Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-22
ALL ROUND THE SOUTH.

THE smallpox is still lingering at Cleve-
land, Tenn.
TWENTY FIVE emigrants from North Caro-
lima passed through Chattanooga on Friday for
Pueblo, Col.
VICKsBURG has summoned courage to
start q waterworks Active construction Will be.
gin this spring.
YOUNG town has started close by Chat
tanooga and has already set up postofice. 1t is
named Kings Point, right royal spot.
CHATTANOOGA is 10 a bad way. 1t is going
10 have Talmage lecture there. Well. 4. should
as Talmsge aud the smallpox.
THE stove factory and Hatcher House,
at Cleveland, Tenn were burned on Saturday;
the roof Of the former took fire from the furnace
ment.
SUNDAYS Chattanooga Democrat says The
fruit crop there was uninjured up to that time.
The fruit crop interest there has grown to be
intense,
CHATTANOOGA papers have an advertise
ment offering work on the ore banks at Rising
Town furnace for 300 men. That looks as if Ten
nessee was going actively into the iron business
this summer.
The Vicksburg Commercial, after six
years struggle among a community that seems
MIS The end Of last week iii VicEsbug shows
spirit in supporting its own press it will not
increase much,
LITTLE Rock Democrat: "The building at
present occupied az school Tor the blind is a
regular fire trap-old, rickety, infammabe as tin
der. 1t will be little less than crime if GEN
eral Assembly should leave the fifty sixty help
less inmates 10 be longer expose to the dangers of
a conhagration."
CHATTANOOGA Democrat: AVN. Moment,
a dark-hued denizen of the dark-wsyed allies. was
committed yesterday to jail on charge Of at
tempted rape TO await trial before Justice sher-
wood on Monday. Moment is the same man who
was strongly suspected of having shot the negro
Berry Martin some ten days ago"
THE Sweetwster correspondent of the Chat
tanooya Democrat writes: 1.-The merchants here
com plain of great Determinations on the part of
the railroad against Chattanooga. Freight on
which they only have to pay thirty cents per hun
bred from Knoxville, COSTS thiriy.eight cents from
nearly midway between them"
CHATTANOOGA il anxious for a reform OF
its corporate system. petition which it has adj
dressed to the Legislature asks to Rave the Charter
abrogated and her government rennodeled upoa
the plan that has worked SO successfully in Mem
phis. This provides for the election of commits
sioners by the Legislature, who shall have the di
rection OF all municipal matters.
The Arkansas Legislators are in session,
and to judge by the following, from the Little
Rock Democrat, they must be queer crowd: Yes
terday a venerable and dignified representative
was making eloquent speech. and just as he
was closing, another representative, a little older
in years than the speaker, suddenly threw small
rope over the neck of the party OF the inst part
and simply lassoed him, just as q skillful cow
boy would lssso g Texas steerl The dignity of
the House suffered a terrible shock, but the gen
uiae old fashioned laugh that rang through the
hall was truly refreshing"
The Chattanooga Democrat has a sad story
to tell about Robert jenkins, manager of the
singer machine branch Office there. He was an
unusually active and successful business mali, his
accounts were found behind last week, check
was presented which he could not meet; he then
went TO the office TO get pi-tol went home and
laid down upon his bed saying that he did not
feel very well and ASKING his wife to leave him
alone awhile. sac walked out of the loom and
had lust closed the door whea her husband fred
the fatal shot Rushing into the room she found
him paspipg his last His wife and children were
left with nothing, and q subscription wss got up
for them.