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

DusINEsS COCO.
THE Kate Adams had good trips in and
out yesterday.
CLEAR weather and pleasant in the SUM-
shine. but cold enough TO- overcoats in
shady places.
THE wharf ia crowded nearly from one
end to the other with cotton, seed, salt and
other stuff.
THE CITY of Bayou Sara discharged a lot
of sugar, passing to st. Louis early yester-
day morning.
THE Chickasaw had the biggest trip of
cotton ever brought out of White river by
anybody's boat.
Receipts by river yesterday 20S1 bales
of cotton, 341 bags of Eeed-cotton and 41S4
sacks of cotton-seed.
The Jog which hung over the city yes
ierday morning was so dense street-car
drivers could not see their mules heads.
THE Gayoso had a good list of cotton
seed, and sundries down from the upper
bends, and returned with a good load in
the evening.
The G. Schultzs, in from Old river, had
= good surdty trip, including Is bales Of
cotton, II bags of seed-cott0n, etc. She
retnined in the afternoon.
THE Chickasaw brought 1852 bales of
cotton out of White river, of which 1926
| bales were for Memphis. She returned
last evening with a fine trip.
THE Enquirer had a big lot of potatoes
in, saved from a grounded flatboat at the
foot of Presidents Island. She had also a
lot of cotton and sundries, and returned in
the evening.
THE James W. Gaff arrived from Gin
cinnati yesterday afternoon with 1866
packages of freight. She already has
L lava mn o O ante 0f ooff1- To- Aar ~ok,.n
this evening.
THANKSGIVING DAY was more generally
observed than usual in this city yesterday.
Many a turkey bit the dust, but there
were many who did not Bite the turkey.
In many cases as fsrvent thanks went up
over a ham-sandwich as did over tables
groaning with the fat of the land.
THE Vicksburg Commercial Herald of
yesterday morning says: "Fhe Will S.
Hays, from Louisville to New Orleans,
passed down at l0o'clock yesterday morn
ing, lacking about 800 tons Of being fully
loaded. She picked up all the cotton and
seed she could in the upper bends"
THE following is said to have happened
in Evansville. No modern improvements
necessary down here: Mamma said the
little me (oply seven summers old, but
devilish smart for her agel, running in
n AbA hCA PAaNs SNoNl NICdtOlOMCt baN6E l1C
beard her paps tell her mamma that he
was going to withdraw his boat from the
opposition and put the modern improve
ments on her" "What improvements
will be put on her." asked the Christian
mother, raising her attic nuated form from
the dying embers. "He said he was going
to put a $4,000 mortgage on her." answered
the little one.
MONROE Telegraph, 14th: S~teambostmen,
as a rule, when an accident occurs to their
vessel, will furnish information regarding
1t freely, but a railroad conductor viii re-
main as dumb as an oyster when an acct
dent occurs on the rail, and if you get any
satisfaction from n in an instance of
this kind you can count yourself exceed
ingly sharp" The best way to find out
about railroad accidents is to get caught in
one. II you survive your experiences you
can tell your friends yourself; il not, your
friends may as we'll hunt foHa needle in a
hay stack as to try to learn the cause of the
accident from railroaders.
The Louisville correspondent of the Gin
cinnsti Commercial Gd-ette says: "Col.
Will S. Hays has information to the effect
perintendent OF the Louisville and
Portland canal are growing better day
by day. The matter has been brought
to the personal attention of the
President, who has had several
consultations with prominent Indiana
and Kentucky statesmen and business
men, and the unanimous opinion seems to
be that Col. Hays is not only capable, but
is deserving of the position and should
have it. 1t is said that one point in the
~eolonel's favor is the impression of the
powers that be, that army engineers can
be placed to better service than at river
stations"
. THE Cincinnati Times Star of Thurday
says: Cart George Melona, the we'll
known Cincinnati and New Orleans pilot,
died suddenly at his home in Covington
yesterday evening. Several years since
Capt. Melona had q stroke Of paralysis,
a on q boat near Cairo, which par.
'issbled one-half his body, extend.
tie head TO the feet. He rscov,
-ull use of himself in q short time