Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-01
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The concert and dramatic enter
tainment complimentary to Mrs.
Hattie Trezevant will come off at
Leubrie's next Monday night. Some
of the best talent in the city is down
on the programme, and it promises to
be very delightful affair.
The only place heard from this
morning where it was cool enough for
frost was at Bismarck, Dakota, and
the mercury reached AZ there. 1t is
warming up all around us, and the
breezes promise to come from a south
erly direction instead Of northerly as
heretofore, so the Signal Service bull
letins announce.
South Memphis Lodge No 1l8, F.
and A. NJ, will work in the sublime
degree Of Master Mason Thursday
evening, June 9th, in the Blue Lodge
room, Masonic Temple. E. G.
Kremer will be raised to that degree.
The cards of invitation issued to
members of the fraternity embrace a
list of officers, detail OF brethren for
duty, the choir and full programme
of the music of the evening.
A violent and destructive hail storm
swept the country between Gadsden,
90 miles northeast of here, aud Mos
Kenzie, 60 miles or so further on, last
Wednesday. Fruit orchards were
denuded sofss fruit: even the leaves
OF the trees being stripped off almost
clean in many instances. The win
dows of houses we're smashed, and one
man reports that out of II windows in
his house but a single pane remained
whole, while wheat and oat fields with
grain nearly ready to harvest were
Frustrated aud badly tangled or cut to
pieces. The strawberry crop, all that
was left oft, was also used up.
The cart driver, Nose Heron, who.
with his team, tumbled from the TOP
Of a coal pile over 20 feet high, yester-
day, lives on DeSoto street. He WIS
formerly farmer a dozen miles or 20
east of this city, and those who know
him say he has always been an indus
trious and worthy citizen. His hurts
are severe, but their result is not yet
known. The mule is in fine trim and
good working order, and the cart was
not much scratched. 1t was singular
mishap, and caused more talk than
any other occurrence of yesterday, ex.
cept the tricks on travellers performed
on Madison street, by the string
pullers. Do :
A railway train at the Louisville
depot frightened a pair OF horses be-
longing to 3. E. Colby yesterday after.
noon and j. Russell, the driver. was
unable to hold them. Colby and Russ
sell were both dumped into the street,
while the runaways crippled hack
and the horses attached to it, caused
hitched horse to break his bride
and the post to which he was tied and
made general wreck Of themselves as
well as the wagon they had been hand
ling The excitement created up that
way was equal to that caused on Nc,
Call street by the twenty-five foot
tumble of coal cart, and on Madi>
son street by the pranky tricks of the
cotton men.
Mr.. Fl. @. Sharp, of Newmarket,
Jefferson county, and Mrs. L. Fl. Eb
bert, of this city, we're married last
evening by DR. George White, at Cal
vary church, and after reception at
the residence Of Captain w. l.. Cam
eron, the brides brother, the happy
couple left on the eleven o'clock train
for their East Tennessee home, Mr..
Sharp is well to do farmer, a gentle.
man of high social standing. The'bride
is the widow of the late Mr.. Charley
Gilbert, very popular business man
who married and lived here several
years after the war, and finally died
out West. She is a most estimable
lady, and will be followed by the best
wishes of all who know her in this
city where she has lived as girl, wife
and in widowhood the greater
part Of her life.