Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-26
TENNESSEE.

mere we're twenty-five ueatnS IN
Nashville last week.
The supreme court meets at Jack
son on the first Monday in April.
The population of Tennessee is
1,542,463; males, 1894; females,
773, 089. More husbands are needed
in this state.
Several parties in Henry county are
preparing their 6shponds for the re-
ception Of the carp fish as soon as they
can be obtained.
Eichorn's celebrated band of Louis
vile, numbering twenty-three pieces,
has been engaged by the coming NASH
vile exposition. This of itself will
be a great attraction.
1t is said that the parties who re-
Gently purchased the lot of the Baptist
church, at Messy Creek, Tens., have
found an abundance of zinc ore where
ever they have dug on the. lot.
Bolivar came neal having another
FIRE last week. The hotel of which
James Fentress, jr., is proprietor,
caught Sunday morning, but the fire
was extinguished in a few minutes,
with but little damage to the building,
A negro and negress, named re-
spectively Huston Anderson and Mol
lie Farrell, at Nashville, fell out the
other day, and the former cowhided
the latter, for which he was fined fifty
dollars and sent to the workhouse to
liquidate the debt with hard labor.
Paris Intelligencer A hen, the
property of Mrs. NJ G.. Kirby. has
taken possession of an old mockipg-
birds nest in a cedar tree, and depos-
its her eggs in it regularly. The rea-
SON is that Bob and Will Kirby keep
a lot Of suck-egg hounds in the yard.
That is the smartest hen on record.
The Morristown Gazette says the
egg and poultry business is assuming
extensive proportions there. Messrs.
Mathis & Noe have averaged in ship
ments, during the past month, from Ito
to 120 barrels of eggs, and $500 to 1000
pounds of poultry weekly. They have
also made several heavy shipments of
butter.
A printer commenced work on the
Winchester Home journal April LIST,
1889, and, with the exception Of about
three years, has remained steadily at
the case in that Office ever since. He
says he landed in Winchester dead
broke, and, pecuniarily, he is not one
whit better off to-day. 1t is not
known whether the printer alluded to
is the editor himself or somebody
else.
The old style pen and gold pencil
case combined, which was used for a
period of thirty-three years by Ten
nessee's great statesman, John Bell, is
in the possession of DR.. John II. Cal
lendar, superintendent Of the state
hospital for tho insane. This memento
was presented to the doctor by the
great leader Of the wing party a few
days before his death, and is priced by
him as a sacred relic.
Nashville Amerinsn: We are in
debted to General w. H. jackson for
hnely executed and richly framed pic.
lures Of the famous Belle Meade
homestead and park, and Of its propri-
etor, the venerable General w. G..
Harding. The portrait of General
Harding is a steel engraving BY Sar-
tain, Of Philadelphia, and is a most
fl ithful likeness. The frame is a Mo-
sale Of ivory, gold, rosewood aud ma
pie. In q handsome walnut frame is
presented familiar views of Belle
Meade, including the Harding man.
sion, with its imposing portico; the log
cabin which was the birthplace Of
General Harding, the picturesque and
beautiful park, tho spacious sale sta.
bles, the former race stables, the saw
and grist mills, and the graceful mean.
dering brook of Richland, which ira
verses the estate.