Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-31
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.

The Jackson folks are having telephones
put up. The MississiPpian says: "The tele
phone will telephone story"
The Jail at Brookhaven was destroyed by
fire last week, and with it three colored
prisoners. Cause of fire unknown.
Ripley Advertiser: "a petition is in circu-
lation, with already a goodly number of sig
natures, against the granting of license to
anyone to retail vinous and spirituous Ii
quors in our town."
Walthall Warden: "Some of the boys
were out playing. pranks last night This
morning every vehicle in town was found on
the north side of the square, and barrels
and other distractions on the streets"
The shipments of cotton from Aberdeen
for the season commencing September l,
1881, up to Wednesday, May II, 1882,
amounted to 1904 bales. The shipments
to same date in 1881 were 20,700 bales.
Albany Democrat: "Oxford has prohibi-
ton law, but from what we saw while there
last week it does not seem to prohibit worth
a cent. IA man who says he is not able
to pay for paper ought to go at once to the
County Court and have his wife appointed
his guardian"
Two newspapers, the B aptist and the Oh
serueT, were destroyed by the fire at Meridian.
This is the second time within a few years
that these two offices have been burnt out.
The fire occurred on Sunday night and is
attributed to incendiarism. The losers by
the flames were insured.
Ripley Sentinel. "In almost every town of
any size there is a. matrimonial insurance
company. Why can't Ripley get up one, too?
....... The question of saloon or no saloon
was argued IN erttnso before the Board of Sc
lectmen last Thursday, who decided to dis
mics all the petitions and relegate the whole
subject to the people of the town for further
action"
Columbus Inder: "Brother Shelton, an old
negro deacon of Shiloh Baptist church, was
arrested for carrying off a bag of vegetables
stolen from Mrs. Barnes's garden. He had
truck Ninety days in Jail and to work out
SIS fine is the good deacon's profit on the
speculation Columbus is subscribing
the stock for street railway"
Friars Point Gazette: memphis drum
mers who visit this place wear such long
faces that our barber thinks of charging
them double price for shaving ......... During
one of the heavy rains last week fish were
picked up on the streets in different parts of
town. We found one near the Office, and
Mr.. Sam Robertson got live one which
may be seen in a jar. The Lyons bayou
bridge is a perfect wreck, the timbers are
there on the bank, but the bridge will require
rebuilding. The Whitaker bayou bridge
though ahoat is all sound and very little ex-
pense will be needed to put 1t back"
The Okolona Messenger has received speci-
mems OF peaches grown in that neighborhood
that prove how profitable business might
be done there were that fruit extensively cul-
tivated 1t adds: "An acre planted in trees
of this kind would be worth ten times as
much money as the richest bottom planted
in cotton. But cotton is still king IN this
section, and a most despicable tyrant at
that" After much patient labor the same
paper says: "Allen Haughton, colored, was
arrested and sent to Jail charged with COM
plicity in the murder of General Tucker,
and the mystery of that deed is likely to be
brought to light"
Shubuta Messenger: "Bob Stewart, col
ored, passed through Shubuta Tuesday
to shovel dirt on the new railroad. He has
lately ended an official career of four years
as postmaster at Macon on pay of about
900 per year. He was superseded by a
Mr.. AlgOod. To return to earth is pretty
hard inevitsble-in life as we'll as in death
but Bob had to 'hit the grit f......... Mary
Ward and Alice Pickens, colored, sat up to
watch the remains of Uncle Andrew Heard.
Bot Mary Ward and Alice Pickens con-
cIuded they must have lots of good things 10
support their sorrow through the sad night.
Accordingly they conspired against the lard
er OF the Rev. W. D. Dominick, and spirited