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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-26
SPIKES AND SPARKS.

WORK has begun on the drawbridge
across the river at Thrasher's ferry for the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West rail-
road, to be completed by November Ist.
THE formation of the Texas pool has re-
suited in ar advance in rates on all of the
roads interested. One manager has put
himself on record with the prediction that
the pool will increase the earnings of the
lines s5,000,0O 0 yesrly.
THE followiGg new Pullman palace
buffet drawing-1t6m cars have been built
for the East Tennessee ard Georgia Ken
nesaw route) road, and are now run daily
from Rome, Ga, to New York without
change: Norfolk, Luray, Cremona, Lithia,
Otranto and Tampico.
CAPT. SIMON LEVY, receiver Of the
Shreveport and Houston Railroad, is in re-
ceipt of a letter from NJ. G. Howe, receiver
of the Houston and East and West Texas
narrow-gauge railroad, stating that he will
meet him with the completed road at the
Sabine river about September 18th.
THE track is now laid from Beaum ont,
Kas, on the st. Louis and San Francisco,
southwest twenty-seven miles, and WI
reach Floral, thirty-three miles from Beau
mont, August Sth, and Winfield, nine
| miles further on, about September LIST.
| Grading and bridging are nearly finished
to the latter point, and the rails are on
hand.
THE management and the new name Of
the Green Cove Spring and Melrose Rail
road is the Green Cove and Midland Rail.
road Company, and differed as follows
john W. Ashby, president; r. B.. Canova,
v.ce-president; j B. Brown, general su.
perintendent; A. F. Vogelbach, secretary
]. @. Greeley, treasurer. The above eff
Gals also constitute the directors, together
with Dexter Hunter of Jacksonville, and
o. A. Burlington of Clay county.
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PERSONALS.

B. VAocARo and family nave gone to
Bon Aqua Springs.
]. W. BUCHANAN of the Grenada Miss
Sentinel is in the city on a short visit.
Col. H. M. DoAK of the Avalanche is
still sojourning at New Bloomfield, KY.
DR.. BERNHARDr, the wonderfully sue
cessful optician and oculist, is still at the
Peabody.
WALTER HARRIS of this city has gone to
Australia, Miss, to attend to business for
DR.. Wilkerson.
DR.. J.. E. Black returned yesterday from
a trip to the lakes, much improved in
health and spirits.
CAPT. JOHN DAVIS. chief engineer of
the Charleston Oil-Mill, who has been in
this city on q brief business trip, left for
home last night.
Mrs. DIR. MCGEE and her little daughter
Camille are spending some time at their
old home, Trenton, Tenn. They went to
the annual family reunion at W. q. Pat
teson's codntry residence.
LITTLE SYDNEY READ, son Of s, ?. Read,
who was, on the Goth, from the fall OF his
horse, thrown SO forcibly against the stone
pavement, is now lying in a very crltical
Condition from Inflammation OF the brain
brought on by The conclusion.
DIR KEIsAY can be seen at his Office al
No. los Fifth street, Chelsea. Owing to
his extensive practice he will not set
patients only from 8 o'clock am. to t
o'clock pm, and Newborn need not ex
peCt to see either him or his partner only
during these hours.
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G.

Billie Taylor at the Park tonight.
"A regiment of book peddlers has
struck the city.
An election for public school teachers
for the Fourteenth District will be held
September I'd.
The bootblacks are getting off their
bases again, and the police have been in
structed to regulate them.
Jesse Maynard was arrested last
night for assault with intent to kill. May
nard was h hero of the Albritton burn
ing sensation.
"A special train will bring the Mexican
Band from Louisville. Memphis is second
to the last place in the United States
in which the band will perform.
The St. Quinten Opera Company pro.
duced the Mascot at E5tival Park last night
to a fair house, and will give BHee TAILOR
at the same delightful retreat tonight.
"A culvert is being laid under the track
bed Of the Memphis, Selma and Bruins
wick railroad on Broadway, and when il
is finished they will put down the track.
The Police and Fire Commissioners
are going to work in earnest to pull down
unsafe buildings. Mr.. Hugh Brinkley
was arrested last evening for a failure to
comply with an order to tear down a
building condemned by the commits.
sioners.
The street-car officials promise to turn
out the entire rolling stock OF the road, il
necessary, to carry the multitude of people
Who expect to hear the Mexican Band.
n coming of this famous musical organi-
zatlon is the talk of the whole city.
The APPEAL is requested by Mr.. Tracy
to state that all the orphans, as well as the
Iady managers Of each asylum, are invited
Tree OF Charge to hear the great Mexican
Band at the matinee on next SATURDAY.
afternoon. The managers should report
to Mr., Tracy at once, in order to provide a
place for the little ones.
In the Police Court Yesterday F. A.
Ellis was lined $40 for being drunk: Mat
winston, $40 for vagrsncy; Marshal Han
nah,S 80 for drunk and d~isorderlv. g.,
Ersklne, 900 Tor carrying coGrzaled wean.
oIs; rosa Lee, - Ior drur kenness; i.
"VtsHN -. Larkin and NJ. Havicon, S.
each for a fight at Buchignani's saloon.
"A number of persons living about
Memphis now lave several head of fine
Jersey cattle. There are many phenom-
email Jerseys in Tennessee, or bred in
Tennessee, that might be cited to estab-
lish the proposition not only that Tennes-
sees climate and SOIL cGnduc5. to the i'm
| provement of this beautiful leland breed
Of cattle, but that it fellows as a logical
sequence that Tennessee is the Jersey
State Of the Union,
There has been q large Increase of
business from Memphis south during the
past two weeks, principally in the shape
OF boots, shoes, dry goods and groceries.
The platform at the depots for south
bound freights is aai!t crowded with mef-
chsndise. Clerks in that department are
Nv sept up until late every nigStt III or
der to get rid of these rapidly accumulated
freights. 1t is gratifying to see the revival
of business, which, it is thought, will now
increase to larger proportions. Every in
dication poit.s in that direction, The or
ders for goods from Memphis merchants
are exceedingly large for this time of year,
and everything looks hopeful for an IN
l p~rece1ented fall Trade.
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THE DIAMOND HULLER.
The Charleston Is. g. MIL Fakes One
OF the Mammoth Size.

Messrs. J. G. Oates & Co. yesterday
closed a contract with the Charleston Cot
ton-Seed Oil Mill for one of their Mann
moth Diamond Hullers. After some cor
respondence the Mill Company sent MI.
John Davis, their chief engineer, to in
spect the huller, and. if satisfactory to
him, to close the trade at once. Mr.. Davis,
who, by the way, is one of the best en-
gineers in the South, and an expert in
cotton. seed mill machinery, having several
important inventions of his own, came,
and was afforded every opportunity by Mr..
Oates to examine the working of the ma
chine. After a few minutes working Mr..
Davis expressed himself as thoroughly
satisfied that it was the best huller in ex-
i~stence, and the trade was closed. An
order for machinery for Charleston placed
In Memphis is an unusual thing, and
speaks we'll for Mr.. Oates, who knows he
has a good thing, and is pushing it to the
utmost extent. Every day letters are re-
ceived making inquiries about the "Dia-
mond," which receive the personal atten-
tion Of Mr.. Oates as rapidly as possible.
Cotton-seed miIlers are taking an interest
in the matter, and it will not be a great
while before the Diamond Huller will be
in general use throughout the country.
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WEIRD WOMAN,
Who Is Frightening the Natives In Fort
Pickering-GrOund Broken on
the New Raleigh
Road-Sent to State Prison = Fitting
Enthusiastically Preachers-Mexi-
can Band-Other Locals.

The God-fearing darkies of South Mem
phis have been living lives of dread and
terror for several days past on account of
the presence of a woman who claimed to
be clothed with the most fsr-reaching
powers for good and evil. Dressed in a
fantastic garb: she visits the cabins of the
meek and lowly, and, pretending that she
is a messenger, sometimes from heaven,
sometimes from sheol, as suits her pur-
pose best. frightens them into submission
to her will and the delivery to her of
divers peace-offerings. That portion OF
the city has been literally covered with
printed circulars, which run as follows:
MoLLIE YOUNG, THE NDE WOMAN, AN
EsCAPED LAY FROM THE ISLAND OF
CUBA.
hard swimming l was saved by the mer-
maids and stayed four months and two
weeks. There are twenty-one bullets in
my body-twenty.five shots in me. In
Cuba they pillow slaves like horses and
whip them three times a day and rub
them down with salt and pepper. They
accused me of striking my MISTRESS
child. That's what 1 ran away for.
Travelled from youth with my mistress in
Europe-to London, and from there to
Paris, and from there to London, and
from there to Liberia, and from there to
Jerusalem. The first place 1 went into
was the synagogue. l went in a half a
mile of where Christ was crucified, and
saw where He was laid in His sepulcher;
l saw where He arose from the dead and
wrote His name on the rock, and l saw
the cross where Christ and the two thieves
were hung. 1 saw Lots wife that had
turned to a pillar of salt. 1 first landed in
| the Island of Mexico. and from there to
| Galveston, Tex, from there to New York
| City, from there to Philadelphia, from
there to Baltim ore, from there to Wash.
ington City, from there to Richmond, Va.
from there to Petersburg, Va, and from
there to Norfolk, Va.
Complaint was made to the police yes
terday by a darby who begged that no hint
of his name be given her, as he feared the
direst consequences if exposed. She il
said to be stopping at present at a house
on Jackson near Main.
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scale. 1t has plenty Of good building
stone and q great variety of good timber.
Itawamba county, Miss, is crossed by the
Tombiebee river, and it and its tributaries
furnish a great variety of excellent mar
ketable timbers, such as pine, stave-oak
and Tupelo gum. This county is densely
populated by small farmers, thrifty and
out of debt. 1t is also remarkable for its
fine mineral springs, which would attract
80 much more attention with railroad &C.
cess. And besides, the course of this road
would pass over Itawamba's fine beds of
potters' and tile pipe clsys, not to be sur
passed anywhere. .
Lee county is largely an agricultural
territory, well timbered and lands good,
with a large population.
Tupelo, on the Mobile and Ohio Rail-
road, is a town of 1900 inhabitants, and is
remarkable for its artesian wells, having
no less than nineteen bold wells running
the purest of cold freestone or soft water.
Union county is well populated with
thrifty farmers, and has a great variety OF
fine timber, such as oak, poplar, walnut
and other varieties.
We have had a meeting here, and with
a view to excite an interest in the road,
have appointed committees, correspond.
ing and financial. We desire all the in
formation possibly attainable in respect
to this road. Very respectfully.
HARRY C. MEDF0RD,
Member COrresponding Committee.
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July 29th for 1890 apiece. The figures
serve as a guide to the Derby attendance.
UP to the oath of July Fred Archer, the
famous English jockey, had $40 mounts,
of which he had won 139. G. Wood comes
next with 277 mounts and seventy-seVen
wins.
Mr.. P. LoRrLLARD is the latest bidder
for the almost invaluable services OF that
great rider, Isaac Murphy. His finish on
Freeland last Tuesday fairly captivated
Mr.. Lorillard, and. though he lost $4,000
on Pontiac, no vestige of the annoyance
felt was perceptible in the hearty manner
in which he complimented Murphy's
riding.
The championship pennant of the
American Association is now conceded to
the Browns. The big struggle now lies
between Cincinnati and PittsbuIg for sec
ond place. The Cincinnati club has a
good two games lead and the excitement
will eliminate when the two teams meet
on the Cincinnati grounds the last of this
week.
The sad death of Louis Henke at At.
lanta last Saturday, the result of a coils
ion, should prove a wholesome lesson tc
Bill Gleason, Comiskey and a few othel
ball-plsyers, who, in their over-anxiety to
win, run bases with a devil-may-care rush
and lave no regard for the life and lint
of the opposing baseman. 1t is a fact tha
last season the cry of the coachers of
| certain team in the American Association
was: "Give him the spikes" This CT,
was to intimidste the basemen wheneve
a close play was being made, and it gen
orally had the desired effect of frightening
their victim into making errors.-Cincin
nnfi EnOuirer.
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Dangerous Bowel Disor.Iers.

Have your tailoring done at Kosen.
STEMS.
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A FEW DROPS
Of Rain, but Not Enough to Settle the
Dust,

Dust.
The promise of rain which the skies
have held out at frequent intervals during
the past week seemed about TO be fulfilled
with a vengeance yesterday afternoon.
The sun was entirely hidden by clouds,
which were drifting in such a manner as
to make it almost certain the city would
be visited by q fine rain. A heavy shower
could be seen distinctly fall ng about 6
o'clock, in the woods ov5f the river, and a
light shower was shed over the dusty city,
but the wind changed and carried the
clouds onward to the southwark. Below
Elliott street 8 heavy rain iell for a few
minutes, and it is probable that the farm
ers two or three miles south of the city got
all the moisture they wanted. At shutdown
it still looked favorable for rain, but about
dark tee wind changed again and the
weather grew considerably cooler, destroy
ing all hope of a shower for
the present. According to the
reports Of farmers all over this
division of the State the dry weather has
begun to affect late corr seriously in near
~ every county. The crop, it is said, has
already been damaged materially, and
unless there is rainfall within a few days
the result will be seriously felt. Tobacco
in West Tennessee is all o feeling the effects
OF the drouth, but as this plant can with
stand the effects of dry weather with bet
Ter success han corn, good rains within
two weeks will bring ii out all right.
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NEW RALEIGH ROAD.
Ground Broke Yesterday-The Grad.
fng Already HeKun.

tnS Alreauy HeHun.
Ground was broken yesterday on the
New Raleigh road, near the brick church,
aud the grading will bs rapidly pushed to
completion. 1t vii be lai with broken
rock and gravel in a manner similar to
other county rosds. Those who live on
the road have subscribed literally, and
naturally feel iubilant on account of the
beginning Of the work. The feeling all
over the county is now more in favor OF
good stone roads than it has ever been,
aud there are few farmers who still cher
ish the provincial spirit which opposed a
tax for that purpose simply because they
could not have a pike by their own gates
Al first ali objection was raised because
ali the roads began at the city limits and
extended but a few miles out into the
county. But they are beginning to un-
~ that the city really pays
nearly the rny.s OF The county county
road tax, and that, moreover, r--
benefits the county seat must benefit all
the country around it TO q greater or less
extent, The woodworking force meets
the liSeliest encouragement ~evefyWhefe;
and subscriptions are readily made, as the
Commissioners are unable to do anything
with the. tax alone. In this connection a
report by the Turnpike Commissioners of
the money they have collected, in detail,
by subscription or tax, and the manner in
which they have expended it would be
interesting reading.
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LOCAL NOTICES.

STEAM SHIRT FACTORY, f24
MEaFH1s shirts to order for
81. W. II. Eetts, late Wilson
csgo, cdttef,
SEE auction column furniture sales.
Coff1Nd on the calisraph, A n. Court.
LADIES and children from ESQ to / pm,
Lady in attendance. Natatorium.
The Herbal Chill Cure, the best tonic
and anti-periodic known. A certain and sure
cure for chills. Price 81 per bottle. Send stamp
for circulars ANY reference 9ivep Address
John C. Rucker, LynchberF, Va.
THE most eficacious stimulants to excite
the appetite are Angosturs Bitters, pre-
pared by DR.. J. 6. 3. SIegert & Sons. Be-
ware of counterieits. Ask your grocer or
druggist for the genuine article.
CHOLERA, Dytheris. Fevers, Malaria,
prevented by the use of Reed & Carnrick's Sodi-
um Hypochlorite (disinfeetant). Recommended
by the Public Health Association as superior to
all other disinfectants and germicides. Sold
everywhere. Send for pamphlet, 1S2 Fulton
street, New York.
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GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.
TO ice-water yet.
MACON comes next.
M game Thursday.

To ice-water yet.
MACON comes next.
No game Thursday.
A FAIR crowd yesterday.
KnRoY made a good record.
ANOTHER game to-dsy with Augusta.
AsGusTA won three straight games when
last here.
A NuMBER Of ladies' enjoyed the sport
yesterday.
INTEREST in the fall trotting meeting is
increasing.
The clouds prevented hundreds from
attending yesterday.
The game yesterday was one Of the best
and most exc ting OF the season.
The Memphis Cycle Club may not have
a meeting this fall, but 1t will have a rous-
ing feries of races next spring.
TO-DAY it will be definitely settled
whether Fres land and Miss Woodford will
run at the fall meeting in this city.
GRAHAM was struck on the top of the
head by a hot ball yesterday: The ball
was unipjured. Graham took his base.
CRowErL, the new pitcher, occupied the
box for Memphis for the first time yester-
day and his work was very satisfactory.
BASEBALL has been introduced into ST.
IBERIA by the military authorities as a
Iecreative reward to the meritorious con-
victs off duty.
THE English colt, The Bard, now holds
the worlds twc-year-old record with fifteen
wins for as many starts. His credit In
stakes is $4,000.
THE Cleyelands of Memphis, defeated
the Germantowns yesterday by a score OF
26 to IL. Bora and Crosby did tine
pitching. A fine barbecue followed.
S-Ixry-szvKs 500 shares in the EPSON
Grand Stand Association were sold on
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THEY ARE FRAUDS.
The Two Preachers Who Claim They
Lost S1IO0.

The Two Preachers who Claim They
Lost SIIO0.
The police yesterday received a letter
from ]. h. Jones, a member of the Mis-
sionafy Baptist Church in st. Louis, stat
ing that he had seen a telegram in the
Globe Democrat, about two men Calming to
have lost SLIGO, collected on account of
his church, and he felt if to be his duty to
give warning to the public that they were
frauds. He went on to say that some
time since books were printed for the pur-
pose OF taking up subscriptions in the
10y y anu some OF them were stolen, as be
now supposes, by the men who claimed
to nave authority to collect for the chnrch
No subscriptions were taken by anyone
outside of st. Louis for the church, and II
the parties named were doing so they
were frauds, and ne hoped they would be
prosecuted. He had reference to two negro
men claiming TO be preachers, one of
whom said he lost S1100 in gold out Of his
pocket while walking along Poplar street.
The darby was instructed he must
find some n to testify tha. n once
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Georgia Central,

A Greenville special says the Central
railroad evidently means business in re-
gard to the extension from Greenville
toward Atlanta. Civil Engineer Brown has
begun a survey from Greenville to Fair
burn, on the Atlanta and West Point rail-
road. AS soon as the survey is made and
the right of way secured the construction
will be rapidly completed. President John
Peabody and General Superintendent w.
L. Clark of the Columbus and Greenville
are making preliminary arrangements for
beginning work. The extension will pass
through Meriwether, Coweta, Fayette and
Campbell counties.
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NatatOrium

Season tickets IS Apply at the office.
order azedals At MuIford,s.
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A YOUTHFUL FIEND
Slabs n Woman 4 Escape Arrest TO
HOraHs,

Slabs n Woman 10 Escape Arrest for
LARGELY:
About l o'clock yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Ross, who keeps a grocery near the
corner OF Mississippi avenne and La Rose
stree, discovered q negr1 boy behind the
coun'er tapping the till. He YVES in the
act Of leaving when Mrs. Ross caught him
and forced MIN to put the money where
he sot it. She then let him go, but as
soon IS he was Tree he drew a barlow
knife and cut her in the left arm, just
above the wrist. and also in the right
hand, between two fingers. After making
another lnnge the young devil ran, and
though holly pursued made good his e.
cape. Capt. Hackett thinks he knows the
boy and is confident he viii capture him.
The cut in the arm is about two inches
long, but not very deep.
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'GYCLE CLUB.
Meeting Held Last Nfsht-sH
Fixture.

- HI n
weetIiig Held Last Nfsht-sH
Fixture.
A special meeting of the Memphis
Cycle Club was held las night, when the
attendance was larger than at any session
since the spring meeting 5. Wade
Hampton, who, while n OF the %younges',
is still one of the most enthusiastic and
level-headed members of the club, was
elected a member of the Club Com L%ittee,
vice c.. j. Scherer, resigned. Letters from
two absent members who could not be
present we're read, full Of hope for the
future OF the organiza:ian and pledging
their warmest support in any measure
that might be undertaken for its advance
ment. 1t was decided to renew the lease
on the club-rooms for another year, and
measures were aiken to make them hand
somer and more comfortable for the winter.
An assessment was voluntarily imposed
sor the payment of some footing liabilities,
and the question of holding a race meet
ing this fall was her discussed. Letters
were read from various wheelmen at other
points, some OF whom were willing to
compete, but on mature deliberation it
was finally decided to lay the entire mat
ter on the table.
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RaiIrOad hhare Market

The continued strength shown in the
railroad share market here in Wall street
approximates to a boom SO far as said Sc
curities ara concerned. lille In no
sense attempting to frown down the exist
ence of that which Enthusiastically ia, it
NAV be as well to remind the wayfarer
that this sort of thing is excessively likely
to be overdone. There is no reasonable
doubt but that the advance in prices of
Leading railroad stocks has been o~verdone,
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WHEELING, W. VA, August 25.-Night-
River Z feet 9 inches, and rising.
VIcKsBURe, August 25.-Night De-
parted: City of Providence, st. Lsuis.
PITTsBURa, August 25. -Night-River 4
feet IL inches and rising. Weather, rainy.
C~INcINNATI, August 25-Night-Rige yer 8
feet 9 inches and falling. Weather cloudy and
chilly
CAIRO, August 25.-Night-River Is feet
7 inches and falling Weather cloudy; tempera
ture So.
ST. LOUIS, August 25.-Night-Arrived /:
City of Cairo, Vicksburg. Departed: Belle Mem
phis, Vicksburg. The river has fallen l inch, IL
feet 2 inches by the gauge. Weather clear and
cool.