Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-14

e hLLle. ESQUIRE COnn0I has fnppifed IN
y INDECENT family with good, healthy food
: and the physician has given them posi-
tive orders in regard 20 their diet, Il
s which respect they had continued to &C
i very imprudently even after death ha'
ID taken several of the family away an,
Others were sick, and hselthy food hal
been supplied. The roof Of the house il
2 which the sick are, leaks, and a heav.
rain would prove detrimental to thei
, becoyery.-R RR0IoiAe G.TORicle.
II Last night, about ten o'clock, two ne
? gro men, named Ike johnson and Ed
! Erkson, dressed up in Uomen's clothes
: and walked into the back yard of thr
residence of Mrs. Eliza Sneed, on Cum
berland street between Gay and Prince
streets, and asked servant standing II
|. the porch for a drink of water. Thei
appearance frightened the servant
whose screams alarmed the whole house
hold. The burglars ran off, and pass
ing down Prince street, went into tn,
cellar in the Franklin house, and dis
rObed themselves of their female attire
Upon dihigent search, MI. Joe SneeC
found one of the prowliDg negroes, anC
from him extracted the name Of th,
other, and had them lodged in the Gala
bOose. They were evidently bent OF
rascality, and should be summarily pun
ished.-RnoLVii}e Press ana Herald.
A year sometimes brings s.boutincred
bic changes, and without the aid of any
magician's wand. Just twelve months
ago big, bay horse, blind of one eye
"might have been seen" lazily drag.
ging that bnrlesque of plow known as
the "bull- -tOnge" through "Hen VAL
ley" To-day the same old field is bor-
dered on one side by neat white Gotta
ges, on the other by roomy hotel,
while before it stands an immense fur
mace; and from the field itself springs
not the tasselled corn, but flaming RO-
man candles, sky-rOckets and the like.
or course this means 0akdale, where q
big cannon banged away all day on the
GLORIOUS Fourth" saluting the stars
and stripes that were flung to the breeze
from the top of the draught stack, q
hundred feet above. RepOr. says every
body was enthusiastic, patriotic and
good natured.-RingstOzl Valley NetOs.
We had the pleasure of meeting, on
Sunday last, at the Commercial hotel,
Mr.. II. n. Allen, engineer, in charge OF
the work on the Knoxville an Memphis
narrow-gauge railroad. He informed us
that about nine thousand yards of grad
ing had been finished between Bolivar
and Henderson Station, and that the
work was progressing favorably. No
trestling or erosstieiDg had yet been
done, but would be commenced as soon
AS the farmers laid by their crops. Most
of the work is to be done by farmers
along the line. He thinks to have con-
struction trains running early in the fall
as far as Pine Ridge, eleven miles west
Of Henderson Station. This ridge is the
only heavy grading on the line. Hen
| derson Station has subscribed twenty
thousand dollars toward this road, which
speaks volumes III her praise. The peo-
pie along the line are liberal in subscrib-
ing and prompt to pay.-JackSOR Wing
and Tribune.
We are exceedingly gratifed to be en-
abled to state to our readers that the tax
list of the first district, comprising the
city of Knoxville, will sum up
over four million two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, an in
crease over last years assessment
of over one million dollars. Whether
this prosperous condition is due to the
material thrift of our wide-awake eiti-
zens, or has been brought about by the
much-abused new tax law, we are not
prepared to state; undoubtedly it is the
result of both causes combined. Count
ing the thousand dollars exemption on
personal property, and the deduction of
fifteen per cent. on real estate, besides
the not inconsiderable amount of prop
erty inaccessible to our efficient asses
sor, We may safely estimate the wealth
of our city to exceed five million dollars,
exclusive of the stocks of merchandise
contained in the numerous stores and
warehouses in the city.-RaoIriIle Press
and Herald.
The report of Superintendent w. r.
Garrett, of Giles, was the finst and only
report received at the office Of the State |
superintendent, yesterday, concerning
the action of the courts on Monday. |
That report brings the gratifying intel |
hgence that the county court of Giles, |
by unanimous vote, levied the neces-
sary additional tax as set forth in the |
State superintendent's circular. A free
tax Of one dollar, and a tax of one mill |
on each dollars worth of taxable prop
erty, were levied for the benefit of pub |
lie schools. 1t is esti mated by Superin- |
tendent Garrett that the whole amount |
of school fund, from all sources, that |
will now be realized by Giles county for |
the ensuing year, will be about thirty |
three thousand dollars, clear of all coun- |
ter-claims. The scholastic population |
OF the county is estimated at nine thou |
sand. Not long ago the people Of Giles
voted down a proposition to levy any |
school-tax at all. This unanimous vote |
of the court shows a great improvement |
in the feeling on the subject of schools. |
Union and american.
On Monday night man by the name
of K. II. Mynatt, i'm Union county,
asked for lodgings at the residence of q
Mr.. Roberts, about seven miles from the
city, and, as the man possessed hos
pItable nature, of course the weary trav-
eler was furnished q room. But Judge
the surprise of the kind-hearted old man
in the morning when he found that the
stranger had left before breakfast and
took with him some of his money. In
other words, the man was robbed and
the thief gone. Mr.. Roberts at once
came to town and informed Assistant
Cain, who kept watch for him
at the depot, and, not seeing him get
aboard, proceeded to search the train
he was brought out on the platform and
lt once admitted having committed the
crime, turning over some three or four
dollars. He was brought before Squire
Ochs, who bound him over to appear at
he next term of the criminal court, and
n default of bail, he was forced to pay
lis brother (who is under charge OF rape)
visit at Castle Gossett. On making an
he was found to have in his
possession number of keys, railroad
;hecks, and some slips of bank note
PAPER, with large figures fifty on them,
apparently prepared with an intention
u changing smaller bills into that de-
domination. From the number of keys,
abroad checks and other articles found
q his possession, Ii Is thought that he is
regular sharper.-KnorUiHe Chronicle ! !
Mr.. Elisha Martin, who lives in the {
ALLEY beyond Redwood, in this coun- |
y, met with an adventure the other day /
which we deem sufficiently interesting {
o merit more than a passing notice.
dr. Martin, who is a truthful and relia- {
lie man, states that while at work few I
lays ago in his field, feeling tired, con- {
luded to rest himself, and with that
Jew sought large log near by. After
comfortably seating himself, and whilst
ngaged in wiping the perspiration from !
lis face, he felt something moving un-
Ter him. After getting the psrspiration
rom his eyes, and looking down, he saw
he tail-end of snake protrIlding from
,eneath the log-a rattlesnake too, for !
here were a number of rattles on the
tail, which were wriggling !
and at the same time realized !
be appalling fact that he was seated on /.
huge and venomous rattlesnake. Most !.
nen, under such circumstances, would
ave been paralyzed and unable to
move. Not so with him. Had he sud- :
enly and Unexpectedly been perforated !.
With a keen-pointed pin, or shot out of
cannon, he could not have gotten off !
hat log and the snake quicker. Indeed, !