Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-04
Court House News


. Court House News.
The small steamer General Miles
was sold at noon to-day by the United
States Marshal, in front Of the court
house.
/, The Probate Court was not in ses-
sion to-day. Judge Eldridge was 9.
the court-house, but nothing offered.
Major W w. Guy was at the new
commissioners quarters in the court
house to-day.
Marriage LICENSES issued BY tho
County Court to-day and yesterday
K. L, Brown and Miss A. G. Siglcr,
NJ. II. Trantham and Arar Richards,
Charles N. Blanch and Miss Amanda
Ewing, Nj. Spears and Emily Nd.
wards, II. Turner aud NJ. Bcll-thc
two latter colored.
Judge Brown, before his departure,
disposed of all cases brought before
him which the attorneys had ready for
trial.
The Chancery Court was in session.
a divorce a $ aud a contest for rent
alone occupying the attention Of.
Judge Mcdowell.
United States Judge II. B. Brown
and wife left for Detroit BY the II
o'clock train to-day.
Judge Hammond, of the United
States Court, is still occupied with the
Payne-0 Oliver -four case. 1t has
dragged along now for fully two weeks.
Ii will be continued tomorrow and
perhaps longer.
On the motion docket ofthe Circuit
Court the following cases have been
entered Walter Seathersby VS.. NJ. n.
Thursby to dismiss petition John
Walsh VS.. Emmett Bank, to set aside
order dismissing suit; Isam Stephens
vs.. j. Welsh and John B. Hester,
motion for the condemnation of land
levied on; w. B. Butt VS.. r. H..
Spangler, motion to reinstate the
cause.
Judge Ray this morning in the
Criminal Court ordered the attorney
general to prosecute ~ex-oficio in the
case OF the State against Il. Solomon,
the merchant who recently failed at
Humboldt, Tenn. 1t will be remem-
bered that a number of our merchants
were taken in by Solomon, to the ex-
tent Of somewhere near $4,000 in all.
The a comes up for a hearing TO-
morrow. Mr.. Solomon is defended BY
Mr.. Hiram tombstone, of Humboldt.
and Spl Hill, of Trenton, Tenn. Two
additional indictments have been found
against solomon by the grand jury.
In the Criminal Court this forenoon
willis Goodrich was found guilty of
assault with intent to kill, and his
sentence wa five years in the peniten-
tiary. He appealed the case. Dennis
kremer was fined s. each on two cases
of assault and battery. Monroe Hunt
and James FOntaine, colored, were on
trial at noon on a charge of the muir
der of Mr.. Rhodes, near Germantown.
some time since.
Not much abatement in the receipts
OF State and county taxes at the
county trustees collection Office. The
recent passage of a law to extend
the time for paying to September LIST
Is construed not to include the cor
porate limits of the old city by County
Trustee Fleece. The act is rather
obscure in its language, but the trus-
tee holds that it means to pay at once.
instruments recorded at the county
registers Office since yesterday are
James r. Moller, trustee. to w. T. C.
Barker, quit claim on two lots; j. S.
Mcdonald to j, N. Andrews, trustee.
trust deed on one lot, and II. j. Lynn
to +. B. Lynn, warranty deed Janet
NJ. Taggart to H. Il. Goodlett. power
Of attorney; Mrs. NJ. H. Rayner to
James II. Harris, trust deed; R.
Irrelevant to e. c. Montgomery.
deed; }. A. Taylor, trustee, to Emma
DePass, release Lou Blum to
i. & H. Blum, trust deed
Mrs. s. A. Moores to James II. Har-
ris, chatteli John Notebooks to NJ. l..
Perddy, deed of gift John Wesley to
II. Robertson, warranty; A. Reed to
j. D. Arlington, deed of gift Eli
Rayner to w. Il. Rayner, deed.
STEAM knife p~leating at 404 Main. 4
Dressed Turkeys and Celery.