Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-27
SOUTHERN NEWS.

East tennessee Jalls are chuck tull |
of prisoners.
Daniel 0'Leary, the pedestrian, So
journs at Hot Springs.
|. Karatofsky failed for $4,000 at
Hot Springs few days since.
The hard winter is reported to have |
killed much of the wheat in East Ten
nessee.
Charles Lefingwell, formerly off
Memphis, is running the Delmonico |
Restaurant at Hot Springs.
Perry county, Ala, had 400 mar
riages Last year, and is little ahead of
Madison county in the same line.
Gadsden Ala, gets coal delivered
at $l,25 per ton, and Tuscaloosa re-
jOices in fresh beef at two cents per
pound.
The Arkansas Immigration Society
have presented memorial to the leg
islature asking $4,000 to help them
in their enterprise.
A new steamer called the Robert
Anderson has just been finished at
Decatur, Ala, and is designed to ply
between that point and Chattanooga.
While Mrs. Cleo Stein was kneeling
in prayer just before retiring, at
Mobile, few days since, her night
dress ignited and she was burned to
death.
The head waters of rivers in Ala
bama have recently been stocked with
young salmon by the fish. growers
working under the government and
the Smithsonian institute.
Charley Toney killed thirty-two
hundred rabbits before hisstick broke,
during the recent freshet in the upper
Tennessee river near Triana, ten miles
South of Huntsville, Ala. The
flooded waters rose almost up to the
stage of 1865.
General John p. McCown, who died
at Little Rock last Tuesday, has been
living alone on a farm in Columbia
county, Ark. He was loved and re-
spected by large circle of friends
and admirers, and stood high among
the MaSons and Odd Fellows.
A thirty thousand dollar fire oc-
CURED at Allensville, Tenn, a few
days ago. Insurance, $9l00. The
heaviest loses were John Adams a.
Co., $4,000; insurance, $500; s. Levy,
$4,000; insurance, $1,000; Il. A. Yost,
$4,000; 40 insurance, and others rang
ing from $50 to $500 each.
Last Sunday night week nine Jail
birds escaped from the prison at
Clarksville, Tenn, by wrenching out
a half-screwed iron bar and crawling
through the sewer pipes. They were
murderers, horse thieves, rapists and
house burners, all being negroes ex-
cept John Price, horse stealer. A
reward of $3.50 is offered by Jailer
Hains for the capture of the squad.
Twenty prisoners yet remain in the
Jail.
An East Tennesseean asks to know
why it is that if Mexican dollars are
now only articles of commerce and not
legal tenders, that soldiers who served
in the Mexican war were paid off in
them at the full rate Of one hundred
cents? The reason is plain enough, if
the questiOner will observe that silver
was then worth 56l pence per ounce
in London, while now it is but 81
pence,
United States Marshal Turner was
sent to jail by Judge Harralson, at
Selma, Ala, few days since for con
tempt of court in declining to surren-
der certain papers in regard to indict-
ments charging a violation of the
election laws in Dallas county United
States District Attorney Chas. Il.
Mayor was arrested at Huntsville for
the same offense, and his case is to be
investigated January 9th
A fend named Howard, living near
Altus on the Little Rock and Fort
Smith railroad about ten days ago
went to dance with his wife. The
lady danced with man he did not
like. Becoming jealous he whipped
the poor woman before the spectators,
drove her home and thereI1beat her
again. Next day he went to neigh
bors' and reported that he believed
Mary was dying. People gathered at
the house and found her dead. Howard
was lodged in Jail at Ozark, narrowly
escaping Judge Lynch on the way.
An unusual evasion of the laws has
f occurred in North Alabama, so Judge
, Bruce, of the United States Court, is
informed, and so he says to the grand
jury now in session at Huntsville,
whose duty it will be to inquire into
, all violation of postal or election laws,
counterfeiting, illicit whisky making
and so on through the list. The
grand jury, headed by James w.
Steele, is said to be an excellent one.
1t contains four colored citizens of
that section.
Over 300 persons pied guilty to a
5 charge of violating the revenue laws
before the United States Court, at
Huntsville, Ala, during its present
session. They could not all get within
the bar at one time so they went in
/ squads. Many whiningly pied poverty
in extenuation of their offenses, and
they were allowed to depart upon pay
meht Of costs, added to promise to
sin no more. The majority of the set
were slnous sour mash manufacturers,