Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-11-29
JONESBORO, ARK.
The Cotton and Corn CrOps-FIOOds
Amusements and Personals.

Regular Correspondence of the Appeal
JoNEsBoRo, November 26.-The cotton
crop of this country is being brought to
market here quite rapidly. We are re-
ceiving from twenty-five to fifty bales
daily. Notwithstanding the crop is gen
orally short throughout the entire cotton
belt, still Jonesboro is receiving her usual
amount and will very likely ship more
bales this season than any one in her pre-
vious history. This, as a matter of fact, is
owing to the large increase of population
in the surrounding country. The corn
crop is very fine and Craighead county
will have plenty for home consumption
and some for export.
The trains on the various railroads pass
ing here have all been greatly DELAYED for
the past week owing to immense floods,
with which the entire country has been
visited. Our postofiice yesterday received
mails that had been accumulating along
the st. Louis, Iron Mountain and South
ern railroad for four days. 1t took the
employees of the Office about three hours
to open and distribute the mails. The
Office here does regularly a heavy busi-
ness, and when four days are bulked into
one it requires deal of labor to do the
work. We have, decidedly, the best pay
ing Office in Eastern Arkansas except
Helena. In fact, Helena had better look
to her laurels if she expects to remain in
advance of her northern rival much longer
in any department of business.
Referring to the recent floods, your cor
respondent learned to-day that a few
nights since there was great destruction of
property and some loss of life at Pied
mont, Mo-, Il small town on the main line
of st. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
railroad. Nothing 10 compare with it was
ever before known to occur in that section.
Houses, fences and other property were
swept away, and as many as seven per-
sons were known to have been drowned
The citizens there are in great distress.
Mr.. Peter McCabe, an engineer on the
Texas and st. Louis railroad, was married
to Miss Ida Finehout at the Southern
Hotel in this city yesterday evening Il
week ago, the Rev. Mr.. Mintern officiating
The Rev. W. NJ. Watson, preacher IN
charge Of the Jonesboro circuit, Methodist
Episcopal Church South, preached his
farewell sermon here last night. Mr.. Wat
son is popular with this people, and his re-
turn 10y the conference, soon to convene,
is desired.
The Yankee Robinson" Theatrical
Troupe are playing an engagement here
this week. Theyappeared in Days Of rs to-
night, with yankee Robinson" takingtlIe
leading role. The performance was highly
creditable and was witnessed by respect
able audience, composed of the very elite
| of the city. Mr.. Robinson informed your
representative to-day that he had been
on the stage since early boyhood, and that
he made his debm ut a Memphis theater
many ysaFs ago, when he was small boy.
He is now aR cid man, away up in the
sixties, but as active and spry as many
young men OF twenty-five. / will Just
mention the fact right here that JcnCsforQ
is 9 good point for any first-class travelling
troupe. Good audiences could be had
here for several nights any week.