Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-15
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Waverly Journal: "The wheat crop in thi
county is exceptionally fue and promising
A good acreage of oats will be sown."
The spirit meter invented by John NJ
Cayce, OF Franklin, is likely TO be adopted b,
| Congress for the use of the internal revenue
department.
The Tennessee Historical Society has re
ceived from Mrs Clara Hart, of Comanche
Tex, copy of the Holy Bible, printed il
| London in 1854.
Monroe Democrat: "The wheat is lookin,
finely and growing rapidly, but fears are fel
that frost will come while it is in the boo
and cut it down."
At Franklin, A NJ. Laney, eighty years o.
age, was sentenced to one year in the peniten
tisry for trying to collect note from an old
citizen with shotgun.
Woodbury. Pres: The wheat prospect in
this county is good. The acreage is over the
average, and the young wheat is looking well
and affording excellent pasturage."
Kenton is thrifty town, they have five
steam engines at work daily, large Touring
mill, and hub and spoke and stave factories,
and in cotton season two steam gins.
Three gentlemen arrested for taking the
negro Sarver from the hands of the officers
at Franklin, to be mobbed, are guarded in the
jailer's residence, and their trial comes of
Monday. Public sentiment seems to be in
their favor.
Monroe Democrat: "Mrs. Thomas Osborn,
a widow lady living on Pond creek, four miles
from Philadelphia, was in her garden Satur-
day afternoon and set fire to pile of stubble
to clear off the land for the pillow. Her dress
caught fire and before help could reach her
she was 60 badly burned that she died Sun
day. She was aged about sixty years"
The jackson papers breathe flame, they
tell of big fires and little fires, and sparks
falling or roof, and such were the adven-
lures that the Wing says: "John w. Gates is
getting up a list of the heroes in the late
fire." Only a rousing and continued series
of blszes, together with the fat OF the in
surance companies, "no fire engines, no in
sursnce," could induce the short sighted peo-
pie of property to think seriously of organ
izing fire company.
Jackson Whig: "The city council will fit
up the Read acsd; my for city uses. 80. A
large hole was burned in the floor of the
courthouse Tuesday night. 1t is supposed
some one carelessly threw a cigar on the floor
during the mass-meeting of the citizens.
49,. Hardy Mitchell, colored, sort of
doctor among the colored people of South
Jackson. is seventy-nine years old, has been
married fourteen times, and is the father of
thirty-three children, twenty-seyen of whom
are living and healthy"
Pulaski Democrat: "They have singing
evangelist at Sand Bank. I'M. Barnes
stepped off the cars, fell under as they moved
and was horribly mangled. The Dug
way cheese factory will run the coming sea-
son as usual. Mr.. Walrath purposes to
make full cream cheese House build
ing has begun. :. At the Lauderdsle cleo
tion the ladies dispensed coffee, sandwiches
and cake at the polls; a welcome treat.........
Genial john Place, Pineville farmer, aged
years, well known to many
readers Of this paper, committed suicide on
Thursday of last week by hanging himself
in his barn. He had domestic trouble the
night before"
Jackson Dispdtzi I'm West Tennessee fully
one-third of the farms are incumbered with
or liens; and our farmers are get
ting poorer and poorer every year. With
the changed condition OF the labor system,
and the suicidal policy OF raising cotton to
the exclusion OF provisions, it is only ques-
lion of time as to when our lands will fall |
into the hands OF the bondholders and |
Mayor Rozsll is endeavor- |
ng to organize a fire department. The |
Young Baptist ladies have a society called |
he Silver ThimbIes go. Mr. John Haynes, |
lear Medon, lost his barn and stable last |
Friday or Saturday night. Ali OF his |
lay and feed, and one horse burned up. 49,.
The agent who carried the prisoners off to
Nashville Monday chained Ryan to a big !
'uck negro. Such treatment seemed I'M
allied for IA mulatto infant was found |
n well, into which it had been thrown and
lrowned "A colored boy managed to |
landle his gun so as to shoot and kill him.
elf. 49,. The Dispatch claims that they have
good meat market at Jackson. They have
lso plenty OF free fires to cook it at.