Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-18

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Chairman Pettigrew, Of the Board Of
Aldermen, presides with dignity and
ability.
The Secretary Of the Board OF Health,
DR.. Malone, can be found at No. 2794
Main street.
DR.. ID. +. Goodyear has been elected
member Of the School Board from the
Second ward.
1t is rumored that an Avalanche man
is organizing company for the liberia
ton of Cuba.
The teachers of the public schools will
receive full pay for services not rem
dered during the epidemic.
Mr.. A. c. Treadwell was yesterday
sworn in as Alderman from the Sixth
" ard, vice Paul Cicalla, expelled.
Mr.. J. Z. Randle has been elected as
a School Boarder to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Dr. Minor.
There is a man in the General Council
who has not read newspaper for five
long years, and yet he is not happy.
A history sfthe yellow fever epidemic
is to be compiled at cost of 5000, I'M
der the auspices of the city government.
In few days candidates will an
nounce themselves for the Offices Of
Mayor, City Tax Collector and Wharf
master.
The old steamboat wrecks at the foot
of jefferson street are to be removed by
the Memphis Wrecking Company imme-
iiately.
The New York sanitary code is to be
published, and will come up before the
General Council for adoption or rejec-
ton on the 25th inst
Messrs. VIM. Chase, Thomas f. Nc
Call and Henry g. Dent have been APP
pointed City Assessors, and Mr.. E. j.
Davidson has been appointed their clerk.
Now that Rhode, the Signal Service
observer, is able to appear on the streets
as q yellow fever convalescent, the
weather will be regulated to suit the
times.
Yesterday Frank Brannan was elected
by the Quarterly Court Constable of the
Fifth Civil District, vice Barney Cox,
deceased. Constable Brannan can be
found at the offices of Esquires Spelman
and Miller, on Adams street.
The Water Works Company propose
to sell out to the city for $4,000 in
water bonds, and Messrs. Busby, White
and Treadwell of the Board of Alder
men, and Messrs. Roush, Beehn, Tool,
Jobe and Shaw, of the Council, have
been appointed committee to consider
and report on the subject.
The pipe smoked by Captain Jack,
the dead Modoc, during his lifetime, was
received yesterday by Esquire Becky
of the County Court. The bowl of the
pipe weighs about one pound, and is
| made of red clay, beautifully inlaid and
adorned with rings of brass. 1t is a Gu
rious and valuable Indian relic.
The Registrars for the city are First
ward, W. P. Triplett; Second ward, G..
M. Morrison; Third Ward, Joseph
Locke; Fourth ward, VIM. Gay; Fifth
ward, J. M. Walker; Sixth Ward, T. G.
Gale; Seventh ward, Rufus Dalton;
Eighth ward, B. E. Barinds; Ninth ward,
L. d. Grant; Tenth ward, j. L. Sharpe.
The Ledger Liners thanks are due
Mr.. Dalton, of the hardware house of
Harper & Dalton, of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, for a late copy of the Los An
geles Herald. Mr.. Dalton, some few
years since, was assistant book.keeper
at Ford, Porter & Co.'s, of our city. 1t
is a pleasure to know that worthy
Memphian fourishes beneath the grape
vines on the Pacific coast.
The Exposition medals, manufactured
and sold for the benefit of the yellow
fever sufferers by the Elgin Watch Com
pany at the Chicago Exposition, real
lied fund of over $4,000, which was
sent to this city and Shreveport. The
medals are of composition metal, as
durable as silver and are worth fifty
cents, but were sold at ten cents each.
The company donated the labor, use OF
dies and machinery, and deducted from
the gross proceeds Of sales only the &C.
.vo1 ,oat of material