Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-26
LOCALS IN BRIEF.

The "Gayeties, late "Canteroury'
will open Tomorrow.
Nothing of interest transpired in
police court this morning.
Several mules and horses are at the
police stables awaiting owners.
Order ash wood from Bigley, Mel
iersh 4 Co., coal dealers Price low.
Last night, August Aberhorn was
knocked down near the navy yard and
robbed Of IS.
Colonel CAN'T is making the closing
argument for the State in the Marie
case, to.day>
Sam. Jones (eol) is in quod fer
stealing o watch from another darky
named Tom Branch.
Mr.. d. A. Clarks residence, 100
fernando street, was robbed Of s75
worth Of provisions last night.
: Yesterday, Commissioners Sears
managed to squeeze about FIVE hundred
negroes through the registration mill.
1T is stated that the Roman Catholic
See has been changed from Nashville to
Memphis, Bishop Feehan to remove to
Memphis.
The Municipal Court is occupied
with the cases of Joseph Flynn, d. l..
Henry and d. G. CASTILLO, charged with
taking chances at keno"
"A man named Hesber, a passenger
on the St. Patrick, from Newborn, Ohio,
allowed himself to be victimized out OF
two hundred dollars by the strap game.
The Raleigh Mineral Springs has
been withdrawn, and holders of tickets
can obtain the money paid for them on
application at the Office Of the Associa-
ton.
10. Locke, % Jefferson street, has
all the late dailies, weekies and month
lies. No matter what may be desired in
the way of current literature, 10. can
furnish il.
LAW BooKs.-See Geo. Pattison &
Co. S Advertisement of cheap law books,
including Meigs' Digest, Tennessee and
New York Reports.
The Mechanics Lien Law has passed
both branches of the Lesislature-a fact
that class of our citizens will rejoice to
learn. 1t is guarantee that he shall not
be defrauded of the result ofhis toll.
1t is reported on apparently good
authority that negroes, from different
points in Mississippi, are being regis
tered to vote in the coming election.
Our friends should look to this. Fraud
of all kinds may be looked for.
General Albert Pike has announced
his intention to remain as chief editor of
the Appeal, and the frm name will here
after read "Albert Pike & Co." 1t is
gratifying to learn that Memphis will not
lose so eminent a citizen as Gen. Pike.
During January the receipts of the
Memphis and Charleston railroad were !:
Passengers, s53,50O; freight, 1920; ;
mail, $343O; express, $4,000; rents and
privileges, $S59-total, $lO9,409. Ope-
rating expenses, $47,O64 net earnings,
$62, 345.
S. M. Guest, fernando road, has a
full supply of groceries and feed; also
Henderson & Fleming's celebrated i'm
ported garden seed. Among them will
be found the great Cedar Hill early to-
mato. Best pink-eye potatoes--for seed
cheap for cash.
John Mcdonald and George Myers
have been sentenced in the Municipal
Court to one year each in the peniten-
tiary, for stealing two window blinds
from A. Hitzfeld. Unfortunately for
Mcdonald and Myers, they were not on
trial for murder.
The Gayoso House will not close as
has been reported. COL Cockrells lease
will expire on the LIST proximo, but new
one has been taken, and the travelling pub
lie will find the Colonel and his efficient
corps of assistants ready to dispense the
inequalities as usual. The Gayoso is
one of the best hotels in the South, and
deserves the extensive patronage it con-
stantly receives. We direct attention
to Col. Cockrell's card in another place.
The Eclectic (for march,, has ar
rived at Emmons', 10 Jefferson, and 393
Main. 1t has the conclusion of the
famous article upon the Talmud. Every
Saturday flor march,, has arrived; it
has the best articles of the best English
magazines. Also, the Waverley, Chin
ney Corner, Round Table, Scientific
American, Harpcr's Weekly, the Bazaar,
La Crosse Democrat, Metropolitan, and
many others, and the New York and
Western dailies. Emmons' counters are
very attractive today.
GREAT Cheese sale at the Arcade.
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