Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-03

The City Democratic and Conservative
Committee will not meet until to-mor-
row morning. The meeting will be held
at 10 o'clock am, at the Office of ElIet
& Estes.
Two suspicious characters and ropers,
Joseph Graves and William Kimball,
were fined fifty dollars each and placed
under $500 bonds by the Recorder this
forenoon.
In the Chancery Court Georgiana
Evans, negress, filed a bill for Divorce in
forma pauperis, against George Evans,
on the grounds of cruel treatment, aban.
donment, etc.
In the Criminal Court to-day George
McAllister, a white man, is on trial on
indictment charging larceny from the
person of one Vaiker, which event took
place in July last in this city.
It's the Democratic Conservative party
and nothing else and no one can make
it anything else at this day and hour, nor
until the next State Convention has a
shake at it can its name be changed.
There seems TO be little use in convict
log criminals in Memphis and sending
them to the Nashville Penitentiary, since
they are permitted to escape by the
dozen. The last Memphian who escaped
was Ed Burke, a notorious robber.
Roping and fleeing are rot i~nfrequent
in Memphis sporting circles at present.
The police authorities should make the
swindling ropers walk the plank out Of
town, or else have them convicted as va
grants and send them down to the Island
Home.
Every nan whe wishes TO be consid.
cred q wheeLhorse of Democracy must
get a certificate frem the Appeal, or else
be will be regarded as a Radical or some.
thing worse. Can such things be and
overcome US like a summer cloud with
out our special wonder2"
The officers elect of the Irish Literary
Association are: President, John Null
roy; Vice-P President, Dennis Smith
Secretary, Andrew Hamilton; Financial
Secretary, F. D. Kehoe; Treasurer, ].
Harvey MatheE Censor, James Flaherty;
Librarian, E. J.. Kramer.
Yesterday, at Calvary (EpiscopaD
Church, Miss Susa s. Vance, authoress
Of Our Two Selves" was married TO
DR.. Winston Vance, of South Carolina,
by Rev. DR.. Harris and.Rev. DR.. White.
The wedding was largely attended by the
youth and beauty Of the city.
A deep hole or gulley, about FIVE feet
in depth, on the corner of Monroe and
Wellington. streets, presents a dangerous
opening for pedestrians. Yesterday a
lady fell into the chasw and was seri-
ously injured. The attention OF the City
Engineer is called to this trap.
Yesterday q negro, Anthony Crenshaw,
assaulted a countryman with a knife, on
Main street, near Poplar. This morning
Recorder Winters discharged Crenshaw,
because the prosecuting witness or man
assaulted was not present, but several
witnesses we're present and testified to
the assault with the knife.
Since Mr., W. W. Mcdowell has an
nounced that he will not be a candidate
for reelection to the Office of County At
torney, quite q number of aspirants have
appeared in the field, subject to the ap-
prevail Of the County Quarterly Court,
which will meet on the LIST of January
next. The court will also elect a chair
man at that meeting.
Two negroes are to be hanged in the
jail yard, by Sheriff Anderson, on Christ
mas eve. The death warrants have ar
rived and contain not only the sentence,
but a clause providing that the plaintiffs
in error defendants in the court below
pay the costs Of the causes, and that
executions issue for the same; SO it seems
that the men as well as their property,
if they have any, will be executed.
: Tramps, who lodge nightly at the sta
tion.house, are now locked up in one
room during the night and are not let
out until about 10 o'clock next day.
This prolonged confinement makes them
very indignant and in consequence many
Of them have threatened to leave the
city. After three nights lodging at the
ststion-house they are arrested as va
grants and punished accordingly.
If, as the Appeal wishes to have it, no
Conservatives, Liberals or anti Radicals
are to be permitted to join in the ooun.
ellis Of the Democratic party of Memphis,
fear the party will play out or get
whitfield down to q fine point, because If
no accessions are allowed to its ranks,
one generation will settle it. When the
orthodox Democrats Of the pre-
tent day are dead, the party will be dead
ind no friends will be left to attend the
funeral. What nonsensel