Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-18
TENNESSEE.

WAFER tuhesuaJ nlEut lOE 4eAae' n
party Of sixty from Southwest Virginia
and upper East Tennessee passed
through Knoxville Monday night, en-
route to the far West.
Monroe Democrat: Last Monday eve
ming while two grandchildren of Nathan
Thomas we're playfully scufiing, OF his
house in this county, one of them, a
young lady about eighteen years old, fell
over a chair and was killed.
Mr.. Jonathan Lipps, residing on Stony
creek, Carter county, will be one hun
bred years CID on the Oath Of October
next. His %neighbors will give him q
centennial dinner on that day. Speeches
will be made by Hon. N. G. Taylor and
others.
At the reunion Of the survivors of the
gallant old First Tennessee regiment, at
L~ynchburg, last Thursday, COlonels
Turnsy and George, Captains Tolley and
Gregory, Major F. G. Buchanan, Colonel
J. Il. Holmar, and others, delivered ad.
dresses.
The Msury County Fair will com
mence on the pa instant. It is believed
it will surpass any exhibitions Of the
kind Of the past. A large number of
biooded stock, for which Nsury county
is 50 famous, viii be brought out on the
speed ring.
CALVIN Moore, of Cave City, Kentucky,
writes 10 the Knoxville Tribune that be
went 20 school With R. Clay Crawford to
his father, in Hawkins county, and after
ward visited Crawford in jail at Wythe-
vile, Va but found him to be a very diff
fereut mau.
The Wartburg Dispatch says the cur.
rency Of Fentress. Morgan and Scott
counties has been inflated quite a mum
Der Of thousands Of dollars within the
past month by cattle buyers who have
taken out some Of the surplus live stock
and left an equivalent in bills.
Knoxville Tribune: Mr.. Theo. II.
Ford, 3 new compositor in this Office,
last Wednesday night composed II, 100
" ems" solid long primer and bour.
geois." Of the hook" in about nine
nous work. This is perhaps the fastest
" composition ever done IN Knoxville,
and printers can bes, appreciate the
difficulty Of the achievement.
Pulaski Citizen: Last Tuesday morn.
ing at eight O'Clock the village Of Camp
bellaburg was thrown into a high state Of
excitement by the report Of q murder.
Everybody vent 70 the residence Of John
W. Reddick and found that he had mur.
dered his vile in 8 most horrible mao.
neF. She was shot jast behind the lff
ear, ranging toward the right ear.
The Jonesboro Journal says: Every
; thing incident to making our fair a sue
cess has been done, and we'll done By
! those having the matter in charge. Or
mechanics, farmers, the ladies', ever,
e family in the comfy are at work, and Ii,
Z display Of farm products, mechanism
etc., will if possible, exceed last year
Old Washington will have the fair aqail
e this year.
i On the 2lst ult. Thomas Gray an.
{ Miss Hargis, both OF jackson county
were married, During the night som
r%ufiaus invaded the premises, and draw
ing him from the bed, engaged IN otbe
2 unbecomlng conduct. Gray remoi
u strated and ordered them of the prem
ises. When he found that nothing el,
II would do, be drew a pistol aid shot Jill
b, Burgess dead. He snapped at anothe
a but the pistol failed to FIRE. The cor,
ner's jury and the community think Ora
justi6eble.
r Smithville Journal: Mr.. King,
lie jackson county, was killed while prepa
ID ing to remove a house from one part
his premises to another, The ownershi
re Of the house and grounds 90 which
re stood had been a ground Tor l~itiCatic
e, between Kiog and a neighbor BY II
Is. name Of Lee. King had gained the su.
IN and was removing the cover preparatoI
be to = removal Of the house, when he W.
q shot from a neigbboring thicket BY son
ng unknown party.
ly Chattanooga Dispatch, 10th: Mr.. !
at }. liams, principal Of the Tenpess.
he Deaf and Dumb School at Knoxvill
to passed through the city yesterday wi
hfy.sigbt deaf aud dumb boys and cir
~ Who are pupils Of that institution.
ke their way to Knoxville. Mr.. liam, W