Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-06-21
SOUTHERN NEWS.

West Tennessee farmers are harvesting a
bountiful yield of wheat
A small FIRE occurred in the penitentiary at
jackson, Mississippi, last Saturday. Damage
FIVE hundred dollars.
There was large meteoric stone fell near
Surrounded Hill, Prairie county, Arkansas,
last week, which weighed forty pounds.
Several attempts have been made recently
to burn the old depot building at Milan, Ten
nessee, the last one, only by accident, failing
to be success.
Fletcher Clark, respected farmer, was
killed IN trlghtful manner at Devalls
Bluffs, Monday, by becoming entangled in
the belt of a saw-mill.
Several unsuccessful attempts have been
made recently to cremate the Understand
and waiting-room at Humboldt. So says the
Argus of the eighteenth.
The cotton-worm has already made it's ap-
pearance in Mississippi, Alabama and Texas.
This is extraordinarily early for the appear
ance OF the pest, and causes considerable
alarm in the cotton belt.
Brookhaven Ledger: ''Some Young men
In this neighborhood went out gigging a few
nights since. They said they happened to
apply the torch to the water when the whole
surface fired; which they say they can prove
This is rather strange phenomenon, if true,
and some OF the parties are considered quite
reliable"
Vernon (Ala.) Clipper, 18th: "We learn
from Brownie communicative to Blount
County Necs from Blount Springs, that the
man Sanders we spoke Of in last weeks Clip
per as having dreamed that he must last
forty days and then die, and had uD to last
week survived thirty-fve days without food,
is dead"
Des Arc (Ark.) Citizen, 18th: 'Last
Wednesday afternoon, E. G. Kiacheloe,
committed for forgery, and man named
Turner, committed for assault with intent to
kill, broke jail by boring through the south
wall. They had large anger and chisel to
do the work with. Nothing has been heard
from them up to this writing.
A negro woman weighing three hundred
and twelve pounds was recently baptised by
immersion, in Fort Worth, Texas. 1t is
said that the assistants were so long in bring
ing her to the surface, and the officiating
Clergyman had so far given her up that he
was heard to make the remark, "The Lord
giveth and the Lord hath taken away"
fernando (Miss.) Press and Times, 18th {:
"The corn and cotton crops In our section
must be mighty fine, because almost every
farmer, white or black, one meets, says that
the crop Is the best they ever saw. There
was very heavy rain, wind and hail in the
Gray's creek neighborhood on last Thursday
evening. The wind blew down a large
amount of timber, and the corn and oats were
twisted about and blown down to some ex-
tent
Edwards Depot correspondence of the jack
son (Miss.) Clarion, 18th: 1--WE have been
informed that two of Mr.. Charles Dillon
children we're bitten by rabid dog about
ten days ago, since which time one of the
children died and the other is not expected to
live. Mr.. John Dillon was also bitten at the
time, but as yet has shown no signs of hydro
phobia. 1t would be well for some of our
country boys to organize shotgun brigade,
ald kill every cur. they find The radiance
would be a blessing to our county"
Little Rock Gazette. 18th: "The agent of
the Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad at
Cincinnati informs the press of that city that
he has sent over seven colonies to Arkansas
this season, and he has three more to go.
The Catholics has a reservation of over two
hundred thousand acres of land at one place,
and sixty thousand at another along the line
of the road, and many of the societies have
sents agents into Arkansas to report the true
| condition of that country, which, if favorable,
will be the cause of many emigrating to that
| State"