The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-20
THE CORNER LOUNGER.

ItG OOhN Dh 1OO LBH.
The service given its patrons by the Mem
phis City Railway company should be COM
memorated by monument of granite with
gold tinsel and elaborate inscription. There
isn't city in the country that would dare
for one moment lay claim to rivalry. At 10
o'clock last night two gentlemen boarded
car No so, on. the Elmwood line, which
stood at the terminus on Charleston ave-
nue.. There was no driver aboard and
the passengers sat down TO await his
return and pleasure about moving along AT
1920 their impotence got the upper hand
of them, and one of them gave the bell strap
a series of vicious jerks, which gave the
ringing alarm and attracted attention from
the leisurely driver. He was in an adjacent
saloon making himself comfortable, and
only stuck his head out the door TO in
quire what was wanted. "How long before
this car will start?' asked the passenger who
was conducting the case. Tomorrow
morning" came the reply, and the candid
agent of the Memphis City Railway company
retired to the inner recesses of his fayorite
resort, doubtless for further communion
with Bacchus. Fortunately for the belated
callers car on the Madison street line Of the
Citizens Street Railway company came
along about that time, the gentlemen board
it, and were thus relieved OF the necessity
for further waiting.
Possibly the Memphis & Charleston Rail.
road company, under different crcum-
stances, could not be disturbed in its pos
session Of Washington street, possibly il can
not be disturbed at all; but THE APPEAL
throws out the suggestion that Il might be
touched up little on tho score Of
n general nuisance and grave dan
ger TO the life, limb and prop
crty of the citizens Of Memphis A re-
porter stood at the corner Of Main and
Washington streets at $3.50 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and watched the ridiculous and
futile attempt Of switch engin No. oil 10 haul
a train OF freight and fiat cars over the grade
from east TO west For several minutes
the engineer manipulated the machinery,
but with no more success than 10 cause the
widest sort OF putting and slipping Of driver
wheels. Percciving that the job could not
be accomplished, and also that street cars
and vehicles were crowded into a blockade
on each side, the train was taken down the
east grade for new arrangements and fresh
grip.
In addition TO the many temptations ever
present In Memphis there will be twelve
new ones In town NJ the theaicr next week.
One Of them is Mile Don.anu, premiere
danseusc, who twenty-five years ago had the
New York gildcd youth at her feet, when
she was the prcttiest woman who had ever
danced behind the iootlights.
zone Of these fnc days" said a well IN.
formed cotton man TO the Corner Louugcr
yesterday, you will wake up and find cot.
ton booming. II has been twenty-five
year since the statistical position las been
rs strong rs II is now, aud the price Is just as
sure 10 go up as that you and are living.
just think Of IT, the visible supply OF cotton
Is 1000 bales less than last year. aud there
are 100000 bales at the ports less than last
year, making difference Of l,lOOO, 900 bales
less In sight than ut the same time last
year. Besides this the consumption il
going mp In New England and two
In Georgia. The stocks at Liverpool arr very
light and the staple Is being chowcd up as
fast a. II comes 10 market In three DAYS
Liverpool has sold 1900 bales In Memphis
cotton Is picked up as fast a. Il Is unloadcd.
There Is u big hole 10 be- filed up with cot.
ton aud the present crop IA not big enough
To do H. You look Tor boom In cotton, you
hear mel"
There seems to be great difficulty in
keeping the streets 81 Memphis clean" re.
marked an anii.dirt party man TO the
Loungcr. why Is To- IL Is done successfully
In many other cities Memphis Is either
dusty or muddy. There Is no intermediate
state. Tho mud turns into dust rapidly, and
quite as rapidly a slight shower turns the
dust into mud, aud Il Is mean sticky mud
at that. The mud sticks 10 your boots aud
clothing. aud the dust which Is nearly
always ON the wings Of some light wind. fills
your eyes ears and nose As 10 which,
mud or dust-is the least disagrccablc has
been a puzzling question TO all old Mem.
phians who have been able only 10 come 10
the conclusion that, when YOU have either.
you will wish Tor the other. Tho dust.swccp-
ing machines wer, tried and aban.
doncd a. an aggrayator Of the
dust nuisance, and street force with
carts hardly made an impression on the sea
of mud which often covers tho city like q
blanket The city authorities from time
immcmorial have been making puny efforts
10 dispose of the nuisance. but at all times
rs now, gave Il up In despair and dropped
into q fatalistic condition Of mind, cried out
'kismct aud awaited the act OF nature.
which appeared In the shape OF heavy and
continuous rains which converted the dust
into mud, the mud into slush, the slush into
dirty water, which swept along the cutters
90 the bayou Gayoso, on 20 Wolf river and
into the bosom u tho Father OF Waters.
Nature Is the only scaycngcr which has been
able 30 accomplish the great work. nnd
without the least assistance from the city
fathers In tho past or NJ the present time.
Memphis looks fresh ssl charming after
such a shower bath"
Tho management 81 the Fall Of Paris
that spectators arc permitted 10
appear nightly on the roofs Of several Front
street stores and ON the roofs u nearly al
the Howard row stores overlooking the bluT
where the spectacle Is given. This Of Itself
Is not The right thing 20 do In reference 10 \
m exhibition gotten up for the benefit 81 |
The mercantile interest Of Memphis |
Thursday night brickbats were thrown into
The auditorium from the roofs Of Howard
how stores by ruiIians who thereby cndan.