Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-11-05
THFeiTY.
MEMPHIS; Itf
Tuezday Evening, November 5, ISIS
LEDGER LINES.

warm.
The County Court has adjourned unit
Monday.
There are one hundred and seventy-lvt
prisoners in the county jail.
The Probate Court was in session yes
terday, Judge Eldridge presiding. Thii
Court meets tomorrow,
Nine tramps roasted at the Adams
street station-house last night. The tramp
is coming from the North to the South.
There is no truth in the report that yell
low fever had reappeared in this city. The
fever has gone and there are nc new cases
The false reports about the reappear-
ance of yellow fever are unfortunate,
There are no new cases of fever in the
city.
Messrs, Henry Frank, Jas. Sugarman,
Jas. Trader and J. Jacobs, well-known
Front row merchants, returned home yes
tcrday.
The Howard Association has two hun
dred eotins which win be disposed of by
sale, That great genius stoddard viii
make the bargains.
The Chickasaw Guards have a drill to.
night. The Chicks are perfect in the
drill. At St. Louis they beat the Porter
Rifles even to one
The Howard Association disbanded it:
active operations last night. w, A. Holt
an active visitor was retained to settle
up all affairs relative to nurses, etc. The
Towards report no new cases among re
turned refugees.
w. P. Proudft and family, of No. III
Madison street, are oil well. The repor'
that the members of this family are dow
with the fever is unfounded, Mr., Proud
fit and family this morning devoured
baefsteak that weighed 5K pounds.
Edward Niederer, of the celebratet
National house, No. So Madison street
opened a half dozen bottles of the promie
~qualite Of Mousa this morning, The oya
ton was to a number of Mr.. Niederer'
friends, who have just returned to tn.
city.
DR.. R. S. Brown, Secretary of the Boar
of Health, has a box Of mysterious yellow
fever remedies and medicines, sent to hin
by some physician in Alabama. DI
Brown was wise in refusing to use thes
medicines, which the donor can get b.
paying express charges.
The report that Major james Speed ha
been selling a large number of ticket
over the Louisville railroad to affrighte
people is untrue. With the exception c
Mike Blessing and his family ther
has been no hasty departure {
Memphians. Mr.. Blessing was badly an
unnecessarily frightened.
The following is the list of passenger
who arrived here by the steamer Colorad
yesterday. Miss Burnley, Miss Noumai
Mr.. Burnley, Mr.. Willis and wife, Z.
Rogers, Mr.. Belcher, D. c. Nome.
Mr.. O'Benon, Mrs. Hulls, John Gormal
Mrs. Finnie and family, Mrs. Hook an
child, Charles Warner, Mr.. Kimball, I
Schultze and wife, Mrs. Thurell, Mr.. job
Ryan, Fred Seen and wife, G. r. Brick.
MI. William Berry, book-keeper for
Mansfield & Co., returned yesterday an
found his house on Waldran avenue con
pletely sacked, the furniture, beddin
mattresses, pillows, chairs, paintings al
everything from the parlor to the htchc
that could be removed. Even receip
and papers, and old family relics viii,
could be of no use to any one else we
taken. This was, no doubt, done by sor
of the able-bodied negroes who drew I
tons with such ability for two and a h,
months.
Recorder Quiglcy this morning inves
gated the case of Charles Waite %(colore
who was arrested upon the charge of
tempting to outrage Il crazy woman, ST
to be Mrs. Burke. Recorder Quigley,
ter examining the State witnessos, prom.
ly discharged the accused. Mr.. Frank
Dunn, attorney for Waite, says that
/, prosecutor offered to abandon the C
provided the lawyer would give him h
Of the fee. Mr.. Dunn refused to do Il
but gave the man severe censure.
morrow we will publish the name Of t
individual, whose efforts to blackH
were frustrated by Mr.. Dunn.
The following were visitors at the
ton exchange yesterday; Robert We
n enden and Robert Jones, jr.. Of Watson
N Hill; Il. L. Woodson, of Hill, Fonta
& Co; c. P. Hunt, of c. P. Hunt &
u Louis Hanauer, of Scheduled, Hama
III s. Co.; Walter Jones, Of L. Hobart &
ir F. A. Tyler, jr.; John H. Rice, Of I
ms Fontaine g. Co.; A. II. Proudft anC
w. Harris, of Day & ProudAt; II.
Rose, of Rose s. Price; Captain r.
L%ightburne, of Memphis and Ohio r
Packet Company; w. A. Gage, of G
& Fisher; w. j. Crawford, Of w
Galbreath II Co; Colonel w. F. Tay
of Porter, Taylor & CO.. r. /. Cofii
QIGuy, billiard Il Coffin; w. H. Jones,
tropolis, Ill.
The following names were registert
the Peabody Hotel yesterday, as alsc
arrivals by the Louisville road last n
w. L. Andrews, j. b. Houchens, ]
Mcclure, John Bradley, II. |. Ell
ln.,au,1 norraNf ~ De-. IL