Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-18

Anc ChenNlito AMERICAN Bays the COM
petitive drill announced to take place
between the different military companies
Of the State. in that city on the I'D inst.
has been indefinitely postponed.
Quite a number Of f~ashiouabls Mem.
phisns wear Ulster o~vereoats, yet but
little opportunity is given to display the
big belt and buckles, as the mercury
already has an upward tendency.
Mike Conway, negro, one Of the men
engaged in the robbery Of Mr.. Joerss'
jeWelry store, and who was indicted for
the crime by the grand jury Of the Grim
inal Court, was arressed at Cairo yester-
day.
An exchange Ssys; Exposures Of
the frauds Of spiritual mediums are get.
ting to be almost as common aud fire.
queut as those Of Radical officials In the
venue service. In both cases the
spirit tests arc overdoDe aud become
crooked"
Next week the society school q drama
will be presented at the thestsr By the
Furnish Fifth Avenue Combustion and
will draw large and fashionable audi
ences to tho thester. The sole Of tickets
for the weeks engagement began this
morning.
The Criminal Court jury 10 the Ease Of
the State vs.. Joe Chase, who is on trial
for the murder OF Leon Cohupe, has not
as yet been able to agree upon q verdict,
The Jurors have been 10 charge Of the
Sheriff since Monday last, they being
unable to arrive ct q verdict
An injunction was issued from the
Chancery Court to-day on the petition OF
bill Of p. c. Bethel against the city OIL
Memphis, City Tax Collector SchaptI
and State and County Tax Collector
FARMLAND epjoining them from collect
ing certain taxes from the property o.
complainant.
Jefferson street people are excited
over a dog puppy, which has the feet
hands and face Of q monkey, ouch an
animal could tree a squirrel, aud Their
climb the tree and catch 1t. As q breed
Of hunting dogs we commend the curious
freak Of nature To the sportsmen Of tn,
city.
The records Of the Cotton Exehsngt
show the following cotton transactions
Receipts for the week, l4,O43 bales; fol
the season, 1872, LOG; shipments for thu
week, 1884; for the season, 800, log
stock on hand, 64.669; sales for III,
week, 10000, taken equally BY spinner
and exporters.
The station.house docket daily show
e long list Of ~forieits ranging frompten t.
fifty dollars, put up by merchants ant
others for obstructing sidewalks, etc
ThiO brings in quite 9 considerabl,
amount Of revenue to the city, but b.
removing the distractions in time yoI
can always escape the penalty.
Game 10 beginning to come into oui
market in abundance since The COO
weather set in, but as yet game ranges
OF a high price, far beyond the reach o
the ordinary liver or cossumer Of hash
Fifty cents for a quail, snipe, or wood
cock has to be paid nj presen,. Dat yot
can procure s chicken for thirty cents.
The case Of wsddy Thompson on ha
beas corpus is still on hearing before
Judge Brown, Of the United States
Court. The case involves u question OIL
jurisdiction between the State aid Fed
e-al courts, as to which tribunals have
c%ognizanee Of the criminal acts allege,
to have been committed. aud for wbicl
Waddy Thompson has been indicted il
the State courts.
People who write postal cards are no
tiled that they must not date the carr
on its back. By ruling Of the Postmas
ter General any card on which anything
whatever is written on the back besidei
the address will be charged as lsste
postage. 1t frequently happens in tbi
city that parties are compelled to pa,
letter postage on postal cards through
the ignorance Of correspondents.
Colonel Mulberry Sellers will max
his last appearance in Memphis tonight
bat he viii leave With Us many person
who resemble him Neutrality-suspicious.
beings, who could make millions II the,
had the necessary capital Of IS; ant
then. We have the amateur uswspape
seribblerS, who advance absurd tbsoris
upon all subjects. The family Of "Mul
berry Sellers" will meyer become extiue
on this continent or blaa.
The editor Of en- Eayteru journal ha
discovered thatif every one Of the 5000,
OOc of families in the American UniOr
would only skim the soap grease Of thei
dish water and invest its proceeds in
sinking fund at four per cent. compouu,
interest the proceeds in 1859 years twI
months and eleven days would pay Of
the national debt Here is a solution o
the bonded debt problem Of Memphis, o
we'll as Of the State Of Tennessee, .,
means Of the soap Rrease sinking fund
II every citiDeu was the Judge Of mi