Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-27

offices under his control. They require
close and hard work from all OF the depu-
ties and clerks from 8 o'clock in the morn
ing till 1870 O'Clock in the afternoon.
"A negro thief named Lindsey Fowler,
who robbed a store IN Cnelsea of some
money, but was SO closely pursued that
he had to drop it, was fined $50 in the
Police Court yesterday.
1t is more than likely that all the rail-
roads will run special excursions on Satur-
day for the benefit of our country cousins
who wish to hear the greatest military
band o in the country.
AT Estival Park last night the st.
Quinten Opera Company produced the
comic opera, Billee Taylor, to a very good
house and they were applauded to the
echo. The same opera will be repeated
tonight.
Mr.. Gus Limberg at the Lemp's Brew
ing Company's warehouse on Second
street, has a delightful pet-a rattlesnake
1--WE feet long, which has subsisted on beer
alone for he past three months. He takes
| a schooner at a time.
There are now twenty-seven hands on
the chain-gang. They will begin to-day to
close the gap between the end of johnson
avenue pike and the Old Raleigh road, a
distance of about 700 feet, which will give
a continuous paved road out of the north
ern portion of the city.
The entertainment at Raleigh Springs
tonight will no doubt be participated in
by many Memphians. Every arrange.
ment has been attended to, and the only
thing needed to make a complete success
is a crowd. The ladies in charse will per-
sonally see that every one who attends has
a nice time. Dancing and refreshments
will follow.
The police were instructed by Presi-
dent Hadden yesterday to see that all
plumbers and others engaged in tearing
up streets had permits to do so. They
will not be allowed to tear up less than a
section, and the city reserves the right to
relay ii, which will cost $l7, aud which
must be paid by the property owner hav.
ing the work done.
Foreman Jewell of the chain gane
gives a graphic account of what he terms
"Gen. McNeifs Retreat" 1t appears thai
a private detective paid the remainder oil
the generals fine at the station-house
about 81 so, and got an order for his re
lease. He found the gang where they
we're at work and showed the order t.
Jewell, who ordered the irons taken off o
him. The detective did not say he wanted
the darby until the shackles were re
moved, and hen started toward him
handouts in hand. The general" retreat
ed in the l~iveliest style, followed by the
detective, who finally threw the handcuff
at him in despair as he hied away in tn,
r dim distance, safe from pursuit.
? Though it will be some weeks befor,
3 business fully opens, a good les of trad
is being done. A w~ell-posted commercia
traveler says that busire5s has improves
e fully leo per eel within the past tire
months. He has cold ten times as man,
goods during the past month as he sol
+ last spring and summer. The splendi,
crop prospects throughout the countr
have inspired the merchants with conf
dence, and they are not stinted in thei
purchases. Farmers are jubilant, an
. those who are in debt viii pull out thi
year, with good luck. The gentleman re
CARDS the revival in trade as permanen
wherever he has been, throughout Ter
nessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi an
/, | Arkansas.