Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-07-16
GENERALITIES.


party to Mammoth Cave. Won't Majo
Barney fly around?
At Conneaut, Ohio, on the 18th, Ralpl
Wright, farmer, murdered his wife b.
i splitting her head with an AK.
Dan Bryant and his troupe Of min
strels have left New York for a Western
tour. They were in Louisville last even
ing. burlesquing as usual.
Senator Brownlow was reported ex
ceedingly i'll on the night of the 10th
There has been no announcement Of hi;
death.
Governor Stevenson, of Kentucky, Of
fers q reward of $500 for the apprehen
sion Of George Robertson leoloredl who
killed Henry Alexander (cOlored) in
Bourbon county, July s. lS70.
A policeman was caught mapping al
his post the other night in Louisville, and
although one Of the best on the force, had
10 walk the plank Does sleep ever over
take our boys in blueg
1t is cruelty suggested that if the
Louisville City Council who have been
on land and water prospecting for the
best kind Of wooden pavement, would put
their heads together they might " get up
an excellent and altogether original
one.
Howard, the Bureau peculator, mas
given his friends great trouble to white
wash him The dissentients are unani-
nous a. TO his frauds, and show there is
a regular ring" most Of whose mem
bers have become rich by the operation
Charles obst, jr.. en- ungallant gallant,
Of Louisville. Ky. slapped young lady
in the face, for which luxury he had to
pay $50 Another 0 should have been
added. He was put in bonds Of $500 TO
behave himself for year If that Obst-
mate hand Of his don't rebel, he u avoid
the latter responsibility.
Claude Hamilton, very neat and re-
spectacle actor who made his way from
subordinate parts to responsible charae-
tiers By his unaided exertions and proper
appreciation Of his audiences, was found
dead the other day in an open lot of
Washington City. His sudden and I'M
expected death is thought to have been
caused by apoplexy.
A Lieutenant of the 4th Infantry who
has just had scrimmage with Mr.. 10, in
which one Of the white men was wound
ed, writes: only wish we had some Of
those psalm-singing Indian lovers from
the East here to get their hair raised for
them and dried on a hoop" Thank you,
Brother Jonathan has as much as he can
do At present with John Chinaman.
The Huntsville (Ala.) Independent is
altogether mistaken in its view Of matters
at Nashville The editor talks the sheer
est nonsense, or knows nothing Of that
on which be expresses Sir Oracle
opinion. He must have been reading
the Nashville Banner and believed every
word ofat
A meeting of the white lead manufac-
turers of the United States viii be held
in Louisville on the 2lst inst On the
22d the association will visit Mammoth
Cave in body About the time the
grand carousal takes place at the Falls
City, we hope to be at grand banquet
on the Little Rock railroad for the sue
cessful approach to Brinkley-that is if
we should not be overlooked in the gen
eral melee.
The Cincinnati papers are ventilating
the railroad dead-head system. The city
councilmen are beginning to monopolize
all the travelling capacity of the railroads /
They not only demand passes for them
selves, but ask them for their families,
and friends, aud whole picnic excursions
They go to the railroad offices and de- 4
mand passes anywhere, from SIS to $500 |
worth al time