Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-21
LOCALS In BRIEF.

The new Jail will be finished in No
vember.
= The Common Law Court will con-
vene next Monday
- The next regular meeting of the
Board of Health will be held on the FIRST
Monday in September.
In Helena, Ark, few days ago,
Henry Clay (colored) killed Jefferson
Ellis (colored). Clay gave himself up
to the authorities.
Twenty-feur cases were disposed of
in Police Court this morning, and sew
enty-one dollars collected-a good morn
ing work for the season.
The registration in Coahoma county,
Miss, shows Whites 2l7; blacks s26.
In Phillips county, Ark, the register
stands: whites 95l blacks 2654
The State Base Ball Convention will
assemble in this city on the llth prex.
Representatives will be here from al
portions of Brownow' dominions.
1t is understood that the street rail-
way will be permanently removed from
Jefferson street, where it has always been
an unsightly, Improbable nuisance.
Green Treadwell (colored) died sud
denly in Costens brickyard this morn
ing. The inquest held by Coroner
Cotton developed that his death was the
result of heart disease.
F. W. Merwin, Esq, of the Charles
ton (Miss) TdIIahatchian, favored us
with a call yesterday. He publishes an
excellent and popular paper, and one in
which it will pay our merchants to ad-
vertise.
During the year endisg July LIST, the
Metropolitan Police arrested eighteen
persons for murder, sixteen for bigamy
and thirteen for rape Arrests for muir
der are simply absurd, as the courts know
no such crime.
Mr.. Geo. Kellogg, yesterday, showed
US a sweet potato grown on his place,
two miles from the city, on the Herman
do road, which weighed twenty eight
ounces, was thirteen aud a half inches
in length and nine in circumference.
Some potato, that.
"A rattlesnake, FIVE and half feet
long, with thirteen rattles, was killed by
negro, near Somerville, Fayette
county, the other day. 1t had already
given the usual warning, and was pre-
pairing to spring, when the gentleman
from Africa settled its hash forever by a
few we'll directed blows With club.
A contemporary yesterday accused
Col. Beaumont of doing larceny. Itturns
out that the quadruped in question had
been stolen from The well known Captain
Frank Mahan; that he recognized the
missing canine in q saloon door, and
that Col Beaumont, who was present,
assisted in recovering the brute. AS
Col. Beaumontis not fond Of sausage,
we couldn't, for the life of us, imagine
why he should indulge in dog hookery
A few months ago the Chief of Police
was accused of concealing diamonds, but
the case fell to the ground. Now it's
dog, and the dog turns up all right. A
Thomas cat would be next in regular
succession from the sublime to the ride
ulous. Who will furnish feline for
another frst-class robbery
We find this in the AUalanchs
There have been recently some moon
light picnics in the vicinity of Memphis.
At one Of them, near the Trotting Park,
on Friday night, there were about forty |
couples present One at fernando was
largely attended, aud the accompanying
bran dance was kept up until the small
hours of morning. These night picnics
are not generally considered respectable. /
They give occasion TO suspicious and
scandal" The affairs at the Trotting |
Park are understood to be monopolized |
exclusively by the demi-mOnde and their
especial male admirers. Of the Her
nando bran dance we know nothing. |
During the last two months three moon
light picnics " have been given in the 1
vicinity Of Rayburn avenue. They were !
under the auspices Of gentlemen Of the /
first social position, and attended By the
elite Of the city and vicinity. Lest our
sweeping paragraph /
should be construed by some into a re-
Election on the latter (which, Of course,
was not iniended), We deem this expla-
nation necessary. Ths character Of these
pieAics, like entertainments generally,
depends solely upon that Of the parties
present J.