Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-08

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degree the qualifications requisite fol
the position.
Somerville Falcon The Clarks.
vile Tobacco Leaf continues to urge
Judge Clapp ofMemphisior governor
The state could not have a more able
executive. Judge Clapp is sound on
finances and demonstrated by his
speech in the last legislature his
thorough acquaintance with state
affairs. We endorse the Tobacco
Leaf in this nomination.
Bolivar Bulletin, 9th: 7. X. Rid
dick, Esq, and G. w. Hardin, Esq.
both prominent members of the Som
%erville bar, have together, during the
past week, made a canvass of our
county. We found Mr.. Riddick So
cially pleasing and popular, politically;
and as he is a candidate for congress,
we bespeak for him in the field that
courtesywhich nobility and true char
acter demand. Nh. Hardin we all
know. His brilliant brain, his energy,
and eloquence must win for him a
commanding success.
1t is stated that a railroad meeting
is soon to be held in New York city
for the purpose of taking steps for
effecting the consolidation Ofthe Mem
phis and Charleston, the East Ten
nessee and Virginia and Georgia, and
the Atlantic, Ohio and Mississippi
railroads, so as to make one continu-
GUS line from Memphis to Norfolk.
Ripley News, Both ult: Brownsville
is the place for holding the next con-
gressional convention, They have a
hall there equal to any in the state,
and besides it is as accessible a point
as any in the district. We hope the
designating board will take this matter
into consideration, and locate the sit
ting Of the convention at this point
We are sure the citizens will give the
delegates a hearty welcome.
Brow sville Bee: Sunday morning,
May 2r :, Bette, eldest daughter of
DR.. J. G. Haywood, of this place,
breathed her last of congestion, after q
short illness of two hours. Thus fell
the pride of her family, and the be-
loved companion of a host Of young
people. She was a true christian,
and no young lady of a sweeter or
kindlier disposition ever lived. Her
friends have the sympathy of our
whole people in this trial of bitterest
anguish.
General Andrew Jackson, a few
months before his death, sent for MIR.
MoOombs, a Nashville undertaken,
and said to him coolly 81 have sent
to you to give you some instructions
about my funeral" Then, says Mr..
McCombs in a recent letter to the
centennial committee on invitations,
as calmly as he would discuss the
most ordinary business matter, he
gave the most minute instructions rel
alive to it," A few days alter the
general was laid quietly to rest at the
Hermitage.
Maryville (BlOunt county, Dem, s.:
Two gentlemen from Georgia we're in
Maryville, last week, on their way
they said to arrest a Georgia criminal,
who they heard had stopped in Wears
cove, Sewer county. In attempting
to cross Little river, at Rorsx's ford,
8! miles from Maryville, the Georgia
men came near drowning. The river
was swollen by the late rains, and the
men being unacQuainted with the
ford, the horse and buggy were swept
down the current, and but for the
timely assistance Of a man with a
canoe, all might have persisted.
Blount county Democrat, g.: Mr.. S.
G. N. Doak, of the Holstnn college
neighborhood, this county, semitic this
office the other daya specimen of a
lot of last years sweet potatoes, which
he recently plowed up on his farm,
the potatoes having been in the
ground all winter. Failing to dig all
the crop Of sweet potatoes last fall.
the mild winter did not freeze or spoil
them, and they are now as sound and
good as if they had been slowed away
in a good cellar or "wholed' in the
ground. This shows how very mild
the past winter was.
Maj. r. G. McCalla, the well-known
engineer, is now engaged in recon
poitering a railroad line from Clinton
to Emory Gap, on the line of the Gin
%cinnati Southern. He is being assist
ed by Prof. H. E. Cotton, whose fam
iliarity with the region through which
the proposed line passes is equal to
that Of any man. In a few DAYS a
force will be organized for a full sur
vey ofthe line, which will be made
under the auspices of the Knoxville
and Ohio road. 1t is the intention of.
the managers Of the above road to
construct this line at an early day
Knoxville Chronicle.
Milan Exchange, 9Th: A bold rob-
berry was committed on last Monday,
between twelve and one o'clock. on
the premises Of Mr.. Clark, near the
city. The thief entered by breaking
through a front window, overhauled
numerous receptacles OIL valuables and
decamped with a trunk belonging to
Mr.. Robert Jordan. The trunk was
afterwards found in the woods near
by, broken open and only a pair of
pants and a pair of shirts missing. 1t
is supposed, from the condition Of the
furniture, etc. that the burglar was
on the search for cash, and we are
glad to state that NJ money or valu-
ables were lost.
Genuine Imported HOff's Malt
Extract.
The true health beverage. Highly