Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-13

County Court. We understand Esquire
Winters threatens to 60 into the in
junction business,aud gives it as his legal
opinion that the law is unconstitutional,
The mandsmus and injunction business
is in bad odor here at present.
r. Dudley Frayser, N. G. Of Chicka-
saw Lodge No, g., l. o. o. F., ~received.a
telegram this morning from j. Il. Cal
lender, superintendent Of the Insane
Hospital at Nashville, giving notice Of
the death of /. G. Snavely, who was re-
Gently sent to the asylum,
During the rain and thunder storm
yesterday the lightning struck a tree on
Vance street. then few off to a house
adjacent, ripping up the roof and pass
ing down that end Of the building, tear
ing loose everything in its course. None
Of the inmates we're injured.
In reporting on the examination Of
applicants as school teachers the Board
only hears that applicant 422 or 423 has
passed, etc, the names Of the applicants
being kept back from the Board. Like
J%unius, each number is q reminder ofthe
motto; "Stas uominis umbra.n
Nothing has been heard from the
~
Waddy Thompson habeas corpus case
heard in st. Louis today. Attorney
General Wright is in St. Louis, having
gone to the rescue Of Sheriff Anderson,
who finds it difficult to induce his artistic
cratic prisoner to leave the State.
Several communications have been
sent to Governor Porter protesting
against the appointment Of any person
to the Office Of Chancellor of the Second
Chancery Court, as the office will 60 out
of existence in September next and the
appointee would only hold a s%inecurep pc
sition.
Yesterday, the 18th, was the anniveT-
sary of Boyne Water, which was fought
in Ireland one hundred and eighty-6ye
years ago, and wherein the Irish forces
under King James we're defeated by the
English under William, Prince of Orange.
The anniversary was not celebrated in
this city.
A committee has been appointed by
the County Court to investigate the con-
dition Of the Raleigh narrow-gauge rail.
road and to discover what disposition
has been made Of the bonds which we're
Endorsed by the county, and whether said
road has complied with its contract in
every particular,
General Forrest took twelve county
convicts down to his work-house on
Presidents Island yesterday, where they
were put to work chopping wood. The
city should enter into a like contract
with Forrest and thereby save an expense
OF forty dollars per day which it costs to
feed and work the c~hain-gang.
The le~tter-writing public are informed
that the best mode of securely a~fixing
a postage stamp to a letter is to wet
slightly the corner Of the envelope on
which the stamp is to be placed, and
also wet the gummed side of the stamp
and then gently to press the stamp on
the envelope until it is fixed. This is in
accordance with the style recommended
by the Postofice Department.
Coroner Spelman held an inquest last
evening upon the body of a drowned
white man found floating in the river
neal the islands above the city. The
body had evidently been in the water
several weeks, and was much decom-
posed. From appearances the deceased
was about twenty-five years Of age, and
when found had on only a linen shirt.
No marks Of violence were found on the
body, and the dress indicated hal there
was some mystery connected with the
death of the unknown man.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Martha Nc
Gowan, wife of Thomas MCGOWAN, and
aged about seventy years, died near
Bartlett. Mrs. MCGOWAN had been a
resident of Shelby county for forty-fve
years, and was most favorably known
among the old settlers and "old folks"
She was the mother of the well known
deputy sheriff E. L.. MCGOWAN, and was
regarded as a most worthy mother and
matron. Having passed through a most
useful and Olameless life, doing thou
sands of good deeds, she has departed
to a better world to rest forever; but on
this earth she leaves many an aching
void in the circle Of her relatives and
friends.