Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


CHATTANOOGA Times, Tuesday: Jane
Doyle and wife, OF Sequatchie valley Wer'
in the city Yesterday. The o'J.ct oil thel
visit 10 the city was no,hiDg more nor les
thar 10 see a train Of carr. They CAM
through the country in d wagon, a distance
Of IA mile1. Depot Policeman Dris:oli tool
them in charge, and when The morning Eas
Tennessee train came pufiog in they were
almost beside themselves with Joy, but were
afraid to get near "that ar queer thing
Doyle states that bis mother Is IS years olC
and had never been 20 miles from the house
in which she was born"
NIsFoRTUNEs are sometimes very fortu-
nate. An Instance: Between S4nf, I'd and
Vemiilioh on The indianapolis and st. Loui
road yesterday morning a freight wreck oc-
Cured, interfering with the running time OF
the fast express, due about The time the
wreck occurred. O1e of the express trains
had orders to meet the other al Sanford, aud
the other had Instructions to run 10 Vermil
Iona mistake in duplicating the order
These two points are ak miles apart, aud if
the freight wreck lad not occurred the light
ming expresses might, in The darkness, have
crashed into each other, running at the rate
OF As miles au hour. w en- the Coz
ductors met they asked each other, "Whai
are you dUiug here?" A com p~aIison of OF.
ders explained the situation.
ABOUT eighteen month"; ago a gentleman
and his wife left Yorkshire, England, and
came to Louisville, Ky, leaving behind them
2 little girls, their gees q and 3 years re-
spectively. Inc p'renIs concluded to make
that city their home, aud naturally enough
wanted their little darlings with them. The
2 little girls acco dinghy left Yorkshire,
E1glaud, so miles beyond Liverpool, aud 40
miles beyond Manchester, aud arrived al
Liverpool bearipg letter., and each one
marked with a tag bearing an address in
Louisville. The Liverpool agent took charge
of them, put them IN board the City OF Rich-
nond, aud sitter a safe and peasant vovsgs
across the Atlantic they arrived In New Y TX
on Saturday, lts;. They were supplied in
New York with tirst-ciass through tickets to
Louisville, and put 10 Oh trge Of the sleeping
car conductor, who bought them through
safely, arriving UIa the Short Line railroad
They were delivered both we'ring the tags
which they left home in England with.
These little girls bad left Z gland alone,
crossed The atlantic and male a safe and
pleasant journey Of nearly 1900 miles. They
did not experience sny sickg $50 on the entire
trip, and seemed cheerful and happy upon
their arrival.
CHATTANOOGA Democrat, Tuesday: "Yss-
terday the engineer began r~esetting the
stakes OF the right Il way OF the Chattanooga
Western railwsy, aud the work will be push
ed 10 completion wiihour any further let OF
hindersnce. Mr.. e L J,meS, treasurer, hal
made tie nece- siry arrangements for the steel
rails and The ma3hInsry and carr. The ties
will be cut on The company's property, on
the summit Of the ridge. There will there
fore benz fur her impedimsnt rs the people
OF Chattanooga have come up most gen.l
ously with their 3 lIs :~Tip.ions. Quite a mum.
Der have nj Jet been ctiled on, ana scarcely
soy refused to Subscribe, Toe imp )rtance
of this railroad wss never SO fully really d
a. this year, Nearly 100 people haVe
spoken 10 members II the directory
about securing 10 on the beautiful
elevated plsteau 10 a. 10 erect bous 3
as soon as the railroad is con; lsts1. Ec
popular has WaIdrs MS Ridge been THE yeir
that hotels and boa~rdin2housrs have been
crowded all the time. Sdch air, waller and
scenery are not fund elsewhere within easy
reach Of Chattanooga. As soon as The road
begins TO cliHs the eteep mJu ltAin side the
walls of the fHotel Aanitog' will begin to GO
up. The only delay to this hoiei Is he road
rs three parties are pstitioning for the priv
iege. Around the hotel will be built tn,
GUNNER town OF 'Manitou,' and the COMPANY
will provide ample arrangements for water
gas, etc. With their usual generosity snC
enterprise Chattanoo "A comes TO the help o.
the railroad company in this important IN.
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