Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-16

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- The hotel registers show but tile
travel through the city. -.
The Municipal and LawCourt we're
in session this morning. fA1
lit is proposed to raise funds for de-
fraying the expense Of music in Court
Square.
/ The match game between the Eureka
and Bluff City base ball clubs was won
by the former. "a 81.
The mission at St. Pstricks Roman
Catholic Church, under Father Quigley,
lis still progressing.
liking, who was cut BY msckerels in
the northern atation-house, Thursday
night, will recover. 81
"A negro man fell 10 the sidewalk in
q spasm, at the corner of Front and Mad
| ison streets, last evening. ga d
-=Complaint is made that cows running
at,large 10 the suburbs are doing serious
damage to the shade trees. rE5l--a
The Sabbath School ofthe' Church Of
the Good Shepherd, in Chelsea, will take
a picnic on Thursday next.
Captain G. W. Browne, General
Southern Agent Little MAMA railroad,
is registered atthe worsham.
The moistzz weather this morning
greatly interferedrwith the numerous pic.
MICS which were to have come of to- day.
The river.is still rising at this point
and reported rising above, which will le
,nnwelcome news to the planters below.
The Memphis Conference Of the
NJ. p. Church, South, will be visited by
the Bishop onzthe, 25th Of November
next.-a E sgaet1
"A friend failsto see the necessity Of
tearing up the street crossings from three
to four hundred yards ahead Of the Nicol.
son PAYERS. y
The venerable and reverend Reuben
Buypw, of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, died at his residence, at Bartlett
station, on the 18th. -
--sThere are sixsy-one soda fountains
running in the city, (which pay an annual
city tax of eleven dollars each The
number last year was only forty-nine. o
Three ladies', the wives Of as many
of.'our Front street merchants, wsre
weighed in the scales of Vesey & Cart
wright, yesterday, and aggregated FIVE
hundred and eighty-eight pounds avoir.
dupois. zs&i e-%,S
Mr.. W. B. Greenlaw, of this city, in
attempting to jump on trainiof cars on
the Memphis and Ohio railroad,Eat Gads'
ley station, yesterday, missed his footing
and very narrowly escaped being run
OVER rxs ~
Can ral W. s. Featherston, of Holly
Springs, is now at the Worsham. AS a
gallant and gifted soldier during the late
war, and as gentleman of high order OF
talents and social worth, he is endeafed
not only to Mississippians, but to the
South 49,
We were pleased to meet in the city
last evening well.known ex-Memphian,
in the person of Maj, ]. L. Robertson,
who is at present in business at st Louis.
he left hosts Of friends in, this city, who
will be pleased to learn Of his return,
though but temporary. AU I
An adjourned meeting of the bar will
be held this afternoon at four o'clock, in
the Circuit Court room, Greenlaw Block,
to take into consideration the report of
the committee heretofore appointed to
draft resolutions relative to the Aca-
lanche contempt Cases 8Et NAe
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