Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-10-08
HOLLY SPRINGS, MISS.
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neutrality-suspicious. Suicide.
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Special Correspondence of the Appeal
HOLLY SPRINGS, October 6.-There is just
| at present a lull in the campaign. The per-
sonal canvass between the candidates for
| Congress ended last week, and during this
week there has been no political speech
making in the district. Judge John w. G.
| Watson was announced to speak here on last
| Monday, but circumstances prevented. On
| Monday, the 9th instant, however, Senator j.
a. George will address the citizens of this
county in the courthouse, in this city, and on
Saturday, the 18th instant, the Hon Van III.
Manning will begin his new appointments at
Ashland, Benton county. Some OF Gen.
Chalmers's friends say that he will not meet
Col Manning at any of these appointments
The general is still finding fault with the
republication OF editorials from the Vicks
burg Commercial. He wishes his RESPONSE
billy defined sharply, and says that he took
ch arge of the Commercial on Msy ] 1881, and
resigned all control on July %, 1881. The
latest political rumor-and il true it will be
the most important event OF the campaign-
is that George NJ. Buchanan, Col. Mannipg's
former opponent in the congressional race, is
about 10 announce himself as a candidate for
Congress. This rumor, which has badly
frightened many of Chalmers's Greenback
supporters, has already been published by
the New York Sun and the Louisville Cot.
rier- Journal.
The October term of Circuit Court opened
in this city on last Monday, Judge ]. N.
Campbell, Of the Tenth district, presiding, be
having exchanged circuits with Judge w. s.
Featherston, as the latter, before his appoint
ment to the bench, had been interested, as
an attorney, in quite a number of cases upon
the present docket. Thus far the court has
made but little progressin the dispatch of
business, but it is believed that this will be
made up during the coming week.
A sad event took place here on last Tues
day, invoking a mystery perhaps never to
be solved. Mr.. George Randolph, of Ripley,
one of the contractors engaged in the con-
struction of our new railroad and boarding
at the Nuttall HOUSE, in this city, was found
in his room, on Tuesday evening at 4 o'clock,
in an unconscious condition, with an envelope
marked morphine" lying on his pillow
Many people had seen aud conversed with
him during the day, all of whom testify thai
be was perfectly sober, that he had not been
drinking, that his manner was neither con-
strained distracted or melancholy, but, on the
contrary, that he seemed to be in a perfect
good humor with himself and all the world.
At about 2 O'Clock pm. he had purchased
twenty-five grains of morphine "for DR..
Lyles" at Mrs. Buffers drugstore, and retir-
ing 10 his room half an hour later, he left
instructions to be walked at o'clock pm.
Immediately upon finding him medical aid
was summoned, but without avail. He died
at 10 o'clock that night. He leave a wife
and three children 10 mourn his loss.
Since the death of Maj. Anderson, our
public school has been without a principal,
and to supply his place satisfactorily has for
some months caused much anxiety TO both
the trustees and patrons. The new principal,
Prof. Cnestermsn, of Virginia, bids fair,
however, to become universally popular.
He is graduate of Hampden Sidney Col
lege, Virginia, has had eighteen years OF
successful experience as teacher, and for
the past seven years has been principal of
the State Normal School of West Virginia. |
He opened school in this city this week with |
about 100 pupils on the first day, delivering |
an excellent address to the young scholars. |
He has an able corps of assistants, and there |
is nothing to prevent the school becoming a |
great success. ZORAB.