Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-27
LEDGER LINES.

OF commerce Will be held at four o'clock
this afternoon.
The mortuary report for the past week
is as follows; Total deaths, 81; whites,
81; blacks, l6.
A lot Of sporting Memphians left for
Arkansas on Saturday last on a big
hunting excursion.
Memphians who have been lovingly
lingering at springs and other watering
places are still returning in small
squads.
1t is officially announced by President
Latham that the Memphis Wood Works,
recently destroyed by FIRE, will not be
rebuilt.
There will be a meeting Of the police
force this afternoon at 5 o'clock for the
purpose of e%Iecting officers of the Police
Benevolent Association.
Chills, . remittent and intermittent
fever prevailed in the city and surround
ing country during the past week on &C
count of the sudden changes of weather.
In the Criminal Court to-day James
Miller was placed on trial on indictment
charging petit larceny, and on plea of
guilty was sent to the County w~ork-house
for six months.
An exchange says: THE recent cold
snap has driven pleasure and health
seekers who have been ~rustlcating in the
mountains Of Virginia to their homes
further south"
The County Quarterly Court will meet
on Monday next, and will investigate the
Poor-house affairs, which have become
offensive to moral People, the Poor-house
Commissioners excepted.
On Wednesday evening and all day
Thursday Sol Coleman's Rosa Concha
depot will remapl closed in consequence
Of the Jewish holiday-Rosh Hashona.
Smokers, please take notice.
1t is said that in a noted and much
frequented house on DeSoto street the
panel game is often practiced, and
guests wake up in the morning to find
themselves robbed Of money and cloth
ing.
Last night an intoxicated gentleman
who had been puzzling his brain over the
national debt, ran his hands into his
empty pockets and maudlingly remarked
The national debt; how much is it2
Hang it, Ill pay it myself
The time for fishing and hunting, the
LIST OF October, is near at hand; the
close game season will end on that
day; but even TO- sportsmen leave the
city in 0 mysterious manner and bag a
few quails in a quiet way every few days.
The Illinois has changed her leaving
days from Fridays to Thursdays. She
will arrive Wednesday and leave Thurs
day evening for Vicksburg and the bends,
and makes direct connection with the
packets for New Orleans and Yazoo and
Tallahatchie rivers. q
The following officers have been
elected to conduct the Industrial Expo.
sition during the ensuing year: James
Roosa, President; ]. c. Lullman, S. B.
Robbins, Vice Presidents; James c.
Ward, Treasurer; B. E. Barinds, Secre.
tary. The Board of Directors will meet
tonight and will elect a Superintendent
Of Exposition.
Our reporter heard two citizens indulg-
ing in a heated discussion on national
finances, on Main street, this forenoon.
The subjects Of imitation, contraction
aud return to specie basis were excitedly,
if not ~learnedly argued, aud yet strange
to say neither man had enough of money
in his possession to treat the other to a
glass Of lager.
The remains Of the late Alonzo Green
law were conveyed to Elmwood Gene
terry yesterday, and the funeral was a.
tended by a large number of friends. A
special train, containing a carload OF
citizens from Germantown and vicinity,
reached the city yesterday morning, and
brought with it the body Of the deceased
for interment at Elmwood.
Riding in Barretts mule boxes over
the rough and uneven tracks on the diff
ierent lines reminds one Of being in a
boat amid the breakers or on a trip on
the back of a camel. Yesterday a.
worthy old citizen had a set Of false
teeth shaken out of his mouth while risk
ing his bones in one of the superinten.
dents palace cars on the Beal street
route.
The newsboys' headquarters i%pjnno-
ton suit between Captain John G. Lewis
and Colonel P. c. Bethel is the talbOof
the town. The case will be argued be-
fore Chancellor Morgan on next Wednes.
cay on melton to dissolve the injunction
on bill and answer, which when dissolved
will permit Captain Lewis to receive and
entertain the newsboys at his Office just
as he would older, richer and more aris-
t%ocratic citizens. One Of the LEDGER
~newsboys may be President of the United