Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-25

NA0AAo W -. VibCA " udg ~NhAoOhS
ing that Camp Marks would be bro
ken up on Monday next.
The residence of DR.. Geo. White,
No. POP Third street, was entered and
rummaged by thieves last night. The
extent of the damage is unknown.
Ventilate carefully, disinfect eau
tiously and deodorize %copiously before
you stay in mansions that have been
closed during the past three months.
Highest temperature here yesterday
81. Lowest temperature during the
early hours of this morning $50; one
degree lower than yesterday morning.
Fires are now necessary to comfort.
A coy sitting room with a bright
blaze in the crate enables the bachelor
throng to while away the evening
hours pleasantly.
An eastern order for50 bales of cot
ton was filed here yesterday by r. +.
Patterson & Co., the first of the
season. The staple has been sen to
the press and it goes east Tuesday
next.
The daily PUBLIC LEDGER will be
mailed to any address tor fifty cents
per month. The subscription must
in every case, be paid for cash in ad-
vance.
The Citizens Committee agreed at
their meeting yesterday to pay Mr..
McCloy 500 per month for services as
secretary to their organization for the
time he has been on duty.
1t twas a bigger frost this morning
than yesterday All hands an | the
kitchen mai had no trouble to see it
this time. 1t was visible even to the
obtuse optic of the Appeal man.
Several dozen kilograms went out
last night and to-day telling absent
friends to come home. Many were
also sent urging relatives and friends
to stay away a couple Of weeks yet.
Where is Plunket's yaller dog, is.
the inscription on a yellow flag Of
distress flying at half mast to-day on
Main street. A lot Of hilarious young
men gathered about and looked at it
as a good joke.
Nelson Scott, so, and Jake Waite,
50, were fines inflicted by DR.. Porter
this morning f3r fighting. They had
no money and went to Jail. John
Green forfeited $40 for being drunk
and resisting an officer.
A little g~loriication under the cir
cumstances is admissible, and those
who participate in a mild way should
not be thought hard of. The boys
are happy that the quarantine fellows
have at last stepped down and out,
and they cannot be blamed for feeling
thus.
Yesterday afternoon a curious sign
swung forth on Main street, upon
which was painted. Plunket in
mourning DR.. Mitchell's hog car has
run of tie track, killing forty pickets
and a dozen or two quarantine inspec-
tors" Some one tore down the em
blem and its inscription last night.
The passenger train from Louis
vile, due at five pm. to-day, will
come directly through to the depot
head Of Main street, without transfer
or trouble. All trains on this road
will resume tomorrow, and the Pa
ducah and other roads leading south,
north and east will fully resume On
Monday.
All piously inclined people should
attend divine service tomorrow and
pray fervently that quarantine tyrants
may never again inaict their official
presence upon this locality. Yellow
Jack or any ether trouble even all
that Job was ever worried with ere no
comparison to the woes following a
quarantine troop.
A few extra shots we're fred by the
quarantine picket guard at their quar-
ters on the bluff above Tennessee
street about daybreak this morning.
1t was merely in honor Of their de-
light at the ending Of their days Of
duty, and no one was shot, though
bullets we're heard to whistle in close
proximity to the ears Of several.
"Fpr III come 10 pass,
fanny man turn ass,
Here shall be see
A great a fool le he
The foregoing cpitaph from the
great bard is inscribed upon the well
executed drawing Of a monument
hanging conspicuously from a mcr
chants window on Main street, upon
which is also Inscribed, Here lies
Plunket."
Rev. ia. Jones, Of McMinnville
Tennessee. having accented the call 10