Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-20

PRESIDENT Island to-day. Henry Is
a scrubby looking fellow. aud his ap-
pearanee is decidedly unsavory.
The Bartlett circuit court, after
an arduous session Of two weeks, has
tried and passed Judgment on about
six cases, including divorces. Tho
court took a rest to-day. 1t will
doubtless resume its grind on Monday.
Rabbi M. Sam6eld lectured at the
Jewish synagogue lastnight on cruelty
to animals. We understand this gen.
tleman has attended every meeting of
the society, exerted himself on be-
half of the cause, and is heartily en-
gagged in the work.
Good sport for those fond Of the
manly science Of boxing and wrestling
is promised tonight at the Jefferson
street o~perahouse. Sparring, wrest-
ling, and other exercises begin there
at 8 o'clock, and the admission price
is rs aud SO cents.
"A jealous religious revival is in
progress at St. Johns M. e. church,
corner of Vance and Lauderdale
streets. The young evangelist, G. w.
Wilson, and Professor A. T. Casey, a
Sweet-voiced singer, have been prom
meat laborers in the good cause.
AT the committee Of the
cotton exchange this afternoon the
directors and friends of the proposed
Baritaria ship canal are to hold a
meeting to consult over the situation
and counsel regarding matters which
may advance their future interests.
Il. L. Ford, ~incarcerated in Jail
at Marion, Arkansas, for the killing of
old mar Broadway, near island 40,
in October last, has had his death
sentence confirmed by the supreme
court Of Arkansas, and he is to be ex-
ecuted as soon as the governor Of the
state appoints the day.
They are going to have a concert
at Bartlett next Thursday night, the
18th instant, under the auspices of the
Bartlett reading club, the proceeds to
be given to sufferers in Ireland. A
grand time is anticipated, The Bart
lett musical club contemplate an en-
tertainment very soon.
-Thirty-seven prisoners at the
Presidents Island, all in good cOndi-
ton, all healthy, vigorous, and with
appetitos. They have plenty
of water there, but blowing was being
carried on there this forenoon, on the
only. Another foot Of water
would cover nearly all the land on the
Cotton receipts here for the week
closing at noon yesterday were SOB
bales, against 1923 bales same week
last year, aud 1O,35l bales for the cor
responding week the year before. The
past weeks shipments from here were
bales, against 1851 last year
and 1874 bales year before on the
same week.
BY some missharen eye, or idea,
the name Of Ed Rowland was printed
as captain Of the steamer Hard Cash
in connection with the bail bond of
young WyckoG. 1t should have been
Ed G. Postal, was SO written, and is
the proper name of the master and
part owner Of the vessel mentioned,
as well also IS the person who en-
Wyckof.
The river continues to swell a lit
tie here every day, say an inch or SO,
and it is now within IS inches Of ex-
treme high water mark. 1t has about
come to a stand at Cairo, having at
a level of one foot above the
rise of a month back. Without an
other rain siege, an early decline Of
the waters is likely to follow, as the
upper rivers are falling at almost all
Among other visitors to our city
yesterday we're Colonel Tom B. Dunn,
a well known and genial .souled ex-
railroad man Mr.. J. NJ. Clark, a
Mississippi journalist, destined to
Ozark, Ark. Fred. Eaton, of Toledo,
on a visit to his brother here Colonel
Willo Haywood, of the popular
Brownsville Democrat State Attor-
ney-General Ben. J. Lea, and several
othar ~noteworfhv Daraona