Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-10

lie halls, etc, to be so hung that they
will open outwardly, for the protection
Of people in case Of FIRE or other cause
of alarm, is passing through readings in
the General Council, aud will soon be.
come a municipal law.
The blackboards at the Cotton Ex-
change show the following facts and
figures for the week ending yesterday:
Receipts for week, 2lO; for season, $780,
s76. Shipments for week, 1899; for sea-
son, 32O,549. Stock on hand, 6,l5s.
Sales for the week, 1850.
The General Council passed a resolu.
ton inviting General Nathan Adams to
repair the station house, SO as to render
it habitable even for prisoners. Itis ru-
mored that the police authorities are
looking around for another location, one
more central and better adapted for the
business.
The Nashville Union and American
in referring to the action of Shelby
county in hiring out its convict labor to
General Forrest, says: The General is
a rigid disciplinarian, and will put this
labor where it will do most good. In
future, Memphis will be a irst-rate place
for the riff-raff to stay away from"
Several Front street merchants amuse
themselves by killing flies with gunpow-
der. A cheaper and better method is to
get a paste preparation Of nitro glyce-
rine, spread it around where the flies
promenade and when it sticks to and
dries on the legs of the insect, the mo
ment it rubs its feet together a terrific
explosion will follow and the fly will be
non est.
1t costs exactly seven dollars to keep
a female dog and two dollars to keep a
male dog in Memphis, to say nothing
about board. The aboveis the State and
city tax on CANNES. On one plantation
in this county the number of dogs was
discovered by a county magistrate to be
thirty-seven. And by statistics it is
proven that the number of dogs in Ten.
nessee exceed the number Of sheep; but
from the earliest ages the animal man
loved the animal dog,
Tom 0'Sullivan, who does business on
the corner Of Second and Washington
streets and has his residence near by,
petitioned the General Council yester-
day for the abatement and removal of
four houses of ill-fame, which now
almost surround his residence. He
showed that one of the houses was
abated some time since, but now an
other inmate is taking possession. The
General Council referred the matter to
the Police Commissioners for action.
The notorious Billy Sibly, a New Or
leans negro thief and a Memphis levee
roustabout, was arrested by the police
yesterday aud last evening was paraded
before the entire police force so that he
would be known to and recognized by
them. Bill is a leader among the levee
negroes and has engaged in many a rob.
berry. He is an athletic and sharp look
ing mulatto and a bad citizen. He will
probably grace Presidents Island work
house for a few months or else he will be
compelled to leave the city and cast his
fortunes in more favorable ATTITUDES.
The General Council failed to elect a
City Attorney yesterday. There are loo
many great constitutional lawyers in
the Council who desire to elect a City
Attorney for two years and raise his sal
airy. As everybody goes out of Office in
January next, it looks odd to see a Cen
eral Council trying to bridge over the
chasm in this manner. All the Council
has to do is to elect an attorney to Eli
the unexpired term and let next year
take care of itself. Surprising Mayor
League should resign, we suppose, uu-
der the present charter, with a slight
amendment" the Council would under.
take to elect a Mayor for two years and
also raise his salary. Sufficient for
the day is the evil thereof" gentlemen.