Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-03-12
The Sad Accident at the SWeetWater
Bridge - The East Tennessee
PlOods-RailrOad TrOu-
bles All Over.
A Manufacturing POint--A Good sng-
gestIOn-1he Louisiana Affair
PENIS Statement - AceI-
dental Deaths-Etc.
A SAD DEATH.

bracing was necessary, and this was
done. Conductor Elmore, of Holloway 's
train, had gone up TO Moore's bridge,
and, with Vice-President Jacques, was
looking on as the bridge was being test
ed with the flat-csrs. They heard the
bell Of Holloway's engine ringing, and,
looking In the direction of Benson's
bridge, could plainly see the headlight
Of the engine as it ran on the bridge.
They were all much surprised that the
engine should be run over the bridge
without il being otherwise tested but
their surprise gave way to horror as in q
few moments afterwsrd they saw
the headlight rise up into the air,
and then plunge downward out
| OF sight, and heard the crashing
Of the timbers. Instantly they knew
the engine was down in the creek.
Running with fearful expectancy, Vice
President Jacques, Conductor ElmOre
and Mr.. Moore, with the rest Of the
working party, were speedily at the
scene of the engine's fatal fall. AS her
! forward trucks had reached the portion
| of the bridge Immediately over the
! creek, they crushed through the TIM
/ bers, and falling downward, the engine
| turned q complete somersault, and was
thrown down on the tender, which
rested on its wheels at the bottom of the
| creek"
RAILROAD TROUBLES OVER,
The troubles of the East Tennessee,
! Virginia and Georgia railroad, resulting
! from the recent fl Jod, we bOps are now
/ about over. Tie line is now in good
condition fIom Cleveland to Knoxville,
/ excepting the Hiwassee bridge, and
| 4 of
! the river.
A PLACE FOR MANUFACTURES.
In answer to several queries received
! in the las. few days from the north, the
Columbus Enquirer gives the informa-
| ton that the ChattahoOchee river, q
broad, deep stream, navigable below the
factory dam TO Apilachicols, Florida,
| falls one hundred and twenty feet from
! Just above the Columbus ferry to the
steamboat landing. The distance is
three and half miles. This will afford
power enough, Engineer L.. p. Grant
! estimates, to run q million and quar-
| ter spiDdles and furnish employment
! for nearly sixty thousand people, and
promising basis for a population Of
! half million. The present dam at Co
| lumbus will run one hundred and eighty
!
! cotton and wooden manufactures in CO.
! lumbus, all built since the war upon the
! ruins of those burned by the Federals in
1865. They are now working thirty-five
| thousand spindles, and take about eight
I thousand bales Of cotton annually. The
river bed is composed OF rock, and plen-
| ty of it can be easily secured for build
| ing purposes.
A GOOD SUGGESTION ANENT THE CIVIL
RIGHTS BILL.
Savannah NelVs: The legislature of
| Georgia, among its other omissions, ne-
elected to make any provision for de-
| Tending In the United States district
courts and carrying to the supreme
court cases against our citizens for vio-
lations Of the civil rights bill. In our
opinion such q provision would have
proved conservatory OF the peace and
have relieved many good citizens Of en-
barrassment. The civil rights act pro-
vides that any cases arising under it
may be carried to the supreme court OF
the United States, no matter what may
be the amount involved. We are told
that the best lawyers entertain no doubt
that the court will declare the act un-
constitutional whenever a test case is
acted on. But the trouble is that very
msDy OF our people cannot stand the
expense OF employing counsel and
paying court fees TO take cases up.
! Had the State made an appropriation
for this purpose, or had 1t retained
two or three lawyers to attend to
cases Of this kind, this difficulty might
have been obvisted. 1t would have re-
quired but small appr opriatiOn, proba-
| bly not more than twenty thousand dol
lars: and this would have been a small
sum in comparison with the vexation,
| expense, and probable loss Of business
which will result from the neglect to
make it, to say nothing of possible con-
flicts and blOOdshed which may grow
out OF this civil rights contest. Had the
State made this provision, all the people
doing business likely TO be affected by
the civil rights act could easily have
agreed upon q common course to pur.
sue; in fact it would have been suffi-
ciently indicated by the action of the
legislature. But now they have nosuch
common policy or guide.
KILLED BY CARELEssN Ess.
An infant child OF Albert Burrows,
aged about five months, Iroze to death
last Saturday night, while sleeping in
it's cradle, at its parents house, neal
Dubuque, Iowa. The parents put it to
bed at night and then retired them
selves, and did not awake until morn.
Tag, when they found their little One
had frozen to desth during the night.
The coroner Wss notified and held al
inquest, the jury reporting that the chilC
came to its death by the unintentiona
neglect of its parents.
THE LOUISIANA AFFAIR,
New Orleans Times, of Wednesday
Governor D. B. Penn arrived on Mon
day night, and expresses himself as
highly pleased with his trip. Before
leaving Washington he had quite s
lengthy interview with President Gran
as well as Nice-President Wilson, bOtf
of whom expressed an earnest desire Il
have the adjustment carried out, anC
promised that the terms agreed upOI
should be fulfilled 10 the letter. Dudnl
the conversation with Mr.. Wilson, tha
gentleman inquired Of Governor PenI
as to the feeling in the State re
gsrding the proposed arrangement
and seemed much pleased wheI
I he was informed that a msjOrit!
Of the thinking people of tn,
State indorsed It as the bes
terms obtainAble, and would abide b.
IL. n very large uhlOIlLyf ia iaCt u0ai
Iy all Of the people, would support tn
, action Of their Conservative represents
tives IL the adjustment were carried GU
In good faith by the Republicans. Gov
: ernor Penn was assured by both tn
President and Vice-President that To
terms would be carried out by them
and in that assertion convinced hIr
that an extra session of the legislator
! would be called, all reports TO the cor
= trary Notwithstanding. This declara
? ton, coming rs it does from the highei
, authority, will, we trust, set at re'
doubts now entertained by few Dem
e ocrats, as to the calling OF the extra sc;
- sion, and the faithful fulfiillment, b
q the Republicans, Of the terms OF th
: agreement proposed by Mr.. Wheels
= and indorsed by the leaders Of the Lii
: eral or Conservative party, north an
:, south.
!. AFRAID OF HER AoTHER-IN-LAw.
y A moiher-in-law Ii occasionally Il
/, source Of annoyance. The COuntei
= Maria Scioppo, nee Randlner, of Veron
Italy, shot herself through the hea