Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-21

charges against him. The accused has
figured here prominently, as local
politician OF the Republican party, and
was at one time jsiler Of this county.
The Msryville Republican says: LAST
week, in the Sinking creek neighbor-
hood, in the lower end of BlOunt couI.
ty, jackson Cook and family, colored,
were taken very III with "milk sick
ness" A little girl died from the effects
OF this poison, and CoLk was dangerous.
ly i'll at last accounts"
Chattanooga Times: The price of
wheat is not likely to open out above
one dollar and five cents, and the mar
ket will probably settle round alb )ut that
figure for several weeks. At M'Minn-
vile the Era reports the price at one
dollar and one dollar and five cents, and
those are the ruling figures at Nashville
so far.
Sweetwater Enterprise: We know q
couple in M'Minn county who are per-
hapS the oldest in Tennessee. Uncle
Henry Mcguire and his good wife, Aunt
Ruth, more than ninety years of age,
and were married over seventy years
ago. They are both enjoying good
health, and bid fair to live number of
years yet.
Chattanooga Times, 18th: Sunday was
very warm, the thermometer reaching
$50 in the forenoon, and 900 in the after.
noon. The churches, however, were
filled with attentive congregations, who
listened to earnest discOurses from their
pastors. Quite number sought the
cool shades of Lookout mountain IN the
afternoon.
Nashville Banner: A gentleman in
Missouri, few days ago, gave the board
Of publication of the Cumberland Pres.
byterian church one hundred and fifty
eight acres Of fine land, near Indepen-
dence, Missouri, worth thirty five dol
lars per acre. Some month or two since
a lady in Kentucky gave the board two
thousand dollars.
Nashville American, 18th: A negro
man got to teasing q white boy at q
corn-shucking on the farm OF Tip Ram
dolph, eight miles from Murfreesboro,
when the boy became enraged and
stabbed the negro in the heart with q
barlow blade. The negro fell over on
pile of shucks and died almost instant.
Iy. The boy is only thirteen years old
Chattanooga Commercial: We were
shown yesterday best grown by Mr..
Alex. Milliken on his farm on South
Chickamauga, six and half miles from
the city, that measured twenty-seven
and half inches in length, fifteen inch.
es in circum ference, and weighed nine
pounds two ounces. He said he had
others quite as heavy as this one, but
not 80 long.
Nashville American: Four drunken
men were quietly laid away in the cour
house at Murfreesboro, Monday night.
They had lost the power of locomotion,
on account of having been shot in the
neck with several bottles. They were
subsequently "blued," and will wear
the color of the sky for week. "Blue-
iDgn is a custom peculiar to the gay
larks at Murfreesboro.
Knoxville Tribune: The coming cleo
lions are exciting considerable attention,
and the candidates are freely canvassed.
A correspondent at Dunlap says the
nomination of Tilden is well received.
Governor Porter is the choice of the peo.
pie for governor; Judge Bradford will be
the next chancellor; General Dibrell is
wanted for congress again; Judge r. P.
Lloyd, Of Bledsoe, ia Endorsed for State
senator, and the floaterial candidate will
be good man.
Maryville Republican: Monday after
noon, about five O'Clock, heavy rain
storm, accompanied by wind, thunder
and lightning, passed over this place.
During the storm, lightning struck
Messrs. Henry & Fagg's blacksmith
shor, passing through the roof to the
ground. Jacob Henry and Aleck Fagg
were thrown to the ground by the
shock. Mr.. Sci. Irwin and q man
named Bob Bryant, who had taken
refuge in the shop from the storm, were
also shocked.
Chattanooga Times: The United
States circuit court at Mobile, Judge
Woods presiding, rendered a decree on
Thursday, thirteenth instant, ordering
that the purchasing bondholders now in
possession Of the Alabama and Chatta-
nooga road, have further time until Sep
TENDER lst, next, to pay into court the
liens decreed as superior to first mort
gage bonds. II these liens are not by
that time settled, then the decree orders
the road to be advertised for sale, and to
be sold October 4th, next, to the highest
bidder. The lien SO far determined, and
which must be met by September first,
amounts to about two hundred and
twenty thousand dollars.
Chattanooga Times: Mr.. P. R. Albert,
at Seeman's, has asplendid meerschaum
pipe, which was once the property Of
Prince Emil, Of Saxony. The prince
smoked it while he was stu lying at
Leipsic. He got in debt to tobacconist
in the city, and having left the pipe with
him for repairs, the tobaoconist retained
1t for his bill and Emil never redeemed
it. The tobacconist sent it to a gentle.
man in this city, whose property it now
Is. The prince got beautiful color on
the lower half Of the bowl and all of the
stem. 1t weighs about a pound, and
holds about one ounce Of tobacco. The
lid is Of solid silver and helmet shaped
to indicate the royal owners corps, he
having been caVslryman in the Saxon
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