Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-06

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Britain Whitfield in the head, inaicting
serious wound, which may turn out
dangerously. Lavelle was badly beaten
about the head during the fight. Both
parties are at the Adams street station
house, and will have their respective
cases heard by the Recorder tomorrow
morning.
Three thousand bales of cotton were
sold yesterday in this city, being two
thousand more than were the sales OF
cotton in any other cotton market of the
United States. The receipts for the
week up to to-day we're 23,3ll, or over
5000 more than for the corresponding
week of last year.
Within the past week at least half
dozen countrymen have been plundered
by our friend Col. Brown, the gambling
house capper" and swindler, who en-
tees the rural swain to invest in that
Exposition lottery. The police should
pull the gentle Colonel, who has
been playing his little confidence game
long enough.
To-day, the 9th of October, is the an
niversary of the commencement of the
trial Of Marshal Bazaine at Trianon,
Versailles, on the accusation of mot
having done all that duty and honor pre-
scribed in captivating with the French
"army of the Rhine and surrendering
the fortress cf Metz to the Germans in
1871.
In the first Chancey Court to-day a
bill was fled by forty stockholders of
the old Gayoso Gas Company against
7. c. Gaylord and the Memphis Gas
Light Company, charging that said Gay
lord who controlled majorityofthe stock
had sold out the charter of the company
to the Gaslight Company and thereby de.
frauded the said minority of stockholders,
and by which sale their rights were sac
rifced.
The Appeal local has not as yet dis
covered frost, Notwithstanding the
fact that he is up both late and early,
and generally catches the early worm
in the shape of stomach settler or
whisky cocktail; but if he has been
unable to see that frost it must be at
tributed to his condition at the time. If
the LEDGER man rises with the lark,
the Appeal man usually stays out all
night on lark"
Emigrants, with the usual number of
wagons children and dogs, are passing
through the city daily, heading for the
wide West, where imaginary fortunes
are supposed to be awaiting the wander
ers. In year many of them will be re-
turning, broken down both in spirit and
health, out of money and clothes and
loudly lamenting that they ever left the
more civilized settlements for the Arkan-
sas and Texas wilds.
The Chamber of Commerce Commit
tee on Elections has reported the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, j. NJ. Pettigrew; Secretary, John
s. Toof; Treasurer, John 7. Willins;
Committee on Appeals, j. 7. Fargason,
j. G. Lonsdale, N. D. Gwynne, D. 7.
Porter, BShj. Babb, G. H. Judah, j. W.
Heath. Six Presidents were also
selected, consisting of Messrs. johnson,
Busby, Apperssn, Eisman and Hill.
Our worthy little Mayor has his hands
full at present He is the Head Center
of the City Government; member of the
Police Board acting Chief of the Fire
Department. acting Chief of Police
Force Supervising and Advisory Re
corder of the City ; in fact, the Head of
the Commune takes a whack at every
thing from rotten street Nicolson pave
ment block up to grand financial ques-
ton involving a repudiated city coupon.
Among the names mentioned in con-
nection with the Radical Legislative
ticket which is being secretly gotten up,
are those of Messrs. W. NJ. Randolph,
General Horrigan, P. ]. Mulvihill, Rob
ertson Topp VIM. L. Vance, ex-Chan-
cellor VIM. NJ. Smith, Jesse Brown, P.
NJ. Winters, Ed Shaw (negro) and
another negro named Joe Lusher. The
RAIDS have been working up the trades
unions into little fit Of Indignation, so
as to get the workingmen in favor of the
negroized ticket; but our Radical friends,
with all the appliances brought to bear,
have been unable to secure any strength
from the Conservative party outside of
handful of sore-headed politicians who
want Office for the perquisites attached
thereto-the aeshpots of Africa.
KAHN g. FREIBERG,