Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-09-20
ALL OVER THE SOUTH.

A NEW gas company is laying its pipes
at Chattanooga, Tenn.
A GIRL baby was born in Alabama the
other day with three tongues.
CATTLE in almost avary part OF Tcnncs-
see continue TO die of murrain.
THE government has established n men,
sion Office at Harrison, Boone county, Ark.
THE taxable wealth of the South has
increased Si9i ,S36GSs within the last four years.
The State..and county taxes of Kinds
$1,000. O-' WV
CoRN is plenty along the Tennessee river
cents per bushel.
IT is said that every dollar collected by
the customs officers at Atlanta, Ga, costs the
government $50
A WORM similar to the army-worm is
making terrible havoc with the pea crop in por-
tons of West Tennessee.
HE Banner Of Truth is the name of a
paper published at Corinth Miss, by a coIored
minister named c. W. Fears.
HoUsToN, TEX, has now eight policemen,
whereas in the past it has had only three Its
population in 1880 was 1856.
YOUNG lady in Benton county. Tenn.
was attacked by mad dog some days ago and
literally torn to pieces before assistance came.
COLUMBIA, Tenn, has never been visited
t ~ an ePlaenif OF any kind, and has the reputa-
IN E-NiEEN were IOun0 III
hollow log and killed by some railroad hands on
the dcorgla Pacific road, near Columbus, Miss.
POPLAR tree was recently cut down
f near M2%uiton, t% Ala that measured twenty.eisht
ieet @ ny tne putt and $50 feet in length. 1t is
peeted to make 100000 shingles.
TIE people of Hot Springs. Ark. fear
they are on the eve of an earthquake The sub
terranean disturbances felt for several days con-
eanic action.
TENNESSEE has on file in the Pension
Office at Washington, 5291 pension claims, which
nave not been acted upon for the lack of evidence
other departments.
A CHILD born in Savannah a few days
ago weighs only one and quarter pounds, and is
little over nine inches long. The little fellow is
distinguished midget.
"OLD FANCY" the war-horse rode by
Stonewali Jackson, is tendery cared for at the
virginia Military Institute, at Lexington. He is
are stiff. He is thirty years old.
THE suit brought in Franklin county,
Ark, by the Little Rock and Fort Smith railway
to reduce the assessed valuation of their com
pany,s lands in that county resulted in a decision
sustaining the Board of Equalization.
SOUTHERN TEXAS has suffered greatly
| tIom severe drouth. The yield of cotton in
that section is less than for many years and the
grass is literally burned up. Thousands Of cattle
are being shipped to more favored localities.
GEORGIA has just completed building
| containing 800 rooms for her cOlored insane cti-
zens at Milledgevillc After the colored lunatics
were transferred TO their quarters the work OF
remodeing their old asylum began, in which the
| white lunatics will be cared for.
TIE jailer at Macon, Ga, heard noise
| at night in the cells above his office. Going up
stairs he found one of the women prisoners tryinl
to escape by crawling up the chimney. An ac'
count says that he ''called her attention To the
| fact that after reaching the top of the building
there was no possible way to get down w,'hoa 10
! f~iling and than want lasn- Stairc, anu was
| troubled no more with the noise.
\ LETTER received by gentleman in
| Selma, Ala, from Milledgeville, Ga. ,-says Mr.
| Parish Furman' s crop is the finest ever seen.
On six acres he will make twenty bales Of cotton
| These six acres are checked, the cotton beins
| foot rows. This magnificent crop is green and
/ making, while all around il are cotton -held
| ruined by the almost universal drouth. 1t seem
| there il n way to make cotton proftaby.
Walden MISS IFdtclmdn: son las
Sunday, while the Rev. w. Il. Murrah was con
ducting service at the Methodist church he wa
| attacked suddenly with dizziness. He had jus
| commenced his sermon, when, 10 the surprise q
his congregation, he closed the Bible and stoo
silently fully minute, then stated that he wa
very strangely affected and tried to utter anOthe
deathly pale. At this moment several gentleme
ran to his assistance in time to prevent his fall
| ing. They sat him down On the sofa and tour
| that he was very cold, and unconscious. lie wa
| soon restored, however, when he stated that tn
attack was due, he thought, to a large dose G
| cinchonidia taken that morning. The congrega
| ton was dismissed and he was taken to DR.. Full
and returned home 70 Winona on the 9 o'cloc
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