Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-18
BREyITIEs
Hop at Raleigh tonight.

City schools open on the first of Sep
TENDER
The lawyers are after those borrowed
books. ~ ~ ~
Capt Barney Grey is out again, though
not able for duty.
A few bales of cotton still struggle in
from the country.
The weather is unusually cool com
pared with two days ago
Hon. R. B. Cheatham, of Nashville, is
the guest of Capt. R. B. Church.
A letter received from East Tennessee
states that the crops are splendid.
The Confederate Association meets to-
night at the Municipal Courtroom.
Mr.. Cook contests the election of Nal
lory as Constable in the Fourteenth
District.
Gen. John G. Brown is still in East
Tennessee, and was to visit Montvale
Springs yesterday.
The Memphis and Charleston Railroad
Company is making handsome i'm
provement on Adams street, beyond the
cotton shed.
DR.. VIM. V. Taylor, who was seriously
injured some time ago by fall from his
buggy, is out again-though on his
crutches. ''"l @
We have heard from Mr.. Whitmore
He has bought one of Hoes largest
presses and other material for the
LEDGER Office.
Mr.. Robb, the youngman from Helena
who is here to be treated for deafness, is
improving already, and hopes soon to
have his hearing restored
The following gentlemen have entered
the list to contest for the Cadmus cue
Messrs, Smith, John, Hollis, Mitchell,
Franklin Anderson, Applecutt, Fussey,
Lowe, Horace, Black, Yarmes, Vincent.
One of the most elegant and tasteful
residences built this summer is that of
Mrs. Hunters, on Shelby street. 1t has
all the modern improvements and con
veniences, and is set off by costly
Mansard roof
The Knoxville Wing of Tuesday says ;
"Col. f. Y. Rocket, late ofthe Memphis
press, and one of the ablest and most
gifted writer's in the South, is at present
on visit to our city, and the guest of
the Lamar House"
Our sanctum was favored this morn
ing by call from Col. j. w. Booth, the
genial and accomplished editor of the
Winona Democrat. We are indebted to
him for some particulars of the ASSASSIN
nation of Mayor Brantly, which appear
elsewhere.
Mr.. II. i. Smith, of the LEDGER, sends
note to the Office asking to be excused
from duty for day or two and gives as
an excuse that his home was visited by a
little female stranger of eleven pounds
last night, who has come to stay. As
there is no help for it now, and the
weather is bad any how, he will have to
be excused.
Our talented young friend James M.
Harris, Esq, is announced in our col
umns to-day as candidate for Floater,
subject to the Democratic Convention.
Mr.. Harris is rising lawyer, a gentle
man of decided abilities and capacity.
He would serve the district with fidelity
and distinction. He has hosts of friends
to rally to his support.
A heavy shower of rain fell during last
night, and this morning at half-past five
clock another and an usually heavy
rain fell, and lasted some time. These
frequent rains are doing immense dam
age to cotton and the fruit crop. APP
pies are knocked from the trees; cotton
is knocked down, wet and soaked in the
boil
Mr.. John Robinson's magnificent bene-
fit yesterday afternoon to the Church
Home and the Masonic Temple fund
amounted to 1869. This was divided as
follows: Masonic Temple fund, $l59 so;
Church Home, 5000 so. Mr.. Robinson
deserves the appreciation of the entire
community for his generosity, and we
hope he will be prosperous wherever he
may go.
A well-informed cotton dealer esti
mates that eighteen hundred bales to
each cotton factor were received in this
city during the past season. This is an
average-some large firms have done an
immense business. Newton Ford q Co.,
we learn, handled eighteen thousand
bales, another firm fourteen thousand,
and so on down Some firms in that
line, or so advertised, devote their en-
tire attention almost TO grocercies, and
handle only few hundred bales of cot
ton for particular customers.
We learn from the Chief of Police
that strangers, and especially river men,
out of employment, are often taken sick
on the streets and come to want and al
most starvation because no provision is
made for their relief They do not be-