Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-13
Tennessee's display AT Louis,
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I r. l.. Cochran & Co, Of Memphis,
have sent three cuts OF lumber, cons
sisting Of cypress, pine and poplar,
which are faithful representatives Of
that part Of the State as to the value
Of itsmerchautable timber m 8
[ Col. a. j McWhirter returned TO
bis official duties attbe Exposition
building last night, ready 20 confer
with the Commissioners Of Agricul
ture from the Southern States. 1t was
Col. MeWhirter's suggestion that this
important class Of officials was invited
by the management, as it vas his, also,
that Louisville would be the most
suitable place ics The Association Of
American Bankers, which met here
\ yesterday.
McMinn county, through her enter
prising citizen, r. b. MGIlvaine, ESQ,
has laid the Tennessee exhibit under
obligations for the handsome speei-
mems Of iron ore, marble, cotton,
thread, wool and specimens Of wood.
1 McMinn, as Governor Murray said OF
old Missouri, rs late a.comin', but
she's here at LAST an fnaf
JB. Strong, representing the Tul-
tlahoma file works, and ~ r. Camp
bells hub, spoke, rim and handle
works, all at Tullahoma, Tenn, has
forwarded specimens Of their goods,
which prove that, for manufacturing
purposes, the South and Middle, as
well as the famous East and West
subdivisions of the State, will soon
become centsrs Of manufacture which
will attract the eyes of the world.
Among the many visitors from the
VolunteerSlate yesterday we're DR. 7
B Harwell,th distinguished Granger
and + NJ Booth and lady, OF Giles
county; + NJ McBee, Knoxville; Mrs
Il II last and daughter; A-W Hig~
gins, L Woodward and Eli Rayner,
Memphis; n J,Myers and J w Clark,
SEeetWatsr, and about fifty Or sixty
others.
General Scott Browns handsome
face and forin, always Welcome whers
ever he is known, from bis home near
Frsnkiort-to the. suburbs of Dnluth,
paid Tennessee Dot only visit yester-
day but q handsome compliment IS
we'll. General Brown has just re-
turned from a visit to Mammoth
Cave as the gallant cnsperon Of two
of Missouri's most beautiful and
loyable daug hters, t0-Wit u Miss Leila
Herndon and Miss Hattie Campbell.
Kentucky, since she has furnished
ample Gubernatorial timber to Mis-.
souri,, need not be surprised il she
shall lose another of her noblest sons,
for the Generals fne eye is turned
longingly 70 THE distant West, and
after the departure yesterday Of bis
beautiful charges for their Missouri
homes.
Since Mississippi has pulled up
stakes, her faithful and eificient com.
missioner, Colonel u. G. Wall, feels
more at home in the shadow OF her
nearest neighbor, Tennessee, and takes
a Just pride in her fine display. Col.
Wall left slleg on the field Of Muir.
freesboro. and Tennessee can claim his
kindred blood.
The thousands of friends who know
and love MAT sh"-who was born
and rearednear Winchester, in Clark
county, has come all the way to Lou.
isville TO witness the Tennessee dis
play, since the SzteUf his adoption.
Texas, whittier lhe moved ten years
ago. still "renembers David Crockett
and the Alamo, aud feels first OF kin
10 the old Volunteer State-Rill be
glad to meet him. After visit to
the Bush settlement, z where his
father and relatives reside, he will re,
turqt0 his hpwsip Rusk' TezPc |
THE 0LD LADY GETS LEFT.