Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-12-04
TENNESSEE.

At Chattanooga wharf corn sells at forty
FIVE cents.
The Hewbern school has one hundred and
fifty pupils.
Humboldt has rural spot called "Beer-
keg' grove.
a fire occurred in Mr.. T, A. Bonds house,
at humboldt, last week, causing some forty
dollars worth of damage.
At Newbern the potatoes are in short sup
ply, and the supply is fotting. Corn is scarce
at two dollars barrel.
Thanksgiving sermons and Thanksgiving
!reliable drinks are strangely mixed up in
last weeks Tennessee country papers.
The Tennessee Baptist convention was
held In ehelby!llle the other week. The
next meeting will be held at jackson.
The railroad business of the great east and
west lines seems to indicate very decided
revival of commerce and travel, despite rail-
road wars.
iieit distilleries located on White Oak creek,
PHILIPPE county. 'they seized abort thirty
FIVE gallons of whisky. 80 =
Thirteen convicts arrived at the periten-
tisry from Madison county on Friday. There
are now sig hundred and Giteen gearing the
stripes inside the walls.
The Milan Exchange says; "The friends of
]. Harvey MGthes, represent tiye-elect from
Shelby are putting him forward as eandi-
date for speaker Of the house"
The Dyersburg Gazette says: 1--WE want
.bot ,,o7-d YOU owe this office on subscription
we W. want it batss. If they took it good it
would cost no more for hauli-e.
Several of the Tennessee papers very prop
erly warn their readers against the use of the
coffee-spot paggipg, Laaqs or inferior AJAX.
1t spoils the cotton with stains and chlves.
Humboldt had a fire. Thirty spectators
didates for Office, The proportion satisfies
the Humboldt JOHr,lat-long may it wave.
The Forked- D. Ger river is on the rise and
navigation will soon be lively between
Dyersburg and the Mississippi river. The
Forked-Deer will be lively with steamboats,
this year.
One of our Tennessee exchanges says: "He
is gone, and his name was buck" Yes, rife
killed him, and Thanksgiving. eating eat him:
the toast was s'peace to his remains, but
not piece was left.
The prisoners confined in the Roane county
Jail made a break for liberty Wednesday
evening. Cebe Bowman, Boone Forester
and Charles Young only were successful. The
latter was subsequently recaptured.
The Humboldt Journal says emigrants are
leaving that way, by every tram, for Texas.
The same paper states: "The cotton re-
ceipts at this place will be larger than any
other year, and seven children were born in
the town week before last"
"Seyen families who went from Weakly
county to Texas several years ago, returned
last week. They say that Texas is the poor
mans hell, and Tennessee his heaven. I"
Those seven families are as correct as the
seven angels In Revelations.
Lebanon Herald: 1.-THE air is full of ru =
mors of sensational nature, involving tn 9
fair fame of prominent physician and the
wife of a well-known citizen in the eastern
portion of the county. There is much talk
of suit for divorce, and likewise of double
barrel shot-guns.
Colonel John NJ. Fleming, of Knoxville,
and 81. H. Ingersoll, Esq, late of Greenville,
have entered into a law partnership. This
involves the voluntary retirement of Colonel
Fleming from the editorial chair of the Knox
vile Tribune, position he has filed with
universally conceded ability.
When Humboldt ladies expect their sweet.
hearts to visit them they put their hair in
crimps. A similar fact in natural history is
that when New Jersey girls expect their
sweethearts 10 call they put the clans on to
cook. Cumps and clams-how happy could
we be with either-and the gal.
Meals Dyersburg Gaxstte reports: "a few
days ago lobe Warren, going home from