Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-17

take ARE of the assets Of 7. R. Taylor,
Of Batesville, Ark, for account Of
several merchants of this city.
The cotton crop all round the coun-
try is in fine promise, a little late in
maturing, but in all other respects il
is splendid. Planters hope for late
frost. and only need that to be assured
OF a heavy yield.
Holding court in the dog day season
is not a very popular trade with local
judges, except the branch out at Bart
lett, where, owing, doubtless, to the
pleasant surroundings, it appears nice
as an all summer job.
The corn traffic is over for a season,
hardly 500 sacks having arrived here
during the last two weeks. Along
toward Christmas, however, some Of
our farming neighbori will begin to
run short, and a revival in corn may
be looked for.
On and after Sunday next the Little
Rock railway is to u double daily
passenger trains from this city to
Little Rock. They depart at 5 am.
aud 4;3O pm, and will make close
connections with all trains for Texas
at Little Rock.
The iron cotton tie trade is a heavy
one at present. The steamer Kyle
landed about three thousand bundles
here to-day, and the City of New Or
leans had IL 900 bundles on board as
she passed up yesterday, for the St.
Louis market.
A number of young men are in
training as car drivers. 1t takes a
novice two or three weeks to get the
hang of the business, even though
carefully instructed by experienced
drivers for a number Of days. A car
drivers place is no sinecure, by a long
deal.
A dispatch from Cairo received this
forenoon BY agent R. W. Lightburn,
and signed by Captain r. W. Wise,
says the steamer james W. Gaff, hav-
ing been detained, will arrive here
Friday morning, and return to the
Ohio the same evening.
Merchants wanting blank books,
such as ledgers, journals, day books,
cash books, cotton books, etc, etc i,
can have them made at the LEDGER
Job Printing Office and Blank Book
Mandatory, IL Madison street, in
the best style Of workmanship aud at
prices as low as any competitor.
Even Christian congregations have
their little tiffs, rivalries and jealous
les, and the same crop out at times, as
is evinced by the Rev. Countess card,
elsewhere to-day. Newspaper men are
the only regular set of people who
love each other as brothers, and are
always cordial, kind and obliging to
themselves.
The grade of Jefferson street, from
Front to the river, has been made
easier by excavatiDg its crossing over
Front, and when the pavingi is finished
"a depression in Front will make
it a little up and down hill like for
Front row hauling. The Jefferson
street slope will, however, be much
improved by the improvement.
The farmers are moving toward
ventilating an expression Of their feel
ings regarding the proposed candidate
for Congress to represent this section
after the fourth Of March next. They
announce a meeting at the Fair
grounds on the first of next month,
and Thomas Holeman, W. II. Nelson
and II. E. Cannon are the committee
managing it.
For three days past a force of men
have been repairing the fernando
road from the city limits to a couple
of miles or SO out and the adjacent
avenues, the people supplying hands
for the purpose or paying n dollar
per dag as Communication. Last year
the people out that way paid six dol.
lars each and the money was drank W
or wasted, no work ever having been
beard Of on the road.
The paragraph in this paper yester.
day referring to the controversy be.
tween Countee and the congregation
which deposed him was written upon
information derived from the attor.
neys in the case and from the police.
which sources are equally as reliable
as any Magistrates court. The main
issue lies in Chancery, anyway, and
the controversy before the 'Squires il
merely a side issue growing out Of the
original suit.
Italian marble, in heavy blocks
weighing from ten to fourteen toni
each, has been an item Of vessels
cargOes from New Orleans to the Ohio
and upper Mississippi rivers for some
time past. The marble is subject t.
stain aud injury on very slight provo.
cation, and must be carefully handled