Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-04
LEDGER LINES.

possum.
Kelly & Icons minstrels at the thea.
ter again tonight.
The city "daddies" will mest again
this afternoon at the City Hall.
Felix, 292 Front street, receives daily
by express choice Norfolk shell oysters.
The ladies are out in force to-day
making a heavy attack on millinery
openings.
Memphis needs a house of correction
for the hoodlums of both sexes who in.
fest the city.
Next week at the theater John Dillon,
supported by a strong dramatic com,
pauy, will appear in Our Boys and other
attractive plays.
The County Quarterly Court adjourned
yesterday afternoon to court in course.
The minutes of court will be signed to-
day by Chairman Holman.
The revival of business presents a
cheering aspect. Merchants look cheer
full and shipping clerks are as busy as
bees. We have entered a new era.
The county Jail at present detains llS
prisoners from wandering in the outer
world and preying upon their neighbors.
The number Of whites in prison amount
to but q, while the number of black
people runs up to 80.
The Northwestern which came bowling
down on the city last night and blew big
guns all the night long, came from the
regions of ice and snow and created a
GOODNESS in the atmosphere at this point
of latitude and longitude.
The grand jury of the Cri minal Court
yesterday found a true bill charging
Alexander Woodbridge with the murder
of Frank Wait. This afternoon a mo.
ton will be made in court to admit the
defendant, Woodbridge, to bail.
Says the Knoxville Chronicle: "The
city of Memphis seoms to be overrun
with thieves and robbers, who continue
to commit their d~epredations nightly
The Chronicle is right, aud the cause Of
the trouble is the neficiency at police
headquarters.
Last Tuesday night, some forty miles
out on the Little Rock railroad, the train
ran over a calf and was thrown from the
track, ditching the engine, baggage cal
and passenger coach. Fortunately 10
one was seriously injured, although sew,
eral we're slightly scratched and bruised,
The cotton fields are a~lluring many of
the unemployed negroes from the city.
AT sixty cents a hundred a good hand
can make some money during cotton
picking season. The white tramp re
fuses to seek the whitened fields and
work for a living. He prefers trampinp
and begging.
At four o'clock this afternoon the
chamber Of commerce will meet and dis.
cuss and consider the question of send.
ing delegates to the River and Harbor
Improvement Convention, to be held al
St. Paul, Mimi, on the llth inst. Should
the convention improve the condition o.
the Mississippi at the point where the
convention meets, each member of il
can calculate those words found in
Shakespeare, Nov, by St, Paul, the work
goes bravely on"
Frank Wait made no will, but he in
structed his wife to carry on the business
as heretofore and to seek the advice o.
his friend and advisor, Mr.. T. H. Mil
burn, Of the German National Bank.
This gentleman, at Mrs. Waits request,
took advisory charge Of the business
and he aud Mr.. W. C. Mcclure went OF
her bond as administrative Of the estate
The estate is free from all membranes
MIR. Wait owing hardly anything at tn,
time Of his death. The estate is valued
at between thirty and forty Thousand
dollars.
Burkalow and Kenneday, the pitche
and catcher Of the deiunct Memphi