Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-04-04
LOCAL BREvIrIEs.

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afternoon.
We call attention to notice elsewhere
from the Confederate Relief Committee.
Our former fellow-citizen, the genial
and ever-popular p. G. Bigley, now OF
New Orleans, is in the city on brief
visit.
The Chamber of Commerce discusses
and edisposes Of most important ques-
tons at four o'clock this afternoon.
Don't fail to attend, e,d0&K
An engineer is to commence the sur
vey of the Iron Mountain and Helena
railroad from Helena to-day. The peo-
pie of that burg are anxious to have the
road terminate there instead Of Mem
phis. Go ahead, Helena; we like TO see
enterprise and pluck nothing like it.
The little city of Collierville, on the
Memphis and Charleston railroad, some
twenty-five miles from Memphis, was in
corporated by an act Of the present Leg
islature. An election was held under
the charter last Saturday, and full
vote polled Mr. James Arlington, a
worthy citizen, was elected Mayor over
Mr.. Davis. another good citizen.
Mr.. A. H. Lucken, an old and estima-
BILE citizen Of Germantown, died last
Thursday and was buried Saturday with
Masonic honors He was German by
birth, but lived where he died for over
forty years. His funeral was preached
by Rev. r. R. Evans, of the Presbyte-
rian church, and the Masonic ceremonies
were conducted by Rev. Henry I. Jones,
the Worshipful Master Of the German
town Lodge. There was a large and
respectful crowd of neighbors and friends
in attendance The deceased was with
in few days of seventy-seyen years old
at the time of his death.
Farm work in the country is rather
backward, owing to the lateness of the
spring, but farmers are doing what they
can, and many have broken up their hard
ground The negroes that intend to
work are generally at their posts and
ready to go on with their contracts.
Many people have sowed oats, and some
have planted corn, but the ground IS too
damp and cold for it to come up well,
even with good weather and sunshine uni
formly, which is not expected for some
time yet. Arrangements are making to
plant more corn and kill more hogs than
formerly, and when Il is properly carried
out, the people can hold their cotton as
long as they please, and snap their I'm
gers at spectators The fruit crop has
been considerably injured, particularly
early bloom peaches; still, if no more
heavy frosts come, the crops may be suf-
fcient to supply home demand. The
people of West Tennessee are taking
pains with their orchards, and in a few
years we hope to see great deal of fruit
exported instead of imported from Hi
nois and other Western States less favor
ably located than we are.
The Appeal of this morning copies and
apparently indorses an article-that is
part of an article from the Napoleon
ARK. News-which we conceive does
great injustice to Major John d. Adams
and his excellent line of boats from
Memphis to various points in Arkansas.
This line has given general satisfaction
to our merchants, as far as we can learn,
and likewise to the merchants and plant
ers of Arkansas. 1t is easy to find fault
and grumble, but hard to please every
body. Major Adams and all his officers
are courteous, accommodating gentle
men, highly esteemed in this community,
not only in business point of view, but
socially; and we believe they come as near
doing the fair thing as any body that
ever will undertake to do steamboating
and please everybody at the same time
The thing cannot be did. if we may be
allowed the expression. But Major John
d. Adams comes as near it as any one
we have found This is the first public
complaint we have seen, and it makes no
specifications. Such sweeping charges
and denunciations are unworthy of pub
lie credence unless sustained by unques-
tionable facts. We call for the facts,
when such grave charges are made as to
injure an enterprise which gives Mem
phis all the Arkansas trade she has.
MERRIAM & SPRAGUE prints, 10 cents;
yard-wide bleached domestics, good quail
ity, l24 cents; imported corsets, 10