Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-07-25
LOCALS In BRIEF.
Union street Is being graded.

Horse thieving is unpleasantly preva-
lent in the vicinity of Cuba, in this
county. n
1t is said that Brevet Colonel Il. +.
Townsend, u. S. infantry, will command
tho troops to be sent here.
Mr.. S. A. Parrish has been acquitted
Of the charge of larceny by the Criminal
Court The evidence was circumstantial.
Quite a number of young gentlemen
and ladies left for Horn Lake this morn
ing, to attend the picnic and bran dance
given there to-day.
Those who desire to attend the barbe-
cue at Somerv;lle on Saturday can leave
by the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
ct either or 10 a. m. that day.
The trains leaving the Charleston depot
this forenoon for the "Old Folks" picnic
we're well filed, and we have no doubt
the occasion will prove as agreeable as
any anticipated.
Mr.. Z. f. Manning, book.keeper at,
Messrs. Briggs & Norton's, left for Mis-
sissippi few days ago, was suddenly
taken sick at a railway station, and died
in few hours. He was an estimable
young man, whose death will be mourned
by large circle of friends in the city.
Several of our business houses are
changing their bases of operations.
Messrs. Shepherd, Watkins Il Co. are
removing to the large storeroom over
Terry & Mitchell; Mr.. Horace Stone
over Joyner, Lennon & Gale, and East
land & Stanley will soon remove to the
storeroom at No. 32l Main street, just
vacated by these parties.
Division No, 60, Sons of Temperance,
in this city, stands first among the divi-
sions of the State. tits presided over by
that intelligent and worthy young gentle
man, Mr.. Hugh Fox, and has three hun
dred members. The temperance cause
is making rapid progress in Memphis,
and has always accomplished much good.
Hundreds of dissipated young and old
men have, through the agency of the
societies, been reclaimed and made use
full members of society.
Colonel Beaumont has issued strin-
gent.order forbidding the sale Of liquor
on election day, and another prohibiting
the carrying of concealed weapons. On
election day, upon the receipt of infor-
nation that any person is in possession
of concealed weapons, the offender will
be promptly arrested and confined in the
stationhouse, where he will spend the day,
in default of one hundred dollars forfeit.
Persons from the country desiring to vote
in the city are requested to deposit their
arms at the statienhouses, where they
will be kept until the owners have voted
and are ready to return home, when they
will be promptly returned.
A FINE DRUG ESTABLISHMENT.
Among the many fine drug stores in the
city there a-o none more deserving of
patronage than that OF our friends
Messrs. j. W. Falls & Co., 35l Main
street. They keep on hand an ample
stock of fresh, pure drugs, which are e1-
actly what they are recommended to be.
Especial attention is paid by Falls 4 Co.
to the prescription department, which is
in the hands of experienced and
thoroughly competent clerks. Parties
having prescriptions to fill would do well
to remember 35l, az they will certainly
have all orders filed to their satisfac-
ton. The stock of perfumeries and
toilet articles at this establishment is
large, and was selected with much care.
GENTLEMEN, look at those cheap white
shirts, undershirts and drawers, socks,
etc, at M. Kraus & Co. s, No. 2l3 Main
street, all of which must be closed out in
the next ten days. !
From the Jackson (Miss.) ClariOn.l
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alarming diseases, particularly at this
season of the year, cholera and diarrhea.
We regard the Mississippi Diarrhea Cor
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