Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-23
OLIVER, FINNIE & co

two miles from Germantown. General
Wright, Judge Anderson, Colonel Luke
Einlay' Hon. George B. Peters and othe.
Democratic speakers will be on hand.
There will be a meeting Of the Eight
Ward Democratic, Conservative Club to
morrow, Wednesday night, at eiab.
o'clock, at Hipple's, opposite the marke.
on Poplar street. 4iiS
Dat of respect to the memory of the
late Major Ed. Freeman the Cotton AS.
ISOLATION will be closed from half pas,
three o'clock this afternoon. Members
will have an opportunity TO attend the
! funeral Of Major Freeman at $3.50 pm
A large meeting Of coIored Democrat,
was held last night at Yaughan's gro.
Gerry, Union street. z Speeches we're
made by Dr.. Perkins. George Dent and
James M. Greer. The colored ueeple
manifested q warm interest in the meet.
ing.
What about the Frances Thompson
crew. Some of the nominees of the
National Republican party in Shelby
county were the political friends of the
administration and investigating com.
mittee that put up this job Oh the people
Of Memphis.
Barney Hughes laughs at the hot
weather, and issues another and yet an
interesting as well as witty aud .philo
sophie number Of the Railway Record.
Heat has no terror for the professor, who
therefore disssnts from Bobbie Ingersors
views relative to the fireworks in the
future. III
Edmund Simpson, a coIored boy about
fifteen years old, was caught by j. M.
Munich, roadmaster o n tho Memphis,
Paducah and Northern railrod, last
night putting fish.plate and bolts on the
track. He was taken to the Covington
jail, and will have a hearing tonight at
s o'clock. 90
At the National Republican meeting
last night in the Eighth ward, Poplar
street, speeches we're made by W. j Du.
val, Oven Dryer, Joseph Uhl, General
A. j. Vaughan, Colonel g. P. M. Tur.
ner, Judge Pierce, T. d. Eldridge, Chas.
Kortrecht, Fred Hunt (coloredJ, and
Geo. Fleece.
AT the Chelsea stock yards last night
the Democrats of the Fifteenth district
held q large and enthusiastic meeting.
the number Of persons present being es.
timated at from $50 to 300. General
Gordon, Orville Yerger, W. w. Mellow.
ell, Ed Worsham, Sheriff Anderson, John
Strehl and Robert j. Black made effec.
tive speeches.
Henry johnson (coa I'D, an escaped
convict from Colonel Eusley's planta
ton, was arrested yesterday morning in
the recorders office, where he had come
to be a witness in a case to be tried be.
tore that official. He was locked up in
the statioHhouse to await an officer TO
take him back to serve three years Of an
nnexpired sentence.
Colonel Killebrew, mi %ssioper of
agriculture, statistics and mi ines, is en-.
gagged in preparing a complete and accu-
rate map of the State by grand divisions
and as a whole. 1t will contain every
town in the State, the county roads, the
railroads, and every other feature which
any county may contain. 1t will more.
over have an index Of all the towns and
villages so marked as to be easy OF refer
ence. Every postoaice, express Office
and telegraph station will have its dis.
%Iinctive mark upon the map.
Some time ago it was reported that
merchants in this city had subscribed
$4,000 in order to elect Mr.. Beattie sheriff
of Crlttenden county, Arkansas. We
have learned that this is untrue, and
that, although many of our business men
are anxious to see Mr.. Beattie elected,
Tor he is a worthy man and will make an
efficient officer, they have not contributed
anything to secure CHS result, except
their esteem and appreciation of this
gentleman. He will be triumphantly
elected, for he deserves the place, and a
lLa b;ro q. 1911