Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-21
ALL ROUND THE SOUTH.

The boys were skating along the streets OF
Humboldt, Tenn, last week.
Oxford, Miss, has Young Mems Chris
tian Association, and the grangers have
hall there.
Ssarcy, Ark, has a bore railroad by
which the Iron Mountain railroad, four and
a half miles of, is reached at Kensett.
The Yszoo (Miss.) Herald says: "The
Board of Supervisors met Monday and re-
ceived the Jail" Il is well the jail did not
receive them.
The Searcy (Ark.) Record saws the largest
crop in that county this season has been the
baby crop, and the doctors got off with all
the prefls realized.
correspondent of a Tennessee paper
writes that he wants the road law repealed,
for the best ROADS he had seen had had no
workers and few travellers.
There is a sheriff in Arkansas that is about
10 retire-it costs SO much to fill the holes
up in the silver be is obliged to take that he
cannot make living at tine business.
The citizens of Searcy, Ark, are discuss
ing the subject OF raising fund TO keep their
public schools open and to apply for Pea
body grant. There are evidently some sen.
sible men IN Searcy.
The Trenton (Tenn.) Globe says: Gan or
binary laboring man can be hired in this
country for SIS to SIS per month and pro-
vide his own rations. We mean by this
strictly frst-rate working man.
The Searcy (Ark.) Beacon says farm-hands
are wanted there. The came paper says the
Rev. A. s. Black wood has to give up the
West Point circuit because il would not give
him support, yet We will bet most OF the
folks in the circuit could afford to support
useless dog.
The Yszoo City Miss Herald states that
w. II. Foote had to kill valuable COW
which was suffering from hydrophobia. 1t
was bitten by dog of his that also had the
disease. J. Gulce was also bitten. mad
stone was tried on him without success.
Stones are successful only when the dogs
tooth fails.
A Searcy (Ark) farmer has contr acted to
| have Strawberries in the market and green
| peas by the 9Th of April. Arkansas is OBJ
tanning high reputation for its fruits and
its vegetables, and those engaged in the
business are making money better than with
cotton-growing. E. G. Davis has put forty
acres into vegetables and fruits.
In Calhoun county, Miss, w. Merritt had
engaged to marry Miss Shepherd. When
| the time came the lady was ready but the
| gentleman was not; her brother met Shop
| herd at dance a week ago and stabbed him
SO that he is expected TO die. The verdict
may perhaps be, SERVED him right" but it
deprives the girl of an anticipated husband.
Nashville had three new cases of small
| pox and three cases of vsrioloid on Friday.
| Nashville should send doctor accompanied
| by policeman TO each house in the infected
| district. Every one visited should be re-
quired to show a scar, pe vaccinated on the
spot, or go with the policeman to answer to
the recorder. That is how to cure a town Of
smallpox.
There is one Arkansas project failed. 1t
was splendid spring that produced some
| wonderful cures. A large house was built
and all got ready for run OF iuvalids. In
the course of the Improvements the grass
and weeds were carefully cleaned from the
spring, but when the herbs were gone the
cure was gone; without them the water was
only ordinary spring water. Long faces and
empty pockets are The most powerful effect
that spring has produced.
The Savannah CTenn) Transcript says
that town wants sidewalks, and it calls upon
the ladies' to get up subscriptions TO start
| them; that the county ia threatened with
another o 7eihow, and adds: "Who does not
feel for the poor COWS that are exposed to
this severe weather. We depend upon them
for half our livelihood. 1t is humane as
we'll as profitable to shelter stock" Besides
q sidewalk subscription Savannah evidently
needs cruelty to animals society.
The Nashville Banner says that "durIng
the Christmas holidays a man, possessed with
a pleasing appearance aud an immense
amount of cheek and 'gab,' came here from
| New Orleans 10 solicit subscriptions for the
Raiieay Age, a weekly paper published in
the above city, for the benefit of the orphans.
He gave his name as the Rev. Mr.. Haskell,
and, as stated above, having the gift of CAB,
| succeeded in getting a goodly list OF sub
scribers. The price of the paper was 81 in
advance, aud the first copy was to be cent
each subscriber the first week IN January.
The paper has not, according to the contract,
been received by single subscriber, and
they are Just now beginning to realize that
the Rev. Mr. Haskell was fraud instead OF
the divine gentleman he represented himself
10 be-"
The Nashville American related that a
physician of tina, city, Dr.. A. Campbell, was
before the recorder there on Friday for beat
ing the lady who had the misfortune to be
his vile. The recorder told him what his
opinion was OF brute like him, and fined
him SIS, to be paid or worked out. The
doctor was nearly six feet high and full SOC
pounds heavy-but he had not SIS The
dear, forgiving woman took out her gold
wretch cursed her bitterly. A police 10 an
whe stood by said: you will either stop
that or l will forfeit my place as patrol.
man by whipping you until you do" The
lady of the house where the doctor boarded
said his wife was bruised on several parts o.
her person by his kicks and blows, yet she
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