Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-02-25
LOCALS IN nRIEF.

Gen. j. l., Alcorn Is at the uAyoso'
To-day 10 Shrovetide, and Lent will
commence tomorrow.
The Mare case progresses slowly IN
the Criminal Court.
= Thanks to Mr.. Felix Cross, Of the
Southern Express, for late papers
Davidson, like Shelby county, is to
have County Commissioners. tguIf
Order ash wood from Bigley, Mel
lersh a Co., coal dealers. Price low.
The county Jail contains ninety
prisoners, sixty Of whom are Of the col
ored persuasion.
-Four hogs were stolen from Col
Jesse Forests premises, near Union
Cemetery, yesterday morning
: Asa Hill, Esq, the we'll known rail-
road agent, has gone to New Orleans
Mr. G. I. Geoghegen, ofMoon 4 Geoghe-
gen, has returned from Louisville.
Gen. Samuel II. Brown, Sheriff OF
this county many years ago, recently
died near Des Arc, Ark, after a pro-
tracted illness. Dr. Theophilus Saunders,
also an old Mempbian, died at the same
place recently.
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. fia 81 Asn
-Jo. Locke is never behind the times.
Those seeking the latest newspapers and
periodicals., will find an ample supply at
his depot, No.'22 Jefferson street. He
has all the freshest and most popular
dailes, weeklies and monthlies, and sells
at tho lowest rates. Give his place call.
Petty thieves are not unfrequently
sent to the penitentiary by our courts.
Murderers are universally set free. II
our murderers desire to become familiar
with the inside of the penitentiary let
them steal a chicken. Victor Hugo's
jean Vatican. showed the Unequal
workings of the French laws. He should
write Memphis Les Miserables. s.
DEATH OF ESQ. JOHN G. CREIGHTON.
Mr.. John c. Creighton. the well known
magistrate and politician, died at his
residence, on the corner of Robinson
street and Winchester avenue, about five
o'clock this morning. Upward of a year
ago his health commenced rapidly fail.
ing and, hoping to restore it, he visited
Minnesota, remaining many months.
But his constitution had been shattered
beyond relief, and he returned only to
die, surrounded by his family and friends,
after many weeks Of suffering. Esquire
Creighton was a man of little education,
but strong sense. He was impetuous,
and during his life did many things which,
doubtless, his better judgment condemned.
He was frequently brought prominently
before the public in connection
with occurrences, and sometimes to his
disadvantage. Those most intimate with
him knew him to be rough and warm
hearted. A man of more generous i'm
pulses it would be hard to find. Charity
caused money to flow freely as water from
his purse, and the writer Of this has
known him in more than one instance to
purchase clothing, unasked, for unknown
mendicants whom he CHANGED to meet on
the streets We would not seek to hide
his faults; but all who knew him we'll
were his true friends, because his heart
always overaowed with the milk human
kindness, and he was true to them.
Esquire Creighton was about thirty-two
or thirty-three years of age.
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