Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-11
next grand c~onclave will be held at
Murlreesboro May 9Th, 1876.

The boys in blue and gray" should
remember that according to Vice Presi-
dent Wilson, they fought out one Of
God Almighty's wars" for which he
alone was responsible. This will 90 far
to soften and tone down the animosities
e%ngendered by the wal in the breasts Of
those who ioolishly believe that the war
was originated by man.
Jim Glass, a negro hack driver, was
arrested last night on the charge of send
ing a bouquet and an insulting note to a
white womsn A white man put up a
forfeit, and the negro says hat the white
man wrote the note for him, all of which
is a curious state of affairs. The matter
will be examined into by Recorder Win
ters this afternoon. The white man is
more to blame than the negro.
About eighteen policemen will have to
be discharged by the Commissioners un-
der the rule of one policeman to each
one thousand inhabitants, according to
the censu Of 1870. This reduction Of
the force will be accomplished to-day, a
fact which causes many a peeler to feel
that he is about to lose his official head
and be thrown out of employment at the
commencement Of the dull season.
Never use a LADY, name at an improper
time, OF in mixed company. Never
make assertions about her that you
think she herself would blush to hear.
When you meet with men who do not
soruple to make use of a woman's name
in such an u~nprincipled manner, shun
them--they are the very worst members
of the community-men lost to every
sense of honor, feeling or humanity.
1t is expected that Mayor League will
swing in another batch Of Vetoes at the
Council meeting tonight. 1t is rumored
that he has employed a veto writer, who
has taken the contract to furnish yetoes
upon all subjects, in accordance with
the learned legal views Of the City Reg.
lister. So far the Mayor has sent in q
greater number of vetoes than did all the
Mayors that Memphis has been ruled by
since it started as a town in 1920.
Cory Walters, a we'll known Mem
was yesterday sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary on the charge of
murder at Little Rock, Arkansas. Cory
became a citizen of the Rock, and on
the 10th of September, 1874, walked
into the bar room Of Nick Kupferle, OPP
posite the Gazette Office, pulled out a
pistol and shot the barkeeper, Robert
Bischoa, a young boy aged seventeen
years, who died from the effect of the
wound.
The amount Of foreign and domestic
drank in the United States is val.
ued at eighty dollars per mar per annum,
estimating the number of drinkers at
FIVE millions. This would be twenty
Eve cents per man per day, consequently
are not a nation of d~runkards, as a
a day would not be sufficient to
produce the result; but then it is possible
that several drinkers get more than their
pro rata share.
The New York Graphic has the fol-
piece Of news: jefferson Davis
was written to in 1861 by an enterpris-
ing upholsterer of this city, who said
as 500 as the Confederate leader
took possession of the White House he
should like to receive the job for its re-
furnishing, The letter never reached
Mr.. Davis, but was exhumed the other
day from a large number of letters in
the dead letter Office"
At the spelling match held at the the
alter last night the victorious word gar.
vas Sim Barinds, clerk of the
Recorders Court, and be received the
prize of books. No ladies having az
on the stage the prize silver card
receiver was not distributed. The at
tendance at the match was not large,
and the spelling bee in this latitude must
be considered as having disappeared
with the buffalo gnat.
The police and fire commissioners
will meet this afternoon and reorganize
the police and fire departments, in &C.
cordance with the new charter. The
commissioners wisely have concluded to
hold each chief of department response
BILE for their Subordinates in the lines of
their respective duties, which will make
each department most efficient. The
appointment of FIVE commissioners to
govern police and fire matters has al
ready brought forth good fruits, as 1t is
to advance the respective
in the protection of life and prop.
GRUBBS 81
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