Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-02-11
TENNESSEE NEWS.


Nashville is rejoicing. No case of small
pox has marred their peace.
Flood, free bridge, and coal-oil testing are
trying the nerves of all Nashville.
The Nashville B1nner thinks Gainsborough
hats in church are not productive of piety
in those who sit behind them.
The Chattanooga transportation committee
OF the Board of Trade is hard at work, and
are now doing all in their power to right
freight determinations.
The Jews of Nashville are about TO hold a
meeting to devise means and ways in aid OF
prosecuted Jews from Russia who are on
their way 10 this State.
At McMinnville, on Sunday, in a fight be.
tween A. J. Gribble and some of the railroad
hands at Rock Island, Gribble shot and killed
Riley, carpenter, and was seriously cut
himself.
They are privileged with the presence OF a
ghost in southeastern Nashville; night by
night strange and unnatural noises in one
of the houses there are terrifying the neigh
borhood.
AT Chattanooga the police ON Sunday ar,
rested several prominent citizensfo for avoiding
the deep mud holes in the street by riding
and driving over the sidewalks, or rather the
footpaths.
During the Nashville flood bags filed with
sand were laid as crossings to some of the
streets. There is mud eaough in some OF
the Memphis streets to make similar &C
commodation welcome.
At Chattanooga, on Sunday, negro named
Dick DUNCAN, who was struck in the head
with brick during fight, has been uncon-
scious since, and will probably die. His
assailant is under arrest.
There were fully five hundred laborers at
work last week on the Red Clay and Oolte-
wah railroad, and the work is progressing
rapidly, and will be finished by June. So
says the Chattanooga Times.
Nashville Americaa: "Some person went
into the house occupied as the South Nash
vile Baptist Mission a few days ago, and
broke up the organ. There is no clue TO
the miscreant. 49,. 1t is estimated that eight
thousand persons have been vaccinated in
the city within the past month. The
city council offer $4,000 for the bridge now
over tie Cumberland -. Nashville, like
Memphis, has lost grocery-keeper, for
whose return, alive or dead, S25 is offered.
...... The months OF January and February
are curious times for live snakes TO be crawl
ing about in this latitude, but, nevertheless,
many have been seen doing that same thing.
49,. Nashville has recently had meeting
of the legislature, the great flood, a walking
match, the investigating committee and a
big fire. The High School building of
Lewisburg, Marshall county. was destroyed
by fire one day last week. The building bad
been lately remodeled and furnished $50.
Mrs. Mary Trousdale, widow of Elk Governor
Trousdale, died on the 4th instant, at her
residence in Gallatin, at the advanced age of
seventy-six years. -. =. The citizens of Gal
latin are much exercised over the question of
the surrender OF their corporation charter"
Chattanooga Times: "Only two clear days
in all the month OF January $50. On Sunday,
as the Memphis and Charleston passenger
train was leaving the city, the engine and
hagyage-car were thrown from the track at
point opposite CHESS foundry by mis-
placed switch. Chattanooga fire COM
panies are not in good order and
better system is called for. During the
past week from fifteen to twenty thousand
bushels OF wheat, corn and oats arrived at
the wharf on steamboats, and barges. The
ruling price of good wheat was 81 40 per
,bushel and corn eighty cents. 80. The COM
pany will put furnace No. ,, at South Pitts
burg, in blast next month. Work is now
completed on it and all preliminaries are
ready. The company will also erect
a fourth furnace at Cowan. 49,. The
children of the public schools are
now preparing for general exercises in honor
of the poet Whittier There are at pres
ent about forty-ive prisoners in the city Jail.
Such large number of prisoners wac never
before known in our history. The car
shops and foundries at South Pittsburg will
at once be considerably enlarged and their
capacity greatly increased ......... There has
been a heavy snow-storm in upper
East Tennessee The train hands
report snow foot deep at Glen Mary.
The Tennessee Coal and Railroad Company
will on Monday take charge of its recent
purchase, the Southern States Coal, Iron and
Land COMPANY"