Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-23

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offered to-day by Mr.. Fleece,
Among the prominent Memphians
now at Nashville are DR.. D. 7. Porter,
Captain Sam Cannon, Generals Luke
Wright and G. p. NJ. Turner, W. H..
Carroll, all there on private business,
or doing a little log-rolling perhaps
for a friend.
A petition has been sent from this
city to the legislature praying that
the present board of pelice and fire
commissioners be continued in Office
the same as heretofore without COM
~pensation. The entire police and fire
force of the city have signed the petit
ton.
The elegant steamer Red Wing,
which has been chartered by Major
Adams to carry the mail between here
and Vicksburg in his line, came to the
wharf to-day to receive, and leaves to-
morrow evening for Vicksburg and
the bends in command of that popu-
lar boatman, Captain Ed Thomas.
Washington Wilson paid s. into the
city's Golfers this forenoon for disor-
derby behavior; John Williams, for
the same conduct while drunk, was
fined $40; John McCue, same %offense,
So, and Peter Green, for prowling, s..
The three latter had no money and
will doubtless work it out on the
street force.
The c~anyassers for the proposed new
directory report that the population Of
Memphis shows no reduction accord
ing to their experience, On the con.
trary, it seems to have increased. OF
the population at least 1000 are set
down as transient persons from the
North and elsewhere who drifted here
after the late scourge.
The leading topic of interest at
present is the proposed union depot
and the passage of the Mississippi and
Tennessee railroad track through the
city. Next to that in point Of interest
is the repeal of the city charter. The
settlement of the municipal and State
debts are of minor importance com
pared with the rest.
A dispatch just received, dated
Helena, Ark, states hat the remains
of r. Lawson Woodbridge were on
the steamer Illinois and would arrive
here this afternoon. He formerly re-
sided here, but has been engaged in
business at Sunhower Landing, Miss.
for two or three years. Notice Of the
time of burial win appear in the morn.
S ing papers.
Our colored population are repre-
4 sented by one of their brethren as
member of the new school board, b!
Assistant Attorney General Cassells
by Turner Hunt as county register
! and by sixteen men on the police force
not to mention Sam Letcher, the JAM
+, tor at the City Hall. The remainde,
! Of the city and county officials ar,
> white, or at least have the credit 0
being so.
= The Criminal Court was engaged il
the trial of Lewis Hobbs, charged
with grand larceny. Charles Stacey
on a charge Of stealing, was convicted
and sentenced to the ~penitentiary 70
four years. Stephen Perkins, 70
knocking a small boy down and tax
e ing twenty-five cents from him, wa
sentenced to one year in the Stat
prison. Eliza Williams, charged wit
stealing clothes near GilIs Station
T. was acquitted.
The award Of the County Court 70
= burying paupers during the ensuin
year has been made to Mr.. job.
= Walsh, the present contractor, his BIZ
G having been Il cents below Toms (
Y Spears. The average charge in plai
wooden boxes for each person, old an.
young, as awarded to Mr.. Walsh,
(. 50 733. The other bid was So Z
each. Mr.. Walsh buries infants unde
/, six years at 81 20; under fourtee
years, So 80, and over fourteen years
s..
General John p. McCown, who die
of pneumonia at Little Rock yesteI
day, was a brigade commander a
Columbus, KY, and Island No.
during the civil war. A number {
{ old soldiers hereabouts served in hi
. command. General McCown was
native of East Tennessee, graduate
u at West Point, was a captain in til
old army aud served on the plair
when Grant was a subaltern in Ii
$ service. and was always a good soldie
d though never a very lucky one.
Tuesday last p. A. Terrell and Be
Shegog, both white men, walked q
: the trussel, two miles below Sardi
d Miss, becoming frightened at an al
c preaching train on the Mississippi an
y Tennessee railroad. They could S,
the train for half a mile, and hs