Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-19
NINE O'CLOCK OBSERVATIONS,
The Cruel Manner in Which Police
Court Attendants Were Startled
This Morning,
And the Way Our Famous SUI
Preme Judge MADDEN Socked
it 20 the sinners.

Eyes, the watermelon season is
pretty nearly dead for this year, but
the r~ecOllections Of its Ease nations
will cling to me like a wart on a lean
mans nose. I've had to shake ouA a
dOublei reel 10 all my clothes in order
to provide accommodations for the
red and beautiful fruit. I'm so fond
Of the delicious berry that l keep all
the seeds to make tea Of ia the winter,
an | tell you it beats anything in the
drinking line you can get ahold Of, an
will remove decOlorations from a mans
smelling apparatus. If half those
attorneys around here would
use this kind of tea they
would not look like travelling light
houses" were the 8 o'clock observa
tons Of Judge David Park Haddsn
this morning, while he made an inven
tory Of the choice lot Of vAriegated
spiders which were lowering over the
throne of justice.
What's the matter with you fel.
lows, anyhow" suddenly shot out OF
the mouth Of the presiding Justice,
in such a fortissimo manner that every
member of the force was awakened
like one man. Yesterday l was
riding around town on my swaybacked
charger and | discovered a big hole in
the sidewalk on Shelby street, in front
Of the burnt district. The aforesaid
excavation was neatly hidden by q lot
Of iron columns. Now, | want
that iron removed and the side.
walk repaired. That's one Of my
hobbies, and I'm going to keep on agi-
tating the population right along, oven
if turn into a sidewalk myself" His
Honor paused, and happened to look
into the pen, where a big gang we're
awaiting trial. "Hedrick, swing this
court open, an don't lose any time
about it, The way things look now, 1
don't believe I'll be in time for the
lunch route"
W. H., Carter, colored, was charged
with yagrancy, which was in reality a
disguise for gambling. The defendant
was fined s25, which sum was subse-
queutly RENTED by representations
made to His Honor of the mans good
character.
William Strickland is an impious
youth who had the nerve to steal an
eight day clock from the Greenwood
church. The sacreligious lad was
bound over to the Criminal Court,
Rachel Long, the young colored
dame whose charms Occasioned the
late fight which resulted in the death
Of Jack Cannon, was fined $40.
Wyatt King, COlOred, got on a ram
page yesterday and chased a woman Of
his own complexion into the house OF
Mrs. Campbell, 81 Main street, where
he used abusive language and -four
ished a revolver. Mr.. King will have
an opportunity to repent at leisure
during the coming 200 days.
General" Watkins, a we'll known
hooking bird f%ancier, has been up be-
fore the court several times, and to.
day was required to explain why be
should not be considered a vagrant
He was not equal to the occasion, and
was plastered with a SIS fine.
Henry Clay, Charles Douglass and
James Ray were engaged in a passage
Of arms over E crap table. It was {
real enthusiastic fight, and it began tt
look as though a corpse would be sud,
denly shown up. when the peeler 20.
in and marched the combAtants to the
bastile. Judge Hadden assessed Mr.
Clay $40, Douglas $40 and Ray $50
with the remark that the only place t.
fight around this country was over OIL
the sand bar.
Clara Lewis was accused of drunk
enness and vagrancy. She claimed tC
be sick, but as she looked capable o
making a big dinner look sick she was
given the orthodox prescription of s.
and costs.
James B. Collins was found patrol
ing Beal street yesterday with al
American Bull Dog" FIVE shooter il
his possession. He claimed to be thu
victim Of a confidence game, and wa
cunning for the prOprietor of a certain
hand me-down store. In order to al,
low the prisoner to obtain w~itnesse
the Ease was continued.