Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-12
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Personal.
William R. Moore and wife, nee Miss
Blood, have returned from the East.
The Rev. Father Meagher. of Nash.
vile, is in the city, and is stopping at St.
Patrick's church.
Captain s. B. Brown, the well.known
editor and proprietor of the Water Val.
ley Miss Central. is visiting the city.
Hamilton 8. Wicks, the gifted writer
of Frank Leslie's, is in the city. Mr..
Wicks has just returned from the New
Orleans Mardi Gras and is now en- route
East.
Lou Leubrie, Count De Noses and Bar.
rem of Cash, hss sufficiently recovered
from his recent illness to be out. His
recovery is the cause of general congrat-
ulatiou.
Captain R. W. DuEan aud family came
up this morning on the James Howard.
Captain Dugan returns from her to New
Orleans by mail and his family goes
North by rail.
A. E. ~Brseunlich, the accomplished
travelling agent for the great house of
Henry G. Schmidt & Co., New York,
importers of we Clicquot Ponsardin
champagne, is in the city. Mr.. Brauen.
Itch represents the largest and most en-.
terprising wine importing firm in Amer.
lea. The long.established celebrity of
the Widow Clicquot" wine finds in
Schmidt q Co. worthy representatives,
and in Mr., Braeunlich a business man
whose good judgment and popularity
are only equaled by his many excellent
qualities Of heart. Schmidt & Co. could
not easily secure q travelling agent Of
such merit aud popularity as Mr.. Braeun.
Itch.
Benjamin F. Coleman this morning
received a telegram stating that bis
brother, Robert H. Coleman, died yester-
day at Los Angeles, Cal, and would be
buried to-day. Mr.. Coleman was former.
ly a wellknown citizen Of Memphis.
having at one time been a member of
the grocery and commission firm of Keel
q Co. BE removed to California absut
eighteen months ago. he was an esti-
mable gentleman and his death will be
heard with regret by all who knew him.
He was born and raised in Raleigh,
Shelby county, Tenn entered the Con.
federate service early in 1861, aad served
with distinction until the surrender, re-
ceiving several awards for ~eallautry on
the held-wounded several times, but
severely at Atlanta, where he was cap
tured and placed in Camp Douglas.
The wound at Atlanta shattered HIS
shoulder and pierced bis right lung.
which never healed, and from this ne
had several hemorrhages. To seek re.
lief he went to California, but no climate
or medicine could restore him, and on
yesterday, we are informed by telegram.
he breatAed his last aud goes to meet his
many comrades and friends who have
preceded him. 1t was he whose duty it
was, under tho command Of bis colonel.
to fire on and kill General Mcpherson
before Atlanta, the necessity for which
he always expressed bis regrets.
George H Clark, of the Rhode Island
card board company, is in the city. Mr..
Clark is m of the most egtimable and
popular gentlemen that ever visited our
city, and always finds here friends who
are only too happy to have an opportuni-
tx to make his visits interesting and pro.
itable. We know Of no one whose pres
ence in Memphis is greeted with more
cordially than that OF Mr.. Clark. The
firm Of d. B. Dexter & George II Clark
succeeds Thomas & Co, the well. known
manufacturers of printers and photo.
graphers' card boards of every descrip.
ton, at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the
firm being and for years having been
known as the Rhode Island card board
company. The Rhode Island card board
company is the Oldest established manu-.
factory Of goods in their line in this
country, Their products are well known
and highly appreciated in almost all Sec
tons of the United States. Besides
manufacturing a very superior article Of
utock for printers use, they are also large
producers Of mounting-cards for art .sis
and photographers. Most manufac. ,oriea
instheir line make their good bv the
hand process, while the cards made
by this establishment re made By in.
geniou' machinery originating IN their
own workshops, assuring great uniform
n.y. lney make card board in c%ontinu-
Gus rolls or strips, adapted TO every use,
uuch as the manufacturing Of tags and
other purposes,