Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-25

United States Commissioner will take
place today.
The State Democratic Convention will
meet at Nashville Wednesday, May 29th.
Candidates for election to the Office Of
Supreme judge will be nominated.
Call at spAngler's, 1886 Main street, for
your papers, magazines (Seasides), and
get your Sunday reading or a cigar.
The Methodist General Conference at
Atlanta, on Thursday, declared it the
duty and desire Of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, South, to promote the educa.
ton of the colored classes in the South,
and pledging the churchto hat work.
Peter II. Donuelly, 3O7 Poplar, has
choice family -four, best in the market,
$3.50 per barrel; choice new grass and
prairie butter, zoe per pound; new Caro-.
lima roe herring, a choice selection Of
new season teas, just received, oil of
which he will sell at the lowest price.
The attention Of the public is called to
the fact that boys and young men 60 in
bathing morning and evening in Wolf
river in front Of the water.works, in close
view Of the passenger trains on the Pa
ducsh railroad. This outrage on com.
mon decency should be stopped at once.
A yourg man giving his name as j. I.
Henson, and with a letter in his pocket
written by his father, s. S. Henson, shot
and killed himself while csrelessly hand.
ling a pistol last Saturday near Cages
Point, Woodruff county, Arkansas. His
property consisted Of two suits Of clothes
and 81 in cash. The remains were
buried at Parker's graveyard, nesr the
place of his death.
CoTingtou Record, oath: Work on the
unfinished portion Of the Paducah and
Memphis railroad will soon be com.
menced. Several ca loads OF ties we're
brought to this place on Tuesday last,
aud the road will be completed as soon
as possible. The road will have to be
regarded aud u good many of the bridges
repaired. as some Of them were built OF
very indifferent timber.
The Riversides and Eagles will have a
spirited base ball match at Central Park
to. nor afternoon. The mines are
well matched and each will do its best to
win. The game will therefore be un.
usually interesting, and should attract a
very large attendance There is ample
accommodation for 1900 visitors. The
seats are shaded by trees aud also a large
shed. The park is within 200 yards of
the s~treetcar lire.
The contract for the new six-oared
outraged shell boat has been awarded
to Charles Hunter, who is to complete
aud have the craft ready by the 18th Of
June. The boat will be fifty feet long,
ten and g half inches deep and from
t~wenty.six to twenty.seven inches wide.
The hull will be Of white pine, the frame
Of oak and the trimming of black wal.
nut. The boat, when completed and
equipped, will have cost about two hun
dred and fifty dollars.
That Bald mountain split has again
taken shape, and this time a tangible
one, in the way of an immense fssure-
a botlomleSs abyss, from which no lava
or smoke has as yet issued, but q strong
smell of sulphur is p%erceptible, ever to
those who have catarrh in the head. Is
it possible that the direct communication
with the Plutonisn world has been at last
found2 Now, where is Beecher's philos
ophy2 According to North Carolinans,
the Brooklyn philosopher is a humbug
SOFA and mineral waters on draft, Nor
rison & Humes', cor. Main and Adams.