The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-07-21
w. H. II.
Writes of a Visit to Memphis and
Other Southern
Points.
PEAB DY HOTEL,


here l am, in The largest southern
town, the largest grocery town. except
New Orleans. in the south. l left st.
Louis on the Iron MouL tain at .S:l5
p. M, last Wednesday and arrived
here at 1890 to-day. [ am here on q
still hunt, yet see and hear, although
l get tired. My train had eight
coaches. The Chickssaw Guards were
on from their re- urn trip to Indian.
apolis. They had seven writ
ten on the badge of each
to indicate how nearly they
came winning first prize. They were
all hungry and tired. No breakfast
until we reached the city. Accomo-
dations on the Iron Mountain sleepers
are poor indeed. There were only
two peanut headed negroes with sup
plies for seven passengers to serve one
hundred and sixty hungry men and
women.
On excur.ion tours, people with
limited tickets expiring July 9th, IL
O'Clock at night, had to ante up to the
conductor to get home to Memphis.
One young lady boarded one chair
car at o'clock this morning, some.
where in the swamp count ~ Of A
kansas. She had a voice
LIKE A CALLIoPE,
And a mouth as lovely rs q Venus de
Medici. She awoke me. giving q de-
scription of how to cook a cake.
There was q most beautiful preface to
q lecture on the culinary art, vocally
printed upon the mini Is Of sixty
sleepy, tired travellers.
The conductor seemed to cult
vate her acquaintance and was making
inquiries concerning her say in
Swampland. This il just opposite
Memphis in Ark, and overfows when.
ever the Mississippi River gets on a
swell. 1t is Inhabited by cypress.
knees and trees, mu quitoes, frogs and
negroes and occasionally a saIlow
Completed Caucasian shows
himself as denizen.
Morning arrived, AMI l took one
good look at the communicative ladv
passenger. She is small, fair CON-
plrxioH, light hair. large eyes and l
noticed pearly white teeth.
made the acquaintance of two
Chickasaw guards. The Colonel got
off at Wynne to buy luncheon, l
went into the sleeper, cost me twen-
ty five cents. ordered coffee for three,
two of them and one of us, cost me
forty cents. Then for coffee and
acquaintance sixty five cents. We
soon arrived at
WEST MEMPHIS
On the Arkansas side of the river. 1t
has a few small houses ON stills and a
large elevator for the Gull
railroad to receive Nebraska and Kan.
sss grain via K. G. & NJ, and con-
Sign to New Orleans by barges. One
burned as soon as finished. They now
have a new one about complete.
The abutments and piers of the new
bridge across the Mississippi river next
attracted my attention. This bridge
will have three railroads, Cotton Belt,
Iron Mountain and K. G. & Gulf to
cross on it. As it is, a large ferry
boat takes an entire train, locomotive
and cars, onto it and brings it over
into this city.
1 arrived at the depot on this
side and got INFO a bus and soon
saw the lovely Venus accompanied by
Mr.. Conductor en- err aud come to the
Peabody. When be paid her bus fare
1 wished l was young and a lady, for
my money is lost. Electric cars viii
soon superceie mules on street cars
here.
OLD PAYMENTS
are being torn up and new granite
rock with cement bed, is being placed
in so firmly and substantially as to
both beautiiy and to benefit the city.
Many new large business houses are
going up. The Illinois Central rail-
road is building a new depot in GEN.
ter of the city.
Cotton crop is not up to average in
Arkansas and by no means hattering
in Mississippi. Times are dull here
and money scarce. weather cool fol
this season. Rains began Sunday and
have continued off and on to date.
Two hundred and Fifty squirrels &C
cupy the court house square and one
fox squirrel has been among them fol
seven years. This square is seated
and is a kind Of park, with a large
fouptsin in the center. Come 2O(
ladies and gents in it to-day.
Respectfully,
w, III, r.