Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-25

was attached to Stone, Rosston q MUIR
rays circus until its last visit to this
place he was native OF St. Johns,
New Brunswick.
GREEELAw OPERA HOUSE," Notwith-
standing the inclemency of the weather"
as an old Memphis critic used to write,
there was fair house at the Greenlaw
Opera House last evening. Our Amer
lean Cousin being warmly received and
Jenny Lind greeted with shouts Of ap-
plause and laughter Tonight The
Daughter Of the Regiment, with Miss
Emile Melville as Josephine" will be
performed, concluding with The Noun
tain Ouflaw
PLAYING PoLICEMAN-An individual
who boards at house where Metropol-
itan also gets bis rations and sleep, last
night borrowed the policeman belt, PTS
tol and badge and started out on a
cruise-visiting several saloons, where
he obtained authoritative drinks. He
ran against a detective finally, who
marched him to the station-house. He
put in whiskey excuse, and was fred
twenty-five dollars this morning He
was Sarage.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS The annual
election for officers Of the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday, resulted as fol-
lows; President-T. A. Nelson. Vice
Presidents-H. Hainer, ]. S. Toof, Jas.
Elder, d. Fl. Townsend, J. d. Williams.
Treasurer-H. J. Lynn. Committee Of
Appeals-G. W. Goyer, B. Bayliss, Dan.
Able, John Johnston, W. B. Galbraitb,
W. C. Postal, NJ. E. Cochrane.
PREPARE IN TINE = The present
weather will stir people up in regard to
fixing themselves up in the boot and
shoe line, therefore it behooSes all dealers
to lay in their stocks Immediately by
proceeding to Terry & Mitchelps, 2O3
Main street. The members of this firm
are business men of first class reputa-
ton. They have an immense stock of
boots, shoes and hats. rr
CHoLERA.-0ne hundred and fifteen
new cases of cholera we're reported to
the Board of Health during the forty
eight hours ending at six o'clock last
evening There were sixty-four deaths
in the same period, nineteen white and
forty-four black At noon to-day two
cases and two deaths had been reported
to the Sanitary Police.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Jennie Craw-
ford, an inmate of Moll Fishers female
boarding house, corner of Second and
Beal streets, took heavy dose of NOR
phine yesterday with suicidal intentions.
A physician soon arrived and relieved
the unfortunate girl This is the second
attempt she has made upon her life.
GROCERY LINE.-Those in the grocery
business should make themselves masters
of the situation by proceeding to Ferree
& Andrew, wholesale grocers and com
mission merchants, go Front street, in
speeding the sock and leaving their
orders See their advert ement else
where.
RELEAsED.-T Allen family, colored
folks, residing on Poplar street, who
were arrested few days since for buy
ing lot of queensware, sugar, salt, etc,
that had been stolen from the Delmon-
leo, were examined before Esquire
Creighton yesterday, who discharged
them.
MONTHLY REPORT OF CHoLERA,-Mr.
]. s. Murphy, of the Sanitary Police in
forms us that during the month ending
September oath, seven hundred and
eighty-seven new cases of cholera were
reported. The deaths during the same
period being four hundred and seventy
three.
CHOLERA AAD How TO PREVENT 1T
Use Humphreys Homeopathic Cholera
Specifics. They are particularly valua-
BILE as preventives used morning and
night, and prompt in subduing the dar.
rhea or the fully developed cases Fam
lily and pocket cases containing full d.
rections, at IS 90 and 50 90 20
IT is midsummer madness to suppose
that any genuine transatlantic perfumes
are for sale in this country, and moral
insanity to purchase the wretched imita-
tons when Phalon's Night Blooming
Cereus," the rarest scent in Chrsten
dom, is sold everywhere at one dollar
per bottle.-BurliRgtOn Sentinel 20
NoTICE-Any one wishing to engage
in the drug trade now has an opportu-
nifty to purchase an interest in first
class drug store, on Main street Ad-
dress Druggist" lock-box 24l, Mem
phis. Rapidly declining health is the
cause Of sale.
MEMPHIS, Sept "a, 1866 %