Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-08-24
william wheeler and John Crews.

They picked up a hammer which they
knew was not their own, and sold it
at a second hand store.
The poll tax collectors have been
thinned out and many a gap is left in
the ranks once filed by enthusiastic
DINNERS. They have returned to the
rear with bloody noses.
Advertisers for our September issue
will oblige us and gain an advantage
for themselves by handing in their
favors early, in order that they may be
properly classified and displayed.
To-day week the drawing of the
Commonwealth Lottery, of LOuisville,
will take place. The capital prize of
$4,000 is worth risking 81 to secure.
Get a ticket at the usual place.
Louis Fitzpatrick, colored, in jail
charged with carrying concealed
weapons, will be brought before Judge
Horrigan on the 9th inst. on a writ
of habeas corpus.
The sixth anniversary Of Master
Walter Davis, son of Chief W. @.
Davis, was celebrated yesterday, when
a delightful little party was given him
and his young companions.
The water works middle looks no
clearer. While the Governor has
denied the Attorney Generals desire
to bring suit the company is said to be
putting in a lot of new machinery.
Memphis milkmen have been heard
to grumble considerably about thelow
stage of water, and fears are enter
tanned among milk consumers that
they will raise the price of the tactical
fluid.
A few more old bones were dug up
by the sewer excavators yesterday, but,
Notwithstanding the most strenuous
efforts of a 'Squire's deputy to put
them in some sort of tangible shape,
no inquest was held.
A called meeting Of the School
Board will be held tomorrow night
for the purpose of electing a Secretary
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
Of Major NJ. Mcclure. There are
half a dozen candidates for the place
aud a rich time anticipated.
The Firemen's Library has been en-
riched by several new volumes. N.
Williams & Co. subscribed Getting
on in the world" and Guido sub
scribed the lives Of Washington and
franklin and several volumes Of
Macaulay's essays and poems.
Henry Winborn, IN old decrepid
man, was arrested yesterdayfor shoot
ing his SON. in law, VIM. Lunsford, who
was drunk at the time and assaulted
him. The wound was a slight one.
The gun was loaded with bird shot,
part of which passed through Luns-
ford's right ear.
A small boy who plays only one
tune, entertains a certain neighbor-
hood in South Memphis enthusiast
tically and untiringly until late at
night. An internal machine is being
manufactured in shape of a French
harp, and will be presented to him at
an early day.
Getting down to bed rock is a good
way for the landlord Of this shanty to
put it when speaking of prices" said
a visitor at a would-be stylish board
inghouse, as he bathed himself in lin
iment after arising this morning; 'but
getting down to rock bed is altogether
a different thing"
Ed Nowag, who was very funny
yesterday and roundly abused Captain
Hackett, when that officer attempted
to arrest him, was fined twenty five
dollars to day by Esquire Quigley,
who moralized in the words Of old
Won Tassel, you should not make
der monkey shines cut up"
DR.. Porter contracted a habit while
President, Of bringing in a beautiful
bouquet Of rare flowers from his resi-
dence to the Police Court, which was
the first PLACE he visited in the morn
ing. He still clings to his old custom,
though the exotics now adorn the
desk Of his business Office, instead Of
the Police Court.
A miniature internal machine was
placed by some pseudo Russian or
Nihilist on the Main street car track
near Adams last night, and went of
under a car with a terrific explosion,
badly soaring the passengers but pro
ducing no mangled remains. 1t was
made Of a heavy tin box filled with
explosives, into which projected a
sharp screw.
The Banner Of yesterday say that
Michael Neelis, Of Memphis, fled a