Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-03-01
TENNESSEE.

complains OF gas DiilS.
Chattanooga has contributed $1,000
for the relief OF suffering Ireland.
General Bate is suggested as the
orator for the Nashville centennial.
There are thirty-eight people in
Rhea county, Tennessee, for every
wheeled vehicle in the county.
The republicans will hold a conven-
ton at Nashville on the 9Th inst, 10
appoint delegates to the Chicago con
vention.
General w. B. Bate is suggested as
the orator upon the occasion of the
unwilling Of the jackson statue at the
Nashville centennial.
Mr.. George i. Purvis, business
manager of the Nashville Banner. has
sold his intesest to the Banner com
pany and retires from the business.
DIR. n. L.. Thomas. formerly of
Montgomery county, died suddenly
and alone at his residence, near Yal.
aha, Florida, on the 9th of February.
A company has been formed to
manufacture salt at a we'll found near
G~allatin, which will yield fromtwenty-
five to forty barrels every tw%enty-four
hours.
There will be on exhibition at the
Nashville centennial a live private
soldier, the only one who survived the
late war. Newspapers friendly to the
lost cause" please copy.
MIR. John B. Kirky, father of Major
Thomas B. Kirky, one ofthe founders
and the first editor of the Chatta-
nooga Times, died at his home in New
Haven, Conn, February 18th, aged
sixty six years.
Coffee county is now out of debt
and has the ready cash" in the
treasury. Several weeks ago she re-
ceived $3,2S7.4S back tax from the N
and c. railroad. Thanks to the ono
oily (?) for this much.
Mrs. IL. P. Gray, of Williamson
county, has in her possession a grind
stone brought by her father from Vir.
ginia to that county in 1913. It has.
says the Review and Journal. been in
constant use ever since, and is a good
one yet.
Knoxville is odorous with a scandal
in high-life colored circles. Andrew
Osment, a member of the colored A.
NJ. E. Zion church. charges that his
wife and the pastor are too fond Of
each other, and the case is on trial in
a Justices court.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Edwin P.
Hayes, Of Tennessee, a clerk in the
postoffice in this city, was arraigned
in the police court to-day upon a
charge of misconduct and embezzle.
mcnt. He waived examination and
was committed to Jail. The amount
alleged to have been taken by HAYES
is $500.
Monroe Democrat The rare sight
OF a wagon loaded with cotton was
seen at the depot yesterday. 1t was
brought in by Mr.. Wright, who own,
a gin about eight miles from Sweet.
water. There were only three hun
dred and fifty pounds, although it was
all the cotton grown in the neighbour
hood. 1t was shipped to Knoxville.
Nashville Banner: On the north.
side of the Charlotte turnpike. twelve
miles from Nashville. on the farm Of
Esquire f. p. Sullivan, is n carving
on a beech tree of the initials.
w. S.
1867.
II. B.
having the appearance of great ace
corresponding to that date. ESQUIRE
Sullivan first saw it in 1917. and it
then looked as old to him as it does
now. II is on the line of the old trail
leading towards Charlotte. There are
other carvings Of a like date said to
be in the neighborhood. An impress.
sion Of the above will be furnished the
historical society. Similar antiquities
are solicited.
At a Meeting OF the congregation of
the Presbyterian church, held in Pu.
laski a few weeks ago. the following
was unanimously adopted
Whereas, The Rev. N. M. Long
our pastor, has accepted a call to the
Lauderdalcst street Presbyterian church
Of Memphis, il is hereby
Resolved, /. That we sincerely re-.
greet that our brother regards it as his
christian duty to sever his connec.
ton with the Presbyterian church At
Pulaski.
Resolved, 2. That in this dispense.
ton the church loses an earnest.
Jealous and efficient minister, and one
with whom we are we'll pleased, and a
citizen whose place it will be hard to
fill. :"
Resolved. 3. That he carries with
him to his new field of labor the
heartfelt wishes and prayers of this
congregation for his success and pros.
perlty as an Individual, and partiou.
iarly as a minister Of our blessed Sa-
vior.
Resolved, 4. That we heartily com.
mend him to the people who have
been so fortunate as to secure him az
a pastor and citizen, as one deserving
their unbounded confidence and
esteem, a true man and christian gen
tleman in all the relations Of life.
Policy Of tho Grent Nonfhern