Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-04

q Dranmnller, Atlanta, georgia.
Mr.. Jack Halstead met with a serious
accident yesterday. He slipped and
fell down stairs at a house on Madison
street and received internal injuries.
There being no distillers or manufac-
turers Of whisky in Memphis, we cannot
have a whisky ring investigation and
sensation, like St, Louis, now called the
Crooked City"
A frame dwelling, occupied by a negro
named Lindsay Gwynn, 96 Commerce
street, was badly damaged by FIRE last
evening at . o'clock. The cause Of the
Gre was accidental.
Chief Athy has received a dispatch
from fernando, Miss. The authorities
Of that place believe they have captured
Joe Chase, the murder Of Leon Cohupe,
the French ~dairyman
The Democratic and Conservative
party of Memphis never elected any
person to the Office of '%whipper in and
they resent the crack of the whip at the
hands of sell-appointed leaders.
Judge Hill, of the United States Cir
cult Court Of Mississippi, has set a good
example for other judges. he has
adopted a rule which excludes from the
jury panel all who cannot read, write
and compute interest.
In front of Sol CoIeman's Rosa Con,
cha depot, 200 Main street, stands an
elegant specimen Of an Indian carved
10 wood. When you go TO look at il
drop in and get the Big Bonanza cigar
for five cents. "Nuff sed."
One OF the prettiest Of the Memphis
bellies wears crimson stockings, a la
Lolita. If asked, How do you know
we reply, incidentally, that the crossing
at the corner OF Main and Madison streets
was quite muddy yesterday.
The City Democratic aud Conserva.
tive Committee has decided that ward
meetings to select delegates are to be
held on Tuesday, the 18th, ard the con-
v%ention to be held on Thursday, the 10Th.
See report Of proceedings in another
eolumn.
December, the last month Of our year,
being that in which the sun enters the
t'opic Of Capricorn and passes through
the winter s%olstice, was the tenth month
among the early Romans who began the
year iu March. The name comes from
Latin dscem-ten.
The Democratic aud Conservative
Committee passed the following resolu-
ton this morning: ReSOlred, That 10
the event that any of the SUB committee
men become candidates. for delegates,
the remaining members Of the sub-oom.
mittee be authorized to fill the vacancy
A German named Gus Wosenburg was
found dead in bis bed last night at a
clearinghouse kept by VIM. Quinn, on
Poplar street, near Front. la the room
was'found an envelope containing stryeh-
nine. Wosenberg a an upholsterer by
trade and was known by his countrymen
here.
The Cotton Exchange black-boards
show the following figures to-day: Re-
ceipts Of cotton for the week, 23,465
bales; for the season, 1884; shipments
for the week, 1885; for the season, l44,-
OO9; stock on hand, AZ. 937; sales for the
week, 1900, of which the exporters took
5000, spinners 5000 aud spectators 2l00
bales.
Aud there were thirteen of them
standing all around in Memphis, and
they, to a man, said: ave will take
nothing but straigbtlaced, o%strasizinG
Democracy in ours" but many thousand
voters stood afar of and said: We viii
take Democracy, mixed with Conserva,
tism or Liberalism" and the thirteen
we're heard Of no more.
At IL o'clock last night a dozen pistol
shots we're fred on Main street, neal
Monroe. Numbers of citizens hurried
TO the scene Of what was believed to be
a street fight, but it turned out to be
only an attempt to take thelife Of a mad
dog, but the animal ran the gauntlet o.
the police artillery and escaped to South
Memphis. The question now is, was the
dog mad or was the animal slaudered BY
some designing person in order to cause
its. assassination?
The sportsmen Of Memphis will b,
grati6ed to learn that q new fishing bal
has been invented. A Paris iourna.
contains ~ acc unit Of q new bait 10
vented by . French scientist, A bottl,
IL lowara1 ;nto tho watar md krhtad \,