Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-01

WAN -AAAs ~ Aooe q man
named Dan Solomon.
Max Presser, who has been a patient
of the Hebrew Hospital Association,
is convalescing and able to be about.
The association has no one critically
i'll on their hands at present.
On several Of our most fashionable
streets the COWS have taken full pos
session of the sidewalks. If they
keep it up home folks when they come
home viii find their newly acquired
habits a nuisance.
A little over Sc to each man has
been paid in cash to the colored
troops. They have had free rations
for themselves and their families be-
sides, and ten days supply has been
hro wn in for nothing.
"And Louisville will sink to the
level of Memphis is the way the
Post and News Of that place expresses
it, to give force to an argument in
favor of not making an appropriation
of S25,sOO to fill up a cavity at the
wharf.
The towns and cities a hundred
miles or more away from us are vo-
raciously hungry for our cotton. A
lot of two legged hyenas howl fear
fully for their native fodder, through
some of the newspapers in far away
places.
He smites US with his paper flies,
and in the most spiteful manner, too,
does the genial Plunket. They smart
a little, but the effect will disappear a
few weeks hence, and their author,
with his tribe, Will be ashamed OF
themselves.
Patrolman James Scott wears a new
hat Of latest cut and pattern, pre-
scented to him by the Rev. Eugene
Leidy, through General Louis Dal-
troff, all because these gentlemen re-
gard him as a f~rst-class officer, desery-
ing Of such honors.
Nearly two hundred cotton pickers
are busy in the fields Of Capt. Forrest
on Presidents Island. He has about
two thusand acres and the yield prom
ises about two thousand bales. The
valley crops we're never heavier or
finer than they are this season.
The ladies' Of Teutonio camp
yesterday presented Mr.. Gold
smidt, president of the society, with
a magnificent bouquet made Of wild
flowers and grasses gathered around
the camp. 1t is beautiful and the
recipient is as proud of it as a boy is
of his first pair of boots.
The prospects Of the planters
around US would not be improved by
arainfall just now. They can get along
much better at the present time and
for several weeks to come without
moisture from the clouds. Heavy
dews and freezing frosts, however, will
not hurt nor be unwelcome.
Our streets present a rather lively
look for sickly times. People move
numerously over the highways, and
drays as well as other vehicles are to
be seen rushing about, an indication
that business is on the increase. Doc
tors buggies are scarce, and a hearse
rarely shows itself in public,
Sheriff E. L. MCGOWAN was around
this forenoon serving notice of there
cent injunction granted by Special
Judge j. s. Galloway in relation to.
the movement Of cotton on the va
rious quarantine officials. The sher-
if failed to receive the papers in
proper shape until last evening.
The soldiers broke camp on the
bluff to-day. The Mcclellan Guards
go down the Mississippi and Tennessee
railroad to guard several points, and
will be allowed r%ations. The Zouayes
will encamp in their armory, and ex-
pect to visit Nashville on the 18th inst,
to participate in a drill at that place.
Lowest thermometer during the
early hours to-day was 70'. Highest
yesterday, 81. stormy weather pre-
vailed at New Orleans the greater
part Of yesterday, the rainfall being
094. The weather at lndianola, Tex,
was threatening this morning, with a
a slight rainfall. Rain also fell at
Dubuque, Iowa, Lacrosse, Wis, Lea
yenWorth, Kan, and V~icksburg, Miss.
In addition to r%ations and the small
sum Of money given to the colored
troops, they stand a good chance TO
receive regular soldiers pay during
the time they have been on duty. An
appropriation by the next legislature,
it is stated, viii be urgently recon-
mended by Governor Marks, and the
sentiment, AS far as can now be dis
cerned, is strongly in favor OF the