Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-07-13

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has been exempted from taxation By
the County Magistrates.
On the LIST Of the present month
the county had s407, 1892 in assets,
and It's liabilities were s229 ,s94,sO less
than that.
The New Orleans base ball club
known as the Remy Clarkes are to
play the Wetter Nine at Olympic
Park tomorrow.
The Memphis Degree Lodge,
l. o. 0. f., will meet tonight; also
Diamond Lodge, K. of H., and Penn
Royal Chapter, R. A. M.
The growl purporting to have come
from north Of Hatchie in the local
political issue, it is claimed, does not
express the sentiments of the people.
Persons leaving the city for the
summer can order the DAILY LEDGER
at 80 cents per month in advance, with
the privilege Of changing postofice.
A light northwest wind, and tenn
perature ZOE at sunrise this morning
made the situation most delightful,
and it is evidently too nice to last
long.
The custom duties on cotton ties was
a subject discussed to-day by the
Cotton Exchange, and efforts are at
work to have the burdensome laws re-
psaled.
The eight year old son OF John X.
and Nancy J. Taylor, and Louis
Lucarini, aged fourteen years, died
yesterday. The funeral of the latter
occurs this afternoon.
Mr.. Joseph Theirs has been reap.
pointed Election Clerk in place of 7.
j. 0'Neil. He was displaced for the
latter, and O'Neil now gives way to
have him back again.
Numerous patriotic politicians,
anxious to sacrifice themselves in
the thankless task of holding Office,
are very much afraid obstacles will be
put in their way to prevent them do
ing SO.
A railway excursion left this fore
noon for the Hatchie river crossing to
witness the driving Of the last spike
in the Chesapeake & Ohio railway.
We are to have through trains from
here to Chesapeake Bay next week.
There is reputed to be hitch in
the street railway stock sale, and ru-
NOR has it that Mr.. Fargason with
drew from the pool arranged by the
Barrett party; also that Mr.. L. Han
auer has since taken the place vacated
by Mr.. Fargason.
The oficeholder's path is not always
one strewn with roses, judging from
the way "a pilot" reviews Steamboat
Inspector Garrett in one Of the morn
ing papers. The article is full Of
tracks very much resembling those Of
a rival for the Inspectors place.
New FIRE engine No. l practiced
yesterday afternoon at the corner Of
Main and Madison streets, throwing
stream toward the postofice and an
other toward the customhouse all at
once. That with the wind went 258 |
feet, and both were perfectly satisfac-
tory.
A decision in the Ohancery Court |
yesterday relieves the present Water
Company for responsibility for several
hundred thousand dollars due by the
old water company. The property of
the company seized to satisfy judg. |
ment in the Circuit Court is declared |
not liable, therefore it will not be sold. |
The Poplar boulevard toll gate, near |
the city line, is source of worry to |
the people and is before the courts, the |
company owning it being cited to
show why it should not be declared
nuisance. 1t is claimed that it occu.
pies position contrary to law, and
that it should be moved mile out
from the corporation line.
Shelby county las in warrants out
standing, s24,572 90; in judgments,
Sl4AO.94, and bills payable S82567O.
The unpaid Memphis & Raleigh rail
road bonds, with interest, sum up
SCI $50; the Memphis & Ohio railroad
bonds and coupons, S72,3l6 50, and
Mississippi River railroad bonds and
coupons SS5,7OO. The latter have been
declared invalid by the courts.
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