Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-15

season. Every candidate in Shelby
county should 90. Trains will leave the
Paducah depot at 10 a m. and l pm.
Yesterday a boy, son of the old colored
man named Goodrich, who was drowned
in Wolf river. was shot in the shoulder
by a youth named Elias. Elias lives on
New Raleigh road, near the Leath
Orphan Asylum. The cause of the diff.
6culty is not known.
The colored people will have a grand
campaign, rally and barbecue at Raleigh
tomorrow afternoon. Trains will leave
the city at Q and II am, and at 2, 4.4O
and 8 p N. The round trip fare, includ-
ing buss ride to and from the National
cemetery, being but IS cents.
The following officers OF Banner Lodge
No. SO, |. o. W. NJ, have been installed
R. P. james, president; G.. W. Tomlin,
vice president; A. A. Welch, secretary +;
S. II. Taylor, trearurer; w. II. Moore.
chaplain; j. A. Wells, conductor; John
Russell, l. g.; ], X Taylor, 0. G.
Two grand t%rotting matches viii be
given at Olympic Park, Thursday, July
10. The first race will begin at 4 p m
Trains will run from the Louisville depo.
at 1880, 1850 aud 4:l5 pm. The round
fare trip and admission being only fifty
cents. For particulars see advertise
ment.
Coroner Spelman held an inquest Sat
urdAy evening on the body Of James NJ
Hughes, an honrably discharged soldie
Of the United States army, aged thirty
seven years. lie was on the way from
Galveston to New York, and while OIL
the train from Little Rock was seizet
with spasms and died suddenly.
The street force or ehain,gang las
week was engaged in scrapiug up tn
mud and filth into piles. evidently 70
the purpose Of removal, but which as ye
has not been done. This is the case es
p%ecially on DeSoto street, south Of Lin
den. Great black, disease. breeding pile
of filth are stretched along that stree.
which should be carted off Immediately
What will the board Of health do2
Jules Rozier, the st. Louis drum
mer" (well known in Memphis), who ws
shot q week or two ago, is said to
rapidly recovering. Berning, the ma
who shot him. is out on $4,000 bail I'll
st. Louis Post says: Fears are ente
tanned that another encounter may tai
place between the two men as soon
Mr.. Rozier gets well, but vigorous
forts will be made to prevent it."
Frank Gslsby, of C~larksdale, Coahon
county, Miss, reached here by steam
Sunday morning and took the afternot
train for Vicksburg to attend the Dem
cratic convention, which meets to-day
nominate q candidate for congress fro
the Shoe.string district. Mr.. Golsby is (
General Jas. Chalmers, the present co
gresham, aud while here expressed e
thusiastic hopes as TO the certainty
General Chalmers being re.nominate
He is evidently a great friend Of Gener
Chalmers, and will doubtless exercise
the convention a commanding inhuenC
The new bolt heading machinery
Gently introduced and now in opersti
at the popular Chickassw Iron Works
II this city, of which we made notice sevei
days since, was built by the well kuor
= and extensive establishment of Lew
Oliver & Phillips, Pittsburg, Penn. II
is one OF the best aud moot promint
manufacturing firms in Pittsburg, a
we are proud to know that Rlndle, Hel
f & Livermore, of the Chickasaw Ii
Works, are so enterprising and progr
!, sive as to have the pluck to be the Fl
to adopt and introduce in the South t
ingenious machine.