Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-10
Arrival and Departure Of Trains.
LOCALS IN BRIEF.

Nothing of interest transpired in
police court this morning.
Thanks to the steamer Liberty No.
for late Arkansas papers
The county Jail contains forty.eight
negro and twelve white prisoners.
We are indebted to the Southern
Express Company for late papers.
Esquire Creighton is said to be
slowly recovering. He has been quite i'll
for months.
-Out-of-the-way streets contain more
foot-pads than is consistent with the
moral health of the city.
JAS. Mahan is under arrest, charged
with stealing scrap copper and iron
from Mr.. j. V. Powell, AZ Monroe street.
Sam Coon (colored), stole 81 worth
of lumber from the .Gayoso Gas Company
and will be hauled over the Goals by
Esquire Miller tomorrow
Col. John Martin, ST., was knocked
down and robbed of $3.50 and gold
watch, near the First Baptist Church,
Chelsea, late Wednesday night.
Matters in police circles were quiet
last night. There were no shooting or
stabbing ARRAYS, and all the arrests were
on trivial charges.
Coroner Cotton looked blue this morn
ing. Whether the fact that for several
days no cold corpuses have turned up
had anything to do with it we are unable
to state; but he was very blue, and failed
to suggest fluid.
The Right Rev. DR.. Feehan, Catho-
lie Bishop of this diocese, is expected in
Memphis this evening. On Sunday even
ing, if the weather is favorable, he will
consecrate the new Catholic cemetery on
the fernando road.
"A negro woman named Susan Jones,
residing on Mr.. Samuel Berrys place,
near Grenada, Miss, murdered her two
childrcn-one seven and the other four
years of age-last Tuesday night. She
was arrested and committed for trial.
Robert Bradley, "a colored cuss
from Africa" was released from Jail re-
Gently, just in time to vote for Beecher.
Yesterday in the exercise of his peculiar
talents he stole SS4 from Mrs. Mary
Dunnigan. He was committed by
Esquire Miller for trial.
Tomorrow evening another meeting
of the Board of Aldermen will be held,
at which it is understood the city offices
will be filed Aldermen are compelled
to dodge in unfrequented alleys to pre-
vent ofice-seekers from tearing the but
tons off their coats in the general eager
ness to have few moments private con-
versation.
-Jo. Locke, % Jefferson street, has
the New York Ledger, Chimney Corner,
Literary Album, Boston Pilot, Banner
If Light, Sunday Times, Dime Illus
trated, Last Sensation, Police News,
Round Table, London News, La Crosse
Democrat, Harper's Bazaar, Waverley
Magazine, Wilkes Spirit, and dailies
from everywhere, also diaries for 1868.
Thomas Pruitt, who nearly killed
Walter Simmonds with a poker in the
Adams street engine house, early Mon
day morning, was discharged from Gus
iody yesterday, no one appearing to
prosecute. This is fair sample of the
almost perfect immunity with which
crime is committed in Memphis Judi
eial Investigations are rapidly becoming
the veriest, most disgusting larces
-Emmons & Son, No. 10 Jefferson
street and 1893 Main street, have received
the New York Ledger, Chimney Corner,
Literary Album, Boston Pilot, Banner
of Light, Sunday Times, DiGe Illus
,rated, Last Sensation, Police News,
Round Table, London News, La Crosse
Democrat, Harpers Bazaar, Waverley
Magazine, Wilkes Spirit, and dallies
from everywhere; also diaries for 1865.
They are selling at very low prices.
Now is your tins toinyest for 1863
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