Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-12

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action with reference to the death Of
General W. Y. O. Humes.
The rainfall in the following cities
Of Tennessee during the week ending
September 7th was: Chattanooga,
H-l00th Of an inch; Memphis, 9-10th
y an inchi Nashville, 52.lOOth Of an
inch.
Thirty-six pure mahogany boards 26
inches wide and IL feet OF more long.
fresh from the forests Of Mexico, are
cling smoothed and polished on the
counters of Menken's new mammoth
store.
The quarantine at Presidents
Island will quit for the season on Sat-
urday next, and we will have no more
of the high cut shines Of the Sanitary
Association Of the Mississippi Valley
until next summer.
Ernest Seute, a Union avenue shoe
maker, was lound dead in his bed
yesterday. A duplicate inquest was
held on the remains by Esquires Gal
owsy and Spelman neither OF whom
was aware OF his colleagues action.
-Four accounts Of the fray between
G neral Turnerand ex Assistant Gen.
eral Cassells appeared in print yester-
day, and they varied as widely as do
the four winds, when the winds are on
a spree and having a high old time.
The gentlemen connected with the
Register of Deeds office have so little
to do these days that they can't find
enough exercise TO keep them warm.
Consequently they built a coal Ere in
their grste to-day, The first of the
season.
Judge Hadden is working indefati
gably for the Rayburn avenue i'm
provement scheme, 1t is probable a
successful consummation will be ar
rived at. He would get on faster but
tor having to stop now and then to lei
his colt feed.
judge Greer held a sort Of informal
reception in the ante>room OF the
Criminal Court. His staff Of assist.
anus are all looking fresh and hearty
with an amount Of muscle suficienI
to cope with any number OF Shelby
county criminals.
A police court barrister was heard
complaining this morning that the
court secured all the money defen.
dants hsd, leaving nothing for counsel
lie regretted the good old days wher
lawyers we're afforded an opportunity
OF getting a share OF at least half
mans pile.
A large number Of merchants ar,
in the city buying goods for theil
autumn and winter traffic. A gooC
many 60 by here TO other points fur,
Their north, and some say it is because
we have no amusements to regale oul
visitors with. They cannot afford L
wait for the circus.
The death of James Q. Rogers, thu
we'll known job printer, is announced
it having occurred at half past fouI
o'clock this morning. Mr.. Rogers
has been in feeble and gradually de,
Ginning health for some time past, anC
his demise was not unexpected b.
many familiar with his condition.
The quarrelsome coutingents on thu
morning journals, who always get thu
worst oil it when led into action, are
now anxious to shift the bell1geran.
part OF their work upon the good after
noon news disseminators. They can'l
do it, however. They may keep theii
fights and fuses in their own family
A considerable number of peopl,
hereabouts are greatly interested il
the missing st. Louis girl, Mar
Churchill. 1t is now reported tina
she has been found in bad compan,
opposite FL Paso, Texas. over tht
Mexican border. The indications ar.
that IT Mary is even found it will MOI
be in first class society.
John Tighe, sometimes called III.
2 rofessor, aud his son, ran away iron
Esquire Galloway's Office yesterday.
mule under arrest by Cruelty Inspec
tor Lane going with them. The Office
had the p~artieslup for abusing a badll
ehafed animal. There was a fight owe.
it. and charges aud counter charge
resulted. The Tighes will be caught
u Hess they emigrate.
Mr.. James Martin. af this CITY
yesterday received q telegram iron
ViGksburg conveying the sad inlorma
ton Of the death Of his sister, Mis-
Mary Martin. The deceased has bee
a resident Of Vicksburg for thirt
years, and by her energy and industr
accumulated a handsome fortune. Sh
was quite we'll known in Memphi.
where her death will occasion dee
sorrow. as Miss Martin was the DOS
SCISSOR Of many sterling qualities.
Stiti,tician Dodge, Of the Agricul
tural Bureau, thinks the cotton GRO
of this year will be about six millio
bales. A good many here put it a
low as five and a half millions. TIL
wisest guesSerS are eften at fault, an
the result cannot be known until wei
after midwintcr. Anywhere petweel
five and a half and six and a half mil
lions will do at present, for the guess
ing throng. Even the most Known.
ones are apt to miss it about a million
The driver Of car 81, who oarelessl
clpsized Mr.. Levy, the we'll know
trunk dealer, a day or two ago, wa
promptly discharged from the car ser
vice by Superintendent Semmes. Tn
superintendent and other officers o
the company continue to exert them
selves in the work of improving thei
lines, Of rendering them popular will
patrons, and Of giving every possibl,
facility TO them which the e~xigenciel
Of the service warrant.
The price Of Toe has been advanced
to 65c per cwt from 40,
to large consumers, but re
mains unchanged to families. Har.
mony rules among the ice factory mer
1t 1t don't among cotton seed oil anC
newspaper people. The two factories
here turn out about 30 tons daily, anC
it is all consumed even in this coo.
autumn temperature. The ice mer
will not roll in wealth the ensuinl
winter out Of the profits realized il
their traffic during the past summer
season.
The 6rstroadway to be macadam ICED