Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-08

ing adjourned the call Of the motion
docket until Monday.
William Ewing, a negro who some
time ago stole goods from Francisco
Il Virgins, died in the county Jail
last night of crysipelas.
A lot of hogs, goats, and other small
animals were sold at public cutlery OPP
posite the courthouse to-day, strays
picked up and sent to the public
pound.
James Tillman and Mrs. Fannie
Ward were licensed to marry to-day.
George Washington and Lulu Shivers,
and Peter Smith and Mary Wilson
were so licensed yesterday.
BY order of the Chancery Court, to-
day at noon the following property
was sold in front Of the courthouse:
A 50 by l20 feet lot on Vance street,
block No. Al, and lots 6 and Z on Dun
lap street, near Ohio street.
The case of Il. Solomon for a fraud
ulent breach Of trust was on trial to-
day. Mr.. Sparrell Hill, of Trenton,
was speaking for the defense at noon.
General Horrigan spoke at an earlier
hour. Solomon was acquitted yester-
day of the charge of obtaining money
under false pretense, and the indica-
tons are that the same result will
follow in the breach of trust charge.
As expected yesterday the charges
against f. Solomon, of Humboldt, for
obtaining money under false pretenses
from several merchants, has fallen fat,
and the supposed culprit was yester-
day acquitted, the testimony not being
sufficient to make a criminal case
against him. Half a dozen of our
merchants are from one to three
thousand dollars out by Solomon, and
one house added to its expense the
additional burden of paying Attorney
General Turner'S expenses from here
to Humboldt and back again;
A butcher at the corner of DeSoto
and Vance streets, named Smith, was
this forenoon indicted by the grand
Jury for buying a Durham heifer from
an unknown darky, the same having
been stolen from A. j. Harris, near
Cane creek, four miles south Of this
city. Three head of stock were taken
from Mr.. Harris, two of which are
yet mysteriously absent. 1t is a rather
odd feature of fair dealing for butch
ers to purchase live animals from
theiving and unknown negroes.
A red flag in front of the court
house to-day announced the sale on
behalf of the United States commits
sioner of landed property belonging to
James Mehan, situated in Fort Pick
ering property of John Donovan, on
the fernando road, beyond the city
limits property of Julia +. R. VIM,
74l feet on Third street property of
Jno. May, on Wellington street, near
Linden; property of Mrs. S. w.
Fowlkes, on Jefferson street, between
Second and Third.
George App is off without a scorch
of a feather, and is the happiest man in
town. The jury after nearly two weeks
of deliberation this morning brought
in a verdict of not guilty and App
roams at large to breathe the air of
freedom. He can now be considered
a good citizen, having killed his man,
and he might now run for political
Office with prospects of success. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Venn, Of the jury,
stuck out firmly up to last night
against eleven, the latter being in favor
Of acquittal. MIR. Venn, who is report
ed to be distantly related to App, has
50 far never made known the kind of
a verdict he would have preferred.
In the claim before the United
States Court of Stacey for the loss of
the small steamer BERTHE, in January,
1877, while in tow of the steamer Coal
Hill, near Island No. 81, the court
yesterday decided in favor of the Coal
Hill. The amount claimed was about
$1,000. There was a lively legal com
bat between Judge 7. w. Brown and
Mr.. II. c. Warmer during the trial
of the case, and the intricacies of nav
igation, in eddies, cross-currents,
rock heaps and caving-banks during
dark nights were beautifully illustra-
ted by those eloquent sea-lawyers.
Deeds, etc., recorded since yester-
day at Register Hunters office have
been Chancery Court to David
Vert, bill in chanccry Eli Ragner to
Sallio E. King, deed; JIM, Hill, trus-
tee, to M. S. Brooks, quit claim NJ.
j. and II. j. Williams to p. P. Cham
bers, trustee, decree John English
and others to N. Stewart, trust deed
j. L. Shaw to A. Il. Cole, trust deed:
United States to +. L. Cunny, deed
Geo. X. Duncan to VIM, c. Ellis and
son, warranty deed; Mary White to
w. Grosvenor, trustee, warranty deed
w. G. Falkner to Joseph Lenow,
deed; j. S. Speed and others Ia