Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-28

Sheriff Anderson received a postal
card to-day from a party in Iowa asking
him to give him a list Of all the one.armed
men in Shelby county, with a view to
holding a convention in Iowa for some
purpose not designated.
Rev. DR.. Ross, Of Huntsville, Ala,
will lecture tonight on Southern Aris-
tocracy and Shoddy' at the First Pres.
byterian Church on Poplar street. The
learned and eloquent preacher will
handle the theme in an able manner.
1t is rumored that Manager Myers in.
tends to give a matinee with " Baby"
Mcdonald at the Greenlaw Opera House
on Saturday next. There are hundreds
Of ladies and gentlemen who are exceed
ingly anxious to witness this theatrical
child-wonder in her specialties.
Manager Brooks, of the Memphis The.
alter, having determined to reduce the
price of admission to his theater on Sat
urday nights, has placed the price of i'd.
mission at fifteen, twenty-five and fifty
cents instead Of the old prices. Next
Saturday night the new schedule Of
| prices will be inaugurated.
Next Saturday the Supreme Court
will announce its decision in the case of
the constitutionality Of the law abolish.
ing the Second Chancery and Second
Circuit Courts of Memphis. 1t is also
said that in all probability a reargument
Of the case will be ordered to take place
before the entire bench of six judges.
Nj. j. M. Tighe informs us that he is
not a Radical in politics, but has always
voted with the Democracy or Conserva.
| tive party Of the State. He vas con.
nected with the United States quarter
masters Office in this city for three years
after the war, but he was not then a citizen
Of Tennessee. He also ~repudiates the
League Londonderry ring, which has
taken'the job to rule the city and elect
its representatives to city offices in Jan.
uary next. We are pleased to know that
Mr.. Tighe does not belong to that gang
A well known attorney who represents
a claim against the city in the shape of
a judgment for $500 decided by the
Supreme Court of the State, from which
there a be no appeal, informed our
legal reporter yesterday that be would
give the city a rebate of $500 if said
judgment would be paid within twelve
months. He also stated hat he regarded
the $500 donation on said basis of settle
ment as giving it to the poorest of the
poor-the city Of Memphis; aud that he
did not expect to realize one cent from
the judgment for years to come.
Quite a number of persons are in.
volved in the Combs, jr., bounty claim
agency swindle and arrests are the order
of the day. CoMbs, jr., was prohibited
from presenting claims at Washington,
but he did the work here and the others
put in an appearance before the tribunal
at Washington. The government was
swindled, of course, as negro bounty
claims generally are fictitious and false.
The government has paid out millions Of
dollars for this loyal elephant from the
South TO claim agents who stand in"
with the negro affidavit maker, who will
swear to anything,
A demented old man and q cripple by
the name Of X. l.. Brown have been ar
rested several times by the police and
sent to the County Poor-house, but the
people governing that strange institution
OF strange reputation have permitted the
cripple to escape quite as often. The
police authorities are OF opinion that the
persons who control affairs at the Poor
house, or the what is it," permitted the
cripple TO escape on purpose; but there
are certain parties in the Poor,house
who are not permitted to escape, you
know. The cripple was sent back to
the Poor'house to-day, he having been
rearrested by the police.
In justice to Gen. W. j. Smith, school
visitor from the Fifth ward, who was re-
ported in Tuesday evenings LEDGER as
being one Of three Radicals who voted
against the proposition made in the
School Board to place the colored schools
under charge ofnegro teachers and super.
intendeRta, wplpan state that Gen. Smith
voted against tho appointment of Mr..
Sampson (negro) as superintendent Of
the Clay street schools, because, as he