Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-22

that the church needed a new Bible. Sh'
went into the woods and prayed for one
just then che heard q rattlesnske, and, rising
| from her knees, killed the snake, sold tn
rattle. for 81 50 and bought new Bible
With the money. This takes the cake.
Grape culture il becoming a prominent
Industry in North Alabama. The wine pro-
duct of Cullman county this year va
be at least SOC, 600 gallons, the net proceeds OF
which are placed al s125, 900.
The popularity Of prohibition in some sec.
tions of Georgia is explained by the state.
ment that the cheap liquor sold these dsys
contains so much strychnine and pepper that
1t disagrees with the consumer.
Forty gentlemen of Charlottesville, Ind,
have notified Commissioner Hawkins OF the r
intention 10 visit Tennessee about the 1st OF
October on prospecting tour, with view to
settling where they may find homes TO sui,
them.
A Calera correspondent says that pears
grow 10 greater perfection in Shelby county,
Ala. than in any other portion OF the United
States. Some young orchards in the vicinity
of Calera have trees bearing two bushel-,
worth there 81 per bushel. An acre will
grow $50 trees, which, when in full bearing,
will be worth hundred acres of cotton.
The Cotton Improvement Company, con-
template establishing at Hoganville, Troup
county, Ga, model cotton-ginnery, with
capacity OF thirty-hve bales per day. The
establishment will cover an acre OF ground,
aud the machinery will be 30 arranged that
when the cotton starts at one point It will
not stop until it comes out packed bale.
A singular thing occurred at Americas,
Ga, during The storm of Saturday last. The
wells of the entire neighborhood were blown
mn 10 ha of
gale, were full OF water and unfailing. The
explanation of this remarkable occurrence
il the existence of subterranean passages,
and the violent sgitation on the surface
opened channels of escape for the water.
The smallpox hospital camp in Richwoo6s
toEnship, Jackson county, Ark, has beea
broken up and all its living inmst>r>dis
charged. DR.. WintS~rrrssfed forty one pa
tienfs, sf -hom only Eve died, and one Of
from the beginning. 1t is pronounced one of
the best showings ever made with this
disease.
Parson David Jacks died at his residence
near Newmarket, Madison county, Ala,
August 29lh, aged eighty-seven years. Mr. |
lacks was one of the oldest as well as the
best known of the old-time hardshell Bsp-
list preachers of North Alabama. He was |
very eccentric in some things, but withal |
ruly good man, whose loss will be severely |
elt in the section where he labored so faith |
'ully and SO long.
A little boy of Rogersyille, Tenn; was the |
'ther day playing near where a lime-kiln |
lsd been burned, and supposing that all the |
ire had burned out jumped with his bare |
eet into what he supposed was ashes and !
lacked lime. There was bed of hot Goals |
1uried under the ashes and hot lime, and |
before assistance could come to him bis |
,lothes were burned of and his extremities |
charred.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser and Mail |
8 responsible for the following chicken story |
"A gentleman of this city showed us brood |
II twelve young chickens yesterday, whose |
birth is somewhat -rAnsrkape. The hen /
lad been setting week and one day, when
little child turned over the basket, eggs,
len and all, breaking all the eggs. Ire |
hild's grief was so great that, in order to
,acify her, the father patched up the eggs |
With paste and linen, replaced them under |
he hen, and, in due time the young chickens, |
welve in number, came forth and are doing |
Eell."