Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-29
TENNESSEE.

Jackson is to have a cottOn.seed oil
mill.
The Tennessee Press Association will
meet in Knoxville on the 10th of Jnne.
The Middle Tennessee papers contain
terrible accounts Of the storm which
passed over that country last week.
Great damage was done 20 crops, stock,
%fsnces, houses, etc.
Jackson Wing: Captain Jno. H. Free.
man, and his assistants in the Supreme
Court clerks Office, are the hardest
worked men in the State, during the ses.
sion of the court, aud for months after.
wards.
Advices from ell parts of East and
West Tennessee are to the effect that
late sown wheat is doing well, and prom
ises a fair crop. Early sown is ia bad
condition from rust and fly, and will not
yield a half crop.
The Southern Baptist convention
meets in Nashville next Thursday. An
unusually large delegation OF four or FIVE
hundred persons is expected, represent
ing probably twelve or thirteen States
and the Indian Territory.
Judge John Baxter has appointed his
son, L. T. Baxter, clerk of the United
States Court at Nashville, and a dispatch
to the Cincinnati Gazette says that he
will appoint his son-in law, Z. P. Bailey,
to a like position in Cincinnati.
Gallstin Tennesseean: The Dresden
Democrat hoists the nome Of Hon. W..
W.. Vaughan for representative of the
Ninth congressional district of Tennes-
see. Hon. W. W. Vaughan was formerly
a citizen Of Gallatin, and has now here
many dear relatives and friends Who ere
rejoiced to hear words of commentator
in regard TO him.
Manchester Guardian: A serious af.
fray happened alta ~log-rolling three miles
west of Viola, at the house Of allie Eng.
land, which may likely prove fatal to one
Of them. Fultz struck at a man named
Owens and missed him, when Owens laid
Fuliz out with a pitch fork, splitting his
head open just above the ear. It was
thought that he would die last night.
Hartsville Sentinel: Mr.. John Goad.
a very respectable citizen Of Smith coun.
ty, living on the head waters of Defeated
creek, committed suicide by hanging
himself to a pole in his tobacco barn on
Tuesday, the 10th. BE was quite dead
when bis body was discovered. He was
a man about sixty years of eye, and the
cause for the commission OF such a rash
act is unknown.
Knoxville Chronicle 9th: Hon. John
Baxter, United States Circuit Judge, ar.
rived home night before last from Nash
vile, where be has been holding court.
The judge has been absent near three
months, on his FIRST round through Mid
die and West Tennessee, Kentucky Ohio
and Michigan. He has stood his trip
well ard is enjoying fine health.
Tribune and Sun: The Memphis and
Shelby county Democracy are united
once more. At an unusually large and
representative msss.mseting a few day,
ago, an executive committee, composed
Of intelligent and influential citizens
/ was appointed, and the committee ha.
determined to call a convention or pri
= mary election to nominate a straieh
: Democratic ticket for county and judi
5 cial Offices.
Chattanooga Times: We understan,
from Mr.. j. A. Gillespie, assistan. eugi
neer, that steps have been taken to ex
! tend the McMinuville branch of the N.
G. aud st. Louis railway from McMinn
I vile to Sparta, a distance Of tweaty.si.
and a.half miles. White county ha
: voted &c., 500 in bonds, besides priyat
subscriptions to amount OF $32, 900, an
the railroad company has agreed 10 pu
the work through very aeon.