Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-15
SOUTHERN NEWS.

Farmers up about luka, Mississippi, are
| planting corn.
Mrs Braden's hotel, at Pnrdy, Tennessee,
was burned last Monday morning.
Miss Maggie E. Moore, of Vicksburg, died
| in that city last week from taking carbolc
acid.
"Spring has been with US in all her
warmth" is the general sentiment of the
| papers from the interior.
Knoxville has glass-ball shooting club.
Where is the phiianthroplst who would pre-
vent cruelty to glass balls?
Major S. A. Jonas, of the Aberdeen miss. J
Examiner, Is a brother OF the new United
| States senator from Louisiana.
Writing up the burning of an icehouse in
Knoxville, a few days since. the chronicier
of the Chronicle stated that ''most Of the ice
was saved IL good condition"
A row, which had long been brewi1g,
Baptist church, lii Dallas, Texas, few days
ago, and, but for the interference of the city
officials, would have resulted seriously.
In The circuit court of Jackson county.
Alabama, Weedman, indicted for the MUIR
der of Bum, at Stevenson, many months
ego, was convicted of manslaughter, and
sclteiod 10 he penitentiary for three years.
Since his sentence he made a desperate effort
10 break idi, but was caught in the act by
cept by railway, TO the penitentiary.
The forty-eight citizans of Natchitoches
parish, Louisiana, who were dragged before
the United States court at New Orleans to
De tried under the election lava tor an al
legged conspiracy to deiraud in the recent
elections, were triumphantly acquitted last
Friday, A salute was fred n honor of the
event. and the released prisoners were es-
corted TO the steamboat by d band Of music.
The kansas fever" appears TO be prevail
ing very bad IN the central portion OF Missis-
sppi. Kinds county seems particularly at
fected by it, thousands OF negroes leaving the
plantations in that county to emigra they
know not where. 1t is nov reported that the
disease has spread to the Louisiana side of
the river, and that number of Madison
parish negroes have set cut to John Brown 8
land. The Kansas people do not appreciate
this colored emigration at all, and are doing
everything in their power to prevent 1t.
Austin Texas) Statesman: st is stated
that D. II. Montgomery, OF St8rkVille, Mis-
sissippi, sort of Baptist preacher, half |
fedged, and for 4 long time the foremost
citizen Of his town, is making tracks for |
Texas. He stole six thousand dollars from |
the county treasurer, who deposited with the |
good and piOUs men. He gob5led funds of |
the Agricultural and Mechanical college, and |
divers sums belonging to widows and Or !
phans who dotted on him. And tEen the de- |
voted Montgomery, 10 make the matter |
verse for the widows ard wIf, skipped out |
for he frontier with the prettiest giri in |
Starkville. They are due here now"
One of the most sil gular accidents on rec
ord is'said to have happened lately in the
country not far from Denison, Texas. Two
boys went out hunting, and meeting with no
success, one proposed that the other should
put up his hat as target. The hat was put
up, and one of the boys discharged his piece,
a light shotgun at the hat. The gun was
probably overcharged, and at the discharge
the stock broke and the barrel bounced back,
the breech striking him in the forehead, and, |
passing through his head, breaking the skull
behind. The BOY fell dead.
The Meridian tdiss.) Mercury, contains
he following statement 0; "a very singular
coincidence: The father and mother of
Mr. Stanton, the upe,iHterdent Of the Sell
na, Rome and Dalton railroad, killed il The
ate bridge acciGt at, the ere from Oa,o and
he other from Philadel yiila, hast-ued - him
" the quickest route and tie least possible
lGlay. 0ae arrived before be breathed his |
asst, and the ether after, bus in time TO see
i'm iaii ? ray III his last resting place. The
parents met thus for the first time In thirty
ears. Long years ago they separated and |
we're divorced, and young Stanton took his
Mothers maiden surname. Both ais parents
we're remarked, and 30 make the strange |
still more singular, they were
10Th accompanied on the sad pilgrimage by |
heir respective mates. And thus happened,
robsb'y the strangest meeting that ever o5-
urred at q death ted scene"