Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-09-02

NfSa& last year 20 the same tim
y eAs NN and in iS73it was not owe
81 asSepalaS TO the medical reports
Asev hale Of cotton raised by f, L
GsASeA seven milos north Of the city
ARD Sa@lag strict middling, came il
As N6aV saa the sample was exhib
N& At the cotton exchange to-day
Ns best FIRST bale" set receive,
Ass&
he Wind and rain gusts this morn.
isS weN decidedly SQuiuOctial in theil
@Aavior ROreaS seemed to be on
general tear as he tore around promis.
eaNaSy aud without regard to even
ness Of temper or smOOthness Of
I hOath
Rainy weather is bad for those in
camp who have no kitchens. At the
father Matthew location they are
building them, The children at the
camp are also to be sent to school,
teachers being provided from among
the sisters
A pair Of jealous young gentlemen
Of this city claim to have received
letters from GAINESVILLE to the effect
that our gallant soldiers there are
lighting gay battles with knitting
needles. Afew casualties are claimed,
but no deaths,
The price Of cotton seed opens this
season at IS per ton, says Mr.. John 7.
Flyan, the new secretary and treasur-
er of the association. For the pres
ent no seed can be handled, and plant
ers are urged to keep their product at
home until it can,
Receipts of cotton here for the year
ending August 31st, was 3S6,129 bales;
a decrease compared with the pre-
yious year of 26,264 bales. Our stock
on hand is now 3S6 bales. We con-
sumed last season 40 bales, against
800 bales the year before.
The debt Of Camp Father Mathew
amounts to something over $11OO. A
part Of this bill was presented to the
citizens committee yesterday but
that body declined to settle it. Bills
amounting to S435 were allowed at
the citizens meeting yesterday.
OF last years cotton receipts here
1924 bales came by river against
122,735 bales the year before. Of
shipments, steamers carried 100, JIG
bales. north, and 7O,897 bales south.
The remainder was conveyed by rail-
roads, and they carried 176,5O7 bales
north, and 39,06T bales south.
In spite of the abuse heaped upon
the NicOlson pavement, now SO dilapi-
dated and about to be wiped away
with no friend to say nay, it will be
many a long day before a stone or any
other sort Of street will be found to
last over twelve long years without
repairs, as the Nicolson has done.
The first bale Of cotton Of this years
crop, turned out in Washington coun-
ty, Miss, was sent from Lagrange,
one of Ed Richardson's plantations,
on the l5thOf last month. 1t weigh
ed $50 pounds. Cotton picking is pro-
crossing finely in Washington and
prospects for a large yield are good.
The Odd Fellows relief board is
composed of the following. Marcus
Jones, president j. +. Davidson,
vice president J. w. Waynesburg,
treasurer; L. S. Burr, secretary G..
Kaiser, assistant secretary John
Linkhauer, superintendent of nurses
A. Boyd, assistant superintendent Of
nurses.
The whistle blowing Of the steamer
Annie ?. Silver and the replies thereto
by the harbor tugs, drew several hun
dred people to the water front of the
city this morning. All who got up
early we're surprised at the sound, and
they wished to find out what it
meant. Some believed a feet Of
quarantine gunboats had arrived.
The work of tearing up the Nicol-
son on Madison street, preparatory to
paving it with stone, was begun yes
terday. The treasury Of the city has
the funds in its Golfers to pay for this
needed improvement; workmen are
ready and anxious to perform the Ia
Dor, and the street il put in order by
the time business sets in, the first Of
November, will be a credit to the
authorities.
A gintleman from the 0uld Sod.
who is boss of clothing store in front
Of Court Square, while the fever last,
only, was very much perturbed yester.
day over a story Of a runaway that
took place Sunday afternoon. AS the
accident happened to one who keeps
a place not far from the square, bu.
rot IN front n - ba ,niobt boyo roetaf