Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-07
THE YAZOO DELTA.
The Washington County Circuit Court
Judge TrimbIe's Charge 10 the
Grand Jury.
Local VI unicipal Adairs-RaiIr0ad Mat.
ters-The Weather and Crop Pros
Peets-POlitfcaI Dofngs.
Special Correspondence of the Appeal. ]

Special Correspondence of the Appeal
GREESvILLE, MISS, May 3.-As intimated |
in my last would be the case, the Circuit !
Court Of this county commenced its May |
term here last Tuesday, the Hon. Z. F. Trim |
bic presiding. The attendance is not large, |
owing to its being a busy season with the |
planters. and probably not more than half |
of the allotted time of the term will be con- |
sumed in disposipg OF the most pressing |
business, and the court will adjourn. There |
is light criminal docket, showing marked |
decrease of crime in the county, and the
civil docket is by no means heavy one, ar
guing, of course, that in the shadow Of our
recent great calamity the peoples thoughts
are turned from rather than to litigation.
This fact also, TO the mind of your CORE
epondent, shows an improved state of public
morals. For what else is ''suing each other
up 10 The law" but a semi-barbarism, border
ing on criminality, in a community claiming
to be enlightened?
IN HIS ABLE CHARGE
TO the grand jury, Judge Trimble, following
the example of your distinguished Judge
Horrigan, called that body's attention TO
dealing in cultures" as one of the worst spe-
cies of gambling. From this you will infer
that Memphis and the larger cities do not
enjoy a monopoly of this illicit traffic, but
its virus has spread and inoculated the
smaller towns. And were TO tell you that
Greenville has suffered from the infection to
| the tune of $4,000 in the last FIVE months it
would probably be stating the fact, at a
| guess of course, rather under than over the
truth. True, $4,000 is not a big pile of
money for a young, thriving town like
| Greenville to lose. But in of accidents,
| like the late flood, for instance, sit would be
| handy to have in the house." as "Mrs.
| Toodles" would put it. What the grand
| jury may do in the premises this deponent
sayeth not; and we have not reached the
| bucket-shop stage of the disease here yet,
and there is little of tangible character to
work upon, it will be probably safe to con-
| clude that there will be little else done ex-
| cept to conhne the malady to its present
limits and prevent, if possible, its spreading.
All other forms of gambling and other i'm
moral and illegal practices were ably set be-
fore the jury in the judges charge, and it
will not be his fault if there is not a step in
| advance made at this term of the court in
the morals of the community.
APRoPos OF MORAL ADVANCEMENT,
let me say that since the advent of the pres
ent municipal government on the LIST of jan
| uary last, his honor, Jacob Alexander, 3
| former citizen of Memphis at its head, the
| Sunday laws have been enforced, and traffic
in alcoholic liquor and beer on the fret day
of the week prohibited. This fact was re-
garded by Judge Trimble in his charge
| as a long stride in the right direction. and
one to which he attributed much of the i'm
proved morals of the town. Great improve
ment has also been made in the sanitary con-
dition of the place. bitches cut and cleaned
out, drainage improved, streets graded and
rounded up, premises cleaned and houses
renovated, and all pestilence-breedipg de-
posts removed, SO that the town may be said
to have put on its best clothes, and stands
| nd IN al defv anideu,icc Nor
wisdom by the woes they suffer, and the sad
history Of 1878 will not soon be forgotten
nor while its remembrance is fresh in the
minds of our people, will any precaution
necessary to prevent the recurrence of du-
plicate of the calamity of that year be
neglected. So you see our town is awake to
the blessings of health, without which nate
rial advantages are as naught.
SOME THIRTY-FIvE MILES
of railroad between this place and the
Sharkey county line-from here to Stone.
vile on Deer creek, aud down Deer creek &c
said line-so recently under water and much
damaged has been repaired and the cars are
now making their regular daily trips on that
route. The road between Stonevile and
Johnsonville, on the Sunfower river, il
badly wrecked, and much of the track is still
submerged. The west, or Stoneville, end Of
that branch, however, is out and being re-
paired, and it is thought that the whole line
between the two places will be in running
order by the middle OF June. Preparation
are also being made TO extend the road cas-
from Johnsonville to its intersection with tn,
Mississippi Central, or the Chicago, st. Loui
[ aud New Orleans road as it is now called
! and the Georgia Pacific Company havip,
our road in charge, and their main ofic,
here, do not feel particularly discouraged b,
the late overflow, but look upon it as
timely aid in getting correct levels and es
tablishing proper grades. 1t is understood
also to be the purpose OF the company I,
push the work west of this point, and form
l connection with the St. Louis and Texa
road some twenty-five miles from here a
, soon as possible. The prosecution of thes
works, and the rebuilding of the levees a
soon as the water will permit, will relieve
somewhat at least, the money pressure which
the floods have forced upon the country, anC
, with money in circulation, business, of course
will revive accordingly.
THE WEATHER is FINE
: and crop prospects throughout this count,
and contiguous bottom regions continue t
{ improve. Planters generally agree that thei
cotton never looked better, and unless SOM
e untoward evil befalls the country it looks a
r though the most sanguine hopes of goot
crop year may yet be realized. Corn, how
ever, has suffered much from cut-worms, an,
replanting will be necessary in many in
: down to good square work, and for once tn,
E question of meat and bread takes precedenc
2 over who will be likely to go to Congress
t from this district. The people are too bus
to talk politics, and the schemers for nomi
r nations meet with poor encouragement, ex
e cept among a class of idlers who infest tn
towns, and are always open to traffic in tn
I, 'great right" and barter the immense iuhu
ence each fellow is very certain he possesses
e for consideration. But that class of politi
e cal traders is not confined to this section
y as the APPEAL doubtless knows-but ha
: even been discovered as far north as Mem
. phis, unless history is at fault, and close OF
r servers have found that they belong to tn
Y same chronological family everywhere. S
0 we are simply up to the times in that regard
:. and it wouldn't do, you know, for liv
1 people to be behind the times in anything
y 1t is believed, however, that a non-partisa
r candidate of ability could sweep the distrit
o on the single issue of river and levee improve
: ment, and | am inclined to that opinion my
q self, though the district is three fourths RI
:; publican.
d CHALMERS VS.. LYNCH.
! When the APPEAL reached here Monda
: night last, and brought the news of th
|, seating of John r. Lynch in place of Gener,
= Chalmers, the colored brethren were will
y with enthusiasm. The drum beat, and th
. band played, and an orderly but gener;
4 Jolilncation was hau among them. In IN
!, settlement OF that contest, the whites here
= abouts very generally agree that the d.
n cision of the House was correct and jus
y But many regrets are expressed on all sid
= that the district has lost tie services
II General Chalmers in Congress. S.
u Cotton Belt BuIIetin.
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