Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-06-21
COUNTRY GLEANINGs.

An "old farmer of long experience
predicts that the cotton crop of 1870 WI
be poor one.
Dogberry has appeared in Arkansas il
the person of Judge Whytock. So says
the Pine Bluff Press.
A newspaper published at Huntingdon
Carroll county, still blows his horn about
the Ku-Klux. We think it nearly time
to end such nonsense.
The State Comptroller has given direc
tons that all merchants may give in
their importations under the old law up
to the time the new law passed.
The jackson Pilot asks this question
"If railroad stocks in Mississippi be with
out value, how can any man attach com
mercial value to Mississippi railroad
charter2"
The Israelites Of Pine Bluff, Ark.
held meeting last week and adopted the
resolutions drawn up by the Israehtes of
Memphis respecting the Roumania mas
sacre.
The late rains put ont of place some
work on the new bridge over the Har-
peth, and consequently delayed trains
ON the Nashville and Northwestern
railroad.
A quarry Of real marble has been dis
covered within a half mile OF the Public
Square of Fayetteville, in Lincoln
county. 1t is of three colors-brown,
yellow and gray-and is susceptible of a
fine polish.
The East Tennessee Teachers con-
vention, which closed on Saturday,
adopted a resolution TO memOrialize the
Legislature to appoint commission Of
educators who shall propose school
law that viii meet the demands Of the
age.
Our House of Representative has
passed the bill creating State Immigra-
ton commissioner, and Nashville is
jolly, The Senate, however, may knock
the bin into a three-cocked hat, and
then Nashville viii whine over the loss
of bureau
Thos. L. Yancey, Esq, has become
proprietor OF the SenatObia Miss 1
Times, and win conduct that lively jour
nal in the interest of the Democratic 4
party. We wish Mr.. Yaneey the utmos,
success, and gladly hail the Times as a
strong supporter of the principles of true 1
Democracy.
The GAINESVILLE Chronicle states that
in that vicinity harvesting is progress
ing finely, and reports favor large
yield and good grain The corn and to-
baeeo look well: the latter more than
usually so Early planting and good
stand to begin with. viii. with fair sea
son, make a heavy crop.
Citizens Of the fractions Of Gibson,
Carroll and Henderson counties, out of
which the new county of Etheridge Is 10
be formed. met in convention at Shiloh
Church on the 10th inst, and pledged
their united efforts to bring about the Or
ganizatiOn Of such county BY all legiti-
mate means, leaving all other questions
out of view.
Farmers Of Bradley county are busily
engaged in harvesting their wheat, though
the weather is not very suitable Con
smut has been discovered,
though it is not general, and the crop is
pronounced very fine. Farmers Of De
Kalb are busy harvesting and bring good
reports from all parts Of the county.
The crops are better than usual
The Holly Springs Miss. Reporter Of
the 18th sves this uneheerful view: The
rain of last Saturday afternoon washed
away fences and flooded many fields
The ground was scarcely in a condition
to pillow or hoe, when rain set in yester-
day morning and continued several hours.
We very much fear the crops are seri-
ously injured. In some fields the grasses
are obtaining such Roadway that they
cannot be eradicated In other fields
corn and cotton have been washed
away"
The Devalrs ARK Liberal says.
" We sent a man over the line Of the
Memphis and Little Rock railroad from
this point to Madison. He reports three
large steam pile-driyers at work, and a
force Of some two hundred and fifty men
are working at the best advantage posi-
bic. We shall speedily be in easy reach
by daylight Of Memphis The same
paper states The survey on the Pine
Bluff and DeyalIs Bluff railroad has
has been commenced at Pine Bluff, and
engineers are now npon the line with
full force"