Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-11-30

Heavy rain last night.


Joe Jefferson next week.
Forty-six prisoners in the county jail.
The election begins to-day in Missis-
sippi. sF n TV EnF
/, W. W. Hodge, Esq has been admitted
to the bar to practice.
"A The stock Of coal in fhe city is said to
be running short, and the price, goes M.
Seventeen arrests were made BY the
police in the Second District yesterday.
Eleven offenders we're disposed of at
the Police Court this morning, and thirty
dollars were collected in fines. Three
cases we're turned over to the Safe q.
A bill passed it's first reading in the
House, yesterday, requiring the railroad
to make turning bridge over the
Hatchie river, and repeating all laws to
the contrary. M
The National Llbor Union Of this city
has membership of 9l3 in ten wards
and two districts. A meeting was held
last night which adjourned to the 18th Of
December. There are Eve colored clubs
not included in the 9l3. rrr
The Memphis Cotton Brokers and Buy
ers Association held regular monthly
meeting yesterday, and among other pro-
ceedings resolution was passed request
ing the officers of freight lines to abolish
the system of rebsting.
Z General Jackson waa for negro suffrage
when it applied only to few hundred
free negroes in the State, and that is the
reason why some people favor Wholesale
negro suffrage new. General jackson is
the best argument yet put forth.
Charles Moody, noted theft, and
brother of Sam Moody, who was hung
once, stirred up row at one Of the vile
dens in DeSoto street, and escaped an
arrest by running from the house, but
was afterward captured by Sergeant
Brown.
This is St. Andrews Day. We wish
our Scotch friends happy anniversary.
We do not speak the Scotch language
very fuently, or we would say something
about Erin Go 'Braugh," or "Old Lang
Zion" or some of them patriotic old fel.
lows SO familiar in the vocabulary of
Caledonian reporters. a. a aasfl
1t has been discovered by an enter
prising contemporary that Andrew jack
son once voted for negro suffrage. Of
course it was the same article now offered
the people Of Tennessee. Hence, we
wish it understood that we have not been
voting for General Jackson for some
ysars, but when we do want to vote for q
dead man we will always select one who
is in favor of Radical negro suffrage.
The annual supper of the St. Andrews
Society will be given this evening, OF
French Johns restaurant. and it will be
an informally happy affair, such as our
Scotch friends always enjoy on st.
Andrews Day. The members and their
friends will procure tickets at two dollars
each, and will sit down to fine oyster
supper and all the bibuious Injuries
desirable. We are under obligations to
Col. Maclean for complimentary invi.
tation.
Judge Hudson, in his charge to the
Grand Jury, yesterday, referred to the
tardy appearance or non'appearsnce
of somebody, and said somebody or
somebody else was to blame for
it, and intimated that it would be
the duty of the Grand Jury to
find out who that somebody is. It being
a subject of vital Importance to the COM
munity, he desired full and special re:
port. So we may look out for something
interesting. Mr.. John League, the
County Court Clerk, was present, and
shortly after was summoned to the Jury
room.
A big riot occurred last night at the
notorious den Of the negro Bob Church,
near the corner of Gayoso, on Main
street. A grand ball was in progress,
when two big bucks HAD falling out and
commenced banging away at each other
with their psyy-sixes, which of course all
the fancy bucks must test To such places.
Captain Simons dropped in about that
t;me and also took lively hand and
helped l. clear the room. Twenty or
thirty shots veTe fred altogether, and
great was the CONSERVATION OF the va
grant wenehss who were caperins their
wide bocfa 10 the drunken IMAGES of the
most amazing African values. There
vas a hasty leaving, shucking out, GIT
tin froaa der" and bobbing Of heads and
ducking behind esss other and into all
sorts of retreats The battle yes deci-
dsdly lively fer few minutes, and the
niger With big fiddle got behind it for
safety. Three nf the bucks wers Sc
riously wounded, but they arc too mean
TO die. Two negroes we're arrested, and
tbs grand fancy ball closed at an unusu-
ally early i.asT. They didn't dance all
night and go bouse sit4 tss girls in the
morning--not near. "a
Memphis Theater.
The Snare or, What Money Cant