Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-04
GONE UP"
Successful Ascent of the Monster
Balloon City Of Memphis

The eminently successful ascension
effected yesterday afternoon by those
bold explorers of the upper regions,
MesSrs. Brooks and Thompson, would
have enthused the soul of a believer
in Miller's doctrine of a general
"going up of all things sublunary.
The gigantic air-ship,s of which
minute descriptions have been pub
lished heretofore, vas inflated from
the gas mains Of Poplar and Adams
street, the process commencing at an
early hour of the afternoon and ceas-
ing only when the balloon was " as
full as a tick" somewhere about six
O'Clock. The cheers of the crowd as
the unshapely mass Of canvass began
20 assume its magnificent proportions
were loud and frequent, and we verify
believe that every one present felt an
interest in the success of the under
taking not a whit less genuine than
that pervading the minds of the pro-
prietors of the affair.
While the ship of the air was tug
ging ut her mOOrings with seeming
Impotence to be off, the last prepare
tiOns were completed, the cable was
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of the multitude and strains of
martial music, the canvass bubble
shot swiftly into the air. "DOn't she
go it," "Ain't she a beauty!N and
various other encomiums were scat
tered p%rofusely by the enthusiastic
urchings who had assembled (Outside
the fence to honor the occasion with
their presence. And the boys were
correct, for the sight was really grand,
and that "she went it" may be in
ferred, when it is known that at seven
o'clock MasOn's depot was already be-
hind the Rrial navigatOrs.
1t is probable that to-day will bring
us dispatches from the towns over
which the balloon has passed, as the
telegraph people here have requested
their brethren north and east of this
to keep them posted as to its where
abOutS.
This ascension will test the useful
ness of ThOmpsOn's apparatus to arise
or descend in a balloon, at the pleas
ure Of the @rOnaut, without resort to
the discharge of ballast or escape of
gas. Lab0ring under some misgiv-
ing, however, as to the efficacy of the
machinery, the Professor took in his
ear an avalanche of heavy reading
matter, to be pumped, as occasion
demands, upon the devoted heads of
our country cousins.
The balloon went up like a rocket
may it not come down like a stick.
MORE OF THE BALLOON.
The following dispatches indicate
that the ballCn is " slOshing around "
in quite a " permiscus" manner:
MADISON, ARK. July 3, s pm.
\ balloon passed here, steering east
J south, about half an hour ago.
JACKSON, Miss, July 3, 1880 p.nt.
Close observers have failed to dis
cover balloon in sight uptO this hour.
CoRINrH, Miss, JuIy 3, ) pm.
Two blooms passed here-one this
morning, the other last week. All
well.
CAIRO. H., July ;, s pm.
Big gas bag C. F. IT, LETT here last
for Omaha.
JACKSON, TEHN., July ., d pm.
\ balloon was heard 10 pass over
this place a few minutes since. No
body hurt.
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn, July >, 9:IJ PIN.
An avalanche Of waste paper is fall
here. MeteOrOligists are unable
to account for it.
LATER.--A balloon is approaching
the earth under a full head of steam.
Umbrellas advanced twenty per cont.
In price in ten minutes.