Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-11-29
PERSONAL.

CORONER MoFFArT has not arrived at home
yet. he is improving SO last that he Is likely
TO remain where he Is several hours longer.
SQUIRE BLECKLEY, the chairman OF the
county court, Is daily at his Office, and looks
younger and better han he has for twenty
years.
MAJOR B. F. JONES, the indefatigabIe editor
Of the Wtnona Democrat, the most widely
the WorshAm house.
o. P. SNYDER, representative In congress-,
Senator Clayton and United States Marshal L.
z. Mills, are at the Overton, on their way to
Washington. They go thither 10 have Train
suppressed.
GEORGE NJ. PILLOW, ESQ, an excellent gen
temRn in social life, as he is a thorough mas
ter Of his profession, becomes q member of
the lawyers hrm Of Harris q Pillow, certainly
second TO none in the west.
A. c. WILLIAMSON, a noted stoek-farmer Of
Illinois, is at the Peabody hotel. He is en-
gagged in transferring his quadrupeds, fine
Arkansas. such zen are most wanted In the
South.
THE POSITION OF deputy commissioner Of
internal revenue has been tendered to our efi-
elent collector OF internal revenue, General
Robert l.. Patterson. II was promptly de-
clined. General Patterson makes q good
officer, faithful, as the people believe, in the
discharge Of his duties 70 the government, and
We are pleased to learn that he Will retain the
position he holds.
DR. J. N. KELLER, the distinguished surgeon
Of Louisville, and formerly in charge OF the
hospitals OF Memphis, is soJourning al the
Peabody hotel. Esteemed most highlyin pro-
fessiOnal, as he was beloved In social life, he
viii be warmly greeted everywhere this
morning as he saunters down Main street.
WIZ. ALBERT, late master-mechanic of the
st. Louis Bridge company, mas been appoint
ed by Mr. Dodge superintendent of construc-
ton on the Memphis elevator. The writer
has passed some pleasant and some trying
hours with Mr.. Albert in the caissons fully
dfty feet below the bed Of the Mississippi,
and 3 better mechanic or a truer man he
never met. We congratulate our elevator
Olk"i having so thorough a man.
CoLoNL JOIN VAN HORN, superintendent of
the Western Union telegraph company, as
enduring as a galvanized wire, and erect as
the straightest pole on bis endless lines, and
Peabody hotel. The. T. EdgertOn, the gas
philosopher Of the west: +. 5. Lawrence, of
Sc. Louis Hon. John Thompson, Of Phila-
delphia; Colonel W. R. Patterson and S. H.
Pendleton, OF Arkansas, are guests Of the
same institution.
EVERYBODY knows William Rodgers, the
great tailor Of Bragg's and Joe JohnstOn's
armies. He IL was who supplied with meas
$4,000 suits Of clothes. furnished more than
$4,000 suits. He was honest and came out Of
the wsr penniless. This %skillful, tasteful
tailor is nov doing a magnificent business 10
Helena. He writes 10 US that the place is
dourishing like himself, and that Helena viii
be q great rival of Memphis for the trade of
aggraDdizement Of Helena will make Mem
pills flourish, and there will be wealth enough
canals are dug, drawn from drained swamps
and from m bcgOtten by them, to
make this entire valley as pOpulOus and pro-
ductive as Holland with Is dyke and canal
begotten wealth. Railroads on one or both
banks Of the Mississippi viii sooner or later
connect Helena and Memphis, and argosies Of
riches viii float on an arm Of the sea between
the two cities. Such is Rodgers dream, and 1t
will be realized.