Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-09-05

One OI tnebt udys UT hlBhto ooHC Siti-
zen will break leg or an arm while
traversing the rotten highways of the
city, and then he will sue the city for
damages and will have legal right to
recover such, which right will be recog-
nized by any respectable jury in Shelby
county.
A notorious individual named Ed
Smith assaulted and stabbed another
notorious individual named Annie Gal
lagher while she was airing herself in a
hack last night. The gentle Annie
will recover and the wicked Ed will
rest in Jail. . Such people and their asso-
ciates are nuisances of the most objec-
tionable character
The Memphis Theater Figaro will be
published during the theatrical season
in a neat and attractive form. 1t will
contain the only programme used at the
theater, and will be thoroughly circu-
lated in the city, and consequently an
excellent medium for advertising with
the public. Advertisers may rely on all
contracts with the proprietors of the
Figaro being carried out.
The trotting race, best three in five to
harness, which came off yesterday after
noon at the fernando Trotting Park,
was won by Katie, beating Gould,
Fields and Cowen. The second heat,
mile heats and repeat to harness, was
won by Mary Ann, beating Goober Pea
and Fred. The time of the first trot
was in the two.forties, and of the latter
in the threetwenties which is slow for
professional trotting stock, but good
enough for ordinary livery stable road
sters.
Street politics in Memphis has as
sumed peculiar yet amusing phase.
The only authorized name of the party
is Democratic and Conservative" yet
strict Democrats avoid the Conservative
end of the name, and the Independents,
Old Line Wings and Conservatives as
carefully avoid the Democratic end.
We are all anti. Radicals and this latter
name is broad enough to overcome little
predictions as to names. The organi-
cation in Tennessee is the Democratic
and Conservative party, and nothing
else.
The new State Democratic and Con-
servative Central Commit is composed
of the following named gentlemen:
James L. Rice, of Davidson, Chairman;
John E. Helms, First District; R. M.
Hood, Second District; DR.. P. D. Sims,
Third District; John A. Fite, Fourth
District; John W. Newman, Fifth Dis
trict; F. G. Huntington, Sixth District;
John W. Morrow, Sixth District; E. 7.
Tallaferro, Seventh District; d. NJ. Wis
dom, Eighth District; Hiram johnson,
Ninth District; Luke E.. Wright, Tenth
District
The way it is done: A few men meet
over or in corner saloon in any ward,
hold private caucus, select the dele
gates, pledge themselves to stick to the
privately arranged ticket and work fer
it at the polls. 1t would astonish the
natives to learn how all this is prear-
ranged, and it would also explain why
the best citizens are defeated at primary
elections. In more than one instance
candidates for Office are in the secret
caucus or ring. 1t would puzzle phil
osopher to explain who or what some
delegates represent in the city.
A poverty stricken family of movers,
consisting Of a man, his wife and five
children, applied at the Adams street
station-house last night for assistance.
The entire family was sick and hungry
and are objects of charity. Last fall
they moved from Choctaw county, Miss,
to Boston Mountain, Polk county, Ark,
but owing to sickness they we're unable
to make a crop. They are now return
ing and are without money, provisions
and almost without clothing They are
objects of charity indeed, aud are worthy
of the attentions of the good Samari-
tans of our city.
The white residents near Fort Picker
ing have organized corps of private
watchmen and patrol to protect their
property from negroes who act as incen-
diaries. Not many nights since South
Memphian awoke to find his house filed
with smoke. Running back to rear
room he discovered his children almost
smothered, aud the floor of the room was
so hot as to burn his feet. In few sec
onds a light blaze broke out around the
rear portion of the house, which was
soon stifed by few dozen buckets of
water. Some black villain had placed
quantity of straw under the house and
had saturated it with coal oil and touched
il off. The police force is not large
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