Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-15
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Indications of oil have been found in
! Cannon county.
Woodbury. Pes: work still continues al
| the oil well, and depth of over one thou
| sand feet has been reached"
Chattanooga has organized Young Mems
| Christian Association. Both christianity
and clean streets would do that town good.
GAINESVILLE Chronicle: "Our public schools
are in a most gratifying and fourishing con-
dition. Seventy-six new pupils have en-
| tered the schools since the first OF the
year."
Murfreesboro is doing brisk business;
| blowing going on in the neighborhood; wheat
| crop promising mule trade brisk at low
| prices.
Murfreesboro is talking of starting cot
ton factory. It has an increased acreage,
| which looks fine, and there is good pasture
| for stock.
At Bloomington an ash-barrel broke from
its supports and fell upon Mr.. McI4ister's
daughter, catching her by the throat, where
it held aud killed her.
The Columbia Herald says that only four
places in that county tolerate drinking sa-
looms. A sign that there are some deter
mined women out that way.
The ladies of the Third Baptist church,
Nashville, have had "mush and milk
! social" Good heavens! what is the church
coming to? Mush, milk and piety.
Waverly Journal. Bob Priest, young
man living on Blue Creek, was kicked on the
hip by a horse, last Monday evening, and
died from his injuries the following day"
News from Milan in regard to the small
pox in that place says that negro woman
who had been sick about three weeks died on
Friday, the Sd instant. No new cases have
developed since.
The Clakrsville Chronicle relates that the
young men of Nashville have organized an
association, three hundred strong, each man
pledging himself not to escort or marry any
voung lady that wears a broad-brim or
Gainsborough hat to the theater.
Mormon missionaries are hard at work in
Union and other counties in East Tennessee,
and have secured quite a number of con-
verts notably among the negroes. The COM
munity is wrought up against them, and
there is threat of lynching them if they do
not leave.
Centerville Pionesr: "a girl of six years
old was LETT at Graham Station who had
letter to the conductor requesting TO be
carried to her aunt's in West Tennessee. She
could tell nothing of where she came from,
being only six years old, and having no
money, was left at Mr.. George ". Hsulin's,
the agent at Graham"
load Of potatoes ON Saturday for dollar a
bushel. -. .Knoxvillcs street railroad
charges n single fare five cents; six tickets
for twenty-five cents, twenty-five Tor 4 dollar.
Hall-fare tickets to public school pupils and
children under twelve years ten for twenty
five cents, twenty for fifty cents, forty Tor
dollar. Mr.. Slaughter, of Rocky Valley,
Jefferson county, in company with the Rev
Mr.. Mcpherson, endeavored to ford Pigeon
river. The water was high, Mr. Slaughter
was drowned, the clergyman got to land"
Murfreesboro News: ''Messrs. Nelson &
Ransom have sold, and are delivering this
week to a New York party, two hundred
thousand feet OF walnut lumber 80. Agents
are in our city endeavoring TO hire two hun
bred colored hands to work on the railroads
IN the Arkansas swamps.........M Mr.. John q.
Primm, OF this city, caught several parties
stealing lumber from him last week, and
upon being questioned they stated that they
were taking 1t to build fires, as their families
were suffering from the cold. He carried
them TO his woodhouse and gave them as
much wood as they could carry home"
Nashville Banner: sin an interview with
the secretary of the State Board of Health
to-day, it is learned that the smallpox has
well nigh disappeared from Tennessee. go.
A case of smallpox has made its appearance
near Hillsboro, in Williamson county. The
case is a negro. ....... At the Masonic theater
George Lanner, colofe6, driver of hack No
131, received as pay $50 gold piece, instead
OF halfdollar. This morning when ques-
toned in regard to the matter, he cheerfully
gave up the money Last night John |
Bailey, Familiarity known as Cherokee |
john a patent medicine vender, was run
over and killed by switcn-engine, near
Cunningham's tsnnery."