Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-04
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Recorder Scales heard twenty-nine
cases to-day, and assessed one hundred
and twenty dollars as fines.
John Franistam, charged with receiy-
ing stolen cotton, was placed under
bondsin the sum Of two thousand five
hundred dollars by the Recorder.
A number of butchers we're before the
Recorder to-day, on the charge of doing
business without license. They were
fined from FIVE to ten dollars each.
The County Court committees on the
Mississippi River railroad and the
County courthouse were in session to-
day, preparing their official reports.
A number Of our merchants left the
city to-day for New York to purchase
goods-among the rest, Mr.. r. Fl. Vance,
of the clothing house Of johnson u
Vance.
The river has oyerhowed its banks at
Hopefeld, Ark, and has flooded several
miles Of track on the Little Rock rail
road The mighty Mississippi is still
rising in all its majesty.
The motion for new trial in the Graves
and Poston case was not heard in the
Criminal Court this morning as ex-
pected The motion goes over for argu-
ment to next Saturday.
Robert Hood, Henry Lundy, William
Shannon and ID. ID. Goode were bound
over each in the sum of $4,000 by the
Recorder on the charge of stealing bale
of cotton from the steamer Undine.
1.-THE case CT John Donovan VS.. Thomp-
son Dean, on trial in the First Circuit
Court, was transferred to the United
States Circuit Court. This case in
wolves the sum of 100000 damages.
The argument in the case of The Gay
oso Gas Light Company VS.. The Mem
phis Gas Light Company, closed this
morning in the First Circuit Court, and
Judge Heiskell took the case under ad-
visement
Judge Flippin, of the Criminal Court,
sentenced two prisoners to the peniten-
tiary this morning, prior to adjourning
court. Warren Singleton, petit larceny
one year; Barney Whelan, grand lar
ceny, ten years.
Go to Mansford's, corner of Second
and Monroe streets, for all the latest
daily and weekly newspapers, illustrated
weeklies and monthly magazines from
all points. Mansford has everything in
the news line for sale at his news depot.
Mr.. W. H. Milburn will deliver lee
ture on Monday evening next at the
Greenlaw Opera House on what a
Blind Man saw in England" Mr.. Mil
burn electrified the people of Louisville
some days ago by his magnificent lecture
on Prentiss, the Great Mississippi
Orator.
Emmons & Son, newsdealers on JEFF
ferson and Beal streets, have received
all the latest daily and weekly newspa-
pers from, New York, st. Louis, Cincin-
natl, Nashville, New Orleans and Louis
Vile PictorialS from all parts of Eu-
rope received regularly, and all the home
and foreign magazines.
The members of the chain-gang occa-
sionally strike work, and swear they will
sweep the streets never more. Like
patriots, they register this vow above,
but through the persuasive powers o:
the guards they come down to work after
recovering from this fit of enthusiasm.
1t is to be regretted that the guards find
it often necessary to use physical force,
but order must be enforced even on the
changing.
The marriage licenses returned to the
County Clerk during the present week
are as follows: ]. ]. Govan and Mrs.
Bette Ford; Morris Bloomfield and Miss
Caroline Meyer; J. A. G. Windrem and
Miss Minnie Shaughnessy; E. II. Skip
with and Mrs. Kate H. Bunch; Jesse L.
Bland and Miss Sallia A. Tate; j. W.
Moore and Mrs. Dora Searcy; Max.
Graf and Miss Mary Hurst; Fred Kel-
herman and Miss Mary Larger.
The organization of our present po-
lice force is about to be disturbed. 1t
seems that the Police Board had no
right to organize the force, but that
power was vested in the General Coun-
ell. The Ordinance Committee has
been instructed to prepare an ordinance
looking to the reorganization of the po-
lice force. This will turn things over
considerably; but it looks rather strange
that our neutrality-suspicious. in the
General Council were so long finding
out their rights and duties in the prem
Uses.
The real estate distributions to be con-
Quoted by Messrs. Passmore 4 Rufin,
in this city. give promise of good results.
A largc&noant of real and personal
property will be seld and distributed,
and many hundred thousand dollars will
be received by citizens of Shelby county.
The conductors of the enterprise are
well-known citizens Of Memphis, and
their names are a guarantee to the pub
lie that the distribution will be con-