Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-05
A WOMAM's MIsHAP
As Related in a Solo by President
Hadden This Morning A
Stirring Appeal to His
Ckums.
The Uusal humber Of Drunks
and Other Minor O1enses
Disposed OF.

There was an old dame from the country,
Who came into town TO do shopping;
She tripped along joyfnlly, awfully gaR
II she tr0d on the coat Of an orange;
She came down 50 hard that she coushed up
lung,
Also threw out her gold. plated store teeth;
But she smiled q great smileJas she blandly
Did ye see hOW quite too too fetched up"
Sang His Honor, Judge David Park Had
den this am, to Hedrick's trombone ac-
compartment, while the gang in the pen
followed the brilliant air with a pedalistic
movement that spoke volumes for the
hitherto undisturbed mass Of dust and
coekroaches After the last echo Of ap-
plause had disappeared around the cor
ner, the fun for the prisoners began.
Andrew Hunt is notorious young
colored vagabond, and yesterday he and
a companion named Lem Landlord were
arrested for maliciously chasing cows in
Fort Pickering Hunt was fined $40 and
Landlord IS. Officer Dallas Lee made
the arrest, After being taken down stairs
Hunt penned the following memorial 10
his colleagues inFort Pickering in which
he appeals TO their loyalty TO get him out
Of the hole into which Judge Hadden
thrust him. Following is the great docu-
ment:
boys Of the Fort;
l, Banjo, ask you all please make up
money 70 get me out. My fine is $40.
Yockle Houston please lone me % cts.
Tell Ed COger to sent me % cts, tell Lee
Calwell please lone me % cts. Scot please
lone me % cts Mr. Jackson lone me 70 cts
Cousin Mike help the Boys max up to git
me out. Cousin Mike come up Sunday.
lSignedl BANJO Monk.
Dallas swore a lie in court"
A well known young man around town
got outside Of so much bug juice yetter-
day that he harbOred the hallucination
that he owned the town. Officer Faver
did not agree with him, and run the gen
tleman in. The case will be ventilated to-
morrow in open court.
Rose Recter, colored disordelly; 81
Lon Young, oolored, racket on Causey
street, $40 or the rock pile.
Joe Johnston, black man, ditto heart,
beat wife, bit her lip and tried to chew
her left ear off; $50 and State.
Annie Mccullough, w. A. Keeper
and John Keeper, stealing ride on rail
road car; 80 each for the ride.
John Anderson and Craig Ralsuts as
sault and battery, $40 each for the salt
and batter.
Gabe Newman, nuisance, 81.
Robert Taylor used his wife for sand
bag-i5 for not belonging to a gymna-
stun.
Ed Kerner committed nuisance-$2.
Harrison Alexander used abusive Ian
guage TO peelers-f5 for the conversa-
ton.
Daniel Donohoe, drunk and trespassing
SO and costs.
John Martin and Dominick McPar-
fridge. full cargo of John Barleycorn-
& each for the freight.
George Tucker, somewhat inebriated-
50 for the inebriation. r.T
ID. b. Wheeler, colored, drunk and
prowling around, late resident Of New
Jersey, promised to 60 back 10 New Jer-
soy, regarded by the court as worse than
500 fine. Bad news for jersey. Jersey
papers please copy.
Warner Knoll, drunk and tresspassing,
click youth, told pitisble story-dis.
charged.
William Mahoney, jockey, charged
with punching a Benjamin, no case. Dis
charged.
Henry Lewis, charged with stealing a
stove, not hot, case so badly mixed that
the court discharged prisoner in order to
avoid headache