Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-01
TENNESSEE NEWS.

A destructive cyclone caused Fauch dam
age two miles from Cleveland last week.
A party OF Russian exiles were given three
weeks board at the Franklin House, Cleve-
land. The workingmen of the party were
given work and the others we're given S25
each to start in business. There were six
who are married. These received $40 each
to send for their families. These will arrive
in few days, when each head will receive
about $40 to commence housekeeping.
Purdy Sun: 'tNesr Adamsville an officer
with a pos c of men attempted TO arrest T.
Whitaker. Whitaker ran and was fired
upon, and probably wounded, when his
brother and some others came TO his rescue.
A fight ensued, in which Whitt2ker's brother
was wounded in the face by bullet, the
officer was wounded in the forehead, and
one man wounded in the shoulder, and
another in the side, and the man got away.
Knoxville Tribune 30th: son Wednesday
evening a number of negroes made demon
stration at the depot about the admission of
colored people into first-class cars. Last
evening a, mob of 250 of them, men and wo-
men, assembled, and when the train arrived
one of the men and two women took seats in
the ladies' car. Other m IN ACied TO pass, but
the conductor fastened the door. The mob
encouraged these efforts with much excite
ment. Oae negro insisted on entering the
car if it cost him mis- life; the car left with
him on the platform. But little help could
be got against such crowd. Some of the
men were pushed from the platform, but for
tunately no one was hurt. At Cleveland
some days before there was a similar DEM
onstration r. K. Wolf is, indicted for
forgery and perjury. He wrote a challenge
in DIR. Hunters name and swore in court as
a witness against him and the bearer of
the challenge. The doctor was put under
bonds on his own evidence. Their positions
are now reversed"
Chattanooga Times, Both: "a wild excite
ment about smallpox exists, but there are
only few cases in the city. H. Ander-
son, from Macon, ia, applied 10 a police
man for protection. He was wild with fright,
said he had money, and pursurer wanted
to murder and rob him. He had nearly
$1,000 about him, which he was persuaded to
deposit for safety. There were doubts
whether fear had not affected his reason.
-. There was ten inches of snow on Roam
mountain ten days ago. 1t is not the
most pleasing thing in the world, among per-
sons whose sins don't keep them awake, to
have their rest broken throughout the mig ht
by the loud praying and groaning of dusky
saints and sinners who seem to think the
Lord is hard of hearing. IA boy OF
twelve or thirteen, Houston Murray, bound
to L. B. Jones, of Sequatchie valley, by the
County Court, had been unru'y and run off.
Jones discovered and pursued him, when the
| child in mortal dread, drew a pocket-knife,
cut an awful cash acro-s his throat and then
jobbed the point into the throat. General
Wilder, who saw the act, seized him as
quickly as possible, when the boy piteously
begged to be permitted to die. doctor
dressed his wounds He bore the whole with
astonishing fortitude and self-control. Jones
is said to be strict disciplinarian but moi
cruel, but the boys act tells different
storyn