Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-03
LOCALS IN BRIEF.

been discharged.
Many business houses are expected
to close doors to- morrow.
-Patrolman McEroy killed rabid
dog on Commerce street this morning.
AN old time barbecue and bran
dance comes off at Raleigh Springs to-
morrow.
Tomorrow, the Fourth, will be the
ninetieth anniversary Of American INDIE
pendence.
The complimentary benefit to Miss
Eva Halstead comes off at the Club
Hall tonight.
The attaches of the LEDGER Office
take holiday to morrow. No paper
will be issued.
The pipe of the Gsyoso Gas Com
pany was sold under execution yester-
day, for $500.
The driver of water cart persisted
in sprinkling Main street during the
shower yesterday.
Thirteen cases were tried in police
court this morning and twenty dollars
collectedin fines.
-Patrolman Wiley Johnson, of the
second police district, has been dis
charged from the force.
Twelve arrests we're made by the
police of the lower district yesterday |;
three whites and nine negroes.
Mary Anderson was committed at
the southern station, last evening, on a
charge of cruelty beating her child.
The stable of Mr.. I. B. Edgington,
in Chelsea, was visited by stock thieves
last night, who stole valuable COW.
There were eight fires in the city
during the month of June, the total loss
by which did not exceed SIC, 900.
The work of remodeling the Brinkley
Block is progressing rapidly, under the
direction of Capt. Jones, the architect.
The jury in the case of Richard
Smith, indicted in the Criminal Court
for murder, brought in a verdict last
evening of not guilty"
VA span of horses attached to car
riage took fright on Adams street, last
evening, and ran for two squares, when
they we're caught before damage had been
done.
Our porter on Tuesday last lost his
keys, as he thinks, somewhere on Jeffer-
son, between Second and Third streets.
Any one finding and returning the same
to this office, will be suitably rewarded.
The following discharges in bank
ruptcy have been granted since Tues
day Simon Pump, R. M. Roberts, W.
M. Hutchinson, c. Fl. Brown, W. 81.
Finn, Thomas Phibbs, George E. Yeat-
man, John c. Weaver.
ALI the latest Eastern and Northern
dailies are received in advance of the
mails by Joe Locke, % Jefferson street.
Joe has also constantly upon his counter
the illustrated, sporting and fashion
papers, and all the popular magazines.
An interesting occasion is promised
at the Tabernacle this evening. The en-
GERS elect of Divisions 40, 48, 81 aud so,
Sons of Temperance, for the ensuing
quarter, will be publicly installed. An
address will be delivered by DR.. s. d..
Ford.
The Supreme Court yesterday in the
case of Van A. W. Andersen vs. the
State. who was suspended by Judge
Hunter from practing law in the Crimi-
nal Court for sixty days, as a punish :
ment for contempt, awarded superse-
dsds, annulliug Judge Hunters ORDER
aud sustaining the Captain.
AT the examination, of the pupils OF
the Convent of Visitation, at 81. Louis,
on Tuesday last, the names Of the follow
ing young ladies from Tennessee ap-
peared among those who bore of the
honors, viz: Miss Kate Potter, of Mem
phis; Mss Annie Boyle, of Bolivar, and
Miss Meta Gardner, Of Dresden.
Mas. HAsKELLs CeSoERT.-The con-
cert for the benefit Of Mrs. Parslee Has
kelI, which has been the occasion Of
many pleasant aniicipations in musical
circles from its first announcement,