Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-11
TENNESSEE TOPICS.

Cases of scarlet fever, with some deaths,
| are causing anxiety at Knoxville.
Representative Reder said he expected the
legislature would be called in extra session
respecting the State debt; the bondholders to
be consulted with.
At Knoxville the Creek Coal and Iron
Company has organized. The company owns
10000 acres OF coal lands thirty miles from
Knoxville and ten miles from the Cincinnati
Southern railroad. tr
The Supreme Court has granted a new
trial to the convict, Robert Mckinley, in the
Nashville penItentiary, who was convicted of
the murder of his fellow-convict, James p.
Mcmillan, and sentenced to be hanged.
John and Cicero Poe were convicted in the
Franklin county Circuit Court, last April,
ON the charge OF numbering a young man
named 3 'ker, and were sentenced to be
hanged. The case was appealed to the Su-
preme Court and a new trial is ordered.
Nashville Bonner: another flood is COM
ing down the Cumberland, and people are
moving from the lower localities -. An
drew Jackson White was condemned to be
hanged, April 18th, for numbering j. S.
Cloudy with a club. He stole $50 from the
house. -. .Turnip greens are abundant, and
the only thing to eat that is cheap.........T The
Supreme Court refused a new hearing in the
case OF w. w. Rea, to be hanged for murder
-. Cholera morbus is prevailing in South
Nashville. Mumps are also prevalent.
A ghost agitation was spoiled by finding that
the spirit was Il living sleep walker"
Chat mooga Times: "Work will be com
menced on the road leading to Lookout
mountain on the 18th inst ~ There are
thirty-seven prisoners in the city Jail; thirty
one are men. There are forty in the county
ail......... March continues very lamb-like.
Farmers consider the prospects highly fat
tering, unless there is a late cold snap. go.
There was no excitement on the streets yes
terday over the report that more smallpox
had developed in the city, but many wild
rumors were floating about. 80. Pope, Ward
& Co.'S store in Walker county was burglar
lied Friday and SIS stolen. A negro named
Louis Ward was arrested for the deed. He
confessed and was sent up for fifteen years.
Forty-hve dollars was recovered. 49,. Messrs.
Phillips & Gilbert, candy makers, on Eighth
street, while pouring candy from vessel on
a stone, were badly burned yesterday, the
vessel being tilted by some means, and the
arms of both were horribly scalded by the
boiling fluid. The flesh fell from their hands
and wrists and the bones were visible in
places -. Madame Alice Cooper was
stabbed seriously but not dangerously yester-
day morning about 4 o'clock, by a
man whose name is supposed to be
w. B. Robertson, respectable citi-
zen of Coles Landing. It was done
because she called the police to settle quar-
rel in which the man had engaged with |
w-boarder. He ran off without vest or
coat; the above name was found in the |
pockets...... Chattanooga is doing a fine |
trade in Alabama cattle .........At Republi- |
can convention held here, it was the general |
opinion that the legislature should be con-
vened, and it is quite likely that the COVER
nor will call the legislature together in few |
weeks. 1t was expected that Governor Hawk
ms would be nominated for reelection as