Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-02

been purchased therefrom, Ashly Cooke be-

been purchased therefrom, Ashly Cooke be-
| ing the latest purchaser.
| The Meridian Mercury relates the strange
occurrence Of Mr.. Jarvis Knox literally freez-
ing to death while the thermometer was at
ninety.
| The bill appropriating nine thousand dol
| lars to build a macademized road from Nicks-
burg to the national cemetery has passed
congress.
General A. M. West, from Marshall coun-
| ty, informs the Holly Springs Reporter that
| he will not DE candidate for congress at the
next election.
General George, General Walthall, Hon.
| 0. X. Singleton and Major Barksdale, are
mentioned in connection with the United
States senatorship.
The army of Tennessee will have an excur-
sion from Mississippi City to New Orleans ON
| the third of July. Ex-President Davis will
| deliver an address.
Fred Barry will address the Democracy of
! Okolona on the third proximo. The Okolona
| Southern States calls him 'the brave and
brilliant Fred Barry"
The Mayersville Leader states that Hon.
Thomas W. Hunt tRepublican) is unques-
tionably candidate for congress In the
''Shoe-string district
Aberdeen Examiner, 25th: There is much
| complaint among bee keepers-many of
them have lost most of their young swarms
by some unaccountable malady.
The fernando Press and Times of the
twenty-seventh, announces with marvellous
GOODNESS that '.Dr. Gray had a very pleasant
time Matchmaking the little folks. "
Oxford Eagle. 9th: Only ten indictments
have been found by the Federal grand jury
up TO the present time. This speaks volumes
for the northern district of Mississippi
w. c. Jarnagin, former station agent at
Baldwin, was arrested and held in five hum
of the manner In which he kept books.
The rapid growth of the Murphy move
ment in Senatobia has necessltated the re-
pair of the town well. Sam Massey is brag
cling about its being in operation again.
A mass-meeting of the Democracy of fish
omingo county will be held at Iuka on the
thirteenth of July, to appoint delegates to
the congressional convention which meets at
Tupelo July 18th.
Tupelo Journal, 25tn: The storm on last
Sunday lifted the dishes, goblets, castors,
set them on the floor without breaking sim
gle piece of ware.
The Corinth Sub-Soiler says: James G..
Barr was found dead in field near his coun-
try residence, on TIE seventeenth, having
been killed by the accidental discharge of a
pistol, found In his hand.
One Brad Henderson, colored, of Jefferson
county, was hung to the limb of tree after
an investigation of jury composed of fifteen
men. The cause was an attempt to outrage
widow lady of Jefferson county.
Walthall Pioneer: The Democrats, INDIE
pendents and Radicals all favor returning
MIR. MONEY te. congress again from this dis
trict. The fight between Candidates won be
sufficient to create any excitement.
M'Comb City Inteligencer: The joint pro-
posal of the towns of NJ Comb City and Sum-
NIT for the location of the college has been
forwarded to the president of the board of
trustees. 1t aggregates about twenty thou
sand dollars.
Starkville Citizen, 9th: A little one-year
old child of Mr.. John Kinnard, living near
the agency in this county, fell into a tub of
water last Friday, and was drowned before
its mother who was absent for few mo-
ments, could return to it.
Holly Springs Reporter, 9th: 1t has
been many years since the crops gave better
promise than they do at this time. The
cultivation has been better, the seasons more
favorable, and the farmers more economical
and industrious than usual.
Jackson Clarion. 26th: Hon. Fl. D. Money
was requested, and has consented, to address
the surviving Confederate soldiers of Carroll
county, at Carrollton, on the first Saturday in
July; and on the Fourth of July Hon. G. E.
Hooker is to speak at Liberty.
Jackson Clarion, Goth: The heavy and in
cessant rains during the past two weeks have
greatly injured the prospects of the cotton
crop in this section. The growth has been
retarded, and the weed is almost lost in the
grass. Planters are discouraged.
DIR. Kline, of Meridian, sued the Vicksburg
Herald for twenty-five thousand dollars dam
for lioIi hot of
Chisolm, who was Kl1nes patient, resulted
from improper medical treatment. The jury
last week gave him FIVE hundred dollars.
The Enterprise Courier says: We learn
from Colonel o. B. Collins that a considera-
BILE sum, something over thousand dollars,
besides one hundred and sixty acres of land,
has been subscribed to the location of the
agricultural and mechanical college at Quit
man.
Aberdeen Examiner 25th: On Satur-
day, Mr.. F. E. Fits, who has the manage
ment of Hon. L. E. Houston's splendid grass
and stock farm, three miles from this city,
hauled in four thousand pounds of the finest
clover hay that we ever saw-and we have
seen as good as Virginia, Tennessee or Ken
lucky produces.
Oxford Falcon: The final examinations at
the University resulted in the following young
gentlemen being declared honor men: Law
u
gia. Literary department., first honor, John
w. Cutrer, New Orleans, Louisiana; second
honor, James B. Walter, Holly Springs, Mis-
sissippi; third honor, w. E. Martin, Tbbee,
Mississippi.
Westville Nescs: 1.-THE Brookhaven Ledger
says the name of Rev. Fl. F. johnson, pres;-
dent of Whtworth college, is being men
toned in connection with the nomination for
congress in this district. Mr.. johnson is
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character. and would make a congressman
worthy of the name.
Vegetable growers along the New Orleans,
st. Louis and Chicago railroad did not realize
much profit from shipping vegetables north,
on account of the plethora of vegetables
thrown upon the market, and the northern
States being earlier than usual. As this does
not happen often, southern vegetable
ers should not be discouraged.
Oxford Eagle. Goth: It is nothing but
justice to the students of the university to say
before they leave for home, that more civil,
gentlemanly and orderly set of young men
other university. They will have the graft
cation of returning to their homes with the
very best wishes of the citizens of Oxford.
Blythe's Cross Roads correspondent of the
fernando Press and Times, 9th: We hear
that the Murphys of Memphis intend having
a picnic at Horn Lake on Thursday, 9th.
Unless they bring the sper'its with them, they
will be compelled to be Murphys for one day,
as Horn Lake is dry place as far as alcohol
is concerned.
Winona AdUance: The people of the
State of Mississippi are in more prosperous
condition than any State in the Union. The
State owes less money, and her warrants are
worth dollar for dollar. Perfect peace relgns
throughout her borders. These great bless
ings are in consequence of Democratic rule
for the last four years.
Charleston Free Press, 21st: James Hill,
of Marshall county, our saddle-colored ex-
secretary of state has been appointed by the