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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-30

The findings Of coroners' juries are
luckily Of more value, a. general rule.
than their recommendations. Last
Saturday one Of them ..sat upon" the
body Of child who had met with It's
death from drinking carbollc acid. Il
seems that the unfortunate infant.
whose age was something over two years.
was In the habit oi finishing OIL the
dregs In the ginger beer bottles opened
for its mothers customers. This In
itself one would have thought . sun
cent cause Of death; but tho liltle child
appears TO have one day got hold Of =
bottle containing. not ginger beer, but
carbolic acid. The jury naturally
brought In . verdict Of accidental death.
but added q rider to the effect thal NE
bottles ought TO have been properly r.
beled. cur snhool boarsls have dons 3
good deal. but fear Il will b pouna
time before they eet a faf = tlonhIn9
two -year-olds to fead. -i.endgn IRA
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-16
COvINGTON, TENN.

The Weather and the CroPs-sociaI, Po.
1ftfcal and Personal Gossip.
From the Regular Correspondent of the Appeal.
CovINGToN, April 15.-The weather has
changed from cool and sunshiny to wet
and lowering. The creeks and branches are
all full and bridges and fences have been
moved. A considerable rain-storm occurred
here on the morning of the l4th instant.
Work on the farm has been suspended on
account of the excessive rain.
The Hon. Judge Livingston opened
Chancery Court here Yesterday The
judge is liked well by the bar and liti.
gants Of Upton. Some are talking of his
chanches for place on the Supreme
bench of the State. Judge Livingston
would fill with honor any place within
the gift of the people of Tennessee.
Joseph Townsend, editor of the Weeklt
Cal, has sold out the Call and machinery
to Manilus Hall, of the Record. Hereafter
but one paper will be published in Tip.
ton, unless some new enterprise should
spring up not known of at this time.
There has been very little said about
the candidates for county officers yet. !
presume there will be plenty of candi-
dates, as we have never had an election
year without them.
Upton will have a new jail by next Oc
tober. The County Court at the present
April term closed the contract with Pauly
q Landrum for new Jail at $1,000, and
levied a twenty cents tax to meet the
payments. The county is to pay for it in
three instalments, payments falling due
the 1st OF January, 1885, 1856 and 1887,
with six per cent. interest from the time
the Jail is completed.
The buffalo gnats are worse here than
ever before The liyervmen of CoVinpton
have to smoke their stables to drive them
/ out. Some have lost horses and mules
already from the effects of the gnats.
Our merchants look better. Trade has
improved since the gloomy weather OF
February and March. -
Plenty of fish are brought into Coving-
ton for sale-three or four wagons per
week with large, nice buffalo fish. The
fish are biting better in Hatchie this spring
than ever before.
The clover is looking WE'LL wheat is i'm
proving. Taking all things together, the
prospects are better for good crop than
for many years. ERASMUS.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-16
Disastrous Cyclone I'm Harris County

CHIPLEY, GA, April ia disastrous
cyclone swept over Harris county last
night. The wind-storm struck Chipley
about 80 a'clock am. The first damage
done was at the residences of George VIII
liams and Mrs. Babbs, three miles south
west of Chipley, and from there to the
Culpeppers and T.J jenkins places, where
houses were blown down. Lee Afford was
instantly killed at the latter place, and his
wife and three children badly hurt. Al
ford's body was found l'0 yards from the
house. The outhouses on Samuel L. Good
mans and John B. Hastey's places were
demolished. John Langford and son were
badly hurt, and his wife and child killed.
Another child is reported dying. Mrs.
Mary Davis s residence was demolished. In
the town OF Chipley the residences of J. M.
Sees. E. II. McGee, DIR. q. Z. Thornton,
A. ]. Irwin, r. A. Berner, A. P. Hamp-
ton and Layfeld were blown down or
badly damaged. Thomas Champin was
badly wounded, and Mrs. Champin slight
ly injured. E. I. MCGEE received severe
wounded. Mrs. Layfield and her sister
were slightly hurt. ]. ]. Irwin received
severe internal injuries. Mrs. Langford
and sister were slightly injured, and DIR.
J. E. Thornton slightly hurt. Ben Rowell
an son are reported killed. The storm
passed in a northeast direction from Chip
ley, and the outhouses and part of Joe Du-
mass residence was blown down. r. S.
Parkman's place was demolished; Lake
Powell's place was wrecked, and the out
houses and residences on the Rev. Jas. P.
Jones and Joseph Bowen's places badly
damaged. The last-named places are near
Warm Springs. where Mr.. Bowen and
! wife were slightly injured, The destruc-
ton of property can hardly be estimated.
| The cylone swept everything in its path,
and many miraculous escapes are re-
, porfed
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-16
AN APPEAL FOR
improved Cattle Cars.

sB- The United States law to protect animals dur
ing transportation by rail provides that, when
they are carried in cars IN which they can De fed
mails shall be unloaded every 2S hours, and then
have rest of hours, shall not apply to animals
in such cars. The law prevents starvation and
too long confinement in cars SO FAR AS 1T Is
0BEYED by the Railroad Co.'s and its existence
and enforcement are of the first necessity while
the common stock cars used, bat the reload
ing at the stopping places is attended with much
cruelty. it being naturally hard to get the poor
suffered, without blows, or worse.
To meet this want of an improved car the Amer
lean Humane Association offered prize of fve
thousand dollars (s50OOJ for such car in 1880. to
stimulate the inventive ability Of the country
One of its conditions was that the patents on the
approved car should be given to the Association,
that the might be offered to the railroad COM
panies by it free from charges Of royalty.
not to compete for the prize. thinking that their
cars would prove more val liable to them than the
1--WE thousand dollars. Accordingly, the prize
could not be awarded. The offer, however. caused
the construction of CARS WHICH MEET rHk RE-
OF THE ina ew tine trustees aS o. fc a
Officers, Directors and Stockholders of Railroad
Compan pics, and to ell Humane People whose
traffic.
Gold medals have been given to the persons and
in the order that the several cars were examined
sTHAAEH TMHATHHfH HtSfERs SffisfsQ bsdpiI. RS: Canada.
MoNTGoMRRf PAIAGE CAR CO N Z. City.
BURTON STOCK CAR CO., Boston, Mass.
THOMAS CLARKE, Truro, Nova Scotia.
JOHN W. STREET, Chicago, Illinois.
:, So long as the common car Is used. the words Of
true; " l declare the live stock traffic to be one
long and uninterrupted line Of suffering from the
West to the East The sanitary objections are
also of the gravest character.
The great success of refrigerator cars is lessen
ing the number of finals transported alive but
there must always remain such a traffic in them
as to make the. improved car permanent neces-
sity.
To avoid all Misrepresentation on the subject
we add that neither the Association any of its
officers have a pecuniary interest in any of the
EDWIN LEE BROWN, Chicago, H.,
MRS. EMILY W. APPLETON.
ABRAHAM FIRTH, Boston, Mass,
Trustees Car-Prize Fund of American Humane
Association April Q. 1884
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-16

The London corporation bill, if enacted
by the British Parliament, will effect the
most sweeping municipal reforms Great
Britain has ever known. By it the area
to be covered by the Board of Works is
united with that covered by the present
city authorities. The Common Council
is 10 consist OF 24O members, elected by
the different districts, and the aldermen
are TO be abolished. All the various sources
of income which the present London cor
poration now enjoys will be united in one
fund and provision will be made for the en-
tertainmento OF distinguished foreigners, as
also for contributions to charities. If the
government succeed in carrying this meas
ure, it may safely go forward to that
other of greater importance, in which
the 200,000, 900 people of India are in
volved, and which contemplates the intro.
duction of practical British craftsmanship
through the aid and cooperation OF the
intelligent classes of India. Following
this, it may not be unreasonable to expect
an effort to secure home-rule for the Irish
peCple or something like federative
plan. with parliaments for each of the
three kingdoms and an imperial parlia-
ment for all.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-16

The Morrison tarif-reform bill was
taken up yesterday by the very close vote
of 40 to 13s. OF the affirmative voters,
135 were Democrats and five Republicans
and of the negatives ninety-nine were Re-
publicans and thirty-nine Democrats. All
the Democrats from Tennessee were on the
affirmative side, as were nearly all those
from the South. Several Of the Demo-
Gratis who voted against the consideration
of the bill are pledged to vote for it on
final passage. But even with this prom
Use the vote is very close and proves
that the tariff question is to be
the one that will test the strength of the
two parties in November next. !. is the
question of the day and the one above all
others in which the poor man is most vi
tally concerned. Mr.. Morrison, it will be
seen, takes broad Democratic grounds and
utterly scouts the make-shift, evasive and
cowardly Ohio platform.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-16

Chair laid before the Senate unfinished
business, being the bankruptcy bill, Sena-
tor Da yes remarking that he would to-
morrow, after the morning business, call
up the Indian bill for further considera-
ton.
Consideration of the bankruptcy bill
was then proceeded with by sections, and
much progress made, the debate being
confined strictly to the legal aspects of the
provisions read.
Amendments in detail were proposed
by Senators George, Bayard, Hoar, Will
son, Salisbury and Slater, most of which
pated in by the Senators named, and by
Senators Harrison, Aldrich, Garland, Cam.
eron Wis. and others.
The sections agreed to to day provide,
among other things, that any person
owing provable debt exceeding $500 may
voluntarily petition to be adjudged bank
rupt. Any trader owing debts in excess
of $1,000, who leaves his State to avoid his
creditors, or conceals himself to avoid ar
rest or the service of legal process, or
fraudulently transfers his property or
conceals or removes the same to
avoid process, or with intention to
defraud his creditors procures or
suffers judgment 10 be procured against
him, or who, being actually insolvent, suf-
fers his property to be seized on execu-
ton and fails within twenty days to re-
deem it, or has suspended payment of his
accounts for period of thirty days after
they were due and payable, shall be
deemed to have committed the act OF
bankruptcy and may be. adjudged bank
rupt on petition cited by three or more
of his creditors.
After executive session, adjourned.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-16

IT is current in Washington, on what is
deemed good authority, that Mr.. Tilden
has started his literary bureau again and
opened his "bar'l." The New York Eren-
ing Post's correspondent says: "This dis
covery gives great uneasiness among the
friends of other Democratic candidates.
There is an interesting theory OF Tlden's
intentions which is current among the
Democrats. 1t is that while he knows
that he cannot live long, he has con-
suming desire to die President. Some OF
those who understand his feebleness and
his ambition, and who think his name and
his money would give strength to the
campaign, are said to be in a scheme to
nominate him, giving special attention to
the second man on the ticket. This man,
they feel, will. in case of Mr.. Tilden's
election, speedily be President, and thus
be the dispenser of patronage. With these
Tilden men the interests in the conven-
ton will center on the nominee for Vice
President"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-16
CAPITAL POINTS.
The Educational Bill.

INC
A large and enthusiastic meeting of
prominent colored men was held here
this evening to support the educational
bill.
Academy of Sciences.
The National Academy of Sciences be-
gan its annual meeting here to-day with
about the usual number of members
present
Opposed TO Tariff Agitation.
WASHINGTON, April l5.-At an informal
conference of the Democratic members of
the Pennsylvania delegation in the House
this morning, it was unanimously opposed
to any tariff agitation.
The Morgan Gold Mine.
The Supreme Court of the United States
affirmed the decree of the lower court, with
famous Morgan gold mine, in Calaveras
county, Cal.
News Successor.
Charles Z. Coon, cf New York, will be
nominated Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, rice John G. New, resigned
Coon is at present assistant chief OF the
loan division OF the Treasury.
Houk, OF Tennessee, ,Renominated.
telegram was received here tonight
from Knoxville, Tenn, stating that the
Republican Congressional Convention re-
nominared Congressman Houk by accla-
nation, and selected w. G. Chandler and
w. G. Chumla delegates to Chicago. Both
favor Arthur.
The Silver Coinage.
The House Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures to-day gave hear
ing to representatives from the boards of
trade and chambers of commerce of
various cities on the subject of the sus-
pension of the coinage of silver. All
were unanimous that it should be dis
continued.
No Vacancy.
The Attorney-General sent commune
cation to the Senate to-day stating that the
United States judge for the District of
Alabama decided that no vacancy exists
in the Office of United States marshal for
the southern and middle districts of Ala
bama, and that the duties of the office are
now being performed by Paul Strobach.
The Greedy Relief Story.
Commander Witchiley telegraphed the
Secretary from the Brooklyn navy-yards
that the crew of the sealer Fox were res
cued from an ice foe by the sealer Artic
some four days since, and this undoubt-
edly gave rise to the rumor from st. Johns
that the Greely party had boon rescued.
An Adverse Decision.
The Senate committee reached an ad-
verse decision upon the bill relating to
vinegar manufactures. This measure had
for its object the repeal of the statutes
which authorize white wine vinegar
makers to distill spirits used in their bust
ness without paying a revenue tax
thereon.
Attempted Assassination of EarTios.
Senior Batcis, Central American Minis.
ter in this city, received a telegram from
the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Guate-
mala and Salvador saying it is true that an
attempt was made to assassinate President
Barrios, but adding that no harm was
done him, and he is perfectly well. The
dispatch also says that there is no dis
turbance of public order; that the at
tempt at assassination is universally exc
Grated, and Gen. Barrios is receiving the
congratulations of all classes OF people.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-16
THE BARRIERS
Held Meeting and Resolve to Close
ON Sunday.
These WHO Do Not TO be Prosecuted
Under the State Law.

Att meeting of the BARRIERS of the city
held Monday night at Is Madison street,
| G. w. Lippold was made chairman and ].
h. Liebkemann, secretary.
A motion was adopted that the conven-
| ton be under the auspices of the BARRIERS
National Protective and Beneficial Union
No. 3, Of Memphis.
On motion those present pledged them
selves not to open on Sunday. 1t was re-
solved to prosecute, under the State law,
any shop kept open on Sunday.
Addresses we're made by Messrs. Fred
Wolf and G. w. Lippold.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted.
l9esofurd That il is the sense of this convention
of BARRIERS that the commissioners voting for the
amendment of section =, putting the BARRIERS
on the exceptional list, have justly incurred the
condemnation of this convention.
Resored That it is the belief of this convention
that in voting for this amendment they have vio-
lated their s,corn duty as commissioners of this
Taxing District.
Rcsolrsd That they should have the condemna-
ton of all llawabiding citizens we'll the bar
bers.
The secretary was empowered to address
thanks to Messrs. Hadden, Lee and Ora.
ham for their efforts in behalf of the bar
bers.
A written obligation to keep their shops
closed on Sunday, and prosecute all who
kept open on that day, was then signed
4
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-16
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
| Two Disastrous Wrecks on the Western
| and Atlantic Railroad.


and Atlantic Railroad.
Special to the Appeal
CHATTANOOGA, April ia passenger
and freight train were wrecked on the
Western and Atlantic railroad this morn
ing about o'clock, few miles below
Ackworth, Ga. The two accidents oc-
Cured within fifteen minutes of each
other, and were but five miles apart.
They were the most appalling and most
fatal that have occurred on that road in
nearly. ten years. Both were caused by
the heavy rains which tell last
night. The road-bed at both points
of the wrecks was washed away, and all
that remained was merely the thin rails.
They spanned deep abysses, and when
the trains reached them they snapped
asunder, and the cars, with their living
freight, plunged into the depths below.
The following is a list of the killed and in
jured: Ed Merrill, Atlanta, United States
mail clerk ON the passenger train, burned
to death in the mail-car; VIM. Mcdonald,
Atlanta, engineer of the freight train, in
stantly killed; William Mccullough,
fireman of the freight train, crushed
under fifteen cars, and instantly killed.
James Everett, engineer of the passenger
train, had both legs broken and was Sc
riously burned about the body. His inju-
ries are fatal. Marion Burke, of Marietta,
Ca, fireman of the passenger train, was
badly burned and his body crushed. His
injuries are also fatal. I. S. Harkins, of
Atlanta, baggage-master on passenger
train, received serious internal injuries
and wounds, which are fatal. James Gill
| lespie, of Chattanooga, United States mail
agent, Ed. Hill, of Atlantis, mail agent, VIM.
James, of Carterville, Conductor Daniels,
of Atlanta, the colored porter and one
colored passenger, name unknown, were
seriously injured. Ten or twelve passen-
gers were also more or less injured, but
! their names could not be learned. The
scenes at the passenger wreck were ap-
| paliing and beggar description. The train
was laundering along at the rate of forty
miles an hour when it reached the
frail bridge, which hung like hair
across the deep chasm. 1t plunged
headforemost into the depths below, and
dragged behind it the mail car, baggage
car and two coaches. They crushed upon
one another, and as they struck splintered
inte bits and were'piled for fully fifty feet
To add to the horror of the scene, the fire.
box in the engine bursted and the wreck
caught FIRE. The flames spread with
lightningslike rapidity, anc soon tine EN-.
tire wreck was a mass of seething, kissing
flames, sending out Inyriads of sparks. Ec
Merrill, the mail agent who burned to death
vas thIo1n under q partition and could
not extricate himself. He could see ths
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-16
JACKSON, MISS.
Meeting of the Railroad Comm iss lon er
The Full Board Present.

Meeting of the Railroad Comm issIoner
The Full Board Present.
Special to the Appeal
JACKSON, April 15.-The Railroad Com
missioners met here to-day, pursuant to
adjournment, with the full board present.
The following railroad companies filed
their tariffs of charges: Ship Island, Rip
ley and Kentucky; Mississippi and Ten
nessee. and New Orleans, Baton Rouge,
Vicksburg and Memphis. A communica-
ton was received from the Georgia Pacific
Railway Company, stating that their tariff
would be filed in a few days.
The clerk was directed to again call the
attention OF the companies who have and
those who have not responded TO the for
supervision law, and those who have re-
sponded to be requested to furnish by the
1st of May copies of contracts for trans
portating the United States mail, express
and sleeping cars and leases, and such
other information in regard to the value
of the roads and their earnings as will en-
able determination whether their rates
are just and reasonable; also the attention
OF the companies was directed to section
Is, relating to reception rooms and bulle-
tin boards, and compliance Herewith re-
quested.
In view of the notices of injunction pro-
| ceedings by the other companies in the
State, the commission deemed it mex
pedient to take further action until such
proceedings are disposed of.
Adjourned till May 7th.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-16

LOCAL NOTICES.

THE all-iron fence will not wash away.
BEST rooms in the city, Park Hotel.
GIVE your children Smiths Worm Oil
TRY Hessen's Cough Syrup. G. W.
Jones q Co., agents.
"CALL1GRAPH" Type Writer Agency, A
North Court street.
PETER r. FORD, NJ. D., No. AZ Madison
street, Memphis, Tenn.
WILCOX & GIBBS Automatic Sewing
Machines, A North Court street.
ALMOST your own price for wall paper
and windOw-shades at HOOK & LAGRILL.
FAMILIES wishing French taught their
children will address F. E. s., this Office,
or No. 63 Adams street.
DR.. E. MILES WILLETT, office and resi-
dence lO4 Adams street. Office hours from
to 10 o'clock am. and from to pm.
THE largest ball of the season will be
given by the Carriage Makers Relief Club
on Monday, April 2lst, at Cochran Hall.
Good music will be in attendance.
The match game of baseball between
the WoodruffOliyer nine and the Lilly
nine resulted in a grand victory for the
Woodruff Oliver boys, the score stand
ing 10 to 8, with several men to hear
from. Mr.. Woods, of the Woodruff Oliver
Company, presented the boys with fine
ball to commemorate the event. The
Lilly boys were badly beaten, despite the
fact that their employers were present to
encourage them
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-04-16
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

Unprecedented dRain-StOrm--Gir Great DAM
age to Culverts and Foundations.
Special to the Appeal
BIRMINGHAM, April ia fearful rain
storm, accompanied for hours with inces-
SAINT thunder and lightning, occurred here
last night. The rainfall was unprecedent.
ed. Many sewers were overfowed, the
water bursting through fences, damaging
the foundations of houses and washing
bridges and street-crossings. Washouts oc-
CURED on all railroads, and trains which
reached Birmingham last night were de-
layed here all day. A rock train on the
South and North road ran into washout
near Blount Springs last night. Conductor
Bascom Doak was killed and the engineer
and fireman injured. There are three
washouts on the Alabama Great Southern
road, and trains are delayed. Several
miles OF track on the Georgia Pacific road
between here and Admission is 30 badly
washed away that it will take two days to
make the repairs. No other casualties on
roads,