Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-04

| decide which should contest with the clubs on
| the Fourth of July for the one hundred dol.
lar prize. resulting IN a victory for the first
named club in a score of % against II.
Humboldt Journal: The Paducah and
Memphis railway, running from Trim.
bic Station, Tennessee, to Paducah and
! from Coyington to Memphis, is one of the
best short roads that we know Of 1t is well
equipped and in every way suited for con-
venience.
Elkton correspondent of the Pulaski Cit.
zen: Farmers are very busy now thresh-
| ing their wheat. Yield very poor, averaging
about four bushels per acre. Hope the people
| will not become discouraged at this little
failure, and turn their minds back to the cul-
tivation of cotton again.
The Morristown Gazette has examined a
specimen of gold recently discovered in the
regions of Wolf creek, Cooke county, and
states that it is of rich value, resembling
that of the California dust. 1t has not yet
been ascertained how much of the precious
metal there is, but the prospects are bright
for a quantity.
Nashville american: Mrs. Kate Conley,
! widow of the late James Conley, formerly a
section boss on the Nashville and Decatur
railroad, has obtained judgment In the
circuit court against the Louisville and Nash
vile railroad company for six thousand dol
lars, on account of the killing of her husband
by being run over by a frelght-train at the
South Nashville shops, in September last.
Pulaski Citizen: The criticisms against
Bishop M'Tyeire, DR.. Summers and the board
of trust of Vanderbilt university, for the re-
moval of Prof. Winchell from the faculty OF
the latter, are simply ridiculous. .What right
has Prof Winchell to deny to them the Sc
lection of their own professors? He was
odious to the board, and they had perfect
right to remove him. If for heresy, so much
the better.
A correspondent writes the Paris Intelh-
gencer, of Thursday: Wheat threshing, or
more appropriately might say straw thresh-
ing, is in rapid progress. do not think
that the average yield will be over three
and very sorry quality. Oats are
beginning to be harvested, a better
crop has not been seen here for several years,
rust has made its appearance on the blades,
but too late to iDjure them.
Knoxville Tribune, 29th: A few nights
ago an old crone dumped herself from a Mem
phis train and squated upon bundle of plum
der in the passenger depot, where she re-
manned until nearly midnight, refusing to en-
ter the ladies sitting room, and telling mar
velous tales of her Indian origin, religion and
medical knowledge. By some hocus pocus
she has reached Atlanta, and the Constitu-
ton alludes to the half crazed old creature as
humbug. We verify believe she is.
An East Tennessee exchange says: Excite
ment was created in Greenville Wednesday
afternoon by Mrs. Martha Gass, widow,
firing pistol shot at Mr.. G. M. Vestal, in the
office of Messrs. Robertson and Maloney.
The woman demanded an explanation of
some remarks made about her statement rela-
tive to suit pending, and while the CONVEX
sation was progressing, John Wright ap-
peared on the scene and charged Mr.. Vestal
with seducing his sister. Mr.. Robertson was
about to dispense the parties when Mrs. Gass
fired, the ball passing through the ceiling.
Nashville american: A boy named
Clement Moody, hailing from Indianapolis,
met with violent death near Cowan, on the
Chattanooga railroad, at three o'clock Satur-
day morning. he was discovered on the
front platform of the baggage car by con-
ductor House, and put off the train. An
hour afterward Moody was found south of the
tunnel by the engineer of the "pasher." He
had had both his feet cut off. He had ridden
through the tunnel on hog-chain, under
meath the car; he went to sleep on it, and,
relaxing his hold, which he could only main
tain by twisting his legs around it and hold
ing on with his hands to the brace, fell off.
He died of his injuries at ten o'clock in the
morning. He said he was on his way to
Chattanooga.