Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-27
TENNESSEE.

The Alamo Sentinel says that ur.
R. w. Walden, living nea thatpl ee,
has 123nieces and nephews.
The friends of General A. "
Campbell, of jackson, are pressing hi,
claims for the Gubernatorial nominal
ton next year.
Captain Tip Elmore, a fieight con-
ductor on the East Tennessee, Nir-
ginia and Georgia railroad, died at
Knoxville, of pneumonia fever, on
Monday night, 10Th inst,
Brownsville States, %: The Rev.
DR.. j. r. Graves delivered a splendid
lecture on California, at the Baptist
church last week, but owing to the
severity of the weather the attend
ance was small.
cambridge Watchman: The citi-
zens of this place and vicinity was
considerably shaken up by the omi-
nous roar and tremor OF an earthquake,
on Thursday night, about half past
eight O'clock. The shock apparently
came from the southwest, and lasted
about 10 or 10 seconds.
Newport Reporter: On the evening
of the l1th inst, at six o'clock, a very
heavy shock from an earthquake was
felt by the citizens of Newport, Old
Newport and Eastport. The shock
was so great as to cause considerable
gathering of the Queenswarc in the
stores, and the windows clattered
frightfully in the houses and many
families we're considerably frightened.
From the Maryville Index we learn
that Mr.. James Razor, of Happy Val
ley, was shot at his residence on the
night of the 18th inst, by some one
firing through a window, and that the
assassin is supposed to be Hut ANA
rine, or one of his allies. 1t will be
remembered that Mr.. Razor assisted
U. S. Deputy Marshal Freshnoua in
the capture of Amarine.
Mr.. Green Hill Mason, now a resi-
dent Of Crockett county, was married
in Madison county, by the Rev. B.
NJ. Barrow, Sr., to Miss Francis c.
Wood, January 18th, 1888, and was
married again in November last to
Mrs. Susana johnson. of Gibson coun-
ty, BY Rev. B. NJ. Burrow, Jr., son OF
the Rev. B. NJ. Burrow, Sr. Thus the
same man was married by the son Of
the minister who first married him
nearly forty-three years ago.
Tusculum Record: DR.. NJ. S. Doak
tells us that he has discovered two
very fine beds of lead and zinc ore.
Its richness varies with the different
veins, some yield 30 per cent of zinc
oxide, while others range from 40 to
80 per cent of oxide Of zinc. The
principal mines are on two beds near
ridges that extend through the coun-
ty, about three miles apart. No zinc
had ever been found there before at
either place. He says that he will
not 60 very deep to find lead at one Of
the zinc mines. He is getting ready
for regular work. The price Of ores
is too low to work it out faster than it
can be sold.
The Dixie Farmer, published at
Nashville, is now the representative
agricultural paper of Georgia, Ala
bama and Tennessee, by the consoli-
dation of the Planter and Grange, the
Southern Planter and the Rural Sun.
In an editorial on the subject of "Ag-
rieultural Education, this influential
journal says: TO our Agricultural
College in Knoxville we look as the
dawn of prosperity in our agricultural
education. Under the management
of Prof. McBryde, it will be but a
few years before the name of the
University, as well as his own, will be
SYNONYMOUS with the agricultural
wealth and prosperity OF Tennessee.
SOmeryille Falcon, 18th Early
Monday morning, when the porter at
the jail went up into the second story
tc make a FIRE, as was his usual Gus.
tom, four Of the prisoners broke out
by him, ran down stairs and, the door
being open, made an easy escape. The
prisoners had been locked in a cell the
night before, and the mystery is how
they got out into the hall. Red An
derson was arrested on suspicion Of
having aided in the escape, but an
examination before Esq. Hendon
failed to elicit any proof Of the fact
and he was released. The names Of
the prisoners escaping are Jack Jor-
dan, Milton Sloan, Lyn Moody and
Jessie Jones.