Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-11
ALL ROUND THE SOUTH.

A great drilling contest is to take place at
Nashville in May.
Bad roads, bad roads, is the chorus sung
by the country press just now.
A Cincinnati, Green River and Nashville
railroad company is under confederation at
Nashville.
The smallpox is still prevalent in Nash
vile; the folks do not vaccinate enough, but
they nave increased the medical force.
Nashville is having more water than
temperance requires, but the Banner reioic-
ingly states that il is not over Sum mer street
yet.
At Nashville the work OF putting up the
m achinery OF the new cotton factory is going
on under the superlntendence Of two Lowell
mechanics.
Union City, Tenn, talks OF buying steam
Ere engine 1t will pay. A new hotel is to
be built, and there is talk OF opening
national bank.
A little colored fellow at Knoxville found
a cartridge in the street. He put it in the
Ere TO dry, at the cost of five fingers and
disabled thumb.
The Knoxville Chronicle calls its illusions
"Our daily hugle blssts," and says they have
invigorated Knoxville. 1t appears that iu-
vigorating blasts, like iuvigorating bitiers,
have 10 be advertised.
At Union City, Tenp., last week, small
white boy was stabbed in the street by little
negro boy. The attack was unprovoked.
Nobody saw it. The negro lie unknown, and
the white child is expected 10 die.
The Nashville american local asked in
that paper on Thursday: aDo you think
we will ever have a monument" Certainly,
and you will be set up on the top Of 1t with
a big bulldog on each side to prevent you
jumping down.
The Nashville officers had a terrible fight
in arrestiDg Jennie Phelps, colored woman,
on Wednesday, but there was terrioie
charge against her. She had cursed the
whole Sixth wardI Fourteen scsrlet-stock-
logged cardinals could not absolse her.
Some Of tee citizens Of Troy, Tenn, want
their charter abolished and others do not
desire il, and regular tussle is now going
on in that place as to whether it shall or
shall not be done. They have petitions and
counter petitions, aud the sigDers OF the lat
ter swear if the former succeed that they
then will favor moving the county seat.
The Ven Buren, Rrcss s>Js: The Fort
Smith Independent remS-Ss az 10 the health
Of Fort Smith. that II is superior TO that of
medical ap8 huuicipal au,horities' Whew |
vipiI.p<ef healthy! 1t would be we'll for the
snlkoriiies of that interesting town to take
peep at that peculiarly pungent street on
the ievee."
Union City, Tenn, is a real go-ahead
place. Tickets are out for grand mssquer.
ade ball and supper at the courthouse on the
night OF the 18th instant This viii be .
tip-top affair, and is intended 10 round Of
one OF the most pleasant winters ever spent
in that city. The season has been one OF
continual round OF griety, and this ball is &c
cap the climax, and cap it it will. They
have a newspaper, too, and the proprietor Of
it declares he Is making money.
The Tennessee Legislature people appear
to excite rascslly thoughts il we may judge
by the following from the Nashville Banner
those spiritual, moral and legal mentors Of
the members OF the LegislatGre-the wire
pulIer. lobbyist and man-with-infnenee, have
reappeared in the hotel corridors. Let's see
what important measure 10 now before Inc
legislature? Yesterday Dill Was miro
duced proyidinz for the lesse OF the penliep
lizry-put two and two together" -