Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-13
BREvTTIEs.
More new cotton.

meets next Monday.
The Chickasaw Boat Club have their
monthly meeting at Willetts tonight.
F.S. Davis, Esq, President Of the First
National Bank, has returned from the
North.
Major J. j. Murphy and family re-
turned yesterday from a protracted
sojourn in Minnesota.
Hon. A. Blizzard ia the Democratic
nominee for Congress in the Second
Congressional District. We hope he will
give Maynard billiards"
The Pittsburg Commercial reports that
Nelly Marshall, daughter of the late
Confederate General Humphrey Mar
shall, has been selected as one of the
teachers Of the public schools of Belle
fonte, Pennsylvania"
This weather is miserable and danger
Gus. People should be careful to guard
against exposure to the damp air in thin
clothing, especially at night September
is often the most sickly month in the
year The mortality of the city last
week was sixty.
The new gas company is ready to
commence laying down pipes in Main
street John Donovan, Esq, has re-
burned from the North, where be pur-
chased full supply of material. He
expects to have the new works in opera
ton by Christmas or the lst.of January.
Mr.. N. A. Van Pelt, the enterprising
Main-street shoeist, left, on the Memphis
and Louisville railroad, yesterday for
Louisville, Cincinnati and, perhaps, New
York, to lay in full stock of-goods.
We hear it rumored that It is not alto
gether certain that he will not be accom-
panied by a lady on his return to this
city.
From all accounts the crops in Central
Mississippi will turn out fair as to cot
ton; but the corn crop is entirely too
short, both from want of sufficient area
in cultivation and an unfavorable sea-
son. In the more northern portions of
the State cotton has suffered greatly
from the drouth. There is some little
talk of boll-worm, but the loss from this
source will be small.
A Prince Edward Island paper says a
card has been picked up on Sable Island
bearing the name Of DR.. L. Schreper,
Memphis, Tennessee, and written in a
cramped hand are the words, ave are
goind down. To Doctor Booker" The
card has been forwarded to the Minister
of Marine, Ottawa, and is supposed to
be from some one on board the Inflated
City Of Boston.
The Cadmus cue, awarded to Mr.. John
at the close of the late tournament at
their elegant establishment, is on exhi-
bition in the window at Merriman's. 1t
is model of workmanship and fine
finish; is about eighteen inches long, of
solid ivory and chastely mounted with
gold, and is enclosed in neat and costly
case. The lovers of the game will see
this cue but to admire.
The three young men charged with
the murder of Col. Dickens were brought
before Judge j. E. r. Ray yesterday af-
ternoon, but the State was not ready
to proceed with the case, owing to the
sickness and absence of Mr.. John Boil
ton, an important witness. The other
witnesses, fifteen Or twenty in number,
were present. The hearing of the case
was therefore postponed again.
Sunday evening after dark a negro
named Jim Jones was met in the road
near the old cotton factory, in Chelsea,
by another negro named Burley Robin
son, who shot him dead, without a word
of warning. That morning Jones had
punished one of Robinson's children for
intruding on his premises. Justice R.
B. Miller held an inquest, and the jury
returned verdict in accordance with
the facts stated.
The agent of the Stonewall Jackson
monument enterprise is in the city.
He is too modest to allow his name to
be used in connection with his great
work, but we submit the following
facts: He declines to receive any funds,
but refers all contributors to Jefferson
Davis or to some member of the COM
mittee in Virginia. He travels on his
own account from State TO State and
bears his own expenses. None of the
money collected passes through his
hands; he merely receives subscriptions
In Cincinnati and other points North
he has been remarkably successful.
The leading Jewish houses contribu-
ted handsomely, and he has met
great encouragement and liberal aid at
every point This morning he called on
Mr.. Macdonough, at the Memphis Thea
ter. That gentleman responded, with
characteristic liherality, that he would
furnish the theateF with everything ne
cessary next Friday night week, the 23d,
and suggested that the best amateur tai
ent of Memphis could be secured to give
a benefit to the sacred object The
agent will lay the matter before
number of our citizens, and we hope
soon to announce that all the arrange
ments have been completed, and that
the benefit will be given on the night in
Dictated.
CoTToS P4oFoR.-We direct attention
to the card of Mr. Y. W. Williams, cot
ton factor and commission merchant,
No. ZIG Front street. Mr.. W. is a plain
matter-offaet business man-does not
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