Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-07-26
aOLD FOLKS,
The Anniversary Celebration ut
Buntyn's yesterday.
A Large Attendance and a Pleas
antly Spent Day.

Station yesterday was as pleas
ant an affair as could easily have been
conceived. The day was bright and
beautiful, and the attendance very large
The old age and youth and beauty OF the
city and county were numcrously repre-
ssnted. Those in charge of the grounds
spared no effort to make every one
present feel at bone" and succeeded
beyond even 'their own ianticipahons.
Col G. d. Mclean, the President Of the
Club, seemed to be omnipresent, so anx'
ious was he that the visitors should en-
ioy themselves " the best in the world
on all portions Of the grounds A hne
band of music was in attendance, ana
the "young folks" spent the greater por'
ton Of the day in dancing. The address
of Col. J, Il, McMahon was chaste and
eloquent. The diction was iaultless' and
none In hearing failed TO be impressed
With It's beauty and pa,hos. In appro-
PIRATE terms, he alluded to the deaths
since the last annual assemblage, OF the
following named old citizens, who were
members of the society: Nathaniel
Anderson, President, died March Sth'
is67-came to Memphis in 1927 W. d.
Ferguson, Vice President, died 1866
CAME TO Memphis in 1876 Thomas b.
Gresham, died August, lS66Tcame to
Memphis in 1886; VIM. R. Smith, died
June 18th, l86T-came to Memphis in
1887; Samuel T. Morgan, died July 3D.
ls67-came to Memphis in lsil;Joh n
Wildberger, died July 18th, lS67-came
to Memphis in 1888; William K. Postoni
died July It'll, lS66-came to Memphis
in 1885, W. G.. Bryan, died in 1861
came to Memphis in 1912; William M,
Folwell, died March 10th, ls67-came to
Memphis in 1886 James E. Felts, died
July, ls66-came to Memphis in 1885;
Daniel Bogart, died January Y, 1857
came to Memphis in 1912. sig
The speaker also gave a brief history
of the Memphis press, revived and al
most forgotten incident in connection
with the landing of Lafayette in Mem
phis, in 1924, and closed as follows;
The changes and vicissitudes of the
INST have much to sadden us, for in nearly
every household there is a longing Tor
| -'t---L-'th the touch Of a vanished hand:
And the sound of voice that is still.
hut there is, also, in the present and IN
the future much to console, cheer and
GLADDEN. us. We have still life's memo
ries and its hopes-its memories sweet
though ifmournful n--its hopes, more
chastened perhaps, less bpcyant possibly,
| in their bounding exuberance than wnen
happier stars shone over our country, 1n'
not the less inexpressibly dear we
have still above ns the "skyey intlpI
ences" that engender love for our stu
fair though deeply SCARED Southern land
/ and within US and around US the capa
bility and the objects that awaken and
strengthen love for our kind. We have
still these dear old friends, these bright
beautiful ones, these pleasant meetings
| Of the q Old Folks at Home: Why may
we not, then, be happy and fma
"soliye, that, when the summons comes to joir
The innumerahle caravan that moves , .h NJ
| To the pale realms OF shade' Wfere eacn sn"i
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
We 90. mot like the quarry-slaye ut night,
Scourged to his dungeon; but sustained ah'
By nm unfatering trust. approach our grave
4 Like one who wraps the drapery OF his couci
About Kim and lies down tO pleasant qFi'~s'
THE damaged stock of dry goods at M
Kraus g. Co. S, No. 2l3 Main street, mus
be closed out in the nextteh days. l1
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
YEsrERDAY AFrERNooS. AT four ocloc
Yesterday afternoon the Board of Healt
met at DR.. Knodes Office, pursuant t
call. All the members yerei present
Several communications were read an
appropriately referred. Drs. Grant
Brown and Knode were Appointed CON
mittee to draft by laws for the govern
ment of the Board, and the members c
the Board we're appointed q standin
committee to report nuisances 10 thel
respective wards to the Secretary, DIS
Irwin and Rogers were appointed CON
mittee to confer with Colonel Beaumon
Superintendent of the Metropolitan ~
lice, relative to sanitary measures. .
resolution, declaring that no epidemi
prevails here at this time, was adopted
after considerable discussion. DR.. Taylc
said there was cholera in the city
which ne had treated quite a number
cases. Dr.. Frayser's personal observa
tions of cholera had extended to only tw
or three well marked cases. DR.. Pit
man made a somewhat similar statemen
A committee, consisting of Drs. Frayse
Brown and Sim, was appointed to comic
with the Board of Aldermen and drug
gists, with reference to the establishment
of dispensaries, where medicine can }
obtained fer the poor. The Board the
adjourned until eleven o'clock to'mo
row morning. 500 ALf
HABEAs CoRPUs,-A man named Jeh
Stewart, who has been in Jail for som
Cine past for alleged completely in
: extensive diamond robbery in New D
leans, is to be brought before magi
trste on writ of habeas corpus. II
writ was served on Captain S. S. Garret
of the Metrnpolitan Police. this forenoon