Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-10
SOUTHERN NEWS.

machinery for making paupers.
Nashville has received fifty.six thou
sand bales of cotton this season.
Columbus, Georgia, has received sixty
thousand bales Of cotton this season.
Wednesday last Martin Dabney, a
brakeman on the southern railroad, was
killed by the cars at Hopkinsville, Ken
lucky.
The Jackson miss. Times thinks that
the Associated Press agent at Vicksburp,
who sent the recent Fourth-of-July dis
patch, ought to resign.
Scottsville, Kentucky, has a very rich
lead mine, but only one man, and he a
resident of Tennessee, knows where it
is.-Richmond (Va.) Enquirer. We
have Kentucky lesd mine, but it is
not at Scottsville.
"Grace, Mercy and Peace.m Theo.
dOre TiltOn was at Plymouth church
last Sunday and listened to Mr.. Beech
er's sermon. There is q good deal of
life left in that Beecher scandal.-Nash-
vile Banner. We don't know any man
who would enjoy such life more than
jackson Miss Times: We learn that
T. d. Day, treasurer of Pike county, was
robbed last Sunday night Of about nine
thousand dollars in United States cur
rency. Treasurer Day had the sum
above stated, with quantity of county
warrants, which the thief cOnsiderstely
left behind, at his residence, from where
the greenbacks were taken.
Nashville Union and American; We
see it state in the MorristoWn Gazette
that the assessments in five districts of
Hamblen-Only half the county-foots
up eight hundred and seventy-nine dol
lars on CANNES Of both genders. Itmsy
be safely estimated that the dog-tax will
yield in the entire State not less than
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Charleston News and Courier: There
Is more in the suspension Of Hardy
S9lOmOn's bank than has been made
public, or is likely to be; but the State
officers can certainly explain why over
two hundred thousand dollars were de-
posted in that bank, much of the
money having been taken from banks
in which it was unquestionably secure.
The Jackson Miss Times SAYS that
the Meridian Homestead is right, If
Messrs. Mathews and Gibbs aoknOwI-
edged to have received twelve hundred
and fifty dollars to secure pardon for
Barrentine, and were not paid that
amount as fee for professional services.
professionally rendered, they should let
the public know what they did with the
money.
The GAINESVILLE Tenn. Tobacco Leaf
has the following sly compliment to its
next senatorial candidate: Colonel Jas,
4. Bailey, OF this city, has accepted an
invitation to deliver an address at Jones-
bOrO, East Tennessee. We are glad to
see Colonel Bailey becoming acquaint-
ed with the people, who are already be-
coming so well acquainted with his pro.
found ability.
Nelson Walker, prominent coIored
barber OF Nashville, died Wednesday.
he was born in Petersburg, Virginia,
and with his master, J. Knox Walker
about 1872, emigrated to Tennessee
shortly afterwaTd purchasing his fee.
dom. He was one of the Oldest BARRIERS
in the city, and was much respected.
he was self-educated man, served as
magistrate OF Davidson county, studied
law, and entered into its practice.
The Enterprise Miss Courier TINS
notices an Invention made by a promi-
nent citizen Of Northeastern Mississip-
pi: "Mr. George P. Herndon, former.
ly editor Of the TupelO Journal. has had
patented a dasherless churn, which ia
the most complete affair We ever saw. II
is simply hollow tin box, which is re-
volved rapidly on sxles. 1t produces
butter in from two TO five minutes. Mr..
John. E. Evans, of DeSoto, has mr.
chased the right for Clarke county,
The Knoxville Press and Herald saws.
Colonel Aston and Mr.. Clarke, editors
Of The Atlanta Herald and Constitution.
have recently been at
tempting TO fight duel. Both pspers
publish lengthy statements from the
friends Of the parties, but as our readers
have not known any reason why thew !
should have killed each other, they will !
probably not care to know why they |
didn't" The editor of two daiIy ps- |
pers in the same city ought to be killed, |
The Nashville blood-horse association
have opened five stakes for the fall meet |
ing, in addition to the Buford stake /
already filled with twenty-nine entries
These are the Young America stake for
I wO-year-Olds, dash of a mile, twenty |
hye dollars entrance, the association
adding four hundred dollars; Lipckjs
hotel stake for three.year-oids mile
heats theMerchants post-stake two mile
heats, fifty dollars entrance, the associa-
ton adding one thousand dollars; Young
America stake No. 2, one mile; Max.