Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-02-16
TAKING In TAXES.
Heavy Payments In the Office of the
County Trustee-The Rush In
the Registers
Office About Oyer-The License In
spector, and the Fun He Has
With the Drummers.

Meeting License Inspector Simons on
the street yesterday, an APPEAL man was
about to stop him, when he winked his
weather eye and jerked his thumb over
his shoulder, indicating an individual OF
a decided Samuel Of Posen" appearance,
who walked a few steps behind carrying a
neat leather satchelin his hand.
B back directly" said Simons, and in
few moments he returned, followed at a
short distance by his late companion, who
walked rapidly by without stopping.
"HE FRO BosTING,"
said Simons, you can ALWAYS tell a COM
mercial evangelist or any other kind of an
evangelist who halls from the Hub"
"What has he beer doing?"
Nothing at all. You see Memphis is a
lers strike it they get lost. Can't find the
courthouse to save their lives
"But why should they desire to find the
courthouse ?"
ITO pay their license
And the gentleman who has Just left
you has been to pay his"
YES" said Simons; 81 showed him the
way. They don't like to walk along by
my side much, because they soon find out
most people know me, though l don't
wear a uniform. | always
KEEP THEM IN SIGHT,,
however, as some of them are unsociable
enough to try to leave me after we get
under way"
$50, to put it plainly, you are out drum
mer hunting?"
"Vulgarly speaking, l yam"
Catch many now?"
They're rather wild, but | bag a dozen
or two a week. l have been at it so long
that I can tree them better now than at
first. / have to still-hunt several hours
sometimes before | bring down my game,
for ! make it a rule never to pull trigger
until | have a good aim"
do they flutter much ?"
They're getting so they take it very
well now, and go along with me very COM
Portable like. Catching 'em alive is my
game. The Eastern drummer is
"a MIGHTY RARE BIRD,
but once caught he's easily tanned. Traps
have to be set Tor the old ones, you know,
and it takes a hair trigger"
In Register Pullen's Office everything
was found quiet, but the books show that
the number who have paid up so far is
greater than at this time last year. Regis
ter Pullen handles the vehicle numbers
and issues all privilege licenses Oh account
of the city, upon orders issued by h
trustee. The privilege licenses are not
complete, however, until something has
also been paid in to the county clerk and
another license, on the part of the State
and county, issued by him. In the
TRUSTEES OFFICE
a good start has already been made on ac-
count OF the Iaxing-District, for which
taxes are now due on real estate, as well
as privileges. The largest sum paid in
yesterday was by the Memphis Cotton
Compress and Storage Company, which
amounted to S4742 50. This does not in
clude privileges, which will swell the
amount considerably. a good deal of the
new issue State money has been paid III
in Liquidation of State taxes, and more is
expected. There is a probability that its
issuance at this time will lessen the State
revenue considerably, if it does not actu-
ally cripple the government. In the
office of
RECEIVER LAMB
there is a lull at present, though his col
since he has been in office lave
been proportionately large. He is now
busy on a report which will be presented
to the court about the 1st of next month.
The clerks in the office of Circuit Clerk
Uhl fill in their time making out bills, and
in the office of Back-Tax-Collector Wealth
erford everything is grinding along slowly.
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