Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-05-29


ing amateur psFlor and bAr.room sol.
diers,the Appeal man asks to be excused.
Life is too short for such id nonsense,
as Dundreary' world say. Give the
public the score and let the matter resi-"
SO says the Appeal f%usilser, who wins
more battles in the bar-room than in the
parlor.
A few days ago Frank Herman found
the lifeless body Of an unknown man in
the Mississippi river, two miles below
Walnut Bend. The body was that Of q
medium-sized man, who wore red under
clothing and a check shirt. On the little
6uger Of the left hand we're two rings.
The man vas evidently Of light complex
ion, having short hair, mustache, chin
whiskers and beard. Mr.. Frank Herman,
who found the body writes that the man
was about twenty. five years of age.
The Democratic State Convention met
in Nashville this morning to nominate
Supreme judges. The candidates from
East Tennessee are Judges Deaderick
and Mcfarland, present incumbents;
from Middle Tennessee, Judges John W.
Morton, David Campbell. W. f. Cooper,
Thomas J. Jones, Peter Turney, and j..
j. Turner, present incumbents; from
West Tennessee, Judges John S. 7.
Sneed and Thomas ]. freeman (present
incumbents), and Judges Cochran, Eobt.
j. Morgan, Howell Jackson and Ben j.
Lea.
Judge Ray yesterday heard and grant
ed the application for bail of the breth-
rem Of Mount Zion (colored) church.
Some time since one Morton, trustee,
took charge Of Mount Zion church, on
Jackson street, in the fourteenth civil
district, and locked it up against the
members OF the church. BE rented it
out for school and other purposes. The
brethren, headed by Elder Meriwether,
forcibly entered the church to hold reli.
gious services. They we're arrested on a
warreut, sworn out by Morton, aud we're
committed to Jail, in default Of bail, by
Squire Fleming. Judge Ray heard the
case, and decided that the church could
be held for church purposes, religious
exercises, etc.
An observant writer says that very
few men can bear prosperity. It intoxi.
Gates them, like wine. 1t turns their
head and throws them off their balance.
Others cannot bear adversely. They
have no fortitude, no courage, no hope.
They are not like the old sailor, who
said he always felt happiest in the hight
Of q storm, because he knew then that
the next change that took place, what
ever it might be, must necessarily be for
the better. They cannot realizs that
there will be any change. When the SKY
is once clouded and vercast they will
not believe the sun will ever shine again.
Young men should make it a point Ia
keep their heads cool under all changes
OF circumstances, to preserve their equa
nimity, and not to be unduly elated b.
success or too much cast down by disap
pointment."
The jury in the case Of E. A. Clark, o
Railway, VS.. the Pennsylvania Railroa,
Company, in Union county, N. j., 70
t ejectment from the cars, gave a verdic
OF six cents for the plaintiff, which !
= really a verdict for the company. An
| other case was commenced against thl
| company by Mr.. Theodore Page, an oil
. gentlsman about sixty.fve years old
The mail agent at Railway threw out
mail bag from a through train at Rah
way. The train does not stop there
The bag struck Mr., Page, knocked hin
down, broke his hip, etc, and he conse
gently sued for damages. The defence
was that the railroad company was no
liable, as the bag was thrown from a mai
car, by an agent Of the postOdice depart
ment, who was not in the employ Of th
company, and over whom the company
had no control. The jury gave a verde
of $4,000 for plaintiff.