Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-27

to meet at the secretsry's Office this morning
at IL o'clock.
1 The Porter Guards are being backed by
the betting men here.
The Wetter Nine want to play the Eek
1 fords, of Paducah, at an early date, here or
at Paducah.
I The muddy, sloppy place on Vance, near
Walnut, caused by detective water-PIPe'
| mas been repaired.
/ The smallest tax bill paid yesterday
was forty-eight cents, by William X. Moore.
He is very small man.
About $1,000 or $1,000 will be spent upon
l the wharf in addition to the $500, 900 to be
used by the River Commission.
Some people claim that the workingmen
| intend to work for Russell. This is not
likely. They don't agree on finance.
Work will begin on Orleans, from Pop
| lar to Jefferson, tomorrow. il will be made
gravel street, similar to Wellington.
"A full supply Of magazines, Seasides and
| everything IN the reading line. can be found
1his morning at Mansford's, 29S Main street
| The new hotel is said to be sure thing
| and will be completed earlier than anyone
4 expects. The persons interested are certainly
| in earnest.
| The wharfage interest has $4,000 worth
Of rubble stone ready TO be placed the
| wharf as soon as the river has attained it,
lowest stage.
If the papers everywhere would take a
| stand against the matrimonial associations
the number of people who get cleft" woulc
be diminished.
The city engineer has given the Holly
Springs road the center lines and grade liner
for Broadway, preparatory to beginning
work next week.
| Ii the properiy-owners on fernando
street, from Gayoso to Union, will make
liberal subscription, the authorities will do
some paving there.
The health of this city has been better
this summer than il ever has been. Streets
and alleys bave been vigilantly kept clean
by the authorities.
"A solemn high mass of requiem will be
chsnted at 81. Joseph's church tomorrow
morning at $3.50 o'clock for the repose OF the
soul of the late Mary Peudergrast.
Where will the matrimonial associations
| get money to pay the various policies with?
| They must certainly know when they go in
that they can't come out honorably.
Jefferson street will be the easiest street
| up from the river now. Skill and zee en-
| cheering have accomplished this result
This will help the property in the neighbor-
hood.
| tsrpsuiin house, between Court and Jeffer-
| son, will be paved wi h Tubble stone by the
| Chesapeake and Ohio road by the middle OF
next month.
"A new baseball park has been built at
Tipfonville, Tenn, 100 miles above here, on
| the river. A game was played there Friday
between the Stars, of that place, and nine
] from Cairo.
| "A woman named Tremble, who lived
i inf The Nv l1ran bloak fnoL a hoayv IF
| morphine last evening and died from the
| effects. Il is presumed that she intended
! killing herself.
With liberal aid from Union street, the
city authorities will pave Union from De
soto to Front, provided the back taxes are
| collected fast we have every reason to
believe they viii be.
Major Anthony Ross, engineer of the
sewer department, reports all the sewers in
good order, as well ~ flush tanks, and places
have been subjected to sewage that were
heretofore regarded as inaccessible.
Bull Rull street will be completed
| Wednesday and thrown open to the public
| II is being laid by Mr.. Mike HOlloran. 1t is
considered the finest rubble road ever laid in
this city, he guaranteeing it to last ten years.
Clerk Uhl collected on yesterday nearly
$500 in Taxing District back taxes, ranging
| in amounts from forty-eight cents to SLY
! Inc sndIieHL Dill WAS pau Dy our NJ. u,
William r. Moore, and the largest by the
Greenlaw estate.
BY order OF the president, Prof B. NJ
Sampson, the Teachers Institute will meet
i'll the LeMoyne school, on Orleans street,
on the fret Saturday in September, at 10
| o'clock in the morning. for the purpose Of
| electing officers for the ensuing year.
The melon trade Of Memphis is growing
in proportion to the increase in other depart
| ments Of produce We learn of shipments
| of FIVE csr-losds of watermelons alone to
| Cincinnati by one OF the prominent dealers
on Front street during the past week.
The dirt streets all over the city have
been graded, rounded up, curbing put down,
sidewalks repaired, and alleys graded in
| such a manner that they will be passable
and in good condition this winter. Many
| of these streets have not been touched in |
| thirteen years.
The cedar blocks 10 complete Jefferson |
street from Front street to the river have ar |
rived, and the street will be omen by Thurs. |
day, under the superintendent of Mike Lar
kin. This street during the last twenty
years has been steep that dray cond not
come up at all. It's grade now is ten degrees
easier than any other but Washington.
New cotton is beginning TO swell the
daily receipts at various extreme Southern
ports. sufficient to show a daily increase OF
|
we have had no symptoms of our first bales,
but il Is confidently predicted that this dis
tiDguished visitor will put in Its appearance
before the Close of this month, which ends
the season of 18S1-S2.
AT the Waldrau Guards drill Friday
night, the contest seemed to lay between
Henry Davis, Robert Nall, B. o. Weisiger
and Frank Dixon, after much good drilling
the latter came off victor amid storm of
applause. He complains of his arm being
jerked out of place by so much hand
shaking. I
The suggestion of a correspondent in
the APPEAL yesterday, that he moon be
photographed and that sections of this
photograph be rephotogrsphed so as to get
ton OF our satellites being inhab-
tied, is worth the trial. The spec
uum has been able to tell us through
millions of miles the competition
of the fixed stare, and even If the suggestions
OF our correspondent We're realized. ii wonld .
not be a whit more wonderful than the reye- !
lations of the spectrum.
The Legislature meets in January next
A new levy of Taxing District taxes will
have to be made by the Legislature. 1t is
evident 10 every sane inhabitaui OF Mem /
phis that big boom is Just ahead of US. ]
Business will be good; new factories will be c
built and grand enterprises will be insug- 7
urated; four new railroads will be completed j
and running into our city within the next 9
two years, and many new streets must be !
paved either with rock, wood or gravel. | L
What adds more to the value OF property 2
and the health and convenience OF the city v
han good streets? Would il not be ad- u
vsable TO increase the levy for street paving p
purposes, as to enable our authorities 10 /
90 ahead rapidly with paving during the n
next two years? This is an important mat Il
er for our people 10 consider. Give the ''
authorities the money and they will put d
hings through quickly and economically. a
AT a meeting of the old Mexican sol c
liers of the city of Memphis. held August Il
18th, it was ssceri aimed that the number of II
veterans who participated in the Mexican 81
ampaign, now residing in the city, will not A
xceed fifteen, and OF this number only about a
en- or twelve may be set down certain to Il
20 10 Nashville. All, however, signify de- Ii
ire to be at Nashville at the great reunion e.
# the old Mexican veterans on the 18th, u
4th and 18th of September next These n
ew old soldiers, who are now lettering on te
he verge of the grave, would like, all of 81
hem, to attend the reunion, but financial o.
will prevent some OF them
rom attending. Now this looks hard, when
We consider the valuable service they
AVE rendered the nation. The prowess 81
It their arms, extended the domain OF the u
ation and made it an ocean-bound republic
nth UnbouDded. wealth. Billions and tril- b
ions would not enumerate the vastness of L
he added wealth to the United States. Put
heir claims on the score OF dollars and se
ents, and the Mexican soldiers be paid the 4
alue of their services, they would be the
7ealthiest of our feilow-citizens,
FlOyd's Ladies' Restaurant. Il
We have spared neither pains nor ex-
'ense TO make this restaurant the very best W
+ its kind in the country. Very few cities 3
he size of Memphis can boast of such a d
lace. We have lately made all the i'm e.
movements which could possibly add to the L
omfort of our patrons and onr own con-