Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-14

Mr.. Ed Moon still lives and has favora-
bic symptoms to-day.
G. P. NJ. Turner has turned himself into
an editor, and is running the Sporadic at
Rogersville, Tenn, ad interim.
B. F. Price and family, Mrs. Carson
Clay, Rice, Mrs. and Miss Newsom are
summering in Greenville, Tenn.
Mr.. David Hastings, Of this city, is So
journing at ShelbyviIle, Tenn, whore he
purposes remaining till after frost.
Captain Richard P. Glenn, of this city,
is at GAINESVILLE, Tenn. The Right Rev.
Bishop Quintard oficiated at the Trinity
Church, same place, last Sunday.
The late Captain @. B. Church was the
last of the river commanders who ran
boats in the famous line which piled be-
tween this port and New Orleans before
the war.
Mrs. Boland, of this city, was taken i'll
with fever last Monday in St. Louis,
having been away from here three weeks.
She was sent to the quarantine hospital
with two children.
DR.. R. w. Mitchell visited President
Hayes and the secretary of war at Wash
ington last Monday, and gave a gloomy
account of his field of duty. He went to
New York next day.
Mrs. Eliza O. Graham, whose husband
is engineer on the steamer G.. w. Cheek,
now at st. Louis, died Of fever yesterday
at her residence in Fort Pickering. Her
consort was advised of her illness a day or
two before, but not in time for him to
reach here until after her death.
Miss Mary Stewart.Cobb, daughter Of
Ed d. Cobb, and a bright young lady less
than seventeen years old, we'll known in
this city, died last Monday, of consump-
ton, at St. Paul, MINI. Miss Mamie left
here something over ayear since, and was
then a picture of health and vigor. Her
mother died of fever here last summer.
Rev. David Walk, a well known divine
for some years pastor of the Christian
Church on Linden street, in this city, has
retired from the church with which he has
been as%sociatedin Kansas City and is now
at Cincinnati. He announces that he will
enter the field Of Christianity as an evan
gelist.
After peeping through a crack of the
grim old scythe-bearer's portals, Major
w. w. Guy began TO look in another
direction. He was much improved this
forenoon, and now has every prospect of q
speedy recovery, His was a close case.
but he never lost heart. During the most
trying hour the major was sanguine that
he would pull safely through.
Mr.. James Holmes, the consort of Mary
j. Holmes of literary fame, was an ocean
sailor during his early years and in that
capacity visited various countries and
places where Yellow Jack thrives. He
has been devoting his especial skill and
care to the case of Major Guy for several
days past. 1t is stated that during last
years epidemic he nursed a number Of
patients and never lost one.
Mr.. Roussart, a grocery keeper reported
sick with yellow fever at Central Point
yesterday, it is stated to-day is only suf-
fering a slight attack of biliousness, and
has no idea that Yellow Jack will catch
him this season. He was enormously set
down as Mr.. Russell. The latter gentle
man., whose domicile is on fernando
street, heal Vance, is well, healthy and
sprightly and hopes to continue so.
Mrs. Anna Dowd, a faithful house,
keeper in the Trigg family for many years
past, died of fever at 8 o'clock last night,
near the fernando curve, in the suburbs,
She was ffty-four years of age. A num-
Der of friends had her remains carefully
laid away this forenoon. During her
fatal illness she had every possible atten-
ton, but human efforts we're of no avail.
Mrs. Dowd lived in the house where she
died all of last season, and no case oil fever
occurred there.
Mr.. Joseph NJ. Tighe, we'll known in
mer camille circles, died over his store on
Howard row last night and was buried
this forenoon. Mr. Tighe was taken i'll
while at his store last week, and the vio-
lence and suddenness of the attack rem
dered it impossible to remove him to his
residence in the suburbs. Mrs. Tighe has
just recovered from an attack of the NAL
ady.