, pea.
nuts. is left Out by our farmers this year
MANY who expected to make a large
lprofit out of the pea crop last year sus.
ftained heavy losses. - Columbia Herald
A In a conversation with one. of thc
| members Of the board Of health, we Were
/ tsld that the city, with its envlrons, wa:
ntver in better health than at present
/ especially as regards disease OF the bow
| ek -Four Of the members Of the boarC
/ state that in their observation the pres
| eIt month, thus far, has been as free
FROM bowel-eOmplaiDt as any other cor
res bonding month. For few days pas
theSe has been a lessening in the mum
| Der Of cases, and during the whole sea
son diarrhes among children and adult
has been unusually yielding to judiciout
reatuent.-k kRorUjHe Chronicle.
Mr.. ". D. Greer, engaged as a brakes
man on the Nashville, Chattanooga anC
ST. Louis railway, while assisting in thi
! change of cars at JOhnsonvilIe on Thurs
day, fell from the back end of the ten
der. and was rolled over several time
by the brakes Of the tender. Fortunate
ily be caught hold Of something nea
/ where the tender and engine connect
and thereby held himself up 50 as I,
avoid horrible death by the crushiny
which would have followed had the en-
CINE passed over him. He retarnes
home last Friday, none Of the brpise
being either very severe or painful
S7teL5ygiJJe Commercial
The Pulaski Citizen makes a move
suggestion 70 the citizens of that town
4 We will let our contemporary state it il
/ his own wOids: "The plan that W
wish 70 suggest is that the eoFpoTsti0l
employ an euterprising man at saatr.
I sufficient to command his whole tim
and attention, TO icOk after the interest
Of the town in every particular, work U
I and encourage al local enterprises, eH
4 courage immigration, building, manu-
faQtuTing, ETC., and present the claims {
our town abroad aud at home in ever
way and msnnef, and in all things tha
can be made 70 rebound TO oar good p"
I The friends and advocates Of the pre-
posed Middleton, Bolivar and BrOWns
i vile narrow-gauge railroad will hol'
q rneetsng 1t Whiteville on Friday
July attn, at Cedar Chapel on Saturday
July 5th. and az Sgatkins's Mill, Mon
day, July 9TH. Dr.. j. y. Saith, pres
dent Of the Holly Springs, BroWnsYi ] /
and Ohio railroad company, and Othef al
tingasshea speakers will address the peo
ple. BinasS Vjll be provided ioral VII
may attend, aRd 3 general invitation j
extended, especially 70 Tie ladies. On
izens of Bolivar, you viii certainly en
courage the movement. = BotiU0r Bulk
TN.
John Rieves was arrested q year Q
two ago for shooting a Mr.. Edging, nea
Rock Spring. He gave bail, and afte