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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-03-29
JACKSON, MISS.
Meeting of the Exposition Bureau-The
Railroad Commission.

Special to the Appeal.l
JACKSON, March 2S.-The Exposition
Bureau met here to-day and organized.
dent; L. G. Wall, secretary; S. D. Lee,
John Poitevant, A. NJ. Paxton, NJ. i. Jen-
kins, Prof. Little and William Oliver S.
A. Jonas, member of the bureau and
State Commissioner, was absent, but sent
a written communication, giving his views
of general plan of action, which was in
dorsed by the bureau. a plan of opera
tions was mapped out in some detail to
secure successful exhibit.
The resignation of Capt. Put Darden,
master of the State Grange, was accepted,
and ]. G. Macarthur, of Meridian, overseer
of the State Grange, was appointed by the
bureau to fill said vacancy. The following
resolution was unanimously adopted ::
THAT the members Of this bureau express
their satisfaction at the selection of Maj.
S. A. Jonas by the Governor as commits
sioner to prepare to take charge OF the
Mississippi exhibit at New Orleans, be-
lieving that the selection is an eminently
wise one." The following were appointed
on the Executive Committee: S. D. Lee,
A. NJ. Paxton and Z. q. Wall. Mai. Jonas
will soon enter upon the active discharge
of his duties as commissioner.
Gov. Stone and w. B. Augustus, two
of the railroad commissioners, are here
to-day. Capt McWylie, the other COM
missioner. will arrive tonight and the
board will formally organize tomorrow.
A press excursion from Iowa, composed
of some fifty gentlemen and twenty-five
ladies, reached here this morning and
took in the city. They left for New Or
1aaOG
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CITY PROPERTY Y-OWNERs.
A Glance at the Assesscrs' Beoks of
the Various
Wards and Districts-The Board 10 Ad-
jOurn To-Day.

The Board of Equalization. which has
been in session all the week, will adjourn
to-day. They have had number of calls
from persons who desired some revision
OF assessments, and have made some
changes, though none of them amount to
anything. Tie principal complaints are
in the nature of those detailed by an
assessor in the APPEAL day or two since,
that the practice OF valuing Property at
fifty cents ON the dollar is unjust, ex-
emptiDg Smith, who has a home worth
$500, of only $3.50, while Jones, who owns
$50, 900 worth of real estate, hassS SIS, 900
exempt-ten times as much. Last year
the assessors imposed good: healthy tax
on the corporations, for the first time in
the history of the city, and the result was
an outcry. This year no complaints have
been made by any of the corporations ex-
cept the Telephone Company, which has a
long petition before the board. They will
probably act upon it to-day. The books
of all the wards and districts except the
Ninth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Dis
tricts are made up, and from rough cal
culation the total valuation will be about
$22, 900 600. This must be doubled to give
the true value of the county. 1t is impos-
sible at this date to give the exact amount
of property owned by any Get of persons
in the city, taking it as a whole, but the
following, taken by wards and districts,
gives the principal holders in each:
nm,
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FOR SALE.
Finest Farms In West Tennessee ani
Valuable City Property.

( masni6ce,. md h,ghly -improyed plantation,
fIpn. Rossviife, IN Fayetts county. Tenn: This
ptass contains about $50 acres, shout 1900 in cul
tivation, : handsome two story residence, fine
good fences and cabins, an in good order, and the
land in q fine state of cultivation. This is one of
ss .na ho@e IN
And also that fns yfantation. IN Eayette ccnn-
ty. Tenn, about three miss from Sopsrvi1idlees, 1des
RiosisSd piantation. This T place is finely iss-
house, stable and criEs, srs ard horsepower, all
Of which is in first-class condiE5r. and the land
in high state of cultivation: BotL OF these
plantations are fully stocked with mules, catsls.
hogs and sheen, farming implements and tools OF
ali kinds, with full supply of corn, hay, fodder
these plan ions Possession viii be given, as
sosn s sold, together with any growing crop that
And also an undivided one half interest in
tract of 63s acres of land IA Fayette county,
Tenn, known as the Green place, sbout seven
And also tract Of loo acres of land adjoiniSr
the homestead of the late Joseph r. Mosby' IN
Also, a fne farm in Gibson county, Tenn, con-
tanning 800 acres of land, known as the Green
Williams place. This will make a nice home,
necessary i'm mFrovements.
also offer the following valuable city and SUI
My residence at the cor.er of Linden and Well
lington streets, 30 by 337 feet-one of the hand
somest and most convenient homes in Meinp his.
Also, my storehouse, 2sS12 Front street.
House and lot, 490 Orleans street.
House and lot, 3l2 Union street.
House and lot. 374 Union street.
Lot on Main street, near Exchange.
Lot on Main street, near Linden.
Lot on Broadway, near Ninth street-66 by 20J.
6-100acres, fernando road, near McLemore av. I.
"a acres, Brown avenue. near Central.
~ acres near White Station.
8 acres on Lauderdale street, near Walker av.-
For terms and price apply to q. v. Rambaut or
D. E. Myers. who fre my. authorized agents for
the sale of any or all Of this property, and whose
take pleasure in showing this property to any
one desiring to purchase. L. M. APPERS0N.
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fulfillment of our promise, we make
.n to-day for the communication of the
Mr.. Daniel, pastor OF the First Pres
srian church, on Sunday and the
day laws, viewed in connection with
Bermon recently delivered by one
he pastors (the Rev. Mr.. Long of this
1t is very lengthy, but it
be found Iull of interest even
hose who have followed the contro-
,y, which threatens to engross public
'ntion for some time to come. Mr..
Siel is courteous toward the "erring
.her" OF the little church round the
her from Third street on Union, and
lie admitting the truth of that learned
mes quotations from Luther, Calvin,
'ngle and Knox, he seems to think
he crushes him with the weight
Ecripture, clinching his argument with
statement that the Taxing District
must be enforced and that President
lden, poor man, just now being ground
'xeen the mules and carts" and the
'men of the rock-pile," should be sup
ed in sealing the grog-shops and the
|Der-shops and the cigar-shops. In this
must confess Mr.. Daniel has Mr.. Long,
logically must go on in his crusade
| the Objectionable ordinance is re-
I ed. Have the councilmen the courage
10 this?
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majors LAMAR and George, OF Missis-
pi, yesterday spoke for the educa-
al bill, providing ior an appropriation
el5, 100000, extending over several
5, and to be distributed in aid Of pub
|ducation to the several States of the
bn. Mr.. Lamar, among other things,
he was no optimist. He had no
|n Of rapid strides in the education of
colored race. Dense ignorance, even
this measure, had to be met, and
tever trouble that work might entail
as one that all people, North and
|h, would take pleasure in directing
work OF guiding that great mass
slow onward and upward path.
George favored the bill. As to the
IS made by some Democratic Senators
it was Objectionable because it pre-
bed the branches to be taught, the OBJ
on was not tenable, because the pre-
btion was merely asserting that the
mid should stand upon its base and
On its apex. Itrequired that elementary
fundamental branches be taught. 1t
simple requirement that not differ
al classics or metaphysics, but reading,
ing and arithmetic should be taught.
as gift by the United States on con-
pms su osequently to be performed by
States.
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FORTY.EIGHTH CONGRESS.
The Private Calendar Considered in In
EOuse-In The Sennfe.

EOuse-In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 2S.-House = Mr..
Anderson introduced a concurrent reso-
luton for the final adjournment of Con-
gress at - O'Clock June 2, 1884. Referred
to the Ways and Means Committee.
After the transaction of some unimpor-
tant miscellaneous business the House
proceeded to the consideration of the pri-
vate calendar.
After two hours spent in the considera-
ton of private bills, Mr.. Randall moved
that when the House adjourn it be to
meet Monday next. There were about
twenty members opposed to this motion,
and they manifested their opposition by
raising the point of no quorum, and it was
by the Speakers casting vote that the mo-
ton was finally carried. The House then
took recess till 7:30 o'clock pm, the
evening session to be for the consideration
of private bills.
At the evening session the House pass
ed twenty-five pension bills, among them
one giving pension OF $50 month to
the widow OF Maj.-Gen. James B. Steed-
man, and bill granting pension to Mrs.
Sarah +. E. Seselye, who served as a
soldier for three years under the assumed
name of Franklin Thompson, and when
sick and about to be sent to the hospital,
deserted and escaped the detection of her
sex. Adjourned to Monday.
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Established 1910.

|IE gradual character of the breakup
spring." says the Madison (Wis.)
|al, of Saturday last, sis a blessing TO
people of the upper Mississippi Val
We are having no foods whatever,
water from the melted snowfelds
hg off as quietly as the overflow from
hmer's rain. The snow having settled
the ground early in the season, and
fned steadily until the spring thaw,
is not half the usual frost in the
Id, and should the weather continue
Forable as the prospects now indicate
will be an early spring, and, conse-
tly, long season for the maturity of
:" This will be cheerful news to the
+e in this section, who have already
too much water. Nothing to fear
the upper Mississippi is indeed good
|, in view OF the raging and turbulent
ftion of the Missouri.
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MOB LAW AT CINCINNATI.
Mass-szhcttng % Consider The question
of Lynching Berner.
Desperate Attempt to Break into the
JaiI by 10000 People.

CINcINNArI, March 2S.-The excitement
over the Berner case is growing. 1t is
now reported that an organization is form
ing among the Germans, not only to hang
Berner, but other prisoners in jail charged
with murder
Iafer.-William Berner was quie.Iy
brought before Judge Matthews at .
O'Clock pm, and sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for twenty years, the full limit of
the law. 1t is probable he will be taken
to Columbus by the first train.
Night,-Ten thousand people gathered at
Music Hall in response to call by reputa-
Bile citizens, to take action on the Berner
verdict. Many could not get in. Strong
resolutions were adopted condemning the
verdict, and committee on lynching were
appointed. Upon adjournment, the
vast crowd moved directly to the Jail,
where they began an attack on the
front door. At 9:40 o'clock a riot
alarm sounded, summoning the entire
police force to the Jail. Vast crowds of
people were gathering in that vicinity.
Berner was removed after his sentence
this afternoon and is now on his way to
Columbus, but if the mob gets in the
other murderers will be lynched.
The police upon arriving in the vicinity
OF the Jail commanded the crowd to move.
Not being obeyed they fired, but as no
one was hurt it was presumed the police
fired in the air. 1t is said that it is the
intention of the police, being deeply in
sympathy with the movement to condemn
the outrageous Berner verdict. A shot or
two was fired from the Jail but the crowd
refused to move. They have a good
leader, and are still, at 10 o'clock pm, at
work at the Jail door.
WidniJht.-The militia, which had been
called out, fired into the mob, wounding
three or four persons-none fatally. The
mob is still at the Jail. 1t is reported
that Berner has escaped.
1:45 O'Clock A.M-News Just comes
from the Jail that the mob has not been
defeated yet. They have broken into the ar
mory of the Veteran Regiment and taken
the guns. More firing has been done at
the Jail. The mob is now looking for am
munition, with a prospect of success.
o. Clock A.M-Loud reports from the
vicinity OF the Jail indicate that either the
mob is firing cannon or that barrels of coal
oil are being exploded. These were rolled
into the lower part OF the Jail some time
sgo. The mob has organized and marched
up Main street just now, with fife and
dram. The firing still continues, with the
prospect of bloody battle.
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wanted to get off at Glllien, but the con-
ductor told him he never stopped there.
Alter the, conductor had gone into the
him from behind and attempted to cut his
throat with a pocket-knife. He succeeded
in cutting deep slit in each of Duns-
more's cheeks before the latter could
break away. Dunsmofe, who hau ,, uss :. ~
but one hand, then struck him two blows,
after which they were separated DuDs-
more borrowed revolver, and going out
where Powell wac sitting compelled him
to surrender his knife and throw up. hih
hands. When the train reached Glasgow
Powell was turned over to the authorities,
and his examination will take place to-
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+ HE horrifying picture from the trench
pen of Miss Virginia Moon, which we
Slished in yesterdays ArrEAL, was
h with something akin to universal
ret and shame that such things could
n community that justly prides itself
IN its almost perfect municipal govern
|ht. But Mr.. Hadden is not, as Miss
on thinks and says, to blame for this.
$ the fault of defective system, the
bit OF penuriousness, of a penny-wise
. pound-foolish economy engrsfted on
Taxing District charter from the last
.nted to the city of Memphis. There is
adequate humane provision for the
OF city prisoners in the first place,
is there any system in looking after
ir health, other than the very
de one which prevails in most of
prisons. Instead of waiting for the
'soners to complain they should
examined by the city physician
ry morning. BY the observance of so
! |ple a rule such cases of seeming heart
sneSs as those reported by Miss Moon
lld be impossible. Besides, the good
men who are SO earnest for the reclama-
b of women should make it duty to
re committee composed OF three of
sir number to visit the jail and poor
|lse, as well as the stationhouse, three
es each week, and by looking after the
fortunate OF their sex who fall so
|ch lower than the angels prevent such
|ndals as that which has saddened
heart OF as gentle man as there is in
smphis. Mr.. Hadden cannot do better
IN the machinery within his reach viii
rrnit, and it is upon the whole commun-
, and not on him, that the shame of
: street-walker's trouble must rest.
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He Topeka (Ks.) correspondent of the
Louis Globe Democrat states that the
ointment of Judge David Josiah Brew
Pf Leavenworth, in that State, to the
mt United States judgeship gives gen.
satisfaction. He has served the State
|lfully in many important trusts, lat
b as associate justice OF the Supreme
! rt, which position he has held contin-
!y since 1870, his present term not ex-
|ng until 1883. Judge Brewer was born
Smyrna, Asia Minor, June 20, 1887.
father, the Rev. Josiah Brewer, was a
bionaIy to the Greeks in Turkey. His
hers maiden name was Emelia A.
ID, being a sister of David Dudley aud
Jus w. Field. Judge Brewer COM
heed his studies at Wesleyan Univer-
|, in Middleton, Conn.,, but removed to
h Haven and gaduated at Yale College
1856. On leaving Yale he entered the
Office of his uncle, David Dudley
ID, in New York City, in which he
|ht year or more as a student, and
b completed his legal studies at the
|any Law School, from which institu
he graduated in the class of 1855. In
fall of that year he came West, and
|r residence of a month in Kansas
\ started up the Arkansas Valley.
m Pixies Peak and Denver he return
10 Kansas in June, 1889, and after a
rt visit home located in Leavenworth
.tember Is, 1859, since which time he
been a constant resident of that city.
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INITIATING RILEY.
Attempted Wife, Murder at st. Louisa
Strange Case.

ST. LOUIS, March 2S.-Between and s
o'clock tonight Nat Carlin, veterinary
surgeon, who has been separated from his
wife a couple of months, went to the
house where his wife lived, 275 Gratiot
street, in the western part of the ity,
seized her by the hair, banged be Sout
very roughly, threatened to - and
did draw a pistol and at ipot
her, but the weapon wc' Tile
then went into the va pistol in
order, returned to the house, made another
assault on his wife when her brother,
John Peat, interfered and received a
wound in the shoulder. Carlin was then
arrested and confined in the calaboose of
the mounted district station. AIn an in
terview after his arrest he said he had
studied the Capt. Riley case of last Tues
day and intended to enact Just such a
tragedy as that, it being his purpose to
kill his wife and then blow out his own
brains.
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PrrTsBURe, March 2S.-A microscopical
examination of piece of Mrs. Mary
Sohuit--s leg, who died with symptoms of
trichine in Westmoreland county last
week, showed it full of parasites. Worms
under the microscope were found in all
stages of development. Ludwig Schultz
and the Gallea family of six, who ate the
pork at the same time, are in very seri-
Gus condition, apd--ft is probable that
will die. The former is in a comatose
state. He is unable to swallow solid food.
He cannot open his mouth or move his
arms from his side. Louis, Englelibe and
Sylvester Schultz, WHO also partook of the
diseased meat, are convalescent.
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UNcIL,iAN JOHN B. CoFFINEERRY has
returned to his home in Cleveland,
from an extended trip through the
hern States. He visited Georgia, Ala
/, Tennessee and Louisiana, and was
rised at the evident thrift and pros
y Of the people in these States,
Fe, he says, he found none but Payne
oerats, whe were strong in their ut
ices against free trade, and no Repub-
s who were not for Grant. Somebody
ed Cofinberry while travelling through
'outh. The Democrats in this section
ee-traders, and no intelligent manu-
rer can be found who does not agree
Messrs. Herring and Bloomfield, of
Igia, who are men of extended expe-
e, occupying high and responsible
ions which enable them to speak
yingly, and who assert that free trade
sential to the growth of the South,
protection retards it.
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At the meeting of the House Committee
on Labor to-day Representative James was
unanimously Instructed to ,favorasiy re-
port the bill providing that it shall be un-
lawful iof any person in the employ of the
United States, or any State, to contract
with anyone to hire out to labor prisoners
confined in any prison or jail for the vio-
lation OF any. laws of the United States.
A violation of the act to be made nisde-
meanor, and punishable by fine Of from
$500 to $1,000, OF Imprisonment OF from
one to three years. Mr.. James has pre-
pared a report to accompany the bill.
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The Crouel, Murderers

JACKSON, MICH, March 2S.-Daniel T..
Holcomb and Jud Crouch were this morn
ing held for trial in the Circuit Court,
charged with the murder of Jacob d.
Crouch. The accused heard the decision
without any expression. There was a
murmur of approval through the audience.
The case of Jud Crouch, charged with
shooting Galen E. Brown, was then called.
The defense asked that Crouch be dis
charged, and the attorney for the people
asked that he be held for trial, unless the
defense should put in evidence to prove
an abb. Both sides then said that they
had no more testimony to offer, and the
justice stated that he wanted time to re-
view the evidence, and would give de-
cision Monday.
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FLOOD SUFFERERS
To Be Fed at the Government Exc
pense Until They ara Able to
Help Themselves.
Steamers Fitted Out with Full Cargoes
of Provisions at st. Louis and
New Orleans,
To Be Distributed Under the Supervis.
ion of the Secretary Of War-The
Floods in the Missouri.

WAsHrNGtos, March .2s-In, furnishing
supplies for the relief of sufferers from
the overflow of the Mississippi river, the
Secretary of War will follow the same
general plan employed with SO much sue
cess in the cases of sufferers from the
Ohio floods. Capt. F. F. Whitehead, of
the Subsistence Department, stationed at
New Orleans, will load steamer with
supplies to be distributed at points above
New Orleans, and Gen. Betkwiih will
load boat at st. Louis with supplies for
points below that city. The Secretary of
War has designated Messrs. NJ. M Willis,
Isaac Schenck, Louis Bush, James evils
and A. S. Shields to act as Citizens Re-
lief Committee at New Orleans. Capt.
Whitehead is instructed to cooperate with
the committee in distributing supplies.
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LYNcHEURG, VA, March 2S.-In Roanoke
county, near Salem, Leslie Lavender, aged
sixteen, attempted to rob farmer named
Alexander Owens, and the wife of Owens,
hearing the shot, ran out to ascertain
the cause, and the young desperate
shot her. He then tried to murder
Owens's mother, but she escaped and
alarmed the neighbors.. Lavender fled
and sought protection of Matt Bandy, a
relative, who refused to shield him.
Lavender then stole horse and escaped
to Montgomery county, where he aban-
doned the animal. Owens and his wife
are thought to be fatally wounded.
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Senator Palmer, from the Committee on
Woman Suffrage, reported favorably a
joint resolution proposing an amendment
to the constitution to extend the right of
suffrage to women.
Senator Cockrell said this was the action
of the majority, and the minority would
hereafter present their views.
Several resolutions were introduced and
adopted.
Senator Miller zeal. called up, and the
Senate passed the bill authorizing the
Secretary of the Navy to issue proclama-
ton offering a reward of $4,000 to be
paid to private parties who shall discover,
rescue or satisfactorily ascertain the fate
of the Greedy expedition.
The Senate then took up the education
bill, and Senator Lamar addressed the
Senate in its support. st the conclusion
of Senator Lamar's speech, the Senate
went into executive session, and soon ad.
journed to Monday.
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No. 52O3-In the Chancery Court of Shelby county,
Tenn.-Mary L. Beecher ct al VS.. Sarah e. Nor

No. 5zU3-In the Chancery Court OF Shelby cOunty,
Tenn.-Mary l.. Beecher ct al VS.. Sarah E. Nor
ton ct al.
It appearing from affidavit in this cause that
husband, - Edrington, and Emmet Norton,
are all residents of the State of Arkansas and
non-residents of the State of Tennessee:
1t is therefore ordered, That they make their
appearance herein, at the courthouse in Shelby
county, in Memphis, Tenn, on or before the first
Monday in. April, lSSi, and plead, answer I, o. o.
taken1for confessed to them and set for hearins
exparte; and that a copy Of this order be pub
the Memphis Appeal. This March Z, 1884,.
A copy-attest: r. BLACK, Clerk and Master
ByJ. NJ. Bradley, Deputy Clerk and Master.
r. ID Iardan Sol nj sat
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HANGMAN'S DAY.
A Busy Day for the ExecutfOner-A
Long List.

TOMBSTONE, AMz, March go. W.
Sample, Daniel DAVIS, William Dolane and
this afternoon for the Bisbee murders.
SAN BERNARDINo, CAL, March 2S.-Wil-
liam r. Mcdonald was hanged to-day for
the murder of Maggie O'Brien, January
50. 1888.
PLAcERvTLLE, CAL, March 2S.-Francis-
co Perro was hanged to-day for the mur.
der OF William and Jacob Weiges.
CoLuMBIA, s. c., March 2S.-A special
to the Register from Sumter, says Joseph
Howard, colored, was hanged to-day for
the murder of Simon Gasl1n, another ne
gro in March, 1889.