Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-23
LEDGER LINES.
The rains fell all night long.

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quently the rains fell last night.
The habeas corpus case Of the boy
Tarpin will be heard ct 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning before Judge Halsey of
the Second Circuit Court.
A four in hand team attracted no little
attention on the streets yesterday after.
noon. This is called coaching" in
England, but in Memphis another name
is given it.
The Q. ". R. (Quit Vile RascaD
Female Club will hold a seance tonight,
to which a number Of gentlemen (the
Avalanche society man included) have
been invited.
Mr.. q. P. Thompson, book agent, is
csuvassing the city for subscribers to a
very valuable work, Christ in Art" by
DR.. Eggleston, and illustrated by that
famous Jewish artist, Allescandre Bida.
Tuesday last one negro shot another
near ellis Station. The ball entered
his breast and the wound is believed to
be mortal. The Coroner will probably
have an inquest job" in a day or two.
Mr.. Goodlett, assessor of the Eighth
ward, finds the value of real estate in
the ward to be $954,05O, and personal
property $l03, $50. There are in the
ward 800 polls, 3l2 male dogs and but
40 Of the other sex.
Country merchants are beginning to
appear at the hotels, and of course the
It drummer boys y surround him like a
body guard, and only leave him when
they bid him goodnight, and leave him
their cards at his chamber door.
Owing to the late cold spell oysters be.
came scare yesterday and but few
dealers could supply their customers.
Dealers were afraid to send heavy orders
to Norfolk as it may turn warm in a day
or two and the mollusks will not stand
any great amount of heat. Ioa.
The Water Company is laying pipes
from Center alley through Whisky Chute
out South Court street to Second alley
at Gaston's corner, where the main will
be tapped tonight, which will necessi-
tate shutting off the water from 8 o'clock
tonight until early tomorrow morning.
The United States Court adjourned
owe to the second Monday in October,
but we understand hat no Judge will be
present at that time, and that ne court
will be held until the next regular term
in December, when tits expected Judges
Emn'ons and Trigg will be present and
preside.
A well known negro, Cash Mosby,
attempted to shoot another we'll known
negro, Il. N. Rankin. yesterday after,
noon on account Of divorce bill and
its consequence. Rankin's wife fled a
bill OF divorce and Mosby was her friend
in the matter, all Of which does not
create the best blood between the two
dusky citizens.
At the next meeting of the County
Quarterly Court it will be proposed to
abolish the Poor.house Commissioners
and lease out the P%oor-house and pau
pers. Last year DR.. Duncan, physician
in charge, offered to take it for $4,000,
but the bid was not accepted, and in
consequence it cost the county $l7, 900,
to say nothing about scandals.
A lawy er was fined ten dollars for con
tempt yesterday because he asked Of the
bench, What kind Of bait did your
honor use while fishing among the noun
tains in East TENNESSEE 1t is impos-
sible for those not in the secret to worm
a joke out Of the inquiry, but in common
with the lawyer, our piscatorial man
would like to know the kind Of bait used.
In yesterdays LEDGER appeared an
account of the divorce Of the Grand
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Duke Alexis (the young man who visited
Memphis) from his first love, the daugh-
ter of his tutOr. on condition that the
divorced lsdy is to receive a pension.
(" Aleck" could have obtained a divorce
in Memphis "in forma pauperis and
ueed have paid no pension. At least
t his is the style Of doing such in Chan
c cry and Circuit Courts in nine cases
out Sf ten.
To-day, the 23d, the sun enters Libra,
one OF the ~equinoctial points, making
the day and night Of equal length. This
is called the autumual equinox. The
other eq,linoctial point is Aries, which
the sun en- ters about the Dist of March.
This is the vernal equinox. These
points are found to be veering backward
or westward at the rate Of fifty seconds
of a degree in a year. This is calledthe
procession of the equinox. At the pre-
sent period of the year gales or storms
prevail throughout the world.
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