Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-14
TENNESSEE NEWS.


The heavy frosts of Sunday and Tues
day nights last have pretty etfectually
dispelled all hopes OF bounteous supply
of fruit in this locality.-Shelbyrile
Union, April 10.
Several severe frosts have occurred
here since our last issue, damaging the
fruit very seriously, and injuring early
garden vegetables. The weather is still
cold for the 10th Of Applications
Post.
Monday morning, ice and heavy
frost; Tuesday, rain, cold and buster
ing; Wednesday, moderated some, but
quite cool and windy. The peach crop
is badly injured il not destroyed. The
growing wheat promises well.- Green
pille Union, April9.
CRoPs.-Ths wheat crop in this Sec
ton generally promises well. Some few
fields have been injured, but the damage
so far as we can learn will prove but lit
tie. Farmers are very busy at present
getting their corn ground ready; and as
for cotton, we never hear it spoken OF.
-Shelbypilte Union, April 10.
To WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN. We are
reliably informed that large number'ot
the Oldest citizens of this county have
organized themselves for the purpose OF
ferreting out the objects of the Ku klux
Klan, and keeping at bay all violence.
We are authorized to say that if any
threat or violence is INDUCED in against
any loyal man, black or white, they will
hold responsible the lives and property
of those persons who are known or sus-
pected to be in sympathy with such law
lessness.-Athens Republican, Aprit 3,
FRUIT.-We hear reports from Dick
son, Robertson, and portions Of David
son county, that the peaches and apples
on the ridges pretty generally escaped
the late frosts. In the lowlands the kill
ing was general. From the eastern por-
tions of the State we have rather favor
able reports in regard to the fruit. The
Cincinnati Gazette of the 9th inst says:
"The recent cold snap has literally
nipped in the bud the promise of an
abun dant yield of fruit in many locali-
ties where the trees were forward. In
the vicinity of this city much damage has
been done, but the buds are not all killed"
The crop reports from nearly every
county in West Tennessee are favorable.
More land is under cultivation than since
the breaking out of the war Farmers in
the northern counties are planting a
largely increased area in tobacco. Some
have been induced by ehe high price OF
cotton to plant cotton instead, but this is
true to no great extent More tobacco,
more cotton, twice as much wheat, nearly
twice as much corn, and much larger
amount and variety of fruit and vegeta-
bles will be raised in West Tennessee
than last year.-Nashrille Banner, 10Th.
The Franklin Revieto is sorry to learn
from the farmers from various parts OF
Williamson county that the recent frosts
damaged the fruit to considerable ex-
tent. The prospect for good yield is
not very promising.
Corn planting is progressing rapidly
in Williamson, and we are glad to learn
that the area planted will be larger than
for several years past. Some of the far
mers, however, are holding on to cotton,
and will try it again this year.
In McMnn, Bedford, Lincoln and
Washington counties the frosts of Sunday
and Tuesday nights very seriously in
jured, and perhaps generally destroyed,
the fruit, of which there had been hopes
of bounteous supply. The wheat crop,
however, looks well.
Farmers from all sections of this and
the adjoining counties inform US that
they anticipated but small yield of
fruit Wheat never presented more
encouraging appearance.
From the Nashville Banner.l
We copied from one of our Tennessee
exchanges the other day, paragraph
stating that number of gentlemen from
Europe and the North had purchased
land in Cumberland county, with the
view of engaging extensively in the grow
ing of the grape there A correspond
ent at Altamont, in Grundy county, men
tions accessions 10 that county Of persons
who will make the growing of the peach,
apple and grape specially. These are
signs, and lead to the kelief
that our mountain region will soon be-
come one of the wealthiest and most pro-
dnctive in the country, as it is now one
of the most healthy. Our correspondent
says;
1--WE are informed that several gentle
men from the North, and some from Eu-
rope, are now examining the lands and
homes in Grundy county.
Two of them, Mr.. Clark, an Englishman,
and Mr.. Robinson, from Cleveland, Ohio,
have purchased from Mr.. Armfeld two
cottages at Beersheba, for five thousand
dollars. These gentlemenin in two or three
weeks will have their families in their
beautiful new homes. They will be fol-
lowed by other families. This immigra-
ton entirely changes the character OF
as they move to that place to
make it their permanent home. remain
ing there all the year Both Clark and
Robinson are intelligent, educated, and
refined gentlemen; would make good
citizens in any community. They ap-
pear to have plenty of means, and we
freely extend to them the hand OF fellow
ship. We are told that shorter winters.
a milder climate, the low price OF land,
cheap living on the mountain, the well
known climate Of Beershebs with pros
peet Of growing fruit and grapes In the
induce them to come. Energy,
and a very small capital, are all that is
necessary to change the wild bloom Of
the mountain to that Of the peach, apple
and grape"
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