Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-09-01


rolling mill at Burnsville station.
--wsuted-Ci,y and county scrip
Apply at sc Union street 4.
--strangers In the city will consult
theis comfort by putting up at the wor-
sham.
The Board Of Mayor and Aldermen
meets in regular monthly session this
evening.
The box system. on the street care,
after n thorough trial, has given great
satisfaction.
Smokers and chewers headquarters
kaufman 4 Bros, corner Of Second
and Jefferson. tfI8tI HAA
Twenty cases were disposed Of and
twenty dollars collected in police court
this morning.
The new telegraph line is rapidly
approaching Memphis. At last accounts
the wires we're up to GAINESVILLE. 4 iit
Captain Will o. woodson returned
this morning from a visit in Kentucky.
He can be found at the telegraph Office.
Judge W. H. Stephens and Mayor
Leftwich address the Fourth Ward Dem
ocratic Club at Stillman Hall to- night.
The fall Of rain visited last evening
aud to-day is hardly needed. The plan
tiers are already complaining OF the
wet season" f.T E-A .f..et
The wagons Of second parcel ex-
press company made their appearance
on the streets this morning. The enter
prise is that of Mr.. Geo Evans.
The jury in the case Of Z. s. Simons,
Captain of Police, indicted for gaming,
brought in verdict yesterday Of guilty
and fixed the fine at FIVE dollars.
bud" Patton has again been
placed under bond to appear at the next
term of the Criminal Court. In this in
stance he is charged with murderously
assaulting bsckmah. u
The first bale of Tesnessse cotton of
the present crop was received yester-
day, by Messrs. Forster.l Kealhofer q Co.
1t was grown by Capt ]. r. Luckett, on
Presidents Island.
John Syfer will be brought before
Esquire Herman this evening to answer
to the charge of stealing horse and
buggy from W. L. Vance, Esq, on the
night of the Goth of last month.
The rain yesterday prevented the St.
Mary's picnic from being the pleasant
affair it would have been, and kept many
from the grounds altogether. A repeti-
ton under more favorable auspices is
proposed. es ssa vaFsgf
In the Criminal Court yesterday,
the jury i'd the case of the State VS.. j.
Fl. and W. E. Carmichael, indictment for
horse stealing, returned a verdict of
guilty, and fixed the penalty at fifteen
years in the penitentiary.
The very latest of everything in the
newspaper and periodical line at Joe
Locke's, % Jefferson street. All the
dailies, illustrated, sporting and fashion
weeklies, and the monthly magazines, re-
csived in advance of the mails.
n. G. Floyd, charged with implica-
ton in the late Power q McGeoy cloth
ing robbery, while in the Sheriff's office
last evening, succeeded in giving his
guards the slip. He was afterward re-
captured, however, and returned to Jail.
The grand complimentary concert
rendered to our +" little rossignol," Miss
Nora Bradford, has been postponed until
Tuesday, the 9Th inst, in order to give
the greatest eclat to the programme and
allow the merry songstresses to plume
themselves for greater couquests.
In our issue ofyes.erday, in noticing
the departure of our friend W. A. Gwyn,
(of Foster, Gwyn & Co.. we were in
error in stating that he no longer intended
making Memphis his home. We learn
that he has merely gone to New Orleans
on business. We are happy to make the
correction.
The Tallahatchian, published at
Charleston, Tallahatchie county, Missis-
sippi, offers to the business men of this
city most excellent medium for adver-
Using. 1t has large circulation in one
of the best cotton growing regions of the
State, and trades almost exclusively with
this city. Its terms are liberal. 1854
"A most excellent programme has
been arranged for the St. Peters con-
cert on Tuesday evening next. The at
tendance cannot be other than very
large. In addition to the excellent choir
of the Church, number of well known
amateurs have volunteered their services
for the occasion, and will assist in the
rendition ofthe programme. The whole
will be under the efficient objection of
Prof. Winkler.
Our fall styles of hats are now
being introduced, which comprise
an the lending styles, and the finest
quality of hats that are manufac-
tured. Our endeavor shall be, ms
heretofore, 10 keep hats of the best
quality OF Silk Dress, Business Cass.
Hats, and the French Beavers.
LEIDY a. Co.,
Fashionable Hafters and Furriers,
ESQ mnin street, opp. Court Square.
THE VAR1ErIEs.-The doors Of this
favorite resort were re.opened to the pub