Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-02


Ripley News: Samuel Bibb, the mul
derer of Maynard; Thompson, the mul
deTer Of Gimp, and Nelms, the would
he assassination OF Mr.. Lea, are still &
large. We think it would he well fo
our sheriff to furnish the governor wit
q description Of these Ted-handed out
laws, In order that he may offer the Gus
tomary rewPrd, and assist in securing
their apprehension and punishment. |
IS getting to he too common for men 4
STAY their victims and then make goo,
their escape,
Dyersburg Gazette: The army worm
have been doing considerable mischie
] II Dyer cOr1ty. Their appearance il
not general, but in some localities they
have entirely dCJtroyed meadows anC
| got into the VIII t su,. co.D, stripping
the foliage entirely of. They are re-
! ported to have Inflicted immense dam.
age 20 the growiDg crops, but we are sat
istied that the real damage has beer
g.eatly exaggerated ard that farmer
" Ill rise plenty OF corn and wheat fol-
themselves aud the worms, too.
Knoxville Pres3 and Herald: En-
gineer Homer, on the passenger train
hence from Careyville, yesterday morn
ing, reports running into layer OF hail
sto les ten inches deep, in cuG just
above Coal creek. The stones had
doubtless fallen the eveT'ng b ore, and
had la on the ground all the warm
summer night. Numbers of them were
brought to the city. The trees where
the hail had fallen were completely
stripped OF their leaves. The space in
which the stones were lying was not
over fifty yards in length.
DyersbuTg Gazette: There is no place
like home, especially if that place is
Dyer county. Some time ago Rev. Sid
Harris moved to Texas and Mr.. Dave
Adsms went to California, both from
DyersbUrg. The other day both return
ed, fully convinced that Dyer county is
worth California and Texas put together.
The Golden State is crowded to over
flowing, and thousands of idle men
would get away if they could and Texas
isn't the place it is cracked up to be. II
a man is willing to work he can make as
much money and do as well in old Dyer
as he can any place in the wide, wide
world.
In alluding to the mObbing of the ne
gro Reed recently at Nashville, the
ADAlCADy WIG NOllllutlCldl Bdtes " Dtll
the Trenton affair occurred the Nash
vile papers and Governor Brown were
very severe upon the people OF that To-
cality, denOuncing them as outlaws
and muTderers, and urged a thorough
and speedy investigation Of the affair,
and threatening fearful punishment up
on the people of that neighbOrhOOd. In
the Trenton affair the people had some
nCfIfinofin4a for fhnir ony1hTnt. in ho
Nashville affair they had none. We
are told that chickens come home to
roOst, and Nashville hes hers high on
the pole; but whether they will ever be
taken down and out is the question.
The Covington Clarion says: Messrs.
Whittle and Bliss are carrying on very
successful mountaineering at the Green
law Operahouse in Memphis. The clergy
Of Memphis are generally cooperating
in the good work. We hope uney may
succeed in roofing out the devil from the
whole Mississippi valley, and drive him
back TO Brooklyn. II is said that
when the devil took Christ up to a high
mountain and showed him all the king
dOmS OF the earth, and offered them to
him if he would bow down and worship
him. he put his hand on Brooklyn and
said: 'But this place 1 would keep for
myself" Whittle aud Bliss should give
Brooklyn a chance before they are
through.
Alamo Sentinel: G.. w. Weston, the
great wheelbaTOw man, vino is now
walkingfrOm New Orleans to New York
city, rolling wheelbarrOw, in which be
carries his tent, cooking utensils, pro-
visions, etc, passed through here last
Wednesday. He is a jolly, genial fel.
low, and has with him his three children,
90 healthy and robust ones as we have
ever seen. The front OF his Wheelbar-
row is labeled, "For the Centennial "
He says it may Ee that he will be forced
to wither all OF President Grants third
term hopes, and in the meantime he is
aX-handles and selling them for
a livelihood. When he gets to Cincin-
natl he expects to publish a book con-
cerning his travels, and still another
when he gets to New York.
Ripley News: We are reliably in
formed that Mr.. NJ. NJ. Lindsey, one of
the party that went in pursuit of Nelms,
the man who shot J. l.. Lea, at Fulton,
came up with the rascal a few miles
from Randolph, in Upton county, and
shOts with him without effect
Mr.. Lindsey was riding a spirited young
horse, and came upon Nelms, who was
on foot, unexpectedly, and rode up to
within twelve PAGES Of him. He told
Nelms he had come for him. when
Nelms spTang behind tree anG Ieveling
lis pistOI fired. NJ. Lindsey Was armed
with a double-barreled shotgun, and
.aking aim es best he could on his pranc-
ng steed, fired at Nelms. At the crack |
IF the gun his horse threw him, and
Nelms ran of, making good bis escape. |
Nelms is supposed to be making for Tip |
lah county,, Mississippi, where he for |
nerly resiued. We hope he may yet be
and suffer the penalty his crime
merits.
Nashville Banner: A fearful accident |
occurred on the Northwestern road, near |
distillery, at noon Saturday.
A negro named Frank Stump had about |
lnlOaded a flat-car Of tan-bark. Alice |
charlton, cOlored, aged about seven |
ry1 years, had EFT her home, two hun |
lred yards distant, and had come down |
, the railroad to pick up the scattered |
pieces of tan-bark for fireWOod. She |
TT3 followed by her younger sisters,
Henrietta, aTed ten. and Mamie, aged |
our yePrs. she, however, left the list |
wO named see 5ed upon a stone wall,
ONE distance from the f1at.car. Alice
rot on the fiat-ca, and while busily en-
gel in = ck ag up the bark her Two
listers came down the track and COM
nenced + do the same around the car.
When stump had finally completed bis
york he turned off the break. The car,
lot moving dOWl the incline, he got
IOWn, and, putting his shoulder to it,
moved it off at a nretty fast rate of
peed. Alice jumpeC. off and was struck
" the cPr, anu a'7O came near being
un over. 1t is supposed Mamie was
nder the car at the time it wes started,
nG tina, she was in the act of getting off
he track, when the wheels OF the rear
ruck Stuck and rUp over her head,
rushing her brains out. Henrietta, in
rying to rescue her from death, had her
ingeIs mashed of. Alice carried the
cad bCiy Of her sister home, where
Ryan held an inquest
ver it. After partial examination he
)stpOned further investigation until to-
morrow, in order to obtain the testimony
( other witnesses.
Nashville Banner, Sunday: We have
zen permitted to make the following
XtraCt from priva-e letter received
lere yesterday fro n M'Minuville, giving
additional particulars OF the accident
which occurred there Thursday night:
w. b. Walker, stOTekeeper, at half
,ast seven o'clock in the evening, went
ntO the TeCtifying room in the second
tory OF NJ BrOon's distillery, with a
amp, while the doubling was being run
y Ha uvaS cit.in0 on II q and pf tha