Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-15

the residents in that locality, or by the
pedestrians who have to pass by the nui-
sance. viii the city authorities tx this
as they did that pavement nuisance on
tue corner Of Second and North Court
s%treets2
The last picnic given by the B. 7. S.
Club was so satisfactory to every one
concerned that the management have
been prevailed upon to give another TO-
morrow FRIDAY evening, for which in
vitations have been issued. 1t being
entirely a private affair, no one will be
admitted without the properly signed
invitation.
1t is not known whether Wsddy
Thompson has succeeded in locking up
Sheriff Anderson and Attorney General
Wright in his Missouri pententiary, or
that the two latter have induced Mr..
Thompson to come to Memphis andtake
the chances Of reaching the Tennessee
p%enitentiary house at Nashville.
Last night an Adams street hook and
ladder mar chased a rat from Second to
Third street and made frantic efforts to
kick and kill it, and it was not until he
got to Third street that he discovered
hat a small boy with a freckled face was
running ahead of him holding a string,
to the other end of which the dead rat
was attached. That boy will be Mayor
Of Memphis yet.
The City Attorney, Mayor and
Finance Committee are considering that
great problem, the city Indebtedness,
and in a few days bondholders will know
whether an equitable compromise or a
sle shiBg big lawsuit is preferable. One
thing is certain, the city is going to
make a determined and prolonged fight
at all available points, to which the
little struggle heretofore made is but
child's play.
Two Deputy Constables went after an
escaped negro cattle thief to Noncon-
nah bottom yesterday. The negro
knocked one Of the C~onstables down,
disarmed him and fred three shots at
the other, who fastened back to this city.
The negro had stolen cattle near Horn
Lake, Miss and escaped from the Off
GERS here after his two ~confederates had
been arrested.
That City Hospital requisition for ne
cessary supplies for the sick and needy
has been filled at last, but for three
weeks past the sick women and men at
the hospital had to live on meat and
bread, although the doctor in charge pro-
tested against such food. Councilman
Hewitt, chairman Of the Hospital Com.
mittee, and Mayor League obtained the
supplies by promising the grocery man
to see that the bill was duly paid.
When the report of the Committee on
Accounts was read at the City Hall yes
terday Councilman Camp moved tC
strike out an appropriation of $645 O5
pay of members, he believing that unde'
the new charter Aldermen and Council
men should receive no pay, but the Cit!
Fathers stood firm and rallied arounC
that twenty dollars per month with
spirit and bravery worthy of a bettei
cause, they not even being willing t
scale the debt down, but insisted on get
ting their dollar for dollar" not il
scrip, but in %greenbacks.
The sealed box containing the paper
and archives of the Mecklenburg Cen
t%ennisl celebration held in this city wa
yesterday deposited in the vault of tn,
County Court. The box contains an in
scription directing it to be held for ont
hundred years, and her delivered to tn,
Mayor or other superior officer Of Mem
phis on the first Monday in May, 1875
If not called for or forgotten by the thel
Mayor or superior officer, our presen
city editor will make the demand an,
examine the contents. But there ma,
be a dozen different independent repub
lies or monarchies in this land Of our
by that time.
Not a day passes but you hear tn,
name of some citizen spoken of as
suitable candidate for the Mayoralt!
office. The name of Colonel Leath
present Police and Fire Commissioner
has been mentioned among others. Ii
many wards gentlemen button-bole you
walk you across the street through thu
sun, and when you reach thu
ether pavement impart the ter
rible mystery to you that they ar
candidates for either Councilman
or Alderman, just as if they expec
you to become enthused or to care
nickel whether or not they aspire to mu
nicipal honors or the penitentiary uni
form.
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