Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-29
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IS In the city.
The first annual picnic of the Emmett
Guards will be given on the LIST Of Sep
TENDER, Wednesday, at James Park.
Capt. James Brett left the city to-day
on flying trip to East Tennessee. We
mean he went by rail- but will not be
gone longer than business requires.
Mr.. M. d. L. Stewart, of the State
Central Executive Committee, has issued
notice that the Senatorial and Floate-
rial Conventions are postponed until
Thursday, the 9Th of September " =
The Second Annual Fair Of the Mis-
sissippi State Fair Association com
mences at jackson this year on the oath
Of October, continuing six days. Col.
j. L. Power, the Secretary, has our
thanks for a complimentary ticket.
We were introduced, Saturday, to Mr..
N. d. Simons, a native of Charleston,
South Carolina, and more recently of
Kansas City He is a newspaper man
by profession, is genial gentleman,
and, we are informed, is about to become
city editor of one Of the morning papers.
A large docket absorbed the time and
attentionof the Police Court this morn
ing. Fifty cases were disposed Of in
Guiding all the varieties of crime known
to this court. Some change was taken
in; some of the defendants were locked
up; others discharged and locked out
and went off grumbling. :"
The County Convention, consisting of
thirty-four delegates from the country
and forty-seven from the city, will as
semble at the Criminal Courtroom, OPP
posite the Overton Hotel tomorrow at
eleven O'clock for the purpose of nomi-
mating two candidates for the Legisla-
ture.
Capt. J. Ed. Stacey, late Revenue In
spector or Detective, was arrested in
Nashville, last Friday and brought to this
city, on the charge of accepting brides
and levying black mail on certain whisky
dealers, while nosing out things in this
District two years ago. He waived ex-
animation before c. Canning Smith,
United States Commissioner and was
committed to Jail in default of fifteen
thousand dollars bail required.
The revival of religion at Asbury
Chapel which began three weeks ago,
still continues. Rev. Mr.. Mullins, the
minister in charge, has chiefly conducted
the services. Many professions have
taken place, and about forty persons
have Joined the church-a number of
them yesterday, including some old gray
headed men. Mr.. Mullins remarked in
his discourse that he had reached the old
men and the ladies, but had failed to
touch the young men. They had sue
cessfully resisted the revival.
The following resolution was adopted
at the meeting held in the First Ward
Saturday night:
That it is the sense of the citizens of
the First Ward that great injustice was
done us at the mass convention on
Thursday last, in not giving our ward
any representation in the Congressional
delegation, there being nearly majority
of one taken out of one of the smallest
wards in the city.
The Knoxville Wing and Register of
Wednesday, says ....,, ...r
We regret to learn that Col. Thos H.
Galloway, the estimable President of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad, is still in very precarious con-
dition, his friends having little hope Of
his recovery 81 la bnf ldgm9h 81 p
The following advertisement appeared
in several public placesin Carter county,
and for originality of composition goes
ahead Of wax figures and Artemus Ward,
one time:
A Lost Dogl A Lost Dogl-I Have
Loss My Dogl Have Less My Dog i
Got in contack with Bare on the Third
Sunday in July and he followed the Bare
of, and He is very casey to tax up at
any Body's House. He is white and
Black Dog with Large Black Spot run
down his Back. He is mostly White
Dog, With Black Spots on his Back, and
Yellow round mouth from Hancock
Creek Bridge, Belonging at the Hardy
L. Jones plantation.
The owner, namely --
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