From the Mayor's Report: Fines issued in 1886

As reported in The Chattanooga Commercial, Jan. 4th 1887

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  • Drunk on street 458
  • Drunk and disorderly 207
  • Minor visiting saloon 31
  • Loitering about saloon 9
  • Driving beer wagon on Sunday 4
  • Selling liquor to minor 2
  • Women visiting saloons 2
  • Allowing minors to visit saloon 2
  • Visiting houses of ill-fame 173
  • Inmate houses of ill-fame 125
  • Lewdness 101
  • Keeping houses of ill-fame 53
  • Street walking 28
  • Walking street with prostitutes 16
  • Prowling 199
  • Obstructing sidewalk 15
  • Obstructing street 9
  • Asleep on street 5
  • Driving on sidewalk 2
  • Gaming 94
  • Assault and battery 87
  • Disorderly conduct 63
  • Carrying concealed weapons 37
  • Doing business on Sunday 35
  • Interfering with officer 16
  • Maintaining nuisance 14
  • Leaving team unhitched 13
  • Resisting officer 12
  • Doing business without license 9
  • Vagrancy 9
  • Playing ball on street 8
  • Cruelty to animals 7
  • Profanity 6
  • Contempt of court 5
  • Keeping gaming house 5
  • Carrying loaded cane 4
  • Indecent exposure 4
  • Hitching horse to lamp post 3
  • Obstructing street crossing with railroad car 3
  • Encouraging and aiding gambling 2
  • Disturbing public worship 2
  • Defacing public property 2
  • Peddling without license 2
  • Firework- in city limits 2
  • Leaving dangerous excavations open 1
  • Slaughtering within city limits 1
  • Creating nuisance 1
  • Keeping hogs within city limits 1
  • Cruelty to children 1
  • Keeping vicious dog 1
  • Drumming ordinance 1
  • Failure by junk dealer to keep record 1
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