Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-02
TENNESSEE NEWS.
Days hotel at Gallatin was injured by FIRE

last week.
Two convicts we're killed at Cole City last
week; one was stabbed and the other struck
with rock.
Thomas Stype killed William Clayman
Wednesday in a drunken quarrel near the
historic Marble Hall, Hawkins county.
Jackson Tribune: 1.-TWO thousand sheep
have been shipped from this and Henderson
counties to Texas and Colorado recently.
ST. Luke's Episcopal church is about to be
greatly altered and improved"
Paris Iafelicencer: "The average drink in
Paris is two gills of whisky, washed down
with the same amount of water, and kept
there by leaning the elbows on the bar, and
talking State debt for twenty minutes"
The negro sick of small pox near GAINESVILLE,
who was driven from the house at night, died
in consequence of the murderous barbarity
of the natives there. A penitentiary for the
men and a missionary to The women is want
ed there.
A Knoxville correspondent writes to the
Chattanooga Times: allow very cheap are
the qualities of courteous and polite mind,
and how much pleasure and satisfaction they
impart to Others" That there are too many
qualities in the Knoxville mind is evident
by the price.
Cleveland is in great excitement The
rendering its charter and stopping the sale
of LIQUOR The Cleveland wooden mills
are doing a hourishing business. and are in
prosperous condition. Over 1000 yards of
cloth was manufactured last week.
Covington Call: 'The young ladies are
forming broom brigade. The Rev. e.
F. Collins has resigned the rectorship of
Trinity church, Mason, and his resignation,
if accepted, will take effect on the 1st OF
May. Except for about two years he has
been in charge of the parish since 1852"
Nashville Banner: "At East Nashville a
tramp walked into a house and told the lady
he wanted five cents and meant TO stay until
he got it. The lady sent her little son into
the next room for the hatchet. Ga receiving
it she told the fellow to go or have his head
smashed. He saw the lady meant bust
ness and he went off quickly"
Brownsville Democrat: "An epidemic of
typhoid fever has broken out in the Nut Bush
neighborhood among the colored people, and
great many of them are sick with the dis
ease. The allpox cases that have not
died are all getting well and are nearly con-
valescent -. DO the authorities know the
sort Of slums there are in Niger row"
The girls at Pulaski are delighted with
new amusement combined with piety. At
the Episcopal church social, among the
many attractions for the fun-lovipg, is a sale
of calico neckties. The young man who
gets a necktie that matches apron worn
by some fair damsel has the undisputed
right to her company the remainder OF the
evening.
Columbia Herald: SAT Water Valley John
Leiper got on mule that had pillow gears
on, and the mule became frightened and ran
away with him, and his foot became en-
tangled in the chains and he was dragged
400 yards. He was horribly mangled before
the animal could be restrained. 80. In
Lewis county meal is selling at 81 per
bushel bacon ten to twelve cents per pound,
eggs ten cents, corn IS per barrel, no wheat
in the market and chickens scarce"
Chattanooga Times: "The pestiferous fly
is here by the legion.........The Lookout
Mountain house is bsing entirely remodeled
and refurnished. Seventeen stands of
$50 pounds, were skipped to
Cincinnati yesterday -. The suit of Mrs.
Hopwood against the city for damages |
alleged to have been incurred by her by be-
ing quar- antined by the city authorities for |
eighteen days on account of the presence of
at her residence, promises to be- |
come interesting"
Knoxville Tribune: "Nance, the wretch |
who killed his wife's child-she was widow
when he married her-had an interview |
in Jail with his wife last week. She told |
she could, with great deal of grace, tie the
rope around his neck. He wished to have a
private conversation with her, but she re-
fused. The prisoners in jailss awarded Nance |
twenty nine lashes on his bare back, and |
they gave him the dose, spite Of all his re-
sistance. Even the jail-birds scorn the
wretch"
A correspondent published in a Nashville |
paper that Mrs. Blk and the little youth she
4 n n. L II,
and while he was little, blonde, pucky-
had dowuy mustaches and parted
his hair in the middle, she was tall vixen,
stout, black eyes, large nose, black hair, |
Jewish features; was rugged out in black
skirt, yellow waist and fancy ribbon belt. |
The Chattanooga Times says that the two are
highly respectable people, the gentleman
from Columbia, and intend TO settle in Chat
tanoogs. That correspondent has "put his
foot in it"
Dresden Democrat: "Houses are scarce in
Dresden. IA man go1 drunk in Dresden,
this week-we don't call names in such |
matters-snd fell I'm; onscious by the way
side. When he fell into his drunken sleep |
he owned fine large mustacbe, a white
face, ard some few scanty locks of hair. He
awoke with his head shaver, his imperial
clipped short. and his face
blacked, looking like he was fresh from
PIuto's dark and mysterious rezln. Some
body had played lutte joke on him, and he
iidn't laugh at il, either"
How Sunday IS Observed in ST. Louis. |
ST. LOUIS, May 1.-The GlObs-DemOerat |
this morning has nearly two pages of statis- |
tics showing how many people attended |
church yesterday and how the day was other /
wise spent by Sabbath breakers. At the |
morning and evening services in all the |
IL. 1
persons, and in the Sandsy-schools %, l02 |
children OF these the Catholic Church is i
represented by So, III persons, the Methodist /
BY 7402, the Presbyterian by 1929, the Bap- |
list by 45l2, and the German Evangelical, |
including the Lutheran, 1919. At the parks, |
beer gardens, theaters and other not very re-
igions places thtrs were 2o,242 persons. OF /