Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-06

pioneer hotel Keeper MajorS S. r. Spight,
made his way through the throng with
the great APPEAL, OF that date, furled
to the breeze, as a banner in one hand,
ana a lump of ice in the other, crying
out, "See what our narrow-gauge has
done for us already" We never saw so
large a crowd enter into the spirit Of the
occasion with such hearty zeal. As to the
road we un~hesitatiugly pronounce it, for
all local purposes, a decided success.
The economy of construction and out
fitting, and afterward of running; the
peculiar adaptability for all purposes
and uses, particularly recommend that
style Of road. As we saw
YOUR LIGHTNING REPORTER
aboard, and alive, as he always is, to
passing events, we wiz pass over many
items of the occasion, knowing that the
world is already acquainted with much
of the doings down here yesterday.
Ripley is situated in and surrounded
by a considerable area of fine farming
country, and must frum this on De put
down as one of Memphis's principal
tributaries, as I find the citizens, with
out exception, for Memphis and the APP
PEAL. Already she is awake to the oe-
casion. Property has advanced one
hundred per cent. New firms are form
ing, and new houses are being erected,
business mel are arOusing from the leth-
argy in which they have been sleeping
for years. Capital and business houses
from abroad are seeking and inviting its
trade, and soon it viii rank as one of
the first feeders in the wholesale trade of
your city. And Memphis should also
awake to the importance of this trade
and endeavor to retain the confidence
she has in your ability to compete with
all other markets. We see a represen-
tative of your newbut sterling wholesale
grocers and cotton factors Messrs.
Sledge, Mckay & Co, in the person of
Captain J. S. C~arruthers, who is cordi-
ally received and ~courteously treated as
an agent inviting custom and soliciting
trade where it justly b~elongs-Memphis.
Success to him.
RIPLEY
is also astir in point of education. The
fall session of the Male Academy COM
on next Monday under the su-
peryision of Captain Thomas B. Win.
ston, formerly of Upton county, Tennes-
see, than whom a more string and
thorough gentleman and accomplished
cannot be found. His house is
a fine structure, and the school well at
tended. The female school is also in a
fine and fourishing condition. Our old
sterling Democrat friend Colonel d. B.
Wright, is Elector for the First district,
and will, as of yOre, pour hot shot and
shell thick and fast into the enemy's
rank. He and his partner, Captain
Strickland, do a leading business in the
r
l must not neglect to note the most
perfect harmony of feeling between the
and blacks that ] have seen in
all my travels, and that, too, in Missis-
where the whole Radical race
think a negro would be kukluxed
less time than it takes to tell it if he
we're to even show his face in an assem-
of whites. Yet, yesterday, H. G..
a negro from Vicksburg, was put
on the stand and made an eloquent and
appropriate address, being received and
heard with applause for his and other
assistance in putting this road
through. They are ~peaceable and quiet
and doing well for themselves, many
1ne taking stock in the enterprise and
up well.
I would also have you notice the dis
with which, underline supervision
IF Major Niles Merriweather, Chief En-
twenty miles of the track with
he ross ties were put down in the last
fifteen days. m
THE COTTON CROP,
IS l have heretofore reported, is bound
o be very short one, some are putting
t down to one-half. From Memphis
lere it is eaten up with the rust, and the
with hot weather have taken the
whole of the August crop. And further
han that the army worms are in count
ess millions, devastating fields as they
'ome to them. In Hardeman county,
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