Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-03-28


greed, and policeman Gillon was called
in by them to interfere, He, like the
fox in the fable Of the two ROSTERS that
had called in that willy animal to settle
the quarrel between them, pounced upon
all the parties, who we're very noisy and
disorderly, and took them all to the sta
tion-house The man put up his forfeit
and left, but the girls commenced plead
ing and crying, sobbing and moaning,
yowing they could never live locked up
in prison. The timely arrival of the
mother with fifty dollars as their forfeit,
brought them much relief, and they left
satisfied, and with considerable awe
and fear of the dreaded law.
BoLp ATTEMPT AT RoBBERY "A very
bold attempt at robbery was nipred
in the bud early this morning by the
timely rising of the people in the house
where the robbery was intended. A fell
low named John Kelly, between two and
three o clock this morning, made re-
connoissance around the Navy Yard
House, and when he thought all was IA
vorable for his enterprise, he Invested
himself Of his boots and entered the
hall of the house, where there was
light burning This he extinguished,
and was about feeling his way into one
of the rooms when he was suddenly IN
terrupted in his expedition, and seized
by some Of the house people. Officer
Cosproye was soon on the spot, and took
Kelly in charge. He was lodged in the
Station house, and will probably undergo
an investigation to-day.
INA Ban CoYDiTIoN.-We were ont on
Poplar street yesterday afternoon and
saw wagon in very bad fix just this
side of the corporation line. There is II
mud puddle there that extends across the
entire street, and as the frog would have
it, is knee -deep-and-deeper. " Vehicles
going ont that way will find the road just
at that point to be equal if not worse,
than the one spoken of in the well-known
song of Jordan. The wagon we speak
of attempted to pass over and got mlred.
The driver was unloading in order to at
tempt the passage He was about making
the effort when we left Ii is to be hoped
he did not try it, If he did, we doubt If
he will ever be seen again, unless he
comes out al the other end somewhere in
the centre of the Celestial Empire Some
enterprising fellow could make a ferry
boat across the slush pay frstrate
MAIL AGENTS. We learn that the mail
agents on the Mississippi Central Rail
road. says the Oxford Falcon, have
abandoned the mails and left tie train,
saying that they receive no pay and they
are obliged to seek some other business
for support We hope the report is NOS
true, but we fear it is, as there has been
no route agent on the trains passing here
for some time, and our postmaster left on
the Northern train last Tuesday morn
ing, for the purpose of bringing down the
Northern mail. The mail agents GER
tainly should not abandon the mails
without giving sufficient and timely
notice to their superors OF their intention
to do so.
NoTICE TO PASSENGERS GoISG South
or CoRIETH They should leaye Mem
phis at 5:45 A. NJ, arriving at Corinth at
BIG P. NJ, and leave Corinth at 9 p NJ.
for the South BY this route passengers
have the advantage of route 63 miles
shorter than via any other route, and are
sure never to miss any connection. Fare
to Corinth, 81 70 The Memphis and
Charleston Railroad has trains leaving
daily, Sundays excepted For tickets
and further information apply at No. IL
West Court street. between Main and
Front streets, or at the Office oil the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad De
pot. ADoLPHE BERNARD,
marl9-lm III cket Agent
HOLLY SPRINGS IMPROVING. Extensive
preparations are making, says the Re
porter, to commence building Holly
Springs this summer, and it would not
surprise us if at least two-thirds of the
burnt district, around the square. was
not rebuilt with elegant two and three
story brick buildings before the first of
next November. We are a go-ahead |
people and although We are now OPP
pressed with debt and weighed down by
the misfortunes Of the recent conflict of
arms, yet the time is not far distant when
everything around us viii be again pros
porous
Why is 1T NOT DOVE 1T has been
quite long time since we have bad
bridge over Bayou Gayoso on Front |
street, leading to Chelsea. This was at
one time an important crossing, and |
many of our people feel the want of it |
very much We believe no house has
been built on this street in Chelsea for I
some distance from the bayou for some |
time. This, of course, is on account of
there being no business This was at
one time the principal thorougbfare lead
ing to our most important suburb, and |
the city AUTHORITY shnnlh hurry IN the