Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-04

has been a criminal for years, stole a
skif at the landing and aoated down to
Helena, Arkansas, where he sold the
boat and then got locked up in that
burg on account Of some ~raseality, was
arrested last night by the police.
Complaints have been made that on
Sunday afternoons Pontotoc and Her
nando streets are made race tracks Of
by fast horse and buggy men. Several
ladies and children have been endan-
gered by the reckless drivers. The or.
dinance as to fast driving should be en-
forced.
In attachment cases, where publica-
ton is necessary publication must be
made for thirty FIVE days. Those desir-
ing such publications to be made return
able to the next terms of the Circuit
Courts have exactly su~fieienttime so TO
do, as the courts will open up again on
the third Monday in September.
1t is rumored in business circles that
Captain Freeman, cashier of the State
National Bank, retires from that posi-
ton with a view of locating in St. Louis,
and that his successor will be Mr.. Add
son Hayes, present cashier of the Me-
chanics and Traders Bank.
Those doing hack, dray and wagon
business without a license had to come
to the front before the Recorder yester-
day and to-day. Many privilege men
let their licenses run out on purpose SO
as to get time on the payment or inte-
rest upon the money, but they all well
know that to a settlement must it come
at last.
Since September last l4O persona have
been convicted of f%elonies and sentenced
to the penitentiary by the Criminal
Court, Of which number 49 remain in
The county Jail, they having appealed
their cases to the Supreme Court, and
of this 48 four are murderers under SEN
tence of death. The court stands ad-
iourned to the third Monday in Septem-
Der next.
The Nashville Union and American
gives it al its deliberate opinion that
Memphis is decidedly a fast town.
The Nashvillians who visit here find no
difficulty in keeping up with it, notwith-
standing their modest rural habits at
home. AT the last meeting of the Chick.
asaw Jockey Club a Nashville newspa-
per mar was the most reckless and sue
cessful better on the course.
Waddy Thompson has returned to the
county Jail where he will remain until
he can arrange as to his bondsmen for
the amount of $4,000. 1t is reported
that he will give the bond so soon as the
necessary collaterals or indemnifying
bonds can be sent from Jefferson City,
Mo. The Sheriff has been instructed by
Judge Flippin, of the Criminal Court, to
take a first-class bond so no man OF
straw need apply.
The famous Annie Gallagher, whose
noted establishment had been broken uI
by the police in this city many a time
and oft, returned to the city by river yes.
terday from Helena, bringing with her q
train Of v%estals. Helena could moi
stand the social inAiction, and our police
authorities will be called upon again to
order the mob to move on and out ia
some other point Of the compass.
In these days in Memphis a man
hardly secures his election to office but
he commences to electioneer for a sec.
end term. The new style Of election
eering is to become a popular picnic
orator. The people are becoming tickle
and a host of rival candidates spring up
so that the incumbent fears that before
he gets comfortably warmed in his seal
he will get bounced out Of it by g
more successful wire.puller.
Jackson Mound, Fort Pickering, il
anti-war times was a charming spot
shaded with giant forest trees and EN-
powered in vines and foliage, but nov
not a tree, not a leaf cast a shade arounC
it; it as bare as the top of the Rock,
Mountains. During the war the Fedora
forces turned that portion Of the city
into a vast fort or intrenched CAM
and cut down every tree, shrub and bush
in fact destroyed every blade of grass
1t used to be a hobby with Colone
Dupree, formerly Of the Appeal, tina
many moons ago DeSoto stood upon tn,
mound and gazed across the Mississippi
at the supposed Eldorado overin Arkan
sas.
A Memphian just arrived from the in.
terror Of Arkansas states that the people
in hat section are praying for rain il
order to save their crops. They wish
the clerk Of the weather to keep on il