Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-17
LEDGER LINES.

49, 1913
LED0RRs scientific description Of the
wound received by James Hall yesier'
day0and then 70 capture the IsrDdEH
account Of the shooting aud publish ii
without giving credit; We are overcome
by his hesrtless course. A FIRE alarm
telegraph is much needed in Memphis,
but the fire alarm pAtentees ask toe
much money for the thing. DR.. Harmon
is Of the opinion that the type battery
which controls public opinion eneour
agesithe whisky traffic, and although all
the murders and crimes are caused by
intenperAnce, yet editors drink them.
selves and puff the saloons" this is a
very in-harmonic assertion on the part
Of the Doctor, and one that is
easily reiuted; there is such a
thing as incorporate temperance.
What a windfall the Vaughan-Hindman
sensation was to newspaper reporters in
this dull season. Reticence and mys-
terry are the peculiar weaknesses Of pc.
lice officials; it is time that they learned
that newspaper publications aid justice
instead Of defeating it; a greater num-
Der of men have been brought to justice
by timely publications than by all the
silly reticence and mystery that usually
pervades police headquarters, The
masquerade ball at the Exposition build
ing tonight; get up your masks and
costumes and attend. The cornerstone
of the new Raleigh railroad hotel will be
laid on Monday next with appropriate
ceremonies, conducted by President
Donovan and the affable Mayor OF
Raleigh. The Farmer concert at the
Memphis Club Hall last night was
largely Intended, aud was both a
pecuniary and musical success. The
cheerful base-ballers are organizing
for the spring campaign. Quite num-
Der of our leading citizens visited the
0verton yesterday land paid their re-
spects TO Postmaster General Cresswell
and Senators Cameron and Howe. The
complimentary benefit rendered to Miss
Laura Alexander will come off at the
Memphis Theater next Monday evening.
The Little Rock railroad excursionists,
owing to- n break in the road, were
wood-bound" yesterday, but managed
to arrive in Memphis last evening; an
excursionist says that the Arkansas
woods and swamps resounded with and
echoed back a huge amount Of profanity,
OF which several well known Memphians
relieved themselves between drinks.
Go to st. Bridgets Church fair and
festival at Cochran Hall tonight. To
morrow evening Girls" the comic lee
turer, will distribute humor and wit at
the Memphis Theater. Barrett, as the
melancholy Dane, at the Grand Opera
House next Monday week. Memphis
at midnight is the quietest city on the
continent. Residents on Poplar street
complain of the Yulg arity and profanity
of both male and female beer garden
visitors, and assert that they will COM
mence legal proceedings in order to
abate the nuisance The County Quar-
terly Court has adjourned sine die; the
next term will commence on the first
Monday in May. General jeff c. Davis,
who killed General Bull Nelson in Ken
lucky some years ago. succeeds General
Candy, who was killed by Major General
Jack, Of the Modoc army. The Selma
railroad county scrip matter has been
shelved until the May term of the Quar-
terly Court, when the report of the COM
pany's engineer as to work done will be
received and considered. Our leading
cotton men are preparing for their an
nual European trips; Vienna will be
the objective point this time. Sim
Barinds, the secretary of the Chief of
Police, will pay quarter to each indi-
vidual who appears at the Chiefs
Office with a goat or hog on
and after next Monday morning.
Locomotives and cars for the Raleigh
railroad are on their way from Pittsburg.
Alderman Andrew Davis, acting chair
man of the Finance Committee, has
called committee meeting for Thurs
day, May LIST, at ten o'clock, in order to
investigate the charges against Mayor
johnson. The bottom having fallen out
of the Vaughan-Hindmau sensation, the
most enterprising reporter has. been un-
able to get up line about it, but awaits
the developments next Saturday before
Judge Halsey. Coroner Caldwell in
quested corpse in North Memphis yes
terday afternoon; the deceased was a
stranger, named C. H. Hancock, and
died from natural causes and the effect
of exposure. The Avalanche says in a
solemn editorial this morning that a
practical mechanic of Boston has in
vented new kind Of screw with which
to propel steam craft, the popularity of
which screw is that it is on the prin-
siple of the gain twist in rifles
when we say that exactly the same
principle governs in the construc-
ton of the present screw, the reader
may be able to judge Of the novelty Of
the invention. John johnson was. seen
1900. e -. =.