Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-10-01
Arrival and Departure of Trains.
LOCALS In BRIEF.

otVaAihS Nip'"i"Ni W.T. iANH' HA'' NN"NA'
mer, on Adams street.
Only FIVE cases were disposed of in
police court this morning The collec'
tons amounted TO $50.
- The Gas Company injunction case
was brought up in the Federal Court
yesterday, but not argued.
Col. Mccormack, OF the Southern
Express Company, will please accept
our thanks for late papers.
"A meeting of the Howard Associa-
ton will be held at the appeal editorial
rooms this evening at eight o'clock.
Two fine horses were stolen from
Rev. DR.. Collins, of tho State Female
College, near the cityf Sunday night.
= Our friends judge II. p. Read, of
the Friar's Point COahOnian, and NJ. r.
Parrish, Esq, OF the Bolivar Bulletin,
are in the city.
In consequence of the illness Of Col.
M. W. Clusky, the lecturer, no entertain
ment for the benefit of the Fanny Thurs
ton fund will be given this evening.
-Maginley & CAROLS circus will be
here in couple of weeks. There are
hundreds hereabouts who will be de-
lighted to see the good.humored phiz Of
"Old Ben"
An examination Of the still-born ne
gro child, mentioned yesterday as having
been found on South street, exonerated
the parents from susr icion Of crime, and
they were accordingly released from GUS
tody.
The murderer of DR.. Ramsey made
an unsuccessful Atte mpt to escape from
the county Jail Sunday night. A couple
of iron bars were loosened, but the effort
was discovered in time TO be nipped in
the bud.
Our friend Col. Robert H. Crockett,
who is known from Dan to Bersheba as
a gentleman of fine abilities and good
fellow generally, is in the city, looking
ten years younger than when we last
saw him.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Aldermen will be held at
o'clock this afternoon. Among other
questions, that of the suspension Of the
City Engineer will doubtless come up for
investigation.
"A young mackerel, Henry Miller,
was arrested yesterday for stealing a
horse and dray from James Kelly. He
had sold portion of the harness, and
was endeavoring to dispose of the horse
and dray when arrested.
Mr. M. Munford, of the Covington
Record, is in the city and will call upon
our merchants for advertising. Upton
county made large crops this year, which
come to Memphis. The propriety of
advertising in the countypaper is obvious.
-Emmons & Son, No. 10 Jefferson
street, and 1893 Main street, have re-
ceived Harper's Weekly, Police Gazette,
Police News, Day Book, London News,
London Daily and Weekly Times, Scien-
tifc American, Scottish American, Mum
ro's new dime novel, Tuscaloosa Sam,
German Leslie, American Union, True
Flag, Army and Navy Journal, Glea'
sons Companion, Good Words, Sunday
Magazine, Blackwoods Magazine, Pen
and Pencil Magazine, Quarterly Review
and Phunny Phellow
Ed. Worsham, % Jefferson street,
Avalanche building, received by last
night mail the Chimney Corner, Album,
Record, Sporting Times, Clipper, Police
Gazette, Police News, Harper's Weekly,
Sunday Mercury, Scientific American,
Army and Navy Journal, Base Ball
Chronicle, German Leslie, all the French |
and German weeklies, London News and |
Times, Phunny Phellow, Round Table,
Eclectic, Boys and Girls Weekly, Lon
don Art Journal for September, which
Ed. sells for 81 %.
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