Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-03-14

The new county jail has been ac-
cepted by the Commissioners.
The Criminal and Municipal Courts
stand adjourned over until Monday.
The sunken pavement on Main street
has been relaid rs Ear up as South Court
street. Do
Fourteen cases were disposed Of and
&c collected in fines, at police court this
morning.
Over three thousand bales Of cotton
are deposited on the bluff, being held by
brokers in this city.
p. /. Huette a Co. were declared
bankrupt by jury to whom their case
was submitted yesterday.
City scrip is buying at 63, and hold
ing at 65 cents with considerable de-
mand, and strong tendency upward.
1T is estimated that over four hun
bred persons have left this city during
the past week, for Omaha and other
points in the Northwest. q "a 'l fh
The action of Judge Waldran in the
Avalanche contempt cases was freely
discussed on the streets last evening, and
was the occasion Of much favorable COM
ment
The Literary Album, Sporting News,
Harper's, and host Of other fresh period.
ical and illustrated literature, can be
found on the counter Of Joe Locke's
news depot, % Jefferson street.
"A member Of the mackerel brigade
was arrested this morning upon suspicion
of being one of the party who made a
raid on Kings confectionery, No. 6
Washington street, during Thursday
night. R
Mr.. j. c. Eyrich, General News
Agent Memphis and Tennessee railroad,
has our thanks fer late New Orleans
papers. Mr.. E. has just returned from
the Crescent City, looking much i'm
proved by the trip.
Benjamin Grove, charged with steal
ing horse from Joshua Millen, OF
White Station, was arrested at the stock
sale on Second street, by officer Brown,
yesterday, and committed by Esquire
Hall in default of $4,000 bail.
= The festivities of st. Patricks Day
will close with grand festival at the
MemphisClub Hall, corner of Second and
Union streets. Tickets of admission,
one dollar, the proceeds being very laud-
ably devoted to defray the debt of St
Patrick's Church.
The Metropolitan Police Commits
sioners have started charity fu'ad for
the relief and burial Of disabled and
deceased members of the force. The
fund is to be raised by the appropriation
Of certain per centage of the reward
moneys to this object which is certainly
a very worthy one. XXI
Hon. J. W. Clapp, at the request of
the Executive Committee of the Memphis
and Shelby county Bible Society, will
repeat the eloquent address recently de-
livered on the anniversary ofthat society,
at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
on Court street, tomorrow evening at
half past seven o'clock.
The New Eclectic is the name of a
new magazine which we find on the
counters of the news stands of the city.
The new serial, like its older namesake,
is beautifully printed and made up of
the very cream of English and American
literature. The readers of the one will
be equally delighted with the other.
"A warrant was issued by Esquire
Walton this morning for the arrest Of
Billy Johnson (colored), who some time
since killed another negro named Scott,
without the slightest provocation- john
son is represented as q most desperate
character, and has threatened the life of
any one who may attempt his arrest.
The noisy auction concern at east
Main, near Madison, which for the past
year or more has been "going, going,
going" has at last "gone " to the square
below. The brawling fellows" will
continue to regale the denizens of the
latter locality with songs and funny
saws, and, by way of variety, an occa-
sional broken winded ACCORDION accom-
paniment.
OFFICER John Gear, who was shot on
Jefferson street by burglars last week,
and whose leg was in consequence of the
wound amputated, died yesterday morn
ing and was followed to the grave in the
evening by the entire night force of the
First District, to which he belonged.
Officer Gear was courageous and dutiful
patrolman, and his loss will be regretted
by all who knew him, and especially by
his comrades, who held him in the highest
esteem.
AT an early hour this morning, off,
GERS Sauerman and Maloney, of the
Northern district, had their attention d.
rected to a suspicious looking trio who
we're proceeding slowly through the alley
between Overton and Jackson shute, in
scalp wagon, with fourth party keep
ing in the advance evidently on the look
out. On seeing the officers the party in
the vehicle gave the whip to their horse
with view to escaping, but on turning