Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-10
The ChOlera's RaTages-Murders and
Accidents--The SOmerviIle m.
E. District Conference.
The Granges-A Murder Trial Con.
cluded-Sudden Death-Biften
By Snakes-SmOthered in
Wen, Etc.

JUST ABOVE I0e ne8FI. he OleQ llnmeul
ately.-RiHgstol NeeoS. a-a
There has been considerable sicknes,
in CoOpertown, OF this county, during
this summer-chOlera, hux, and typhoid
fever. Only two deaths, however. W.
are glad to learn that this beautiful lit
tie village is again possessed of its usua
health.-SpriRQjield Record. -.r
The wheat is generally threshed. anC
the yield does not, as an average, real
ize expectations. Some fields measured
fifteen to twenty bushels of good graiI
to the acre, but large majority were a!
low as six to eight of an Indifferent
quality.-FGyette0iISe Observer.
There is not now, nor has there beer
any cholera in MOrristown except tn,
case of Mr.. Carson, who contracted the
disease at Greeneville, came here anC
died. Our town is being put in good
sanitary condition, and the health o
the place was never better.-MOTristOdOT
Gazette.
We learn from Mr.. Hugh Tate thai
Mr.. Cave Caldwell, who was stabbed by
his brother last Tuesday week, is i'm.
proving fast, and is certain to recover
from what was thought to be mortal
wound. This viii be gratifying news tC
the many friends of Mr.. Caldwell, and
lift heavy load from the minds of ouI
people generally.-B OliUdr BtllLetig.,
Some of the papers not particularly
fond of the farmers oranges want to
know if negroes will eve. be admitted
as members; and if not, why not? Cuffy
is in the woOdpile again, and, as usual,
is going to make "big trouble in the
camp As general thing the negroes
are farmers, say these inquisitive fel-
lows, and how are you going TO exclude
them from a farmers society? We
don't knOw.-BOliUar Bulletin.
We regret exceedingly to chronicle
the fact that cholera prevails to an
alarming extent at Union City. There
is great exodus of citizens from that
place. Out Of population of three
thousands, only about six hundred in-
hsbitants now remain. Many business
houses have been closed, and the Union
City Courier has suspended for week,
on account of the great scourge. On
Monday, out of thirteen cases, there
were six Observation-Disclosures Repu6h-
can.
- at Nlllo klldCG Ou
last Monday between Thomas Darnold
and Nat Darnold, two brothers, in
which the former shot at the latter but
missed him. Tom also snapped three
times more at Nat, but the pistol failed
to fire. They were then separated
without either receiving any serious in
jury. The cause of the affray, as we
learn, was concerning a lawsuit about
some land. Nat was taken before the
mayor and fined ten dollars. Tom, as
soon as they were separated, left town
Immediately and was not arrested
Huntingdon Republican.
We understand that work will soon
begin on Chester's and McClanRhan's
leYees, and that it is the determination
of the commissioners to have what is
done well done. The levees will be
raised above high water mark, and the
bridges built upon piling. Good roads,
and especially good levees and bridges,
are among the very greatest needs of the
county. Public and private interests
have suffered seriously for years for want
Of them, and the present movement in
the right direction is hailed with gener-
al .satisfaction.-JdckSOR Wing and
Tribune.
The meeting at the courthouse last
Monday was well attended, and the
proper steps taken to organize farmers
society in our midst. Colonel M. T.
Polk presided over the meeting, which,
after transacting some important pri-
mary business, adjourned to meet again
in this place on the ninth instant to-
Then followed a speech from
Horace NJ. Polk, who is warm advo-
cate of the Brownsville, Bolivar and
railroad. The speaker was
not at loss for facts or figures. and he
used them in profusion.-BoliUdr Balle-
tin.
A well-knOwn negro man, named
Aaron Lamb, came to a sudden death at
Captain Shipp's, about one mile east of
this place, last Wednesday. He was
to clean out a well, and was
at the bottom by foul air.
Before entering a candle was let down,
and it went out. Live Goals were then
lowered, and they were extinguished.
The negro was demonstrated with, and
an effort made to dissuade him from
going down until the unfavorable indi-
cations were removed, but be persisted,
and went to his death. Hooks were
made to drag the body from the well.
For an hour OF two efforts were unavail-
ing, the hooks tearing out whenever
caught. At last the body was hooked in
the mouth and thus recovered. Fdgette-
Oille Observer.
On Sunday afternoon last, little Joe,
son Of Thomas Parham, living one mile
from town, while playing in the yard
with his older brother, was very badly
bitten twice on the ankle by highland
snake. Physicians were i'm
summoned and did all that
they could to relieve him. His ankle
and leg swelled up very badly, and it
vas thought at first the bite would prove
fatal, but we are glad to state that he is
doing as well or better than could have
been expected. Hopes Of his speedy re-
covery are very flattering. We also un-
1erstand that Miss Della Forbes. who
resides about four miles south of HunC-
lngdOn, was bitten by a snake on Tues
day. Though she has experienced con-
siderable suffering from the bite, she is
not in dangerous condition.-HitRting
don Republican.
Last Tuesday belt of grasshoppers
four hundred yards in width were seen
passing from the fields on the east side
Of the LAGRANGE and Bolivar road into
the woods on the west side, a short dis
tance south Of the residence of Mont
Jones. Our informer says they were in
countless numbers, and that he never
saw anything Of the kind before. A
ramble through Hatchie bottom on last
Sunday sustains US in the opinion that
there will be an abundance of mast in
the woods around Bolivar this fan. Some
of the trees are taxed to their utmost
and are bending under the weight that
nature has placed upon them. One of
our acquaintance says hewill lose thou
sands Of dollars this coming winter be-
cause be has no hogs to fatten in the
bottom. BOliVdT Bulletin.
At Ubet, last Monday week, an OBJ
streperons fifteenth-amendment, after
throwing himself on the outside of a
quart Of red-eye, got on the war-path,
armed and equipped with a shotgun.
Some one remarked that he was q mean
negro, and this reused the devils in his
boots, and they came to his whisky
racked brain intent on doing terrible
things. He thrust his old fuzee at Mr..
John Hensley, and threatened 10 shoot,
but the gentleman was too quick for the
half-crazy fool. In an instant Hensley
Ierked the gun out Of his hands, and
dealt him q blow with ii which caused
the blood TO flow profusely. From what
we can learn of the affair, 1t Is not likely
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