Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-01-28


time 10 suggest that the uAustsfa have
an orchestral accompaniment instead Of
two pianos
The committee on salaries recon.
mend a general reelection Of salaries,
but the wages Of iremen aud policemen
remain unchanged.
There was q hail and rain storm Sat.
urday afternoon. The hail stones we're
large. but the fall was of short duration.
The rain continued until a late hour
Saturday night. Yesterday was cold
and damp.
In the United States Court the case of
the United States vs.. P. E. Parker ct al,
q suit on collectors bonds, is being
argued. Judge L. L. Hawkins, of Hunt.
ingdon, was admitted to the bar Of the
United States Court.
A ten.year old son of James Wether-
spoon, Of Grand Junction, rau away
from home last week and cam to this
city. The distressed father came here
on Sunday in search Of his truaut son,
but so far the boy has not been heard of.
The funeral Of Mr.. Frank W. Vigus,
the Poplar street druggist, was attended
yesterday BY the members of Memphis
Lodge No. 6 Knights Of Pythias, and
Kilwinning Logde Ne. 34l F. and A. M.
The funeral procession was headed BY a
band Of music.
Before the war negroes ssld from $500
to $500. Now you can buy one for
$35, due doubtless to the demonstration
Of freedom and the contraction Of color
This, however, is a rise, as they sold as
low down as SOC or a drink Of whisky on
election day.
The street lamps in Chelsea need re.
pair as bad boys have broken the glass
tops, and the consequence ia no light as
sists the pedestrian or driver on bis
nightly journey 10 the above locality
We hope the police will keep an eye OF
the boys who break lamp.glasses.
Saturday night burglars entered tn,
residences Of Edward Wilder and Johr
Moore, Broadway, Louisville, KY, anC
stole jewelry, diamonds and other pre-
cious articles to the value of from 5000
to $4,000. The burglars who commit
ted this theft are suspected of having
come toward Memphis.
The morning papers have discovered
a letter dated December lst, 1877, writ
ten by the sanitary committee Of Fer
nandina, Florida, thanking the member
Of the Memphis cotton exchasge for ait
during the yellow fever epidemic 10 thr
above town last fall. The letter has beef
a long time coming to light,
Louis Clarke (colored), who was fv,
years ago convicted Of housebreaking b,
the Bartlett court and sentenced to tn
penitentiary, has twice made his escape
he also escaped from the station. house
but was arrested this morning by detec
tive Pryde for stealing chickens frou
Justice Crockett, of Court street ex
tended.
Mr.. W. N. Brown. and not Mr.. J. c
Nicely, was chairman Of the merchants
and property.owuers meeting, held las
Friday, to consider various questions II
lating to taxation and mandamus ma
ters. Mr.. Nicely is a member of the con
mittee appointed by the meeting to il
v~estigate and report upon the question
under consideration.
Attorney.Geners Luke E. Wright
to-day inspecting Presidents IsIa nd, til
condition of whose convicts and worl
house was stated in the LEDGER tw
weeks ago and has been substa initiate
by the reports Of two grand jurie s. II
us have the truth about the matt er an
fud out who is to blame.
The proposed duel between W. j. ]
Holland, Of the Holly Springs Miss
Reporter, and Henry G. Myers 6, of thi
town, has been ~amicably adj listed.
number of Mississippisns, including tW
candidates for congress, have come I
Memphis to settle duelistic matters d.
ring the past two years. The misunder
standings have always been adjusted.
We have received the Fe bruary nun
Der of the Memphis Railway RECORD
edited and published by Colonel Barne
Hughes, the wit and the philosopher
The present number is OF unusual intel
est, being replete with interesting info
nation respecting travel generally an
the Charleston railroad. Moreover, it
pages bear the impress Of the editor
genius in its happiest moods and bright
est diction.
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