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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
IMPORTANT ORDER.
Road OVerseers, Street Obstruet.
Ors and Common Carriers
Interested.

Criminal Court Judge Horrigan
this forenoon directed the attorney
general to ascertain by careful in
quiry or otherwise whether or not the
road law of this state is executed in
Shelby county. Wherever road over
seers are found ~neglectful IN the dis
charge of their important trust, they
should be indicted and prosecuted
with zeal. The court is Of
opinion, says the judge, that
a rigid enforcement of the road law is
as important, fnot more, to the gen.
eral welfare of the public, as the exc
cution of the law against petit larceny.
The attorney general is further ordere
ed to prosecute all persons who here
after use the streets Of Memphis
to the prejudice of the pub
lie, by storing cotton and
other articles in the streets. All per
sons so using the streets should be
prosecuted for maintaining a public
nuisance. The attorney general is fur
Their ordered to see whether or not
any Of the common carriers have made
unlawful combinations in regard to
the shipment of merchandise. If
such combinations come within
the law of conspiracy or any
other branch Of the criminal law, steps
should be taken to break up such
combinations by a vigorous enforce
ment of the law.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
The Cooler, at COhem's.
Bank Statements.

A statement of the financial condi.
ton of the German national bank al
the close of business on Friday last
appeared in this journal yesterday, al
the same time with those of the STATE
and First national banks. These
statements are in obedience to order.
from the comptroller of the currency
who deSignates a day for all the ma.
tional banks in the country to report
after the day has passed. Our banks
make a strong financial exhibition.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
THE BOY MURDERER
Captured in Tunica County and
Lodged In Jail.

The negro boy, Ralph Brown, who
stabbed to death Noah Greenlaw the
END Of February last on Jackson hill,
near the suburbs of the city, has been
captured. 1t will be remembered that
a number of young negro men, among
whom were these two, were playing the
game known as craps" when a dis
pute occurred over the ownership of a
nickel between Brown and Greenlaw.
resulting in the killing of the latter.
Brown Immediately fed, and was lost
sight of until Saturday last, when in
formation was received by Chief Athy
that he was in Tunica county. A
warrant was given Thomas Bryan.
colored, a justice of the peace for that
county, who arrested him where he
was at work, on a farm about fifteen
miles from Austin and brought him
to this city last night on board the
steamer Lee. He is now confined in
a strong cell at the stationhouse.
Feeling some curiosity to know
where he had been since he left here
a LEDaER reporter interviewed Brown
this morning with the following re-
suit:
well, Ralph, they've caught you at
last, have they?"
"Yes, sir"
Where have you been all the
timer"
Il went out in the hills first and
stayed there some time and then went
down back of fernando, and from
there l walked down into Tunica
county"
"Why did you kill Gre enlaw?"
81 did not intend to kill him but he
was STOPPING over when l struck and
reckon the knife went deeper than |
"Pocket-knife was it?"
YES, with a blade about three
long"
when did you first hear that
Greenlaw was dead?"
Not until the evening of the day
after. A friend came out to where 1
was hiding, some nine miles from the
city, and told me about it"
You were described as having had
smallpox is that a peck mark under
your eye2"
mo, that is where Greenlaw struck
me with a brick. He struck me in the
side too, and almostknocked me sense
less before l cut him. When | did
that he was in the act of picking up
mother rock to throw at me-"
This, though the statement of the
accused man, TALES very nearly with
The evidence of eye witnesses, given
It the inquest, and though the fact of
lis flight is n strong point against
lin, he may be able to get off with a
hort term in the ~penitentiary. The
ather of the victim had some talk
With Brown this morning between the
'ars OF the cell, but not of sufficient
interest to print. Ralph Brown is not
more than 20 years of age and is a
Iery likely looking mulatto, his face
FEARING none Of the marks ofthe MUIR
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
FISHING TACKLE,
Best Assortment in the City.
FRANK SCHUMIAN'S Gun Store.
No. Ill Heal Street.
Damage Suit.

A suit for damages has been en-.
tered in the circuit court by e.. A.
Theilan against the city, because they
caused his old building, No. 20 Wash
ington street, to be torn down against
his wishes and desires. The city Off
Gals claim that the old structure was
very unsanitary, and it really looked
as if it was.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
The Pure IdiOm.

At the t%onsorial establishment on
Union street, at a certain hour, there
we're three BARRIERS on duty, and in
waiting were four customers. Another
customer with a beard of a few days
growth was about to enter, when.
seeing four ahead of him, he halted.
Billy invited him in, which invitation
was declined, on account of the mum.
Der present and the hurry of the Gus
toner. Billy urged him to come in
and wait, and in his rich and melodi.
Gus Teutonic dialect said, ".Kume in,
Toctor, it won't take tree to shave
four men long" meaning that it
would not take long for three BARRIERS
to shave four men.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
Feed the Orphans.

The Church Home orphan asylum
has fifty-seven orphans to care for and
feed. Ofthese ten are infants. The
Golfers of the institution are empty.
and the helpless children must be FED
during the ensuing summer. For this
the Coronation Extravaganza" is to
be given on the 18th and 9Th of May.
and ll6 children are to take part in it.
Tickets for the spectacular, musical
fairy and dramatic entertainment are
now offered for sale.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28

Oome Aoti bAo AuuCAat4sdDlt oulIl
tailor, has returned from New York
with a large stock Of all the novelties
in gents wear for the spring and sum
mer trade.
Mr.. Sam. May has the machinery
for a large laundry on the road and
will open an establishment for doing
laundry work in a frst-class style in a
few days,
One house alone in Nashville sold
10000 national flags, big and little, for
the centennial display. The people of
the state capital appear to be a unit
for the old flag.
A few measles are roaming at large
among the little folks. Despite this,
our community as a whole, is awfully
healthy, from a young physicians
view o. the situation.
Several hundred ladies and gentle
men attended Judge J. W. Clapp's
lecture, entitled "Three months in
Colorado" delivered at the Greenlaw
opera house last night.
To-day closes the sale Of tickets in
the Commonwealth Distribution Com
pany, as the drawing takes Mace at
Louisville tomorrow. Get a ticket,
and a prize may be the result.
Ex-Oficer G. Washington Gill is
now on the improvement committee.
The ex-senator stood between the
handles of a big plow on Madison
street yesterday, and worked manfully
in his usual dignifed way.
Imitation butter, known as butter
inc by those who sell it and as oleo-
margarine by those who don't, is about
to be taxed ten cents per pound by
the internal revenue officials; that is,
provided a bill now before congress to
levy the tax passes and becomes a law.
Several dozen Memphians are atthe
Nashville centennial. Among Others
not previously noted are, M. p. Jar
nagin, R. D. Frayser, Luke E. Wright,
V. Patrick, VIM. Forrest, Henry
White, Page Patterson, P. Tracy,
John johnson.
Indictments are to be prepared by
Turner, through an
order from the criminal court, against
the water company, and whether or
not the water it distributes is a NUS
lnce, will doubtless be shown at the
trial Of the case.
An injunction has been granted by
Judge Pierce, in the circuit court.
stopping the sale of $4,000 worth of
Planters insurance stock, attached as
the property Of G.. H. Judah, and
claimed by the Manhattan bank as
been hypothecated to that in
Jtitution.
Three ofthe most beautiful and at
5%ractive young ladies visiting Nash
nile this week, are the Misses Lide /
md Sue Ligon, Of Mason, and Miss
Lula Glover, of Bartlett, A returned
hemphian reports that they are re-
much attention, and having "a
'eal nice time" They deserve it.
Rev. DR.. j. W. Hoyt, of Nashville,
Irrived in the city this morning, and
will be the guest of Rev. Eugene
for some days. He is widely
Known as n of the most earnest, fer
nd and powerful pulpit orators of the
outh. The announcement that he is
Q preach usually ielis a house wher-
yer he goes. He will hold a series
# meetings at the First Presbyterian
hurch beginning tonight.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
THE CITY.
wednesday Evening, Aprn IS, 1850
LEDGER N

Brown & Jones, coal, Office 282
Main street.
You can get your horse boarded at
Park stables, cheap.
New maple syrup and sugar received
by Lyle & Shields.
PUBLIC LEDGER job printingofice
and book bindery, 10 Madison.
Knights of Pythias meet tonight to
receive Grand Chancellor L. S. Nal.
lory.
Blank books of all kinds made at
the LEDGER Office book. bindery. 19
Madison street.
Tomorrow is exhibition dav with
the pupils Of Miss Carl and they have
some pretty pictures to show.
Business men will find it to their
interest to have all their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER office.
The u rose behind a cloud this
morning and the winds are shifting Ia
the southeast, a quarter from which il
generally brings rain.
The LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, 10 Madison, exc.
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house. :
A hne amateur concert is to be Civ.
en- to-nishtat the Casino club hall By
Professor Schulze and his talented
lady and gentlemen friends.
Strawberries are yet a little too
steep in price for poor folks. A few
days Of warm sunshine will cbeaner
as well as ripen this delicious fruit.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
PURE ICE CREAM,
At STAFFER's, 22O Main St.32-
Tornado Disasters.

News of the destruction of life anG
property, by tornadoes, which have
swept through various parts of the
country continue to come in and give
distressing accounts of the situation
in many localities. The worst dam.
age appears to have occurred in dis,
tricts remote from telegraphic lines
and Notwithstanding points, and
many have doubtless suffered, who
will never be heard of by the world al
large.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
MeteOrOIOgicaI.

The temperature this morning early
was down to 81 degrees, with a fresh
northeast breeze of six miles an
hour. 1t rained nearly a quarterof an
inch during last night at New Orleans.
and the temperature at sunrise this
morning at that place marked Y.
These facts are culled from this morn.
ing's signal service kilograms, and the
same authoritysay that the barometer
will fall this afternoon, and the area Of
lowest pressure will be west Of the
Mississippi river. 1t may work up a
few rain showers for this locality.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
q. 3. npnS

Wholesale GrOeers, 8i2 Front.
Just received-A shipment OF
the celebrated Blue Lick Water,
Gresn d ClarI1e's Missouri Cider.
Scotch Ale and Porter, Canned
Goods, Liquors. Cigars d TObacc6
*
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28

Letter heads, envelopes, bill heads,
bills Of lading, and all kinds of com
mercial printing done as well and
cheap at the LEDGER office as any
where in the United States. Mer-
chants would save money by calling
at LEDGER Office before giving their
orders to drummers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
FINE SHOES--LATEST STYLES,
Best Make.--LOwest Prices.
JOHN NJ. HILL a. CO.,
Corner Main and Monroe.
Felix Jones' Livery, Boarding and
Sale GfahIpa.

Nos. 229, 23l and 233 Third street,
near corner Of Jefferson. A good line
OF Livery always on hand. Horses for
SALE Boarding horses a specially, BOT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
New Seasides and all the latest pa.
pers at postofice news depot.
CHAs. DICKENS & Co.,
285 Second street.

Thirty three years have passed since
the introduction of DR.. Bulls cough
syrup, and it still stands unrivaled.
Price only Is cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28

PEABODY billiard HALL,
SID COOK, Proprietor.
The most elegant resort EOr
lovers of the game. GOT
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
los. GCHITTZ

JOS. SCHLTTZ BOOK BEER
and Bavarian Beer,
at Hermann CARO's saloon,
81 N. Court Street. 81
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
AWNINGS AND MATTRESSES.
At II. BUTTENBERG,S,
23I Second Street. y

StetsOn's best Hats, Mt 50, at COhsn's.
next "a, ="
$3.50 So
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
How History RecaJIs fine Past

Some twenty-five years ago all England
waa convulsed by the discovery made that
Sir james Grahame, the then postmaster
general, had taken the liberty of opening
mails addressed TO private citizens. II
resulted in his removal in disgrace. This
recalls the wise decision recently made by
Hon. ID. M. Key, the postmaster-generaI
who has ordered that letters to NJ. A.
Dauphin, New Orleans, La, or at No. 3l9
Broadway, NewYork City, relative to the
Louisiana State Lottery Company. be
forwarded without interference, being con-
WINGED of it being honestly conducted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28

The ventilating Hat, at COhen's.
5Q
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
FOR RENT,

TOR RENT-Third floor over SternberR 4
IL Lees, corner Main and Monroe, formerly
used by Mr.. Merritt as a studio, Apply to w
l.. Radford. S5 Main. AZ N
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28

passed in soil, climate and beauty.
AT Houston | learned that arrange
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-04-28
OUR CHEAP COLUMN

A Lii advertisement under the head of For
"A Rent, Foo sale, Wanted, Lost, Strayed.
Stolen, ETC., will be hereafter charged S cents
Per line Tor eacn insertion, and Is cents per
line for one week. -5t
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-17
A Warning to the Good People
of the United States.

The New York Sun thus warns the
good people of the United States-or
rather those of Northern climate
against the Kuklux lies which the
Radicals are manufacturing by the
wholesale against the Southern people :
About these times look out for ku-
Klux outrages in the South. They are
manufactured to order for every cam
paign. From publication in the Tri-
bune on Monday we judge that the
old outrage mill is about ready to start
again. A Washington dispatch is
1.-THE KU-KLUX ACTIVE.
.STerrorisnl in the South-Citizens Beaten and
Shot at-A New Chapter" DC.
Then follows a long narrative Of out
RACES in some blank county and blank
State, committed upon various blank
individuals, which have taken place at
blank times. The inference is that the
Tribune correspondent has obtained an
early copy Of a blank form about to be
issued from the outrage mill and dis
tributed among its INSCRIPTIONS agents
in the South, to be filled up to order
and duly forwarded for Northern con
sumption. The common sense OF the
country revolts at such attempts te
impose on popular credullty.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-17
Supreme Court.

The Court have been engaged all the
week examining records, hearing argu-
ments, etc, and reading opinions.
Opinions in only two cases were read
last week, fifteen on Monday, six on
Tuesday, twelve ON Wednesday,, six
on Thursday, and six on Friday-which
disposed of all the cases before them
at this term.
The members of the new Supreme
bench are fine looking body of men.
They are all neither too young nor too
old, but are in that period Of life most
suitable for the position they occupy.
They have not shown that eagerness
and haste to get through with their
work and leave, which characterized
some of their predecessors; and with
out any loss of that dignity which be-
comes the members of the highest judi
cial tribunal in the State, they have
mingled with the citizens as much as
their duties and time would allow. As
individuals they have made favorable
impression in our community and at
the same time they have administered
the law without fear or favor. Court
adjourns to-day, and there will be a
vacation till October when term will
be held at Shreveport.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-17
Parish of St. Landry.

The editor of the New Orleans Country
Visitor, who has lately been on an ex-
tensive tour throughout the Attakapas
and Opelousas country, writes up the
following short, but truthful and graphic
account of of the parish of St. Landry :
"This beautiful parish, in population
next to Orleans, contains about 1850, 900
acres of land, three-fourths of which
are capable of cultivation, although not
more than 100000 acres are believed to
be under fence. Embracing four differ
ent classes of land, respectively known
as the bluff plateau, the hilly uplands,
the rolling prairie and the alluvial bot
toms, it possesses a great variety Of soil,
which adapts it in the different sections
to the successful cultivation OF all the
great staples, cotton, sugar, rice and
tobacco; to the cereals, wheat, oats,
barley, and rye, as also to corn, potatoes
both sweet and Irish, peas, and vegeta-
bles, and the finer fruits, oranges,
peaches, nectarines, pIums, pears, figs,
grapes, strawberries. ETC.; to say MOTH
ing Of the fine pastures for horses and
mules, cattle and sheep and the splen-
did mast for hogs. The parish is also
literally supplied with timber Of every
variety needed for building, or fencing
or the manufacture of furniture, which
is said to be Of the best quality"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-17
Another Prominent Recruit.

A letter received at Shreveport from
the Hon. George Williamson, hitherto a
prominent Republican Of this State, and
ex. United States Minister to Central
America, and who was recently nomi-
mated as the Republican Candidate for
Congress in the Fourth Louisiana Dis
trict, says:
81 have made up my mind to decline
the Republican nomination for Congress,
to support Hancock, and to sever for
ever, hope, my connection with the
Republican party. My reasons for
doing so ma y be made public when |
return home. The principal one is that
| believe Hancock, better than any man
except Grant, can bring about real
construction. He represents the mag
nanimity and honor of the military. and
civil element of the North that wishes
bygones to be bygcnes and really longs
for peace add good will among the sec
tions. Garfield, on the contrary, repre-
sents the political elements of the North
that live upon the past and glories in
Northern Sectionalism while it denoun-
ces yet fosters and lives upon Southern
sectiOnalism
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-17

FIRST BALE OF New CoTToN.-The
first bale of new cotton was received at
Houston (Texas) on the 18th inst. 1t
was shipped from Mayersville, Dewitt
county, and was raised by lady, Mrs.
Hausman. She will receive the prem
ium of $3.50 offered by the Cotton Ex-
change for the first bale. This is the
earliest cotton we ever heard of.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-17

The way things are going we wouldn't
be surprised to hear of Garfield euloglz-
ing Hancock. He is about the only man
Of prominence that hasn't done so.
Light in, Jim.-[N. 0. Times.
Gen. Hancock, we are sure, would
spurn praise from that quarter. No de-
cent man would countenanee praise
from convicted rogue.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-17

A big row among the colored people
at fish fry given at Crew Lake, IA
miles east of Monroe, resulted in the
shooting of three men, one of whom
was a white one, q policeman from
Monroe, who was fatally wounded.
The perpetrators have all been arrested
and iailed
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-17

To BE HUNG.-Acting Governor Nc
Emery has signed the death warrant of
a colored man named Green Red, alias
Green Redding, who has been convicted
and sentenced to death by the 5th
District Court Of Ouachita, for the
murder Of his wife. The execution will
take place at Monroe on Friday, the 1st
Of October.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-17

At present, the outlook in every di-
rection is most reassuring. Within a
week, the road to Houston will be com
pleted. The work on the line from
Opelousas to Alexandria will be pressed
with ample capital and untiring energy.
The railroad from Monroe to Shreve-
port will be speedily built. The grow
ing crops are all that can be wished
The health of New Orleans is unusually
good, and is steadily improving. Now
is the time for the merchants of New
Orleans to show energy and intelli-
gence. They must discard old methods
when they cease to fulfill the require
ments Of the age.-[N. O. Times.
Precisely so. The business men OF
New Orleans must take the initiative
for those in the country towns persist
entity refuse to do anything at all
either for themselves or their respective
sections. New Orleans must do it all.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-17

The citizens of Opelousas have voted
unanimously to appropriate $4,000 to
purchase the right of way and depot
ground for the railroad. This is an
evidence of their high appreciation of
the railroad, and exhibits a proper
spirit Of liberality.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-17

We are having too much rain. Every
day we have shower or two. The
cotton crop is suffering terribly. With
fine, dry weather for the next ten or
fifteen days we will have good crops,
otherwise our prospects for a remunera-
tive yield will be gloomy indeed.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-17

A grand Hancock and English torch
light procession and ratification meet
ing, will come off in our sister town of
Washington tonight.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-17

The Washingtonians expect to have
the railroad completed and cars running
to their town, by October 18th.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-17

A certain man got mad at the editor
and stopped his paper. The next week
he sold all his corn at four cents below
the market price; then his property
was sold for taxes because he didn't
read the sheriff's sales; he lost $40
betting on Mollie Mccarthy ten days
after fen Brock had won the race; he
was arrested and fined So for going
hunting on Sunday, simply because he
didn't know it was Sunday; and he
paid $500 for lot Of forged notes that
had been advertised two weeks, and
the public cautioned not to negotiate
them. He then paid a big lrishman,
with foot like "a derrick, to kick him
all the way to the newspaper Office
where he paid four years subscription
in advance, and made the editor sign
an agreement to knock him down and
rob him if he ever ordered his paper
| stopped again.