Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-05
TENNESSEE.

no yet fepuulhteo hef puDllc 0Olig0
tons, and we do not believe so. Wait
and see.
Dan. Potter, charged with murder,
one Of the five prisoners who recently
escaped from the Knoxville Jail, has
been recaptured.
Corn is selling in Dyer county at
Sl.25 per barrel, delivered, with the
prospects Of it going up to Sl.50 by the
middle Of December.
A party 0 frevenue raiders in Ruth
eriord county, captured two distiller-
les, destroyed six tubs, 500 gallons of
beer and an amount Of mash.
Mason Call Mr.. Sol Rhodes, living
near Wright 5 store. has on exhibition
at the store of B. T. Duke & Go. a
pumpkin weighing eighty-two pounds.
Everything IS booming in Somer
vile mercantile circles now. 1t is
really a difficult matter to get to speak
to a business man, they are all so
busy.
Commissioner Killebrew viii soon
sail for Europe in the hope Of indue-
ing a part Of the great tide Of emf
grants to this country to settle in Ten
Eessee.
Meals lDyersburg) Gazette, 10Th
ult.: Mr. 10 North, an old citizen, and
for many years a Forbidden river
pilot, died at his home in this place
last week.
The eonstitutiouality of the clerk.
salary act, limiting fees to 5000 per
annum, passed by the last Legislature.
is to be tested shortly in the Nashville
circuit court.
The Union City Chronicle, D. /.
Rivers editor aud proprietor. has been
enlarged recently, and Is now one Of
the h%andsomest weekly papers pub
lished in the State.
Or. H. Z. Beach, Of GAINESVILLE. has
been assigned . professorship in the
Vanderbilt University, at Nashville.
and will attend that institution dur
ing the month Of January TO deliver a
course Of lectures TO the dental class.
A considerable quantity Of land.
lying IN various parts Of Fayette
county. was sold at public auction in
fronto Of the court house door at Som
eryille Monday. Il was knocked of
at prices ranging from 30 cents to six
dollars and a half per acre.
Nashville Banner: There are gu
e%Onyicis in the peaiteRtiary. The
hospital contains only one patient 4
building for the manufacture Of fur
niture will soon be erected in the
prison yard Il will be 100 feet long,
80 i6et vide, and , stOgies in height
Somerrille Falcon Dir. Junius
Hobsen has been appointed Clerk and
Master Of the Chancery Court by
Chancellor Livingstone, the Office
being made vacant By the death Of the
late incumbent. DR.. Andrew ).
PEBBLES. Dr. Thomas G.. Mcclellan.
We understand, will be appointed his
deputy.
The business boom Is a genuine at.
fair IN Brownsville. IL we may Judge
by the papers Of that place. The
States Of this week comes out with d
mammoth sheet. chock full Of adyer.
tlsements o! the merchants, bankers
and Manufacturer Of Brownsville.
over seventeen columns Of new paid
matter being inserted. The cotton
shipments for the season are estimated
at from 5000 to 10000 bales.
Ripley News. Nov. p: On SUNDAY
last, on the bluff, in the llth district.
Elijah, a little son Of Mrs. II. w. vii.
llam'. aged IL years; aud q little 0 O.
Mr.. George Davidson. AGED about !.
years, engaged in a friendly wrestle.
which resulted in a sad and nainfuI
accident. Elijah threw his comrade
who, in falling, threw up his knee
Elijah falling on it with such force a.
to receive injuries that caused hi,
death In about twenty minutes.
They had a cotton picking up on tb,
Mississippi river, in Dyer county. IN,
other day and times were lively. On,
man called . lady a liar, when the OF
Tender was promptly knocked down by
the ladys brother. Then two mel
Mehorts aud JEFF GofoTth, got into
hight. Goforth drew a pistol and sho
Mchorts square in the breast. whei
toe balk Hattened and only made
black aud blue spot. McKorts had q,
CsG shirts, aud all the rest Of then
said they wanted 20 yards each Of Ina
sort of goods.
I Jackson Tribune and Sun 4 grea
many things are now becoming q con
siderable source ofrevenue, that a fe,
G years ago were not sold at all. and
b dealt in. were sold ia very small guam
titles. Among the articles Of mer
%chandlSe that are nov brought b hi
market in considerable quantities.. an
raw-hides. . Large wagon loads {
them can be seen on our streets dali,
c and we are told that they are com
n mandiug very good prices. Seyera
7 merchants il tie civ aro dealing !
: them quite extensively.
Somerville Falcon Mr.. Oscar \
Polk who resides neal Hickory Val
!. ley, Teua was married in Memphi
., on the 18th alt. 10 Mrs. Ada Lowe {
. that city, aud on the night of the 2Gt
ult. an entertainment was given at hi
residence OF The most sumptuous an
elegant character. Mr.. Polk comes {