Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-08
TENNEssEE.

There r two tobacco manufacto-
Ties in East Tennessee, sixteen in
Middle Tennessee, and six " West
Tennessee.
The first number of the Daily Tri-
bune and Sun, published at Jackson.
has been received. 1t is a neat little
journal of twenty-six columns, and
deserves success.
Banner, 9th We learn from the
morning train that the Memphis and
Charleston cars ran over a drunken
negro at Rockers Station, about II
miles this side of Chattanooga, and
horribly mangled him. His name was
unknown.
Ripley News, 4th: Mr.. 0. Henry,
the mail contractor from Ripley to
Double Bridges, reports the crop
prospect between this place and the
Bridges as very promising, much bet
ter than for the last three years. The
wheat good, corn in tassel and cotton
fields in bloom. The farmers have
their crops clean and in good condi-
ton, and the indications are that they
will reap an abundant harvest.
For the information of overseers we
copy section 121l of the Code of Ten
nessee, which reads " Bridges shall
be made by the overseers and his
hands through swamps and over small
runs and creeks, for which purpose, as
well as for making causeways, he (the
Overseer or hands, may cut poles and
other necessary timber without in
curing any penalty thereby" The
law also requires Overseers to place
across all running streams where the
road crosses, a well-hewn foot log, a
thing that is neglected by n~inety-nine
out of every one hundred overseers.
Knoxville Tribune, 3D.: This morn
ing Judge H. H. Ingersoll, Professor
Hunter Nicholson, Judge John l..
Moses, Captain William Rule, and
Messrs. r. l.. Cant and j. P. Beach.
representing the various interests of
our city, and Ex-Governor Senter,
Major John Murphy. and Will Dick
son, Esq, of Morristown, started on
the four o'clock train for Henderson
vile. N. c., via Atlanta, to attend the
jubilee Of the people of Western North
Carolina on the fourth instant, to GEL
citrate the completion of the Spartan
burg and Asheville railroad to Hen
Jacksonville. and to promote and en-
courage the enterprise by fastening it
to completion.
Nashville Banner, 9TH The funeral
of the lamented Duncan NJ. Brown.
son of Ex-Governor Neil s. Brown.
this morning from the family resi-
dence on Main street, was attended
by a large eoncourse of the relatives.
friends and acquaintance Of the de-
ceased. The cortege was met at the
Nashville end of the suspension bridge
by the Porter Rifles, who, headed BY
a band, accompanied the remains to
Mount Olivet Cemetery, beneath
whose grassy sod, amid the tears of a
sorrow-stricken family and sad heart
ed companions, they were tenderly
laid to rest.
The defeat of Lord Murphy, Nash
ville's favorite horse, in the trial stakes
at the late Chicago meeting, is ex-
planned by B. G. Bruce, editor of the
Kentucky Live Stock Record. who
was present and witnessed the race.
The bridle-b bit on Murphy broke before
he reached the half.mile, and from
that time out the jockey had no con-
troll of him. The Record says
Bucker won the trial stakes owing
to an accident to Lord Murphy, whose
bridlebit parted before going a quarter
Of a mile, which utterly destroyed his
chances for the race. He moved
grandly in his preliminary canter, and,
in our judgment, could not have lost
the race barring the accident"
GAINESVILLE Tobacco-Le The sem
sation of the town is the big lawsuit
filed by Judge Scales aud Colonel /,
W, Finley, of Memphis, attorneys for
the heirs of Judge Bennett Searoy,
against a number of citizens for valu-
able property, principally the heart
of the city. 1t is a very old claim.
which has been threatening suit thirty
or forty years, and just after the fire
in April, 1873, the parties published a
notice warning those in possession
against rebuilding on the lets. There
was ne attanton, however, paid to the
warning notice, no one believing that
such a suit would be instituted, and
believing, too, that their claims would
bold good, We cannot tell what will
be the result. OF course the suit will
cause property holders much trouble,
but wo are Of the opinion, from ell we
can learn, that tho plaintiff will have
quite an uphill business in the matter:
at least parties feel assured that their
titles are good,
Paris Intelligencer The prospects
fer a good crop in this section Of the
state have not been more promising
tor fifteen years, The wheat has all
been harvested, and although the
average yield Is rather low, the quality
of the grain Is excellent. A larger
crop of cotton has been planted than
usual, and the plant is very healthy,
and forming rapidly. More corn than
usual has been planted and the condi-
tion is excellent. The seasons sinoo
the middle of May hayo heen very
good, and all the growing crops have
been well cultivated. The tobacco
crop Of this immediate section will be
short, perhaps by nearly half, owing
to the drouth in the spring and search
ty of plants, But upon the whole, il
may be safely stated hat the present
Is by odds the most promising crop
since the war. Beside the crops, our
farmers have on hand a large number
of hogs, which with the large corn