Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-30
LEDGER LINES.

autumnal tints. N
General Forrest died at halfpast seven
o'clock last evening.
President Hayes has appointed Thurs.
day, November 10Th, as Thanksgiving
Day. 5tllUa ntFI
The sidewalks and streets are getting
in a bad condition owing to the continu.
GUS rains.
Several umbrellas were stolen yester-
day. The umbrella thief should be sent
to the Island. rrl
Tonight Genevieve Rogers, supported
by the Aiken dramatic company, will
appear in Bona.
The Drury- Gibson murder case con.
tlnues to occupy the attention Of the
Criminal Court.
1t is the opinion of the weatherwise
that the rainy season has set in, and
when 1t closes a killing frost will appear.
The principal topic of conversation on
the streets to-day IA the death of Gen.
Forrest, and universal regret ia expressed
thereat.
The funeral Of the late Major General
Bedford Forrest will take place to.mor.
row forenoon from the residence of Col.
Jesse Forrest, on Union street:
Numbers of Memphisns now aspire to
be long-range riAemen of the Creed.
moor style. The Hopefeld sand bar is
being used as a range by several of the
clubs.
There are surplus men as we'll as sur.
plus women in Memphis. How to dis
pose of them is the conundrum which
has not as yet received any practical
solution.
President Hayes on yesterday sent the
name of M. ]. Waldron before the Uni.
ted States senate as bis nomination for
the office of United States marshal for
the District Of West Tennessee.
A meeting Of ex.Coufederate soldiers
will DE held this afternoon for the BUR
pose of making arrangements to attend
the funeral of General Forrest, which
will take place tomorrow morning.
II you refuse to give -four name to a
deputy sheriff who is summoniug Jurors
for the Criminal Court you place yourself
10. contempt of the august court, and are
liable to be fined ten or more dollars and
costs.
Nearly 81, 900, 900 of our city bonds
have been funded aud exchanged for the
new issue Of compromise bonds by the
creditors of our city. These bonds have
been funded at the rate of fifty cents on
the dollar.
At the Arbitration Court to-day the
Judgment in the case Of Avery VS.. Wat.
son was modified and affirmed. The
cases of Anderson VS.. Hunt and Pitt.
man VS.. Hunt we're taken up for hearing
this afternoon.
AT the county registers Office a char.
ter for incorporation styled the Memphis
Cooperative Association has been filed
by the iOcorporators - Messrs. r. f.
Wilcox, W. G. Mcclure, G. B. Morton,
VIM. Horgau, W, H. Eader, E H. Leidy
and W, Strong.
The police should prevent drays from
strlnging out and going in a sweeping
trot around street corners, to the great
danger of pedestrians Enforce the or.
dinauces, ye peelers, Make a few arrests
and the violations Of ordinances will
cease suddenly.
Many Memphians are disposed TO
question the correctness Of that asser.
ton made by Major Mike Waldron in
his great war letter, in which be writes
his friend Steward that Of the Shiloh
fight he saw as much, if not more, than
any n man on the FIELD"
Wild geese have been flying southwark
down the river for several days aud
nights. They are leaving the feeding
grounds up north owing to the opening
out of the winter season, and are going
southwark to more h~ospitable climes,
and where better pastures can be found
than in the regions of ice AMI o
Nearly all the best seats in the dress
circle and parquette Of the theater have
been taken up by those intending to at
tend the opera of the Bohemian Girl.
airline will be represented on Monday
night by Miss Jennie M~agevney, and on
Tuesday night by Miss Hattie Collins.
The Bohemian Girl will be the big sensa.
ton of the season.
During an, argument by counsel over
some legal question OF the Arbitration
Court this forenoon, the only spectator
in Court was an Anticipated pig-tailed
Chinaman. He seemed to understand
the matter, and appeared to enjoy the
Court proceedings immensely. He must
have been a Tsbysterp 10 the Courts Of
the "FlOwely Kingdom"
F~ernandiua, Florida, has made an ap.
peal to Memphis for aid. At q meeting
Of the cotton exchange, held yesterday