Huntsville gazette., 1885-09-05
MEMPHIS.
News Of the Cult City, First Bale, Dry
Wather. Picnis. More Excursions.
M0suqitOe pests..ctc.

WatheF. F1cntss More Excursions.
MOsuqitOe pests.-ctc.
Correspondent Huntsville Gazette
MEMPHIS Tenn, Sept, 3rd, 1885
The first bale Of Cotton for Shell
by County was sent in last week.
We hav had no rain here in five weeks
and the dust is 8 and 4 inches deep.
The Colored teamsters of Shelby
County have registered a charter
and the Organization is to be known
as the Memphis Cesmsters of Shelby
County.
The self constituted colored pre-
acher who claimed to have lost 81 IL
ON Popular st, few days ago is pro
nounced an imboster by the Rev. J
Jonesof the missionary baptist Church
ofSt Louis with whom the party have
claimed to be connected.
The new Memphis Cotton ex'
change building was formally opened
at II. O'clock Tuesday, Sept, Let
There was large attendance Of re-
preventative business men and appro.
pirate ceramonles and many were
the congrations passed all round
This building is an architected
beatuy.
Where is the water committee!
The people are all complaining OF
their cistern water being used up and
what will the milk man do!
Wolf river mud can not be used
for hotel milk.
| The biggest Excursion ever run
into Memphis was that Of Sunday
August % on the Nj. &. G Road,
which left the same evening. There
were 16 coaches and 8 Baggage cars
1928 peopls. Of these about 800 we're
white. Over 1000 assembled to see
excursionests off that night at 8
O'Clock. 1t was worked up by the
we'll known Cash Mostly. The crowd
seemed to enjo themselves Intensely.
They came from as far as Iuka and
got on at all intermediate points
and were ordely.
The Boycott agains. the Public
Ledger has ended that paper
has ended and that paper has gone
into the union. Every paper in Mem
phis is now published in a union
office. Soon after the street Car
drivers strike ended strike against
this paper was made by the news
boys aidedby Typographical union no
IL but was soon ended and the boys
went back to work. And the only
fear is now that the mosquitoes may
strik for better board. This little
kinsman he claims to be, has aluest
taken the town. They roam around
in great herds and will take your
scalp right on the street. A great
number of these animals are supposed
to be emigrants from Arkansas bot
TONS Old citizens says they are
the most bloodthirsty creatures
known here since the departure Of
the Indians.
The policemen and the dogs have
been fighting all summer here, and
yet the number of the latter seems
to be increasing instead of decreas-
ing and make night hldeous howl
ing at the moon.
Among the many picnics given
here this summer. [ may name the
Hackmen's picnic .Draymens picnic
Truckmen's picnic and even com
mite organized in the rear Of Jones
4 Graham, black smith, shops, last
week is to give Black Smiths pic
mic soon, and the Boot Blacks are
expected to be heard from soon in
the picnic busines, as its now their
turn.
The great National Mexican Band
on its way back to.New Orleans stop.
ped over and gave, two concerts
here Friday and Saturday night al
the Exposition building. Seven
hundred people made up the audience
on the inside and at least Twelve
hundred out side that cheered and
seemed TO enjoy the music equally as
we'll as those within. The Band be-
longs to the 9Th cavalry Of the Mex
ican Army and will 60 direct to the
City Of Mexico after leaving New
Orleans. They are about IS in mum
ber and always seem to be in the
hast of humor They iook like mu