Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-10

newspapers is Wnen they 90 something
mean. They stand it then without
murmur.
The negro ruf6an Andrew Tanner
who beat bis little child oveFthe heat
with bottle until it was almost killet
last Saturday evening, has been sen
to Jail, after being fined $50, which b,
was unable to pay.
Temperature 73' at six this morn
ing range yesterday 81 to So, anC
northwest breezes all through yester
day, last night and this morning. /
promises to warm up a little more
this evening and to morrow.
The Cumberland Telephone and
Telegraphio Company have beer
granted right of way along any public
road in Shelby county, SO as they
place no restrictions upon public
travel or interfere with private prop
erty.
The School Commissioners have
wound up their season and have
$7l9 81 cash on hand to begin with il
the fall. They also have a debt bur.
den of Sl5 600 to take care of. Any
public body without a debt to look
after would be unhappy.
The colored brakeman, VIM. Rich.
ardson, will have further hearing on
a writ of habeas corpus next Friday.
He is the person who has been pur-
sued with so relentless a spirit by
Parshal, of Tuscumbia, who some
years ago killed Conductor Oates at
CORTLAND.
The County Court was busy to day
rectitying assessments. Reductions
were generally firmly resisted by City
Attorney Heiskell, it being to the
interest Of the tax eaters Of the TaxS
ing District to have plenty OF taxes,
They all need them, and know how to
spend them.
There are 81 teachers in our city
schools, and their average salary is
1905 % per aunum. There are also
six supernumeraries. 1t is understood
that a halt dozen, more or less, of the
old teachers will be dropped, and
when the next scholastic session opens
ten new ones will be scattered through
the list.
The will of the late Mrs. Rocco
was probated yesterday. Her estate
was given in trust to MIR. 7. M.
Soruggs, who is to provide for Mr..
Rocco out of the revenue. At the
lstter's death, il the estate is not en-
numbered, the son and daughter of D.
Mariana, to whom the lady was aunt,
will receive the property.
A darby named John Hart narrow
ly missed killing officer Logan when
the latter was about to arrest him
Hart poked pistol in his face but the
officer grabbed it quick enough to save
himself. The scoundrel is bad one,
having whipped his wife until she was
unconscious and he wanted to kill an
officer to add to the other crime.
From two to three inches of rain
fell Sunday night about Tusoumbia
and up the Tennessee river valley,
while soaking showers also fell be
tween here aud Grenada. Miss. 1t
was dry all around US yesterday and
last night, and no rain was reported
anywhere between the Ohio and the
gulf coast, nor even away out inTexas.
A rascally little darby caught in the
act Of stealing fruit at the corner Of
Main and Beal streets was we'll thrash
ed by the owner of the fruit. The
boys folks did not like it, and had the
fruit man arrested. A trial of the
case resulted in the fruit vender get
ting of free, and he has license to
lay 1t CT heavy every time he catches
a boy thieying.
A question Of jurisdiction oyer the
case Of G. NJ. Byrd against Architect
Cook has been cited before the Cir
cult Court by Cooks attorney, ex-
Judge 7. w, Brown. The point in
volved is whether or not Justice
james Coleman can legally try . case
in the Fourteenth civil district, when
he was elected Justice in the Seventh
district, that is. when the parties in
litigation object.
The charges of cruelty against Miss
Towel were withdrawn sometime since
by the mother Of the pupil upon
which the castigation was afflicted
The question Of appointing new
teachers to fill vacancies will be con.
sidered pext Monday by the board
Among the rest Mr.. Albert M. Thorn
as, teacher in the SalaTans street
school, has resigned. and the vacancy
will doBbtleSs be filled at the time
named,
Since the river began to fall those
fearful food dispatches which so
alarmed the world at large, from Hell.
ena. Ark, have tanned down. 1t ap-
pears to have been only calm before
a storm, however. On yesterday two
OF the dispatch manufactures under
took TO shoot each other. One fred
three and the other topr tiEes. Both
still survive, and from appearances
they will be ready TO startle or terrify
all uniformed persons when the Mis-.
sissippi rises near the top Of its banks
next winter.
| The Nsshobah property, out near
geTwantown, formerly owned by the
historic Fanny Wright, and WHICH has
been in litigation for more than %
years. has had the tax since 1851 re.
mitsed. It's present owner, the daugh.
Ter Of the late Fannie Wright, France.
3. p. D'ArusmOnt, has niue cr zen
children. and she resides IN France
| ava hsr pegne sFe restricted. The
property has been wholly unprodlot,
I've during the long and expensive It'll.
cation aud those who occupied il have
deprecated its value by cutting Of
timber and paying nothing either n
rent Or taYes, From this time on The
taxes will doubtless be punotnalIv