The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-07
POLITICS In ARIA SAS.
INCREASED ACTIVITY Il BOTH
POLITICAL PARIIES.
The Congressional 0utlOOk-But Lit.
tie Show for the Bepubl
Their Plan Of Operation.
lsrrnIAL TO THE AppE,Ll

the iaI CltclOn IN TINS : at6 draws
near il creased activity ia dsvtloaing
with bath the Republican and Demo.
cratic parties Judge Gr5gg, OF Fay
e teyi lie, Republican cat di1ate for
Governor, says in his let Of accept
ancs. ihst he will re compelled 10
rest his Gaze after making a merely To-
cal canvsss, This is a very W 81 con.
clusion on the part OF the Judge,
because, in the fl st plics, he will
cave needless outlay Of money, viii e
discussing political intrracies 30 y
crowd of his Arkansas constituents cur
ing the month OF August not des r
able job by any mems. Gov. Hugt es
and other members on the d moclatic
State ticket are by 70 means id q, hut
have quarter eecti1ued he S ate, and
reports received f,om their p Political
ne tings speak OF the great interest
citizens ora manifact,ng ia the
various subjects that are dis
cuaed. The ticket vii be elected
by at Lea t 10000 major ty. Several
counties have whet is known as a
Political Wheel ticket, hut tn is
composed of renegade Republicans
seeking obtain Office uuder anew
name. Toe Il plblCan state ticket
will leave no stone uaturned from
now until election day 10 m Ike vutes,
and it is the iotenli)n b. swell The
msjofitifs n the republican Counties
as largely "a po SIDE il order to help
the bosses "eet an appropriation" be-
fore tile National Rspual can EXscu-
tive Ofmmit ee meets in 1883, and with
these funds an effort will DE made to
strengthen weak place in their ranks
before the next national cam align.
THE G 'NGREssIoNAL FIGHT
in this tistrict is interesting b'vond
precedent Col. Terry, of Little Rock,
the only opponent OF judge Rrger4,
has been IN Logan unity r the past
three wesks. Tomorrow that c-ulty
holds its primaries. The latest Ia,
formation from there says Terry HIS a
fighting chance Of clTryiIg the toua-
ty. This hss aeen IT gar1td as ope Of
Judge Rogers's strongest positions,
and if Col. Terry does secnr3 iustruc-
TORS he wi enter the convection
with sufficient equilibrium 10 carry of
the nomipa ion. w. w. Wl5bir', a
quasi d. mo rat, WI the last eXCuse for a
Uongr esso1al Represt n'a i've that tbis
end of the district has had, aud he
was sent to Congress as a compromise
candidate in 1875, defeat ng Judge T.
NJ. Gunter, now of the Flftl. tut item
g cit n OF this dietrict ulga Gun.
ter succeeded Wishire in 1877, aud
was our Representative until The
reGpportionment al the S ate and he
was placed in the Fifth Dit let. The
pgople Of Little Rock are especially
agxious that Col. Terry should 'e.
ceive recognition from the Septe NIB II
convention, because they think. and
tightly, too, that he possesses ability
with which he Gould come as n a"
setting the world on fire. as any man
that Arkansas has sent to Congress
since the days Of recops rue ion.
THE HON. HUGH A. DINsMoRE
of Fayettevi lie, ia contesting for On.
Sam Peel's place. Dinsmors ia you e,
of fine ability, and, it is laid, is mat-
ing things very lively W in the Eth
District for tbs venerable SSm, with
the chances in favor Of bis defeating
his oppo rent before the convent II.
His support r. a'e kicking most
siren uously sgsiost Col. Fhppin, chair
man of the Dis Central Commit.
tee. for certain partial measures put
forth for he purpose Of helping Peel
in his candidacy.
1t is said coorpd man is seeking
notoriety in tie district which Col.
P indexttr Dunn will continue to rep.
resent in the nalional Legislature.
Coils. @. r. BIeck nridee and Thomss
@. McRie have no opposition in the
S, coz d and Third Dis riots respective,
ly. The Republicans have nothing to
hope flr from a Congressional stand
point in this State and but little from
county electors Pulaski and Garland
are the only counties vet to ho'd Coo
grs ssional primaries in this dis riot on
the 9th and l4h respectively.
TRAMP KILLED.
Lum McCorkliD, a tramp, was
killed by a south bound freight train
on the Valley route late yesterday
at ernoon, near Wrightville, this coun-
ty, The C)roner's inquiti ion excul-
pates the railroad company from all
blame, and says McCorklin jumped
on a moving train for the purpose Of
ealing a ride, fell bstwsen the cars
and was run over.
II. & )VB,
Of Perry county, liNilsHtate, 'as today
bound overt o aI.StlliH-tei Of the
United States Cor lliclIu ttei ing couu-
'erfeit money n stA1 .ahovC county.
Deputy Marshal falkenburJ brought
Mrs. Howe and Miss franklin at the
time Howe was lodged in jail, but the
women we're released, their innocence
being proven. The Il asa is strong
against Bowp, he having literally filed
Perry an sul rounding counties with
the "queer" before the officers got
onto him.
THUNDER STORM,
by considerable light.
ming, passed over the city at 6 o'clock
this evening. Property in different
paris OF town suffered more or less
from the Wind, and the lightning
wrecked the steeple OF the German
Catholi church, corner OF Seventh
and Louisiana streets. The building
is the finest church edifcs in the
State. Three hundred dollars will re-
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