Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-09-25
LOCALS IN BRIEF.

amounted to only SIG.
Col. L. L, Mclean, who was at one
time Chief Quartermaster Of the Con-
federate Army of Tennessee, is In the
city.
Captain Paul Morton's warehouse
at Friar's Point, Miss, was destroyed by
fire a few days since. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
The County Commissioners have
ordered the assessment of special tax
Of one quarter of one per cent for the
purpose of completing the new Jail.
The fire alarm last night was caused
by barrel of rags in DR.. Johnson's res.
idence, on Poplar street, becoming ig.
nited. The flames were subdued before
the arrival of the engines.
The sleeping apartment of Mr.. j..
Musso, senior, over Levitt Il Co. S, corner
of Main and Union streets, was burgla-
riously entered yesterday and robbed of
about 5000 In money.
BY the falling Of an uncompleted
bridge on the Raleigh road on Tuesday,
negro was killed and FIVE others in
jured Mr.. Oglesby, the conductor, was
also hurt The abutment gave way.
AN accidental discharge of gun
killed negro, named Henry Weldon, in
Nonconnah bottom Monday evening.
The charge had been fred by comrade
at squirrel. Coroner Cotton held an
inquest yesterday.
"A case of surgical instruments was
stolen from DIR. A. NJ Sterling's office,
on Jefferson street, yesterday. The
thief, negro, while endeavoring to sell
them a short time afterward, was arrested
by officer Selkirk.
Captain Garrett, the popular head
center of the First District Metropolitan
Police, returned last night after several
weeks absence in the West. Sergeant
Hampton, who has been quite efficient as
acting Captain during the formers alb
sence, returns to his old position.
MIR. James S. Carpenter, general
agent of the Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn,
is in the city, and has established an
agency of the company here. This is an
old, reliable organization, and we have
no doubt will receive liberal share Of
patronage;
"A couple of legal branches knocked
the bark off each other at Esq. Miller
court yesterday afternoon. Mickey
McCoole was nowhere "They fout and
fit and gouged and bit until separated,
when the Squire drew on each for $40
as license for converting his Office into
a pugilistic arena.
- The affable and popular DR.. Cham
bers, of the celebrated New Orleans
circus, is in the city, arranging for the
advent of the "big show " on the 7th
proximo. DIR. Chambers entertainments
are always good, and when he pitches his
tent on the bluffs the admirers of horse
opera will not fail to fill his strong box
with greenbacks.
1t is unfortunate that the laws do
not provide apartments in the peniten-
tiary for that class of scum known as
wife whippers. One named James Nc
Ghee, gentle man Of the most approved
Brownlow color, was arrested last night,
and this morning fined $25 In default
of the necessary ducats he was sent to
the stone pitcher to contemplate the
beauties of matrimonial felicity.
- Emmons & Son, No. 10 Jefferson
street, and 1893 Main street, have re-
ceived Waverly Magazine, Wilkes Spirit
of the Times, New York Citizen, Italian
papers, Brick Top Almanac, Comic AL
manac, Galaxy, Peoples Magazine,
Waverly, monthly part, chronological
journal, all for October; St. Twelmo a
parody on St. Elmo; London Art Jour
nal for September. Call and get copy.
Our friend Ed. Worsham, No. %
Jefferson street, received by last nights
mail, Waverly Magazine, Wilkes Spirit
of the Times, Police News, Army and
Navy Journal, Saturday Night, New
York Weekly, Every Saturday, monthly
part, chronological Journal for October,
Atlantic Monthly for October, Waverly
Magazine, monthly part, besides all the
latest dailies. Go to Ed. to get your
reading matter,
Our Second street contemporary ends
paragraph as follows: AS the weather
keeps fine, the ladies are certain to be
out in full force, and as strangers will
soon be flowing into the city in large
numbers from the country, now is the
time for merchants Of all kinds to ad-
vertise, if they want to secure a portion
of the fall and winter trade. In this re-
spect they will find the BULLETIN rhe
medium of Memphis, as it is read by
everybody and is taken everywhere. "
The beauty of the above will be appre-
ciated by the public when taken in con-
nection with the fact that, although the
Bulletin keeps the. munchausenism,
" Largest circulation in the oity-largest
circulation in West Tennessee" at the
head of its columns, it dare not accept
our proposition to prove that its daily