Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-04-15
GREENyILLE GOSSIP.
Hens or Interest Gathered by an APP
peal CorrespOndent-The Pub
lie Health.
Sanitary Precautions Church and
school RacfIities-Ihe Labor Ques-
tfon-PerKonal Mention.

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Special Correspondence OF the Appeal
GREENvILLE; Miss, April l3.-The ad-
tournament u the Board Of Leyee Commits
| siouers in session here for ten days past,
has the effect OF making matters a trihe dull.
There were good many contractors, engin-
GERS and others interested in levee work in
| Town, and tliey sass 44;te i->retas
some of the branches OF local trade-hotels,
etc. They have now departed and the town
| joys along in its wonted quiet way.
There was a little cutting scrape Monday
night, the ouly case Of personal difficulty
| that has come under my notice while here. A
colored man sliced yellow woman with
barlow knife, cutting long, but not very
deep cash in her left shoulder. He is ander
arrest awaiting trial.
The health OF the place is good, and is
likely to continue so, Mayor Alexander
is Jealous sanitarian, and has the town as
elem a pin. O1e Of his precautionary
m assures is the appointment of DR.. Dunn as
insE estor OF meats and getables-nisde
necessary by the miserable condition Of the
cattle after the overflow. Nofresh meats are
allowed to be offered for sale unless the ami
mais from which it was taken had, before
being slaughtered, passed inspection as fit
for food.
The colored folks had mild jubilee last
night on receipt Of the news that Lynch had
been seated over Chalmers.
The postoffice here is in the hands OF Mr..
II l.
vile, KY, who is spoken OF generally as
qualified 10 fill the place. The complaints
l have heard to delay in opening mails
are explained by those who make them as
being due to the fact that the work of the
Office is far beyond the capacity OF one man
| to perform to the satisfaction of the public,
and as there is no provision for clerk-hire
for a third-class Office, the public interests
suffer- One reason Of the work being so
heavy is that this il the distributing point
! for all the back country; point which it is
thought can be successfully used in the effort
to have the office raised by the department
to one of the second class, which Is to be
made at an early day.
School facilities here are good. Rabbi
Conger conducts white school, which has a
large attendance IL Il supported 10 part py
the public school fund, but mainly from
tuition fets received from private pupils
There is also a. large and seemingly we'll
conducted colored school, the average daily
attendance at which is given at PAS. A
principal and three assistants are engaged
all colored. Salaries small, $50 for prin-
cipal and $50 for assistant, per month.
There are several Memphians resident
here. Mayor Alexander is one, and reflects
credit upon his former place of residence.
Mr.. Fl. G.. Salziger and his two energetic
step-sons, Will L. and A. r. Frey, are also
Memphians, the two latter having been born
on the bluff. Mr.. Salziger has abandoned
the boot and shoe business to take up that
of restaurateur, in which his Memphis
friends will be glad to hear he Is doing
thriving trade. The Frey brothers sre with
him, and contribute in no small degree to
the popularity of the house.
The Greenville Bank is an institution Of
which the town is justly proud. Mr.. w. A.
Pollock is president, and has the esteem and
confidence of his fellow-citizens, evidence
by his appointment as commissioner TO ac
company Colonel Percy to Washington TO
place before Congress the true condition OF
the levees OF the Second district. He is quite
young man and will yet make his mark in
the -financi al world.
Church-going people have every facility
here for gratifying a devotional desire
Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, Catholic,
Hebrew, all are served by ministers Of ac-
knowledged merit in their holy calling. II
is worthy of remark that the Catholic con-
gregation, made up almost wholly of Irish,
is pres ded over by Father F. e. Bohmardt,
a German priest OF recent arrival lie is
however, entirely satisfAt tory to his flock.
There are two cemeteries here, in good |
situations and neatly kept, while there are
few costly monuments, all the graves show
loving care from the friends of those who
have gone before.
Secret ard benevolent societies are we'll |
represented. The Masons have one chapter |
aud one lodge; the Oid-Fellows have a lodge !
and camp; there are three 1dges of Bnai |
Birth, and one of Knights OF Pythiss-all |
reported as being in 1urishing condition. |
The Jail is the best building in the town |
INTELLECTUALLY attractive and apparently a.
strong as Newgate. There has not been an !
escape from it since its erection, several |
years ago.
The social evil is not prominent element |
here. An occasional fugitive from virtue |
fits through here on her way 10 Nicksburg |
or some Point up the river, but the police |
cut the stay of the poor creature as short as
possible. There are no local dsps which |
give any trouble.
Postmaster Pearce reports the river mail |
service we'll performed. He has not had oc-
casion to note a failure this year. Major |
John ID. Adams is evidently complying fully |
with the conditions Of his contract.
Hotel accommodations are somewhat linn |
tied, though probably sufficient for the town |
under ordinary circumstances. Mr.. l. Isen- |
berg has good house, and his charges are |
moderate. Here assemble all the local and |
visiting celebrities.
As with all other towns on the river from |
st. Louis to Vicksburg, the Anchor Line |
boats have become a prime necessity to |
Greenville. Regularity Of arrival and de- |
parture, promptness In attention TO bu Lines, |
and uniform Courtesy of the officers. The |
City of Providence and Belle Memphis are |
special favorites. On the first named Clerk |
Perkins, Second-Cierk Jimmy Mems, |
Memphis boy, by the way, Steward Newell |
and Charley q .lhardt, pharmacist, contrive /
to make the time pass very agreeably.
Some planters are apprehensive that the |
the cutworm TO damage the young corr,
though yet the pest has not made its ap- |
pesrance.
Buffalo gniis have given place to mos
quitos, much to the relief Of suffering live |
stock.
The dispatch in the APPEAL stating that
the Lsvee Board declined" to provide
cided"-quite a difference. The errors in |
this and other dispatches sent from Green
vile are to be attributed TO the bad condi- |
ton of the line hence to Vicksburg, and the /
necessity of repetition at that point.
Greenville has two good newspapers-the /
Times conducted BY Colonel McNeely, and |
the NissisSppidn, managed by Captain Leng-
field. Poth meet with good support and |
appear to give thorough satisfaction. A |
chemical ice factory is one of the industrial |
institutions of the place. Conner & Harry |
have a large saW-mill, planning mill, and /
sash, door and blind factory.
A gentleman from Point Chicot, Ark, just |
across the river from here, says Mr.. G. L.
Stripping, owner of the place, will have |
1900 acres seeded to cotton by next /
Saturday night, If the weather con-
tinues favorable, OF which there is now every |
probability.
Better reports come from East Carroll |
parish. La. Planting is said to be going on |
there at good rate, and with prosPec-s OF
fair yield, so far as signs can row shsE.
The only cases of drowning by the over
flow picked mp by your reporter are those Of |
a negro man, on Captain Julius Lengfeld's
place, and negro girl. out beyond Stone
vile. The cries Of the latter for help were |
heard By Mr.. Kline, who responded as early |
r,o-sibla mi fco lafo to her The /