Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-13

unity to the right ear. Neither shot did
material damage, but they were close
enough for the health of the elder Muir
phy. Immediately after the affair the
boy fed, and had not been apprehended
up to last accounts.
A LIGHTNING TRAGEDY WITH SOME
THING IN 1T.
From the Richmond CVa.) Whlg.l
A fearful death by lightning occurred
during the storm Monday afternoon on
the farm of Mr.. Joseph A. Merrikin,
about mile from StaHnton. Mrs. Mer-
rikin, with two or three servants, was
having gathered when the storm
came up. She ordered the cOlored boy,
about ten years of age, who was in the
tree, to come down. He started, say
ing: "Well, my basket is full,n when
the flash came. The boy was instantly
killed in the position he stood, his face
and one side being charred to crisp,
and the arm in which he held the bucket
torn open to the bone. His clothing was
almost entirely burned on. A hog un-
der the tree was killed. Mrs. Merrikin
was stunned, and the flame seemed to
those standing uy, 10 run over her cloth
ing and circle around a ring she wore on
her finger. Mr. Merrikin, who was
some distance of, saw the smoke from
the boys clothing ascending from the
tree. When he arrived, he found the
little fellows body hanging naked in the
tree, in exactly the position in which he
had been killed, with one arm hooked
over a limb, and the bucket hanging
from the other with the cherries still in
il. Ii is a remarkable fact that Mrs.
Merrikin heard no noise at all, and saw
no flame, while to those around and
here in Stanton the crash was terrific.
The boy was the son of Henry Lewis,
living near the national cemetery.
SERIOUS AFFRAY BETWEEN BOYS.
From the Corinth News
A very serious affray took place be
tween little white boy, by the name of
JEFF Day, and Owen, a cOlOred boy,
which resulted in the latter receiving
two very severe and perhaps fatal cuts,
one in the left side and the other in the
back. Both boys are Of the same size,
and about twelve years of age. The
alteration grew out of a game of mar
bles.
PHOTOGRAPHED BY LIGHTNING.
From the South Bend Tribune
Just after the storm, Levi Sipes, an
employe in the Huey Chair Factory,
happened to glance from his work out Of
one of the south windows of the shop,
and was surprised to see the outlines Of
two buildings on one of the lights Of
glass. He called the attention Of H. Y.
Huey and others to the strange phe-
nomenon, and a closer inspection show
ed them to be as perfect a representa-
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and Leighton Pine as any photographer
could obtain on a negative. These
buildings are on the river bank, about
two and half squares from the factory,
and Oh the north side Of it, but there
was a north window directly in line
with them and the south window on
which the phenomenon appeared. The
belief is that it was caused by electricity,
as it faded away about half an hour
after the storm.
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
Ephraim Morris, black-and-tan gen.
tleman Of the " gay lothario" order, and |
his "lady love-" by name Mary Jordan, |
had little misunderstanding last week |
about third party-number three being |
another one OF the colored troop. Well, |
Ephraim took all Mary's Sunday clothes, |
all her little trinkets, all her love, money, !
ETC., and because Mary didn't "cut up |
row" EphTaim was still unhappy. SUM- /
day evening, when night had closed her |
sable curtains around everything, and |
the lovely Mary had sought her little
bed, Ephraim stole silently 10 her dom
cil, and with murderous intent, did
stick his navy-six through an auger-hOle
and shoot, the ball taking effect in the
calf of Mary's leg. Mary yelled murder,
and Ephraim "lit out" and has not
been heard from since.-COriBh NelCS.