Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-16
TENNESSEE NEWS.
JscksonIhss base bali.

JscksonIhas base bali.
Dresden wants mite society.
Chattanooga has an ice-factory.
Jackson is infested with thieves.
Bell's Depot Enterprise says that "dog
fennel is growing luXurianuy."
Mayor PrestwOod, the town constable,
and the principal of the Dresden high
school, have resigned, says the Dresden
paper.
Mr. Z. M. DOdsOn has sold the Chat
tauooga Times to MessTs. Pstten & PayLs
and the last number out hasn't a line Of
editorial.
Humboldt Herald: While blowing in
his field near the Gibson wells, lsst Sat
urday, Mr.. Barnes, a highly respected
farmer, fell dead. The cause OF this
sudden death is supposed to have been
apoplexy.
Shelbyville Commercial: The grass
hoppers, as we are informed by r. l..
Singleton, our popular county court
CLERK, have made their appearance in
the eastern portion of the county in
great numbers.
Shelbyville Commercial: B ]. Castor
and Eliza Thompson; W. A. Ward and
Martha J. BurroW; Samuel Thomas and
Lucy Spray; H. G. Mullins and Rebecca
X. Reeves; John BOyers and Helen
Sanders; VIVA. Raft and Isabel Reagor,
have all embarked upon the matrim0nis
al tide.
L. P. Meyers, of the Humboldt He
raid, has Joined the church, now pub
fishes a religious column, denounces
Memphis as the worst place this side Of
Satan's home, and urges the Sunday
schoOl children of his town to make an
excursion to this city. Although Meyers
is considered demented, yet his TeCollec-
tiOns of the immortality Of Memphis in
spire his awful inVectives.
Knoxville Press and Herald, Friday:
The directory of the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad held q
meeting in the company's office in this
city, yesterday afternoon. The business
transacted was mainly of routine
nature and unimpOrtant to the public
The double daily passenger service will
be restored over this railroad, beginning
with the tWenty-third instant, or if that
is too early for the necessary arrangement
to be made, on the thirtieth instant.
The schedule will vary but little from
the former one.
Chattanooga Times: On Wednesday
evening about six O'Clock, after Mrs.
NOll had filled her teapot, and was hold
ing it in her left hand and setting the
kettle upon the stove with her right
hand, her infant daughter Louisa, unOb-
served by anyone, ran up and placed Der
mouth to the spout Of the pot, inhalIng
the steam, She at once commenced
gsspipg for breath and crying. Medical
aid was obtained, but nothing could be
done except to put some sslve or her
scslded lips, ss the internal injuries
could not be reached. Alter suffering al
night she died yesterday morning about
seven o'clock.
Sheibyville Gazette: Mr.. Raymond,
the egg-merchant who was shipping
eggs from this point for the two months
ending the middle of April, shipped in
that period 524 barrels, with 20 dozen of
eggs in each barrel, which makes 36,-
68S dozen, and they probably average 20c
per dozen, and that would make S7336
worth Of eggs shipped by one firm from
this place in two months. There were
probably shipped by other parties in this
place 200 barrels, or IA 600 dozen at the
same price, which would make the egg
trade Of this place, in the last TWO or
three months, foot up about $40, 900.
That's big thing on eggs.
AlIuding to the recent editorial of the
APPEAL urging the Democratic party
under its own banner 10 make the fight
against Radicalism, the Jackson Dis
patch says: "The APPEAL is correct.
The Democratic party would deserve
dissolution were IL ever again to form an
alliance with those misChief-makers
and disorganizeTs known as Liberals or
Independents, except 10 unite to fight
despotiEn, thievery and corruption un-
der the Democratic banner with DEM
ocratic s sndard-besrer. The paper that
will still persist, under the circumstan-
ces, to advocate liberalism, independ-
entism, half-way-ism, go.between-i n-ism
o: any other damnabie and detestable
ism deserves Ostracism.