Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-10
LOCALS IN BRIEF.

The Worsham House is Seymour and
Blair headquarters in Memphis.
Seven arrests were made by the
police Of the lower district yesterday.
Thirteen cases were disposed of and
fifteen dollars in fines collected in police
court this morning.
Captain H, S. Lee has received the
appointment of Judge of the Law Court,
rice ]. 0. Pierce, resigned. g ai
Moses Burns, well known horse
thief, was arrested by Capt. Simons, Of
the northern district, last night.
Mr.. C. s. Stearns, of Messrs. Church
n Co., booksellers, left last evening for
New York, to be absent FIVE or six weeks.
go to Joseph Locke's, % Jefferson
street, for your late papers. All the
weekly and monthly serials will also be
found upon his counter.
The County Commissioners yester-
day elected D. Fl. McFalls Constable in
the Fourteenth Civil District, uice Lam
mon, who failed to give bonds.
60 to the Overton for good shave
and genuine bay rum. 1t is one of the
best saloons in the city. Prices have
been reduced. r. III
The case of the State vs.. the negroes
Moody, Bedford, Ford and Jones, in
dicted for the murder of Captain Perry,
is still on trial in the Criminal Court.
"A coroner's inquest was held in Fort
Pickering yesterday upon the body of a
negro woman, and verdict rendered
that she came to her death from malarial
debility. 8 Akg
General Joseph Wheeler, whose
name is indissolubly associated with the
most brilliant achievements of the cav
airy of the West in the war of the "Eost
Cause" is in the city.
The sleeping room of Mr.. Peter
Tracey, the LEDGER pressman, at Mrs.
Collins boarding house, 10 Court street,
was entered by some rascally thief last
night, and quantity of wearing appa-
rel stolen from the occupant.
"A call is made for meeting in the
Irving Block, over B. J. Semmes u Co.'S
liquor store, this evening at eight o clock,
for the purpose Of organizing a young
mems independent Democratic club.
All young men favorable to the same are
invited to attend.
B -Emmons & Son, 10 Jefferson and
y93 Main streets, are ahead of the mails.
They have already received Peterson
Ladies' National, with coiored fashion
plate, and Ballou's Monthly, both for
August All the popular weekly illus
trated papers, and the New York, Gin
cinnati, st. Louis, Louisville and Chi
cago dailies.
The mammoth edition Of the LEDGER
last evening, giving the first announce
ment Of the nominations Of the New
York Convention, was probably the
largest thrown off by the Memphis press
since the war. Between five and six
thousand copies went of like hot
cakes" and still The supply was not
ca ual to the demand.
ELECTION or CoUsrY TRUsrsE BY THF
M.a1srRArRs.-A meeting Of the msgis
trstes of this county is called for to-mor
row at 10 o'clock, at Exchange building
for the purpose of considering the ap'
pointmsnt Of a Trustee. Inasmuch az
Mr.. Woodward has received the almost
unanimous vote of the taxpayers in OUT
recent county election, We think be may
be fairly considered the most suitable
candidate the Justices can elect. The
matter Of the election Of Trustee, We
learn from eminent legal authority,
rests solely with the Justices according
to a constitutional provision. This cast
must be contested before the prope'
tribunals in order that proper decision
can be had, The case will be tested, and
the courts will say At LIST Who is legally
entitled. The fact that Mr.. NOodverd
has received the vote Of the white peOpl'
almost exclusively, is reason, in oul
Judgment, which should weigh heavily ia
III. favor, and secsrs bis sleeiiop BY the
magistrates. Who alone are legally CON
petsnt- lLllI l--ll- iH If
FRurr GAYS. at sse Second street
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