Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-12

heellort lake perch, red snappers
Lake Erie salmon, Mackinaw trout,
qusils, squirrels. celery, horseradish
red cabbage for picking, new Shaker
preserves, veal outlets. lamb and fresh
meals generally osn be found at Vic
tor ID. Fuchs market. 80 and Al JEFF
terson. All orders delivered
promptly.
After protrsoted struggle, the jury
IN the Elitfs case returned a verdict
this morning ss follows Sarah Elf
and ) A. Elf. not guilty; VIM, Elf,
assault 10 commit voluntary man
slaughter, punishment, one cent fine
and one hour Imprisonment in Jail. p.
II. Elift, assault, with recommends,
ton for $50 fne.
The Agricultural Bureau figures up
the cotton crop now entering market
at . 800, 600 bales, the corn crop at
1,625, OOO,0 600 bushels and the wheat
crop at 1900, 900 bushels. The cot.
ton crop estimates OF the bureau here
tofore have ranged from half TO one
million of bales out Of the way, but it
may be nearer The mark this time than
usual.
The 6rst open kettle sugar manutac>
tured this season in Louisiana, and
grown on the Gold Mine plantation,
was sold at New Orleans on yesterday,
Mr. ,McDermott being the purchaser.
A private telegram to a prominent
merchant here announces the event.
A barrel Of new sugar from st. Mary's
parish sold for "a per lbs some ten
days ago, but it was doubtless Of the
new process system of manufacture.
Two leading objects of interest and
of the progress Of the present age
which our visitors from distance can
be shown with becoming pride are our
grave yards snd our county Jail. There
are some other attractions here, but
none can equal those mentioned. A
complete history OF the city can be
read on the grave stones, and the
other place has a really handsome ex-
terror, however much one may ridicule
an inside inspection.
The loss Of property by FIRE in the
city during the last three months has
been upward Of three quarters of a
million of dollars. Usually the losses
have averaged from $3.50, 900 TO $780,
600 per annum, but this season it is
likely to sum up three or four times
more than the average. And the
property is gone, blotted out from the
tace of the earth as effectually and
completely as could possibly be done
BY LeMOynes cremation, or any other
process.
1t should not be forgotten by those
who are SO anxious to see the insur-
ance companies give toward increasing
the IRE department, that they have
already given more than any other
class OF property owners. The Bah
cock engine, with its soda and acid
etfei yesciDg attachments and known
as the D. p. Hadden, was almost en-
tirely paid for by funds raised among
the insurance companies. The city
built the fimsy old box on the bluff
called an engine house, but the insur>
ance companies bought the apparatus
A killer seldom misses himself get
ting killed. Though be may run for
years and slay man or two and be-
come a terror, aud though all peace
ably disposed people may dread a COM
bat with such a person. it falls 10 the
lot Of some individual finally to nerve
up aud to task himself with the Job
OF checking the desperado's career
They do not always die with their
boots on. but they nearly always do.
This applies especially TO the case OF
Walter Scott War;, vino was slain out
at Rossville a couple of days ago by
peaceably disposed Memphian named
Tate.
The meat market inclines down
again to-day. as clear rib sides fell &c
per cwt in Chicago this morning. The
general tendency rules in favor des-
pite the efforts of manipulating specus
lators. On the other hand cotton is
going up, and those who are on the
bull side are jubulant. A few who were
on the other side last season and never
saw a turn in the downward incline
throughout the wirter and early
spring now would doubtless like to
enjoy the present Jubilee. but burnt
child breads fire and several 6ho tried
to bull cotton last year are trying the
same thing in meat this year.