Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-24
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A BLOODY BATTLE on Saturday even
ing last, in Center Alley, Monroe Mitchell
, and Henry Davis, both negroes, fell on
and fought, one with an iron poker and tn
other with bottles, until both were ex
hausted by loss Of blood. Mitchell WELD
ed the poker and Davis the bottles. Tn,
former IecciYed three fearful cuts, one Owe
the left eye, another in the center and thu
third in the top Of the forehead. The Latter
received frightful cut just above and be
hind the left ear. Both were disabled anC
have been confined TO their rooms ever
since. It was the most desperate fight
witnessed in Jackson for many dag.
MELANCHOLY. = On Saturday last, al
night, three able bodied men applied at
Police Headquarters for place to sleep
They were without money, and hence with
out friends. Work they could lot get, and
although able and willing 10 work, charity
they implorcd for even a place to sleep
| Sufferers they were, and our kind police
men allowed them to rest their weary
! limbs in the rooms Of the Police Head
| quarters. The times are stringent The
! laborers are many, but the vinyard Is small.
/ Work is scarce. Suffering muluPlies. God
be mercful to the poor we may cxcaim,
but would it not be better to say, christians
practice what you teach.
A THIEF BROUGHT TO GEIEF.-On
Monday two weeks ago 4 man calling him
self ]. c. Smith, hired horse from Tom
IinsOn & Howard, TO ride few miles in
the country. He represented himself as
South Carolinian, prospecting in Tenues-
see with the view of buying land. AT the
expiration Of q reasonable time for him 10
return, and he not returning, Tomlinson &
Howard became uneasy about their horse
and went to work to find Smith. They
heard OF him first at HumbOldt-next at
Memphis, where he sold the horse-neXt at
Sardis, Miss, where he beat another livery
firm-and next at Vicksburg, where he
was arrested. The latest information is
that Smith was enroute from Vicksburg to
Sardis. But the question is will Tomlin-
son ~ Howard get their horse.
THE MEMPHIS CONFERENCE FEMALE
INsTITUTE.-The Fall session Of the above
time hOnored institution closed on Thurs
day, the I'D, and the Spring Session VIII
open on Monday, Goth. We are proud to
know that its present condition is flourish
ing, and that its future grows brighter with
promise every year. Firmly fixed IN the
popular heart and mind, as an institution
Of learning without n superior, its patron
age, inlunce and usefulness has increased |
year by year from its foundation. II now
stands al the head of Southern colleges, |
and.its fame and patronage extends over /
many States. At the beginning of a new |
session, we take occasion to congratulate |
President Jones and his able assistants on |
the present prosperity Of the Institute, aad
bespeak for it increasing hOnors.
TEXAS CoRN.-Mr. Il. NJ. Whitfield, who
resides in the neighborhOod of Medon, in
this county, moved TO Washington county,
Texas, in November, 1872, and made q crop
there last year. lie returned to "Oid
Madison" last December, TO STAY. lie
was in our Office on Wednesday ard hand
ed us an ear of corn which he gathered out
of his field in October, and which was al
most entirely destroyed by being woeyil-
eaten. We examined great many Of the
grains and found the germ Invariably des-
iroyed. He says it is a fair specimen Of
nst years crop in the region Of country
where it was raised.
MoRAL-Stay in "Old Madison" where
he weeyil doesn't cat the corn.
A LARGE PETIrION.-A petition, signed
)y many Of our best citizens, praying that |
Mr.. w. W. Bruce be Te-instated on the pO-
ice force, was presented Mayor Arlington, !
m Tuesday, and his Honor promptly re-
ponded to the same, by making the ap- /
,ointment at once. Mr.. Bruce while on the ,
police force, made most unexceptlOnable !
'ficer, and his reappointment gives gener- S
i satisfaction. In such matters efficiency :
hould be the basis Of appointment, and l
he interests of the city demand that expe- i
fenced officers who have been faithful and '
ompetent, should be employed during I
,ood behavior. '
REACHING FOR. HIS HAT.-On Thursday
morning an amusing incident occurred on
lain street. The wind was blowing sever
/ knots to the minute, and a gentleman
while attempting to make crossing, lost
lis hat. Said gentleman was somewhat in
lis cups and hence his efforts to recover his
lat were, to say the least Of it, complicated.
every effort he made to get the truant hat,
he further he got from the hat. After
flowing and roofing around in the mud for
ONE time, the police solved the difficulty
~ taking the gentleman, hat and all, to the
tatiOn house.
LAWYERS on THEIR MCSCLE.-On Mon
lay evening last the Circuit Court room
vas thrown into confusion by 4 personal
ombat between counselors Bright and |
Blair, growing out of the McClanahan will
ase. MIR. Bright was one Of the counsel
RS for the will and also a witness, having
lrawn up that instrument. Mr.. Blair was
ne of the couuselors on the other side, and
n his speech impeached Brights evidence as
witness. Mr.. Bright was sitting near, and
usU behind Blair, when he BlaIr) assault.
ii his (Bright's) evidence. Mr.. Blair had
ardly completed strong sentence, i'm
,eaching Brighps evidence, when the lat
er struck him. The bar interfered and the
were separated before any dam
ge to either had been inflicted. Mr.. Blair
inished his argument. bat Mr.. Bright made
It him twice more before he got through.
They are both gentlemen and young men
If talent, and we sincerely hope that there
Will be no further trouble between them.
WANT, MISERY AID DEATH.-On sun.
lay mornin,, last, an old man by the name
Of J. j. Prince, was found dead in a house
on the corner of shannon and College
streets. lie was known here rs a faith doc
tor, and among his effects were found in
receipts and charms. Thcrc was
also found a certificate of registration, bar
ing date May 1871, and issued in AlcorH
County, Miss. His death was evidently the
result of exposure and want The verdict
of the Coroners Jury was "died Of pncu-
mOnia," which interpreted means OF pow
erty in its most cruel sense, For days he
had lain there without attention of any
kind, and died rs he had suffered, alone
In the same house on Thursday morning
a Mrs. Hawkins breathed her last, after a
long and miserable Illness. Her death was
also the result Of exposure and want.
She came to this city last spring from Cor
NTH, Miss. Sac came here with boy and
girl, her children-aged about ten and
twelve years After she came here she gave
birth to child, which was four months
old At the time OF her death. The two first
rs she affirmed, were born in we'd
lock the last one was not. As the COM
panion OF Prince she was known here.
During the fall she picked cotton on a farm
W.T. of IacLsnn nnL whom tho nj tor nnr.,o |