Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-05-10
COUNTRY ,jl GLEANINGs.

Y have extended their survey beyond tn
: west bank of the Bigbee river.
Ex-President Andrew johnson was i
;. Knoxville on Friday last. He is of opin
ion the Radicals will attempt recon
struction of Tennessee.
|. MAYNARD announces himself in thu
Athens Post as candidate for re-elec
{ ton to Congress. His style of services
is no longer needed,
The United States House of Repre-
sentativess Committee on Commerce
recommends an appropriation for the
Improvement of the Tennessee river.
Gov. .Alcorn has appointed Judges
Simrall, Tarbell and Peyton to positions
on the Supreme Bench of Mississippi.
The stand of cotton in Choctaw and
Carroll counties, Miss, is the finest ever
witnessed in that region.
The Winona Miss Democrat com
plains that the graves Of the Confederate
dead at that place are sadly neglected
The new Constitution of Mississippi
puts the penalty of perpetual disfran-
cbisement upon any one who accepts,
sends or carries challenge to fight a
duel, or even goes out of the State to fight
according to the code of honor.
Two daughters, one aged eight years
and the other fourteen, of Mr.. II. o.
Sykes, who resides in Tippah county,
Miss, were burned to death on Friday
night. They were sleeping in room
adjoining frame kitchen, which by some
accident took fire and caused the terri
BILE calamity.
A bill is before the Mississippi Legis-
lature to make new county out of parts
Of Yazoo, Kinds, Warren and Issaquena.
There is nice quarrel going on be-
tween Senator Gibbs and Hewson, Gov
ernor Alcorns private secretary. Gibbs
says Hewson tried to bride him, and
Hewson calls Gibbs liar, scoundrel
and scullion' So states the Yazoo
Banner.
The 100000 bonds subscribed by the
Pickens (Ala. county court to the Mem
phis and Selma railroad are of the de-
nomination Of $500 each, payable in
twenty years, at the companys Office or
at its agency in New York Each bond
has attached its interest coupons pay
able semi-annually, onSthe LIST of Janu-
airy and the LIST of July each year, the |
first interest installment being due on
the LIST of July, 1870. Each interest |
coupon is for the sum of $50, payable to
bearer andis receivable in payment of
railroad taxes.
The Sheriff of Craighead county, Ark,
has succeeded in nabbing the fellows
who robbed the postofiice and storehouses
in Greensboro and placing them in Jail.
The sound sentiments of Mississippi |
paper are thus expressed: Support home
mechanics ! home mills, home labor,
home merchants, home press, home arti-
sans, home everything and persons as
near as possible, in order to do your part /.
in improving and aiding in building up |
your everyday neighborhood, place,
county and State
Out of 1892 collected by Radical
blower from colored men in Nashville
only 1926 reached the institution for
which it was collected.
The Holly Springs Miss Reporter of
the 9th thus speaks of the enterprising
spirit of its late owner, Columbus Bar.
rett: The close of the war found him
penniless; he went to Memphis on the
summer of 1865, to seek employment as
a journeyman printer; failing in this, he
returned early in October, 1865, to Holly
Springs, to accept situation in the Re-
porter, which was then being started by
James E. Ballard. He walked from
Memphis to Holly Springs, not being
able to pay fare on the railroads In
May, 1866 he had saved enough from
his wages to buy out the half interest of
Mr.. Ballard In March, 1867, he became
sole owner of the Reporter, in the con-
troll of which he continued until his
death.
Over 1923 shares in cotton factory in
Canton, Miss, were taken up to Satur-
Gay last
The decoration of the graves of Con-
federate soldiers in Holly Springs takes
place on Saturday next.
The Mississippi Central, published at
Water Valley. in its issue Of the 9Th
prints the toughest picture we ever saw
of Garrett Davis establishment at find
ing Hiram Revels and Charles Sumner
sitting together in the Congressional
wash-tub
There is dramatic association at
Water Valley, Miss, and newspaper
printed there says it has an edtor-in-
chief. two local editors, fancy editor"
and pistol and coffee editor.
DIR. B. R. Thompson died on the 9TH