Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-10

church on last Tuesday has been postponed
! until TINS evening at s O'Clock, al the resi-
oence OF j. Z. JohnsoD, near the terminus Of
The Poplar street railroad. Friends invited
/ The rumored Wholesale firing outh OF
| the LOw-tsx element of the EN- ployes of the
Memphis postoffice was the theme OF gen.
eral dIscnsslon yesterday. The victims
| are probably now seriously debating the
| problem whether it were better to be dead
LoW-taxer or live postofhcer.
"A well-known manager Of one of the cot.
| ton brokerage establishments, commonly
known as bncket-shops, in this city, no has
been Issuing daily circulars showing trausac-
tIons, quotations, etc, received a response
the other day from planter, promising To
forward his crop as soon as gathered il
| favorable rates could be secured from the
- railway.
The first open boil OF cotton this season
reached this office to- day, through the kind
| ness of Messrs. D. w Fly & Co., of Com
merce, Miss, from the farm OF PRYOR Turner.
colOred. They state that it was gathered on
the 4th instant, and report crops excellent
in this section. To this connection we would
state that parties from Como, Miss, report
corn splendid; never better. Cotton i'm
proved from the recent cold spell, with pros
poets for full crop"
"A county official stated to an APPEAL
reporter that letter from headquarters had
reached this city notifying The High-tax Re-
publicans of the intention by the party in
power 10 remove Rsfe Jennings, Waiter
Jones and Morton Jones, all Low-tax Re-
pubicsns and aadckes of the postofice. A Iso,
that Austin Williams, colored, who was re-
Gently removed from the psstoffice would be
reinsIated. The execution OF the order, it
was stated, will take place to-day.
Commencing on the 20ih of August, the
Memphis and L tile Rock railroad will run
two passenger trains daily. The additional
train will leave Memphis at o'clock in the
morning, placing its passengers in Little
Rock about noon. This train has been
needed for a long time, and it is hoped it
may prove permanent one. A great ex-
cursion is TO be given over this road 10 points
in Texas and Arkansas, on the 28h instant
The parties can have the choice of trains,
either the O'Clock am. or 4:30 pm. The
rates for this excursion are extremely low.
"A stock subscription is being signed for
the purpose of reviving the old Gayoso
House and remodelIng it into frst-class
hotel, with an elegant park entrance on |
Main street. The property-owners in the |
neighboEbood OF the motel, as we'll the |
owners of the hotel and Main street lots |
which are intended 10 be converted into |
park, and also used as an entrance from |
Main street, have already subscribed S92 900. |
Work will be commenced az soon as $60, 900 |
additional cash subscription is secured. The |
TACT of the steady growth of our city in that /
direction makes the establishing of a hotel |
at this point question of only few years,
even should the present scheme tall through
which is not likely to occur, if subscribers |
continue TO come forward as they are now
1oing.
Nine blacks and five whites concluded
10 celebrate the defeat of their friends at the
late election by going to Ten-Mile bayou on
a fishing excursion. They made up purse
and invested in ice, sandwiches and "bug
uice," which they sent by early train under
he care Of hired man, and were to follow
IN the 2 O'Clock am. train. This train
act was unknown to the party. Twelve
o'clock found the friends at the depot; l
o'clock found them all sound asleep on
rucka, benches and stair-steps. The Joke
vas too good for the night Waterman to dis
urb. The fret to awake was defeated
lfficial, who had the movements of the train
Explained to him. He skipped away to
breakfast, leaving the rest to awake at their
eisure, each stealing away from the remain
Dg sleepers until morning aroused the last
nes, when they, too, realized the fact and
epart for their homes, lamertiDg the fate of
he good things sent ahead.
The gravel coating given to the Adams
treet pavement, between Main and Second,
as proven itself barrier to the passage of
Ii kinds of vehicles, pedestrians and ami {
lals. Esquire Quigley's Office and the chief
i-police's headquarters are now remote
rom the police station as if they were a !
Iuare of. Jim Degnan wants to paint it;
ne fire boys are urging the authorities TO
our tar over it; Chief Davis thioks nothing {
lort of Spslding's prepared glue will hold G
/; Esquire Quigley Gays he saw Southern t
xpress wagon train, with an empty wagon,
lex fast before they had pulled half through (
/; Mike Garvin declares that he is COM q
slled TO ride his pony up the alley, and that
2 has worn out new pair OF boots the last
eek in trying to pick has wsy across 1t. In
CT, the job is such complete nuisance that
Iery official spoken to afirms that some
her fellow ordered ii. A chrome is in
ai,ing at Esquire Quigley's Office for the b
an that "bossed" the JOB, with the promise 81
at when he does call the neigh bors viii s.
lebrate his depai ture by throwing utter II
m every pebble 10 be found on the street.
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