Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-02
BREyITIRs.

his annual pilgrimage to Illinois, and
looks fifty per cent. better.
Col. Colyar, candidate for Governor,
has made an appointment to speak in
Memphis Thursday night, the 9Th inst.
Mr.. Tom Baker, one of the Skiff 4
Gaylord's minstrel troupe left behind
sick, died Wednesday night and was
buried yesterday afternoon.
The picnic at Forest Hill day before
yesterday, we learn from Captain Trask,
who was there, was a splendid affair
The crowd was immense, and the enjoy
ment ditto. The people out there know
how to do such things in apple-pie order.
The improved appearance of the
LEDGER yesterday was a matter of gene
raj remark and many congratulations.
We thank our friends Of the Avalanche
and Sun for kind notices, and shall ever
strive to be as punctual in the discharge
of such courtesies.
Sam. II. Coward, Esq, has just re-
turned from a sojourn of two months at
Beersheba Springs, on Cumberland
Mountain. He reports this to be de.
lightful place, and looks oil the better
for the mountain air, where they sleep
under blankets all summer.
A boat race will take place tomorrow
afternoon between the Chickasaw and
DeSoto boat clubs. The steamer Little
Alps will leave the foot of Union street
at 4:30 o'clock pm. The reporters Of
the LEDGER acknowledge the reception
of an invitation from the captains, W.
W. Maingault and VIM. Worsham, to at
tend.
In the tournament at Cadmus' billiard
establishment last night, John car
ried off the cue. His score stood:
games won, game lost; largest run, To-
best average, Il best time, 20 minutes
Smith made the largest run-l2. Mr.
Hollis wins the fine inlaid cue awarded
to the player making the largest number
of games in ninety days.
We see by the fernando Press thai
revivals of religion are in progress in
various parts of DeSoto county. A pro
trated meeting has been going on in
Oak Grove church, five miles west o.
fernando, where quite a number Of
converts have been made. The meeting
was u union of the vasious denomila
tons of Baptist, Methodist and Presby
terrain.
The revival at Asbury Chapel has been
in progress almost five weeks with scarce
ly an intermission. Rev. Mr.. Mullins
acting with great zeal in the sacred cause
of his Master, and the results appear
highly gratifying to the church. About
fifty conversions have been announced
and large number have Joined the
church. Services were held last night
but there will be rest until Sunday.
On Wednesday night of last week the
grocery store of f. Flynn, in fernando
was totally destroyed by fire. The stock
of goods was covered by a partial in
surance of $4,000; the building had nc
insurance on it. The dry goods estab
lishment of Johnston & Rice was dam
aged slightly, their losses amounting tC
about 5000 in goods stolen on removing
from the store. 1t is supposed that the
fire was the work of an inoendary.
Yesterday evening street car, going
down Beal street, heavily loaded, came il
collision with dray and broke one o
the wheels of the latter, near the bayou
The dray was heavily loaded also, anC
the driver could not get it out Of the
way. The oar-driver put on the brakes
but could not stop the car until it strucl
the dray No one was hurt, The poor
drayman took his loss patiently, but ex
cited the sympathy of all by his look OF
regret and his perfect self-control.
Johnny Reagan, the well-known cracks
man, has been surrendered to the Sheriff
by his bondsmen, James Schooles and
Angelo Marie. He will be needed
shortly to attend trial for the Hum
boidt robbery, and can be found at the
county Jail. After his arrest Mr..
Smith, from Louisiana, put in requisi-
ton for Johnny, signed by Gov. Senter.
The Sheriff refused to recognize the
writ. Hence, Johnny will have an OPP
portunity of taking another trip out to
Humboldt, and the pleasure of standing
his trial for that little piece of pleasant
ny of bis, which already came SO near
costing him 2 fee swing under a sour
hickory limb.
The European war broke out this fore
noon in the rear of the Commercial
Hotel. A Prussian who grinds hash for
the establishment undertook to make
sausage of another gentleman who was
born somewhere this side Of the Rhine.
The Prussian stabbed the other one with
billet of woodland then retired. The
other one came out with cheese-knife
as long as a wagon whip, and claimed to
be master of the field The police didn' t
interfere, and the cbeese-knife has not
been sheathed at last accounts. PRUSSIA
is waiting outside for reinforoements.
The African population is about equally
divided on the question, but so far has
remained neutral.
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