Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-06-13
LOCALS IN BJiIRF.

The blackberry crop this year is
said to be unusually abundant. flza'
Tea, very fine green, black and
mixed, at Finnie 4 Buckham's. e.
ID. Thielman and NJ. Scott received
final discharges in bankruptcy yester-
day.
Several piscatorial parties have Wis.
tied the Arkansas lakes since the water
has fallcn and met with excellent luck.
-R.ev DR.. A. 81. Kerr will preach at
the Second Presbyterian Church, corner
Main and Beal streets, to morrow morn.
ing at lO4 o'clock. saa "
The net proceeds of the picnic at
James Park in aid of the |. o. B. B.
Orphans ASYLUM on Thursday, were be.
tween six and seven hundred dollars.
Coll L. J. Dupre, formerly of, the
press of this city, has connected himself
with the editorial staff of the st. Lonis
Times. He will be found valuable ac-
QUESTION to our up-river cotemporary.
We were shown, this morning, by
Messrs. Thomas 81. Allen & Co, the first
cotton bloom which has reached the city
during the present season. 1t was
plucked from the plantatio of L. G.
Galloway, near Glencoe, Bolivar county,
Mississippi, on the 10th instant.
We heartily second the suggestion of
our contemporary, the Avalanche, in cali
ing for the resuscitation Of the old Shelby
County Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety, which was permitted to die out
during the war. Let the annual exhibi-
tons Of ante 5ellum times be renewed,
by all means, say We "a O. q
=" Scriptural views of drinking and
drunkenness, is the subject of lecture
to be given by Rev.sR. G. Ransom, at the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, on
Court street, tomorrow morning. The
friends of the temperance cause have no
ADLER auxiliary in their work than the
pulpit Those who hear Mr.. R. will not
fail to be instructed and edited.
Bishop Andrew, Bishop McTyiere,
and Doctor Green, of Nashville, will de-
liver addresses to the Sunday School
Convention, to be held in tho First
Methodist Church, corner of Second and
Poplar streets, tomorrow, Sunday, at
half past three p m. Appropriate sing
ing by the children of the different
Methodist Episcopal churches.
The capital bill promised by the
amateurs for the benefit of the Orphan
Home, on Tuesday next, will rot fail to
Gil the New Memphis to its utmost ca
pacity. Aside from the entertainment,
the object to which the proceeds of the
evening are to be applied is one which
will not appeal in vain to those who are
charitably disposed. We trust the sum
realized may be large.
From this date two mails to New
York will be sent from the Office in this,
city daily, one by the Memphis and
Louisville, and the other by the Mem
phis and Charleston route. One will
close at noon and the other at pm.
This arrangement will not fail to give
general satisfaction, and will, doubtless,
altogether remove the cause of COM
plants which have of late been so FREE
quently made. 4Gsgsf .a
The entertainment of the Central
Methodist Church Sunday School, last
evening, passed off most pleasantly, and
reflected much creditor the little ones
who participated in the exercises as well
their instructors. The vocal effort of
juvenile quartette, composed of four lit
tie girls, neither over FIVE years Of age,
was especially a treat Among other
interesting exercises of the evening also
we're, an address on the subject Of the
Bible, by Mr. Scarborough, and another
on the influence Of Sunday Schools, by
Mr.. Beard. These, with nga,dislogues
and recitations, made up the programme,