Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-11-27

and set M a nice dinner for the poor un-
fortunates, which helped to make them
enjoy their Thanksgiving holiday.
There will be a slight change Of music
in the second act of Crazy Patch tonight.
Miss Kate Castleton will sing her famous
"For Goodness Sake Don't Say I Told
You" The house promises to be a large
one.
The banquette in front of the Custom
House has become a popular resort for lit
tie folks of both sexes to enjoy their roller
skates. Several little ones out yesterday
afternoon attracted considerable attention
by their experiences on wheels
Grading, graveling and terrscing the
Custom-House grounds is progressing IA
vorably, and it will soon become a favorite
resort in pleasant weather. The broken
retaining wall on the west ~ ,esa.-
an u%nsightly picture f.:uu the river.
.-speculations are various az 10 what
the decision OF the Insane Asylum Com
m~issioners will be, but the Memphis pub
lie is unanimous IN the opinion that it
-@TuIo be the grossest outrage to slight
Shelby county, and that she is justly en-
titled to the asylum.
Report Of the Grain Elevator yester-
day; Corn received, none; withdrawn, 1S5
sacks; in store, 10,131 bushels and 1899
sacks. Oats received; none; withdrawn,
sos sacks; in store, A,s56 bushels and
1907 sackss Wheat received, none; with
drawn, none; in store, 29,058 bushels.
Several employees Of the postofice
went hunting yesterday and carried with
them one dog, five guns and about 500
rounds OF ammunition. They also carried
food for about twenty-five men. They
came back five sad5er and wiser men, with
one dead yellow-hammer. killed by the
dog.
"A son OF MI. Thur5ton of Kansas City
met with a rather severe accident yester-
day evening about 9 o'clock while riding
on the engine from the depot to the juno
ton. A COW being On the track the engine
collided with it. The young man jumped
from the engine and sustained injuries
that will keep him in bed for some weeks.
About 8 o'clock last night a rousl-
about named John Brown was pointed
out to Officers Logan and. Wilson by
another decker named Emmett Bergis,
who accused Brown of having stolen a suit
of clothes from him in Arksp9as. He was
| locked up. The proof is conclusive
| against him, as he had the clothing on his
back.
The Citizens Railway Company has
stopped work on fernando street, and is
using all the force at its command to rush
its track from the north end of Second
street south over the low ground while the
fiue weather continues. Stone block
pavement cannot be successfully laid
when the ground is wet. On fernando
and other dirt streets, four-inch plank,
twenty fee! long, is to be laid Longitude
nally between the rails, and will conn
flush with them.
The Cotton and Merchants Ex-
changes, as well as all the banks and most
of the leading business houses, were closed
| Yesterday, and but little business was
| transacted outside of the necessaries of
life. Cotton receipts were 6172 bales, of
which 3i16 bales were by rail. Shipments
| were 5775 bales, of which 1875 bales were
by rail. The heaviest receipts were by the
| Memphis and Little Rock railway, and the
| largest shipments over the Memphis and
| Charleston railway. Stock on hand yes
| terday 90, 721 bales. Total receipts of cot
ton thus far this week 30,S64 bales, and
| since September LIST, 256, 1875 bales. Cotton
| closed at 90 Wednesday evening, and the
market steady.
"A published list of the appointees of
| Collector Hillsman shows that he has but
one Republican, Mi Ter, on his roll. He
| SAYS, in answer to recent structures. 81
| nave appoiHteu HO puplcaH " any cHlce,
| nor have / been asked for any office by
any Republican, with this exception: Mr..
w. S. Miller, q one-legged Federal soldier,
came to me soon after l took charge of the
ofics and stated that he had been in the
service as storekeeper and gauger for sew
ersl years, and asked how long he could
| depend on retaining his position, and |
told him that IS long as he continued to
discharge the duties of his office s~atisfac.
torily l would not ask for his dismissal. /
am trying to run my office in the interest
| of the government in accordance with the
law as construed for me by the CJmmis-
missioner of Internal Revenue, the Hon,
James S. Miller, and as long as he e
presses no disappioval ] will give no
| thought TO what others say"