Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-11
LEDGER LINES.

than in New York or other Northern
cities.
Mr.. Kellogg, correspondent of the
Bismarck Tribune and of the New York
Herald, was among the slain Of the i'll.
fAted Custer command.
Henry Johnson and Isaac Gordon,
two negroes, were arrested to-day by
patrolman Cullen and Sergeant Hackett
on the charge Of COW stealing.
At the meeting Of the General Council
on Friday next the lowest bidder on lay
ing down the stone pavement on Main
street will be awarded the contract.
Absenteeism is reducing the popula-
ton of our city rapidly. Many hun
dreds of Meuphiaus have left already in
search of imaginary pleasures in cooler
shades.
The jurors of the Criminal Court, pre-
vious to final adjournment, on yesterday,
presented a set Of resolutions to Judge
Adams with reference to his retirement
from the bench.
Gus Howard, negro, vino assaulted
and stabbed a white man on Beal street
last night, was sent to Jail by the Re.
corder this morning in default of two
thousand dollars bail.
Madame Rumor, who is always relia-
BILE, o reports it on the streets that
Mr.. Emerson Etheridge will be the Rad
ich nominee Tor Congress against Ca.
sey Young in November next.
Frank Johnson, a negro cattle thief,
was arrested by Police Commissioner
Frank to-day. Johnson, on being ar
rested, confessed that he had stolen cat
tie from the farm Of Dr.. Martin, near
Germantown.
Midnight serenaders' are out nightly,
making music beneath the windows of
young ladies, with old fddles, unstrung
guitars and husky voices, the latter
clearly revealing the lager beer notes,
which are anything but clear and ono
rous.
A negro servant girl in the employ
ment of Councilman John Donovan, who
resides on Washington street near Third,
last evening broke into a bureau and
carried off q lot Of jewelry. Up to a late
hour the police had been unable to ar
rest her.
The A~valanchian sage intimates that
the South ought to support Hayes be.
cause his wife is a Kentuckian and con.
sequently a Southern woman. This is
} one of those "puns" hat the Ava
lanchian Joe Miller prides himself on
producing enthusiastically.
The postponed game from Sunday last
between the Reds and Memphis viii
come off at Olympic Park tomorrow
afternoon. The interest takenin this sec
old game will attract a very large crowd
Both clubs have enthusiastic hackers,
and the result is by no means a foregont
conclusion.
Mr.. George Shields, formerly of Mem
phis and now of Dallas, Texas, with hi
L little boy, aged FIVE or six years, Will,
recently attempting to recross a swolIel
] stream, near Dallas, were washed out
and the child drowned. Mr.. Shields, be
coming entangled, barely escaped tn
0 same sad fate.
At a meeting of the Committee of Al
rangements oa the celebration of tn
centennial Of our independence it wa
resolved that a vote of thanks be ter
dered to the Louisville, Nashville an
Great Southern railroad, to the Memphi
and Charleston railroad, and the Anchc
o Line for favors granted the committee.
Those chaps who turn the Coul
y Square seats into lounges and bed
should be attended to and arrested b
~ either the Square.keeper or the polio,
1t is not a very charming sight to see
big losfer stretched out on a seat all
enjoying a sleep. Apartments shoul
, be provided at the station-house for the
people. The thing has become quite
nuisance of late.
The late defeat of the Pickett Scho
-, Beard ring has so disguised its membe
Of that several Of them talk Of resignin
Sol This, if carried out, would be no gre
at calamity to the schools, and it is mo
than probable that in January next
ID few members Of the ring will be invite
to step down and out by the people
the respective wards. They begin
feel the earthquake already.
Atthe County Court to-day Esqu'
GOO Miller presented a resolution, which W
600 adopted, authorizing the County Attt
SSWW ney to remove the ferry distractions
Geo Wolf river, with a view to building
90 bridge over that stream at the Big Gre
SSS%S road. The case between the owners
the ferry privilege and the-city is now
900 the Supreme Court, and has been
90 several years, and the City Attorney b
been instructed to follow up the case
sSi that court.
In the Eastern States an effort is bel
90 mada IN raform churoh discipline