Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-12-24
SOUTHERN NEWS.


Garroters are plying their vocation at Selma, Ala
bama.
Tramps are committing all sorts OF depredations
on the railway trains In Arkansas.
number of colored people are emigrating from
Henry county, Tennessee, 10 Illinois.
The total loss by the fire at Water VALLEY, Misss-
sippi, last week Is twelve thousand dollars.
Hawson Clark was hung in Somerytlle, Tennessee,
on the fifteenth instant, for the murder OF his uncle
Mrs. SIvely cut her throat In Nashville last Mon
ton.
The maehine-shops of the Mississippi Central and
Tennessee railway Will be erected at Jackson at an
early day.
Office at Pulaski, IN this State, last Sunday night,
but failed.
DrIry Morris, well known citizen Of Morristown,
East Tennessee died suddenly OF heart disease In
that place Tuesday.
The cabin of George Lowell, colored, in Coahoma
county, Mississippi, was burned down last Monday.
and three OF his children perfshed In the flames.
Wise & Co.'S store, at Friars Point Mississippi,
was burned, logether win lis contents, MONDAY
night Half Of their loss covered by Insurance. In
cendlary.
Our country exchanges are contemplating weeks
rest for their weary bones during Christmas, and
consequently the 'No-paper-nextweek" lines are
numerous.
Conductor Lyon, Of the New Orleans St Louis
and Chicago railroad, who killed DR.. Thomas at
Water Valley few weeks ago. was found not guilty
The exhibition hall and stables on the fair
grounds at Selma, Alabama, were burned Monday
night. Loss, bftsen thousand dollars; insured for
half the amount Incendarsm-
The editor Of the Friars Point CoIhon1iaa stands
up and asserts emphaticay, and wants It distinctly
understood, that he IS afflicted with a boil and,
furthermore, that boil is not on his head.
Allison & M'Clung's warehouse in Knoxville this
State, valued, with Its contents, at twentysx thou
sand dollars. burned Wednesday. and George II.
Smith killed By Of It's walls falling on him.
Monroe (Tenn) De1aocrat: The heaviest transac-
tion OF the season In butter took place last Friday.
Mr.. 7. W. Cooke Of BlOunt county, sold from his
wagon $l30 10 worth Of butter to NJ. Matt Carter.
Little Rock. December %: A stranger named
Patrick, supposed 10 be from Trenton. New Jersey,
was found dead near the corner of Thirteenth and
Arch streets. II Is supposed he died from heart
disease
The Pulaski CTenn) citizen is out for Harris for
the long term and anybody for the short term, but
for John C. Brown over anybody II says that Whit
thone would make good senator OF course he
would, or anything else.
Mr.. Rosenborough, living near Sardis Mississippi,
has been digging most extraordinary well. At the
depth of SeveDty-ive feet large gum or walnut log
was struck. The next morning an ITishman and a
negro were sufi0cated In said well.
Athens (Tenn.) Post: We learn that young man
named Reynolds. in Meigs county, while out hunting,
was mistaken by his companion Tor turkey and shot
through the breast BE was alive when our inform
ant left but not expected 10 recover.
James Thomas OF Sumner county, was arrested in
Nashville on the eighteenth instant, charged with
abduction and seduction The proof was against
him. but account Of the critical condition of his
victim the prosecution was dismissed
little Rock, December %: The following was re:
celyed from Fort Smith to-day: Thomas RameSdale,
negro, was killed last night In Sequ0yah district,
Cherokee nation, by his wife choppng him in the
back Of the head with an AK. His wife was an In
dian.
Cornmeal Is selling I'm Rogersville, Tennessee, at
one cent per pound; eOrn thirtyive to forty cents
per bushel lard ten cents butter, fifteen to twenty
cents eggs, fifteen cents green apples, fifty cents
per bushel, and getting scarce. They have been
plentiful all fall
Nashville Banner, THURSDAY: sc. ". Thompson,
the negro who recently shot ana killed Burton Tay
lor, c0lored, near Cherry Valley, Wilson county, was
captured, but escaped rom the oLlcer IN charge.
Nashville, and was lost sight OF here"
Columbia (Tenn.) Journal: Mr.. Robert Taylor, Of
England. arrived direct from the mother country on
Tuesday night, and is stopping at the institute
Rishop Quintard Induced him to come over to study
for the ministry In the American church. He Will
make Columbia his home for some time"
Last Friday Buck Tomlin, a youth Of fourteen
Eears Of age committed suicide By shooting himself
viii derrfngsT pistol, near Columbia, Tennessee:
He ha, uicked cotton all day, and his father told
him about Ssrk 10 90 70 field near the house and
turn out some cais. which he did, and on his return
shot himself.
Nashville Banner, Thursday: During difficulty
at woodland Mills, on the line Of the Northwestern
day, between the railroad agent, named hlnStedd,
and another person whose name could not De ascer-
tanned the latter was shot and killed and "lnstead
seriously wounded
Water VALLEY Courier: "Under the stimulus of the
low price of coal IN Memphis for the last two or
three years great many towns on the line oil the
railroads began TO burn COAL but the recent rse ana
high price viii compel people to adopt wood fires;
Wood is now great deal cheaper to burn than coal
at the present prices
The gin Of T. J. and Pitts Perry burned to the
ground last Friday afternoon at one clock near Big
byyille, Maury county, this State Their loss was
about fifteen hundred dollars, with no insurance.
About eight bags OF cotton. unbaled, was also
burned while hfty or seYentylTe ready for market,
lying near the gin, were saved
A South Carolina negro gave a "cOrn-huskdng"
lately and Invited his cOlored friends 70 the husng,
but as he nai voted the Democratic ticket they re-
fused to 90. Hearing this the whites doubled MS
pile OF cO and then shueked II. which IS In accord
saes With the Democratic platform. The Demo
cratic party Is the poor mans party.
Last Monday morning. and during the greater part
OF the forenoon. Shelbyyille, Tennessee, envel
oped In OF the denseS fogs ever witnessed In that
pan OF the country. Il was so dense that the court
house not visible from the pavement on the pub
c square, and that the sun, with all It's bright rays
failed 10 penetrate IT, and darkness, as 1t were,
vel0pSd the earth.
The citizens OF the Oak Ridge country, Coahoma
county Mississippi haze organized into society for
the protection OF their lands against overflow, with
1 Judge ]. T. kucks as president; j. W. Crowley
treasurer, and b. y. Branch, secretary. About i've
hlldres bales OF cotton we're represented and tax
Of four doiass and fifty cents per bale laid TO be
ssald yearly until p2ifect safety is secured.
~Sya Mss. F1lc.5: "lwc weeks ago, deform-
o. ~Sa sasemeker, John Mulief ey name, was
ed Gerh. >astb nsa- Paris, IN this comfy. In the
burned 70 = ~teeF; Haying become somewhat In
sJ,g ioosngg ~ a las, tegp VITA several companions
about nghtfa Ha, aineS sgi 10 sso ;Y f6r 'T ne b
tie roadside, Muller tIIna king II, tbe road
night hehL morning M ne oE,a w 10 Paris two years ago
from Troy, New York =,
Newport (Ark) Ne7as, December 10: - .tS usS1aS
night last fifteen tramps 1.-THE south-bouId IA
afrssr ff-aa arpfn
helped themselves 20 all the beer and otbe- things
on the train that they wanted. AZ Walnut Ridge
the conductor tried 10 put them on, but they ofeN
tbelr pistols on him and virtually kept charge OF
the train to Alicia, where they got on
Pulaski fTenn) Citizs74: ''The Radicals don't like
the Grover q Baker machine, but prefer the wheeler
& Wilson. That Grover In Oregon se~ed them up
IN their own bag. We seFed them up Slsh strong
Black thread in South Carolina, kicked their
StearIaes Ia FLORIDA and their Wells In Louisiana
ran sgen eeugscE thsi ssssas sO' SeA' ana
fcu,svsIle fKsA Fseasag Fssz. John Burch, a
sslsrslciOus character, who has been representing
himself about tow.1 as newspaper man, eaehTea
the Railroad Saloan. on lower Main street out oI
nIfe dollars and ffty cents yesterday evening he
sSorlse ten glasses Of beer. and In Liquidation pre-
senied ten-dOllar nose Tor change. Alter ne MO
left it was found that the note was spurious D1l ne
has not been found though diligently sought afteT
The franklin fTennl Reyie,o, Of Thursday, says:
i. prominent citizen says that he counted twenty
iht yragous one Gay last week, going 10 haSlVllle
with produce. BE says the people are practlcliiig
economy and getting out Of de5t We WISH II oouid
- sxed 80 that these and all other wagons would
cone 70 Franklin There Is nothing ike coming 70
Tie county capital VIII they do II? There IS plenty
10 feed man and beast in this county, oui gfeas
want Of money"
The Columbia fTenn) Journal wants 10 know al
these things as once: Suppose Grant should ole
before the fourth OF March and the senate snould
recognize Hayes. and the house should sIal9 Oy az
TfIden. ana the indians should scalp Sheridan, and
the house should impeach Sherman, and the bull
dOzers should capture Don Cameron, and the Eu-
rOpean war should hOmOlgate Secor Robson. and