Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-21

Health has determined TO move "a many "a
possible OF those who are affected to the pest
house. 10 the affected ward all are TO be
eompulsorily vaccinated who cannot show
good scar, aud all vagsband dogs are to be
killed.
l.. Compton, of Knoxville, Tenn, was
walking home on Monday night, when, by
whom and Tor what reason no one can tell,
negro came behind him and stabbed him
deep and frightful cash in tie back; he
VIII recover. Knoxville used to be we'll
behaved town, bnt now it has more churches
and less reputation. They are having a
week OF prayer; If the prayer is followed by
good efforts, there may be Improvement.
peculiar case of hallucination comes
from Fort Mills, n. C. E. S. Hawks, of
Ashheld, Mass, arrived al that place re-
Gently on hunting expedition, and shortly
after his arrival became impressed with the
idea that because he was a Northern man
and Republican a conspiracy was on foot
TO Hill him. Siugularly enough, the con-
spirators Of his phsntasy were negroes. One
day while out hunting he became totally in
sane, hid in the swamps, and when found,
two days later, was nearly dead. He was
taken care OF and sent home.
Miss Anderson is the daughter of Msi W.
A. Anderson and a Chattanooga BELLE f.
A. Hart, OF C'reyville, Tenn, was her lover,
out the friends on both sides disapproved.
They met at The marriage of a friend at
Gadson, and there concerted their plans. A
!siiessrnm was sent to friend at Chattanooga
The depot there on Wednesday the Rev. w.
j. Trimble was awaiting them, and in few
minutes they were man and wife.
There was great alarm at the exhibition
OF Forepaush's circus al Chattanooga on
Wednesday; the great elephant Bolivar. be-
came unmansgeable and left the ring and
was IN aking for the reserved seats when.
amid the screams of the ladies and alarm
among the gentlemen, a courageous farmer
who was present, seized a pike, and with il
prlcked the creature ill he turned mis- course.
when the circus men cosxed him back and
pacified him.
Al Van Buren,, Ark, the County Court mas
been engaged for a whole week in consider
ing petition that no license should be
granted within three miles of the Presbyte-
rian church there for the sale of intoxicating
drink. There was an array of lawyers on
each side, and day by day the ladies of the
place attended their arguments. Ga Satur-
day Judge Mule: pronounced the decision.
l. WAS in favor OF the petition, and Van
Buren, is to have no more liquor saloons.
Imagine the Joy of the ladies, the grateful
tears Of wives and mothers who have suffered !!
One day lately little boy presented him
self at house in Van Buren,, Ark, snd
asked the lady if she would give him some
thing 10 do that he might earn little food
She was on The point of Diminishing him, but
catching sight of his woe-begone face, his
tired and fearful eyes, she took him IN. So
good and winning he proved that che kept
and dressed him nicely. Last week man
called and asked for the boy, whose father he
was. No sooner did the little fellow catch
cfrrkf - Z H., .J.f IL, H. a IL,
not been seen since. The fight showed how
cruelty and ill-usage from his parent had
terrified him from his new-found home.
A few days ago, says the Gainesville ga
S0uthron, Mrs. Martin and four children un-
deltook to cross the Chat hoochee at Faux
ner's ford, TO the left of Bolton. A title boy
had charge of the boat and il becoming I'M
m manageable the little fellow jumped out. At
this Mrs. Martin became frightened, and her
little child fell overheard. She jumped out
10 save it. Both were drowned. Another
little girl went overheard and was drowned.
Two others saved their lives by clinging 10
limbs and rocks. The bodies were all re-
covered as soon as the people in the neigh
borhood could get to the scene. The water
was not over four feet deep where the vic
Tins met their death.
A reporter on the Dallas (Tex.) Times has
interviewed a man VINO thought he ought to
know something about the history of the mar
risge aid assoc alton. He said among other
things: Mississippi was pre-eminently the
home of the concern, but Texas was the best
place for agents." He said, with a smile:
Texas was a pie-she was a garden" All
the Texans wanted policies at once. They
didn't want none of your IS per day associ-
ations, they reached out for those that prom
ised $50 per day. The marriage aid agents
who struck Texas when the fever first came
on, aud who had better sense :han TO turn
around and blow it in for policies, m ade
$1,000 per month. Daring the craze some
Thing like 100000 went out of the "Lone
S: ar" State into the Golfers of marriage aid
in Mis- -issippi, Alabama, Tenness see
ard Arkansas.