Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-05-19
NATURALIZATION NRMs.


Greene county Overrun With arm,
worms
Fine white marble discovered II
Greene county.
The fruit crop will be short 10 Eas
Tennessee.
Greene VS.. Simmons breach Of prom
Use case at Athsns-verdict for plaintiff
sl5OO.
Tha President has appointed Alfred
A. Freeman, Of this State, Consul at
Prague.
The Comptroller warns sherids not to
bring more guards to Nashville than
convicls.
Rev C. W. Charlton has been sp'
pointed Assistant Secretary Of the Az
rieultural Bureau. rw
The house at which President Polk
was married at MurfrsesbOro is used As
\ stable and carriage houae.
Fifty barrels Of whisky made per day
in Moore county, but not enough to sup
ply the demand for more.
VIM. Daniel, boy Of fifteen at New
Market, East Tennessee, weighs one
hundred aud ninety pounds.
7. b. Mcdowell. a native OF Virginia
aud highly respected citizen OF Boil
var, died on the sth instant.
Major W. J. Sykes is to speak at Law
reneeburg, next Monday, on behalf Of
the Memphis and Knoxville railroad.
The Bolivar Bulletin says: General
r. p. Nicely has our thanks for copy
Of the Bolivar Palladium, bearing date
June 3, 1881. Grant 4 Campbell, edi-
tors aud proprietors.
Colonel 7. Z. UpshAw, who, by the
way, is one Of the best working railroad
men in the State, is now in charge OF all
the work along the line Of the Memphis
aud Knoxville railroad from Bolivar to
Henderson Station.
DR.. WIN. NJ. Wright, Superintendent
Of the Peuitentiary, is understood by the
Wing and Tribune to be candidate for
Congress from the Ninth District, elee-
ton November, 1874 The early bird
Al =. ,Ar.atiu,au
The Wing aud Tribune says an excit-
ing fracas occurred Tuesday morning in
Jackson between Esquire B. r. Person,
prominent citizen of that city, aud
Mr.. NJ. D. Welch, prominent lawyer
of Memphis. 1t was dispute and fist
Gght; no artillery was used.
The latest case of absence Of mind is
recorded by the Pulaski Citizen OF the
18th instant as follows: Mr.. ID. X. Cox
hitched up bis horse andthrew up fifteen
or twenty cotton ridges last Sunday
morning, before he thought Of the fourth
commandment.
The Morristowu Gazette Of the 18th
instant says: within the past week we
have had some reasonable rains, which
benefited all the growing crops. The
weather during the time has been unus-
ually cold for the season, and we hear
great complaint about the ravages Of the
cut worm. We hear conflicting reports
as to the wheat crop prospects in this
section. Some Of our farmers are of the
opinion that We will have an average
crop, while others think it viii be almost
q failure"
The wheels of aWAgon loaded with one
thousand pounds of cotton ran over a
little negro boy lengthwise in Jackson
last Thursday. The boy went on as if
nothing had happened; the wagon
jumped up and scampered around the
boy two or thee times on one leg to
show that it was not hurt, turned cou-
pie Of back somersaults, and trotted off
to look up local editor, who fortunately
met it in time to get the item fresh and
straight. The coroner has been sitting
up every night, hoping to be needed.
The Pulaski Citizen undertakes to be
responsible for this little narrative:
Charles T. Robinson, of Giles county,
killed chicken snake on the 18th inst.
which measured seven feet in length.
He found it in crack Of the fence, half
of its body being on either side. On ex-
animation it developed that the snake
had swallowed a rabbit before it at
tempted to crawl through the crack, and
that after its body was half through it
caught and swallowed another rabbit,
thus having rabbit on each side of the
fence. The crack was so small that the
rabbits could not get through, and the
was that the snake was
hitched. 1t was killed in this situation.