Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-16

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Out Of the FIVE County Commission
ers who handle the moneys q this couSty
only two are Taxpayers.
Joseph White was arrested in the
suburbs Of the city yesterday upon a
charge Of killing hogs belonging to John
Madden.
"A scaffold in the Irving Block gave
way on Saturday, aud Ed. Doyle, work
man, received fall by which he was Sc.
verely injured.
Dick Ellis (colored), for assaultiug
his aged mother in law, was up before
Commissioners Richards this morning
and assessed six dollars and costs
John Riley and VIM. Adams were
arrested by Officer Selkirk this morning,
upon charge of stealing two hats from
the hall Of Rolfe Saunders residence.
We understand that the police Of the
lower district nipped in the bud prize
fight, which was to have come of Satur-
day in the neighborhood of Fort Picker
ing.
The residence of J. Frost Esq, "a
Exchange street, was entered by burglars
at an early hour yesterday morning, and
several articles of value stoler, among
which was a clock.
Joe Locke, 20 Jefferson street, has
received Harpers Weekly, the Round
Table, Police News, and host of fresh
pictorial publications, with all the latest
home and foreign dailies.
Tom Sellars, negro man, was
thrown from a lumber wagon on the
State Line road and instantly killed.
One Of the wheels of the loaded vehicle
passed over his head, horribly crushing
the skull.
We must acknowledge our indebted
ness to Messrs. Edmonds & Pettigrew, in
the Mosby block, Front street, for pack.
age of CAROLS celebrated Lone Jack
tobacco, which we can heartily recon-
mend to all lovers of the weed. We
never smoked anything better.
The plan of converting the block Of
buildings on the west side of Main, be-
tween Madison and Monroe streets, into
hotel has been definitely decided upon,
and several architects of the city are en-
gagged preparing drafts. The entire in
terror Of the block will be remodeled and
two of the store rooms on the street taken
for Office and other purposes.
The alarm of fire sounded about ten
o'clock last night was occasoned by the
burning of shanty in the vicinity of
Elmwood Cemetery, which has for some
months past been occupied by negroes.
The Fire Department, upon discovering
the whereabouts of the flames, returned
with their engines, after having gone out
to the edge of town. The loss is very
triAing, and it is supposed the fire oc-
cured through the carelessness of the
occupants of the building.
ALI the illustrated papers are at
Emmons', 10 Jefferson and 1893 Main
street: London Illustrated News, Illus
trirte Zetung, Leslie's Illustrated, Illus
trated Police News, Police Gazette,
Chimney Corner and many more. All
the first class magazines, Home Journal,
Round Table, and Scientific American,
French, Irish and Italian papers and
New York, st. Louis, Cincinnati, Louis
vile and Chicago daily papers. The.
| following were received last plight:
LIE Monde Illustre, its first appearance
here from Paris; LIE Courier des Etats
Unis, La Semaipe, the Scientific Ameri-
can, Round Table and Harper's Weekly.
A HAPPY AFFAIR - PRESENTATION
| TO COLONEL BEAUMONT S.
B. Beaumont, Superintendent of
the Metropolitan Police of this city, was
presented a splendid horse and buggy
on Saturday evening by the officers and
men of the force under him. The pleas
ant affair came off at police headquar-
ters on Madison street, whittier had re-
paired by permission the several cap
tains and sergeants of the two
districts, and such of the patrol
men az we're not on duty
at the hour, besides full repre-
sentation of the city press. The presen-
tation was made by DR.. A. T. Shaw,
examining surgeon of the force, in
speech highly appropriate to the occa-
sion, which was responded to in
BETTING and happy manner by Colonel
Beaumont, in acknowledgment of the
gift. In the course of his remarks the
Colonel took occasion to compliment
the men and officers of the body in the
strongest terms, and expressed his pride
in being at their head. he did not think
a superior force could be found in any
city on the continent, and he could ask
no more than that his men should per-
form in the future their duties with the
same zeal and diligence that they had
discharged them in the past he con-
cluded by saying that for once
he would relax one of the rules
of the force and allow the men to drink
in uniform. WhereupOn all present
partook of liberal layout Of wines and
refreshments, in the meantime numerous