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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-09-01


HOLLY SPRINGS, MISS, August 3l.-This
morning at 2 o'clock Deputy-Sherif Bob
Overton arrived in town with Bob Doxey
and Huldah, widow of Wash johnson,
and committed them to Jail without bond,
under a mittimus from Justices VIM.
Cook and j. T. Hamilton of Bethlehem, to
await the action of the grand jury. They
are charged with numbering Bob
Doxey's wife on the 18th day Of
this month, near Bethlehem, in this
county. On Saturday, the Sth of August,
Bob Doxey and Mrs. johnson returned
from a visit to Tupelo, Miss, and after
reaching home Uoxey compelled his wife
to accompany him to Mrs. Johnson's to
remain all night. Mrs. Doxey, being
e~nciente, complained OF feeling badly,
and the following Monday Doxey came
to town and bought medicine for
his wife. he also bought some
strychnine. The latter, he said, be
wanted to poison some coons that were
| eating his corn. He got home that even.
ing about 8 o'clock and gave his wife two
| pills, and repeated the dose next morning
| Mrs. johnson says that on Tuesday morn
ing, alter giving the pills, Doxey asksd fol
a saucer and some -four, and made two
| alleged q~uinine pills aud gave them to his
wife and she died in two hours there
after. This Doxy denies and says that hi:
wife told him in her dying moments tina
Mrs. johnson gave her some medicine oui
of a bottle Monday night which
tasted very bad and said she was poisoned
| Doxey and Mrs. johnson both charge tbs
| other with the crime. Our oldest citizens
say that this is the fist instance in the an
mails of the State that a white man hal
murdered his wife.
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Beach Races

NEW YORK, August 3l.-There was a
fine attendance at Brighton Beach to-day.
First Rdce.-Ons mile. Starters: King
George, Clarence, Hawthorne, Diamond,
Hot-Box, Theo, Bill Bird, Baltazar and
Harry Morris. Hot-Box o by a length
third. Time-1 :5S4.
Second Rdce.-For maidens, three year
olds and upwards, selling race, three
quarters of a mile. Starters: Tenfellow,
The King, Bonanza, Atlas, Glendon, Hin
doostsn, Terry Barton, Fred b., Miss
Barnes, Harry West, Rushbrook, Whisp,
Patapsco and Willie d. Tenfellow won by
three lengths; Rushbrook second, Pa
tapsco third. Time-1:2l4. Mutuals paid
sic 20.
Third Rdce.-Selling race, seven-eighths
of a mile. charters: Petrells, Lucy Lewis
Montauk, May w, Cardinal Noel sky
BroughtoD, Mentmore, Kansas and Valley
Forge. Cardinal won by two lengths
Montauk second, Broughton third
Time-1:S4.
upwards, to carry 100 rounds, n mile
Starters: Swift, Miss Goodrich, Captain
Warren, Barnum, Corssci and Mary Ham
ilton. Barnum won by a length; Swift
second, Mary Hamilton third. Time 1:47
Fifth Rdce.-For all age', five pounds
below scale. one and ons quarter miles
Starters: John Sullivan, Myrtle, Joupits
Favor aud Rucniel. Won by Favor by
length and a half; John Sullivan second
MYRTLE third. TIme-2:l9l.
Sirth Race.-Welter weights, selling
hurd g race. one and one-quarter miles
Starters: Quixote, King Tom, Correct
Harry Mann, Jack, Shortcske and Em
barge. Won by Harry Mann by tw,
lengths: Jack second, Embargo third
/ Time-2:29.
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mean the prosperity of Memphis.
every direction
EsWide, billowy fields Of corn uplift
Their banners broad and green.

means the prosperity of Memphis. In
every direction
9Wide, billOwy fields Of corn upllft
Their banners broad and green.
And Notwithstanding the long and in
furious drouth the cotton crop, the basis |
of the commercial prosperity of Mem
phis and the Southern people, will be the
largest ever produced. 1t is shown by
concurrent information that this i'm
mense crop of cotton has been made at a
lower cost than any preceding year, and
that the liens IN crops for money ad-
vauced to farmers is much less than here
tofore, which is an unerring indication
of the dawn of a brighter day to the
great farming interests of the South.
Never in the memory of living man have
the gifts OF Providence been so lavishly
bestowed upon the South as now. The
Southern people have passed through
dark and dreary hours, and the frma-
ment is all aglow with the signs of an
unprecedented prosperity. The outlook
IS most promising. Cities competing for
the trade of which Memphis is the nat
ural mart, are reaching out to grasp all
the fruits and trade flowing from this
tide of Southern prosperity. But it is to
be hoped they will be disappointed. for
the people of the rich radius of country
of which Memphis is the natural trade
CT inter- are proud of their great IN
porium, and since our merchants and
business men offer such extraordinary
inducements, why should country mer-
chants, planters and farmers pass our city
| by when our merchants offer to dupli-
cate bills purchased in other and larger
cities? This is no idle boast, but a de-
liberate, ell-considered statement. In
dry goods, notions, hardware, groceries,
boots and shoes, hats and all the usual
wholesale line of trade, Memphis is pre-.
pared to duplicate any bill made in the
cities competing for Southern trade
which legitimately belongs to Memphis;
then why should our immediate friends
and neighbors of West Tennessee, North
Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi
extend their trade to different
cities when the same goods can
be bought for the same prices
here in their home city, which has
naturally all their sympathy and affec.
ton? Our merchants are prosperous
the city is gloriously onward, and the
surrounding country blessed with abund.
ant crops. Never did the business sea.
son open with brighter prospects, and al
are to be congratulated.
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THE DIAMOND.
Macon Defeated by Memphis In the
Exhibition Game by q Score
OF 10 to L,
And In the Contest Yesterday to the
Tune Of 8 to 5-7rhe Lat
ter a Regular
Battle of the Balls and Bats-The
Closing Game to Be Played
This Afternoon.

The exhibition game Sunday started off
very loosely as to the playing of the Ma
CONF, who made the mistake of trying to
play men in odd positions, but after the
first two innings all the positions were
fairly covered and the game went IN
smoothly and became somewhat interest,"
ing, but still not up to the average. The
Memphis team made their three runs in
the first inning ON bases on balls, two wild
throws, two passed balls and a double
Dagger by Richmond. The three u n in
the second inning were made on passed
balls, two safe hits and a tumble. The
other four runs were all made on heavy
batting.
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DR.. McCAsH, Presi lent OF the Princeton
College, and one of the most practical and
experienced Of the educators of the age,
and a man of the most generous leanings
toward young men, declares that athletics
and brains are hard to harmonic. He
believes in athletics, but he finds that
those students whose biceps are as hard and
as high as the Alleghenies, are not apt to
pass a good examination in Greek and
Latin. Boys cannot train for a boat race
aud study Horace at the same time. If
they become ambitious to put up a two
hundred pound dumbbell they do it at
the expense OF mathematics and the mod
ern languages. The Doctor oughtto know
if anybody does, and what he says is en-
titled to the most serious consideration.
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At Berlin.

BERLIN, August 31.-The market has
been somewhat dull, but the majority of
The mine owners in France, Germany,
Belgium and Spain have completed q zinc
convention. England and America are
now the only countries which the CONT
mental producers have to compete with.
Germany will shortly sign a customs
treaty with Turkey. The Porte has
granted Germany valuable concessions.
A proposal to apply the workman's insur-
ance bill to accidents at sea will be SUBJ
mitted to the next Reichstag. London,
long, 20 20; London, short, 20.362; Aus
TITAN silver rentes. IS 20.
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An Elephant on the Rampax..

PHILADELpHIA, Pa, August IL
Early this morning a large elephant con-
nected with a circus here broke loose,
and, pulling down part of the tent,
rushed around the inclosure wildly.
Great excitement ensued, being increased
by the cries of the other animals. The
employees ran out, calling for the police,
b. the latter declined to assist in the
named Kimberlin, a resident of Altoona,
was picked up by the elephant and
hurled a long distance, receiving serious
injuries. Eventually a force of work
men secured the fractions beast.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.

Wheeling, W. Va, August al.-Dr. Z.
A. Hildreih, n Of the Oldest physicians
here, died this evening, after a brief i'll
ness, eyed ~sixty-iour years.
Galveston, August 3l.-In accordance
with ar agreement entered into last even
ing between the Gull, Colorado aud Sante
Fe Railroad Company and the Knights a
Labor business on that line has beeS..l re.
sumed.
st. Joseph, Mo-, August SI.--The sew.
enth annual Interstatei Exposition opened
to-day, with beautiful weather. Every de.
partment and hall was fall to overlooking,
the largeGt s~ttendapee ever known for the
6fst day.
Des Naines, a., August 3l.-H. H
Winchester, travelling man, representing
the Minnesota Furniture Company o
Minneapolis, committed suicide at Shell
don, Ia, Saturday evening. There was nc
apparent cause
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JOHN RUSSELL YOUNG, late Minister to
China, says that most of the Cinnamon
who emigrste to this country come from
Hong Kong, and that an appeal to the
British authorities will certainly result in
putting a stop to their coming. He says:
"rhere is nothing in the record to show
that China has ever e~ndeavored to evade
The treaty. On the contrary, she has en-
forced it even more striDgently than any
request of ours called for. The Chinese
do not care for the emigration. They
would stop the whole thing tomorrow.
They do not, of course, like the idea OF
other ~nationalities being accepted in
America and they being excluded, a ques
ton of pride on their part that is quite
~pardonable."
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II TIME is UP.
Expiration OF the Forty Days Fixed By
the President In Which the Cat
tlemen Must Get
Out of the Indian Territory with Their
Herds-Th0usands Of Cattle
on the Trails.
The Alabama Claims Court Accounts
No New DeYelopments-Fourth-
Glass P0stmasters.

WASHINGTON, August 31.-The period of
forty days fixed by the President in his
proclamation ordering the removal of the
cattle ranches from the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe agencies, Indian Territory, ex-
pires tomorrow. The Secretary of tho
Interior has received advices from the
Territory indicating the purpose Of the
rsnchers to comply with the terms of the
proclamation to the best of their ability,
and thousands Of head of cattle are now
on foot en- route TO other States and Terri
tories. 1t is not believed that the services
of the military forces will be required to
complete the evacuation of the Territory.
An impression is said to prevail among
the cattlemen that the order of the Press
dent of August IA, calling for the removal
of all forces on public lands will not be
enforced. 1t is stated at the Department
that this order will be enforced to the let
ter, and with the full force Of the military
IL nappeoarv-
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Judge Taft's Return.

New YORK, August 31.-Judge Alphonso
Taft Of Ohio, ex-Minister TO Russia, ar
rived On the steamer Servia to-day and
will remain here two weeks, going then 10
Washington and thence to Cincinnati.
In an interview, which will be published
in the Tribune tomorrow, be says he has
no doubt that the Afghan question will be
settled soon, ct least temporarily; that
neither Russia nor England wants war at
present. He says that but for our superior
railroad fscilities, Russia wheat would
seriously interfere with American mar
kets for wheat; that the country has
great quantities OF petroleum, but is un-
able to refine it as we'll as we do.
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FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
League Meeting at Killarney

DUBLIN, August 31.-A large meeting
was held at Killarney yesterday. 7. NJ.
Healey, member of Parliament, spoke on
the land question. He advised the people
to abstain from committing ~outrages, es-
pecially when likely to serve the inter
ests of landlords and policemen, and that
they should not put all their trust in the
Irish party in the House of Commons, who
were only sappers and miners in the
army, carrying war into the enemy's camp.
Mr.. O'Brien, member of Parliament, fol-
lowed. He declared that the advantage
gained would never be lost, and that land.
Iordism must be abolished.
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TouLoN, August 31.-The cholera APP
pears to be decreasing. But nine deaths
occurred from the disease during the
fifteen hours ending at 3 o'clock this after
noon. There appears to be little, if any,
decrease in the panic among the people,
however. One thousand workmen have
deserted their places at the arsenal and
fed before the scourge. Both divisions OF
moved from Toulon and stationed on the
Gulf of San Juan to await the subsistence
of the epidemic.
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A Collapsed strike.

GALVESTON, TEX, August S1.-The strike
OF the Western Union telegraph operators
at this point collapsed this morning. All
except four have resumed work. Manager
Chesley says the men had no grievance,
being paid at the rate of $40, $50 end $85
Ter month OF twenty-six days, according
70 capacity, and extra for Sunday work.
The price paid for this extra work and the
working hours are the same as have been
in effect for nearly a year.
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PPEALSPECIAL
Bob Doxey aud Mrs. Wash johnson
Brought to Holly Springs aud
Lodged In Jail.
Each One Of the Guilty Wretches Ac-
cusing the Other Of Having Com
mitted the Crime.
Death of a Well.Known Memphian at
Little Rock-The Georgia Regu-
lators Again Mt Work.
lsrsorAL no zee ArrEAL.I


HOLLY SPRINGS, August 31.-Deputy
Sheriff Overton brought Bob Doxey and
Mrs. Wash johnson to Holly Springs this
morning (Monday), and lodged them in
jail, they being refused bail at their trial
on Saturday. William Rhue, brother-in-
law of Mrs. Doxey, also accompanied
them to town, having in charge the con-
be sent this afternoon to the State chemist
at Oxford. After the body had been
opened it was found that a double murder
had been committed, az the deceased, be-
fore her death, was about to give birth to
a child. Doxey said that Mrs. johnson
did the poisoning, and Mrs. johnson de-
clared that Doxey was the guilty party.
Both acknowledge that she was poisoned.
There is some talk of lynching, but it is
believed hat cooler councils will prevail,
and that the law will be allowed to take
its course,
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DfstiIIery Burned.

NASHVILLE, TENN August 31.-The dis
tillery of Sperry, Wade & Co., near this
city, was burned late Saturday night, to.
gether with the grana-v, warehouse and
other outbuildings, involving a loss of s7O,-
600. The origin of the fire is unknown,
but it is supposed to have been communi.
Gated from the furnaces. The warehouse
contained owe 1000 barrels of whisky,
worth nearly $4,000. The buildings were
worth about $500, and the machinery
and grsin on hand swell the loss to the
total named above. 1t is thought that the
insurance will nearly cover the loss.
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attach a piece of ~one-inch rubber hose,
four feet long, with spray nozzle, on the
end of the hose. A perforated tin slrainer,
made in the shape of a funnel, is slipped
over the lower end of the pipe. Set the
machine in a two-horse wagon or cart, fill
with water, and put in four pounds OF
Paris green or two pounds of London pur-
plet to the AMI of water. A dasher should
be put in the tank 80 as to keep the poison
churned. A tank of water will sprinkle
from two to four acres, according to the
SIZE of the cotton. This machine can be
rugged at a cost of $25, and if taken care
of will last for years.
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THE CHOLERA.
Riots I'm spain Grewing Out of h
DeafltnrlOn Of the 1paopI


MADRID. August 31.-A riot has &C.
CURED at Almeria, in Andalusia. The in
~creasing cholera mortality having driven
mos of the wealthy residents from the
CITY, a large number OF poor people were
deprived of employment. This desertion
on the part of rich employers incensed
the laboring people, and the feeling of in
~dignatlon eliminated in a riotous out
break. Many of the houses of the wealthy
were wrecked by the mob. The soldiers
were called out, and in the conflicts that
ensued eight persons were killed and
twelve others wounded.
There were 1888 new cases of cholera
and l24s deaths from the disease reported
throughout Spain yesterday.
The statistics of cholera In Spain for the
past week show roughly that there wss q
daily average decrease of 400 new cssss
and lao deaths. In Granada and Sarapossa
the decrease vas most notable, while in
Madrid and Barcelona there wa no
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Thunderstorm I'm IfaIx

PIzA, August PA terrible thunder
storm visited this city yesterday. The
lightning was awful and caused great
destruction. 1t struck and shattered the
tower of the Church of st. Cecilia and
that of the Church of San Giuseppe. The
former was SO badly split that it is ex-
pected to fell at any moment. Although
subjected to the hardest Storm in Pisa
during the present generation, the Lean
ing Tower remains uninjured.
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STAGE ROBBERY IN MONTANA.
Twelve Thousand Dollars I'm Bullion
Captured by Highwaymen.


HELLNA, Mont, August 3I.-The Marys.
vile coach was stopped by two highway
men about eight miles out of Helena, Sat-
urday, and the treasu-e-box, containing
about $I2, 900 in bullion from the Drum
Lummon mine taken. The passengers
were relieved of all their vsluables. One
of the robbers had given the plot away to
officers, and when the tressure-box was
being broken open, the sheriff ard a posse
captured the robbers and recovered the
booty. Passengers were made to stand in
line at the muzzie of q gun held by n of
the ~highwaymeD, while the other went
through them in the old-fashioned man.
ner. The prisoners are named Jackson
and Gordon. Gordon will be released
and get the reward of 500. Jackson has
served seven years in the California peni-
Tertiary for stage robbing. He claims
that Gordon has worked the same scheme
before-giving away plots for robbery and
getting rewards,
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Tered tc-day.
THE ooRoNER's VERDICT.
Late this afternoon the coroner's jury
.urned a verdict finding that the decess
,ame to his death by arsenic poisonil
md from all the evidence the iury belie
Killed by Lightning.

WASHINGTON, Pa, August 31.-Dur-
ing the progress of the thunderstorm
yesterday afternoon William Miller,
whose farm lies near Lindley's Mills,
Norris township, was sitting on the
porch in company with his wife, when a
binding fash of the electric fluid struck
the house and killed the couple instant
ly. Miller was a well-to-do farmer and
a respected citizen.
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for a place and Adrian paid $40 20. Matt
POOLS AND ENTRIES TO-DAY.


The following are the entries, weights
and pools for to-morrow's races:
First Rdce.-Gold Ban, 102 pounds, q
walk-over.
Second Race-Kukmsn, 100 pounds, $75;
Bankrupt, ll2, SIS; Jim Grey, los, $50;
field, including Lancaster, 100; Adrian,
50; Lucas, 81, $50.
Third Race-Buchapan, lis pounds,
SIS; Effe H., ITO pounds, $50; G R.
Jayne's Littlefellow, 9S pounds, $40;
Vaulter. los pounds, SIS.
Fourth Race. = Anna Woodccck, 95
pounds, 500; Irish Lass, 90 pounds, S35;
Pegasus, 100 pounds, S35; Adventurer, 1O3
pound, $40; the field. including Idle Pat,
80 pounds; Wellington, 9s pounds; Prin-
cess Chuck. 80 pounds, and Francis's Lit
tlefellow, 10l pounds, SS5.
Fifth Race.-Guy, Isl pounds, 500;
Ascoli, $50 pounds, $50; Lord George, LAG
pounds, s25.
There will be an extra race, three-quar-
ters of q mile, selling. same conditions as
fourth race. Betting is good this evening,
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Smallpox a, Fail River.

FALL RIVER, MASS. August 81
Three cases of virulent smallpox we're
discovered in q tenement-house here to-
day in q family recently from Montreal.
There are several families and q school
of fifty children in the building, and 9
large number of people. including some
who work in the mills, have been ex.
posed, as the physician treated the dis
ease as scarlet fever.
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Prominent Mtrehant KiIled.

INDIANAPOLIS. IND, August 81
This morning a train on the Big Four
road ran over and killed Henry Hahn,
completely severing his head from the
body. Mr.. Hahn was seventy years of
age and a prominent musician. For
more than thirty years he has been a
member of the theater orchestras. He
fed from Germany in 1S4S in company
with the reyolutionists of that year, and
located in this city. He leaves a family,
one of his children, Mrs. Barmeier, being
a leading soprano.
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n dustrfnI

WASHINGTON, August 3l.--The special
a ents OF the Labor Bureau ere sending in
their reports on industrial, affairs to the
bureau, and have nearly completed their
field work. 1t Ia believed that ali their re.
ports will be in by the 1st OF October, and
the preparation of the commissioners re-
port to Congress will then begin, based
upon the material collected by the agents
of the hureau-
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THE QUEEN AND THE SULTAN.
Interview between Sir H. ID. Wolff and
the sultan,

CoNsrANTrNoPLE, August 3l.-In an
interview with the Sultan Sir H. D. Wolff
read a personal message from Queen Vic
toria to the Sultan expressing her best
wishes for peace and friendship. The
Queen refers to previous acquaintance with
the Sultan, and recalls the Loyalty of the
Sultan's father as a friend and ally Of
England. She says she hopes to help the
Sultan to establish -av,,nmens in E,vnt
conducive equally to the Sultan's rights,
the happiness of thu Egyptians and the
interest of England and the powers, and
that this will be the basis of Sir II. d.
VOLTS efforts. The Sultan made a
graceful reply, saying he valued the
friendship of Queen Victoria and an
alliance with England. He added that
he would designate persons to confer with
Sir II. D. Wolff respecting Egypt, and
would grant a further audience on the
subject.
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Terrific HafIstorm In Belmont county,

WHEELING, W. VA, August 31.-A
terrific hailstorm passed over Belmont
county, Ohio, last evening. The path of
the storm was two miles wide and trav-
eled from northwest to southeast. At
Henrysburg every window pane facing
the northwest was shattered. The storm
lasted only five minutes, but ragged with
great fury. A Touring mill was blown
down, one-third of the corn crop de-
stroyed and fruit much injured. The
tobacco crop suffered severely, many
fields being completely ruined. The
hailstonss were of unusual size, a num-
Der of them being oyer six inches IN cir
conference, and a few measuring ten
inches
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A CORRESPONDENT of the Galveston
Ne'Os revives an old method of killing the
cotton and the boll-worm by the use of
London purple or Paris green. He ad-
vises as follows: Provide a tank or box.
to hold about 125 gallons of water, a two
snd-s-halfinch force pump; bolt the pump
securely on top of the tank, and attach q
piece of ons-and-a-quartsr inch pipe to
reach within one-halt inch of the bottom
Of the tank, and to the side of the pump