Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-15

Judge flippins ruling as to bonds Tor
good behavior in certain gambling
cases, but whether the decision OF the
Supreme Court went to the merits Of the
ruling or went of on some technicality
is not as yet known.
Mr.. Alexander Goodbar, who was so
dangerously shot accidentally on Lauder
dale street a few nights since by Mr..
0mberg, was out on the streets yester-
day receiving the congratulations Of his
friends on his lucky escape and rapid
recovery:
The rickety old statiOn-house is under
going repairs. The back wall has been
torn down-and a new one is being built.
A general repairing of the offices, Re-.
corder's courtroom and building gen.
orally is progressing, q thing which has
been badly needed for some time.
M. II. Strickland, agent Of John Rob.
inson's %ciruus, menagerie, museum and
aquarium, purchased on Saturday 2l,52O
pounds of oats, 26,6sO pounds hay and
1900 pounds straw, to be nsed in feed
ing and bedding stock during his stay in
this city, on the 10th, 18th and 18th inst.
The Jackson Wing and Tribune edito-
rally says; Certain members of the
Memphis Board Of Trade report the cot
ton crop as only slightly injured by the
frost in West Tennessee, etc. The cot.
ton crop is very badly hurt in this Sec
ton, and everybody knows it but the
wiseacres of the Memphis Board Of
Trade" etc.
The case of William Beurer, who
stabbed to death the negro woman, Lou
or Mag Thomas, on Main street last Fri.
day evening, is on hearing to day in the
Second Circuit COURTROOM before
Esquire Miller. Two negro attorneys,
Rankin and Castles, are prosecuting;
the defence is conducted by Messrs,
Horrigan and Turner.
The late Dominic L, Rossi, a well
known Italian, Eho died suddenly Of
heart disease last Friday night, was
buried yesterday by the members of the
Italian Society of Memphis, of which
Society he was a member. The Society
turned out in full regalia and with a
brass band to convey the remains Of the
deceased to the cemetery.
The jealous-heagted paragrapher Of
the Louisville Courier Journal thus
filings at our city; THE holidays are to
be made unusually attractive at Men,
phis, Two men are to be hanged there
on the day before Christmas" II
Louisville intended to hang half its pop
ulation, the Photographer" included, on
that day we would not say one word re.
%proachfully or sneerinsly.
A sneak thief went through a hat rack
at the residence of Mr.. l. Roescher, at
lO3 Union street, about six o'clock last
evening, carrying of between sixty and
seventy dollars worth Of hats, o~vercoats,
etc. Several persons were in the parlor
at the time. The season for thieves has
come around, and the people cannot be
too careful to guard their premises and
be armed with shotguns and bull dogs.
Among the candidates for the Mayor.
atty spoken Of on the street corners are
the following: Mayor League, A. T.
Lacey, l. M. Hill, John johnson,
Michael Burke, j. T, Leath, j. R. Flip.
pin, Minor Meriwether, John Rousb,
M. Magevney, A. J. Kellar, John Coch.
ran, DR.. Hewett, John Zent, Henry G.
Dent, ]. NJ. Pettigrew, Amos Woodruff,
s. B. Robbins, Enoch Ensley.
The bareback riders, acrobats, trapeze
performers, ground and lofty tumblers,
clowns and ringmasters of the London.
derry ring have not as yet completed
their entire arrangements for the Janu.
airy election show. The side shows, how.
ever, are at work exhibiting the strong
man, the fat political Office baby and
other attractions only known to the Rad.
ical menagerie.
John Robinson, whose circus will be
here tomorrow, is known as the father Of
the Church Home for Orphans of this
city, be having given the institution o
start by benefit performances on several
occasions, which Melted the Home many
hundreds of dollars. 1t is the intention
of the lady managers of the Home to
drive Mr.. Robinson out to the institution
which he so much benefited by his gen
erosity.
The. Supreme Cont has decided that
the charter of the Nonconnah Turnpike
Company has been forfeited, and the
Court reversed the decision of Che Cir.
cult Court of this city, where a judgment
for the Turnpike Company was rendered
against Messrs. Ellis and Talley. This
will necessitate the removal of the toll
gates in N%onconHah bottom, if we un.
derstand the ruling of the Supreme
Court correctly.
The Catholic Sisters of the Good Shep.
herd purpose establishing in this city an
institution to be devoted to the reclama-
ton Of fallen women or M~agdalens,
Coloael Magevney has donated to the
Sisters a six acre lot of ground, and our
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