Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-07-17
LOCALS In BRIEF.

Esquire Creighton was well enough to
be at his Office this morning. Is
A barbecue and bran dance will come
OF at Horn Lake depot on the 26th inst.
Mr.. A. Seessel, the dry goods mer-
chant, has departed for the East on bust
ness. fH
For Rent f" is on more stores and
dwellings at the present time than at
any previous period since Memphis has
been city.
The two negro soldiers who robbed and
murdered colored man named William
Fields have been committed for trial
After entering few unimportant de-
crees yesterday, the Chancsry Court ad-
journed for the term. Ig
Sixteen cases Of minor importance
were tried in the Police Court this morn
ing, $l49 assessed for fines and $4S col
lected. ~
The argument in the case of Billy
0'Hern will be concluded in the Grim
inal Court this evening, and the case
submitted 10 the jury.
Many of our citizens are leaving daily
by boat and rail to escape the vexations
of bad business, heat, dust and other Pc
culiarities of the Memphis summer.
Front street, from Washington to
jefferson, is well paved With stone. The
workmen are now paving the alleys in
the vicinity with stone. tttt
Mr.. Asa Hill the popular passenger
agent of the Memphis and Louisville
railroad, left the city last evening on a
flying trip to Little Rock.
Superintendent W. z. Mitchell has re-
moved from his old stand on Main street
to "a Jefferson, where he is opening out
his large and well assorted stock of
school and miscellaneous books.
A musical and tableaux entertainment,
to be gotten up for the benefit of the
widows and orphans, is on Dit for Tues
day evening next The Greeulaw Opera
House has been engaged for the occasion.
There was fair attendance at the
Tabernacle last evening, when Rev. Mr..
Brooke delivered an able lecture on the
Shenandoah Valley" in behalf Of the
Fanny Thurston Fund. III
The city pound keeper captured forty
three hogs and twenty-five goats yester-
day. They can be seen at the pound, at
the intersection of Beal street and the
Pigeon Roost road.
A grand vocal and instrumental con-
cert, for the benefit of the FreiEgrath
Fund, will take place at the German
Casino Hall, on Adams street, this eve
ming.
There win be meeting of the Of
fcers Of the Memphis Mechanical and
Agricultural Association at the Gayoso
House this. evening, at which the subject
of making ready for the great national
races, which commence on the first
Monday in November, will be discussed.
The cleaning of the streets and alleys
is let out by contract in Philadelphia,
and each street and alley iscleansed
every week. We should feel grateful if
the streets Of Memphis were cleaned
once year. 80. sr.ar,B
There was an enthusiastic rally of the
Conservatives Of the Fisrt Ward last eve
ming, at which speeches were made by
Messrs. Cameron, Clusky, Anderson and
Walker with telling effect , EF
Thirteen arrests we're made by the
police in the Southern district yesterday,
in GLIDING four for fighting and five for
being drunk and disorderly.
A one legged man named w. L. Muir
ray is being looked after by Dismnkes q
kellogg, because he hired horse and
buggy and forgot to return it to their
stable
Some remarks of an Alderman, at the
Council meeting last evening, caused a
doctor to stand up with a view of ad-
dressing the chair 1t looked squally for
awhile and may yet result in fight
The blasting of the wrecks at the
foot of Union street, last evening, shook
down a dilapidated chimney of the St.
Cloud Hotel and created quite seusa-
ton among the citizens of the Vicihity,
who fancied the shock to be that Of an
earthquake .rt. asU9i
In a little excursion down the Mis-.
sissippi q Tennessee railroad we OBJ
serve the corn has fine color, and, on
good ground is well loaded with fruit.
Cotton is grassy, and month behind
time. tits pleasant trip down TO Gre
NADIA, with good cars, an unusually
smooth road, the most accommodating
and gentlemanly officers, and every
sense of security which results from
prudent management
GENTLEMEN who want cloths, eassi-
meres, readymade clothing, shirts, draw
ers, socks, neckties, umbrellas aud a
complete line Of gents furnishing goods,
attend the great closing out sale of dam
aged goods at NJ. Kraus & Co.'s, No. 2l3
Main street, next to Ward & LeGuere's
drug store. -ar-.s~ 7
FIRE THIS MoREING.-A FIRE broke out
about half past two o'clock this morning