Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-29
LOCALS IN RRIEF.

Several OF The street cars are badly
out of repairs.
The cock pit on the race grounds
was we'll patronized last evening.
= : A sidewalk from the street railway
to the race track is very, much needed.
The Gilmore sisters, late of the Va.
ri0ties, have Joined Lakes circus com
pany. rrrr ft
Yesterday was the anniversary Of
the capture of New Orleans by the Fede-
rails in '62.
Mr.. Wellman, agent of the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton and Dayton railroad, is
at the Overton. .ss1 EW
President Plant and Superintendent
O'Brien, of the Southern Express Com
pany, are in the city.
The standing walls of the building at
the corner of Third and Madison streets
are complained of as unsafe.
The Municipal Court stands ad-
journed over to Tomorrow. The Law
Court was in session this morning.
We would suggest the running Of
additional cars on the fernando street
road during the continuance of the races.
The sunshine this morning brought
the ladies out en- masse. Main street was
especially thronged, and the shops well
patronized. 81 ~ * @9
Rev. Father o Reilly, of St. Louis,
lectures at St. Patricks Church to-mor-
row evening on "Catholicity, as viewed
from without and within"
- fernando road people will save
money and time by buying hay, corn, oats
and bran of s. M. Guest, south Of South
street. AZ
Notwithstanding the postponement
of the floral offering, many of the sol.
diers' graves in Elmwood have been
beautifully decorated with the sweet
blossoms of spring.
"A meeting Of the creditors was had
yesterday in the cases of Thomas ]. Fos-
ter, C. Mendel, Samuel Cooley, Robert
Fl. Morgan, R. j. Morgan, Thomas N,
Buchanan, and an assignee appointed.
The attention of the sanitary author
tiles should be directed to several pools
of stagnant water in the southern part of
the city, which, if not drained, will pro-
duce malaria and sickness during the
coming summer.
"A special meeting of the Council
will be called during the week to hear the
report of the committee appointed to IN
vestigate the wharfage question. The COM
mittee, which has been in session at the
city hall for several days past, have fin.
ished their labors. sts
- 1t was ordered by the Board of
County Commissioners, yesterday, that
they refuse to pay the costs in the con-
tempt case, in which Hon. Thomas Leon
ard was party, and that the county at
torney be directed 10 test the case by an
appeal to the Supreme Court of the State.
The County Commissioners yester-
day appointed the following standing
committees from among their members !:
On accounts, Merriman, Louis AMI Hack;
public buildings, White, Lewis and Louis;
Jail, Lewis, Hack and Louis; roads and
bridges, Hack. White and Louis finance,
Lewis, Merriman and Louis; assess
ments, Merriman, Lewis and White;
poorhouse, Louis, White and Lewis.
Those Who have lost sight of the ge-
NAL countenance of Chris. Steinkuhl
since the close of the New Memphis,
will be pleased to learn that he has
turned up again. he has purchAged an
interest in the Capitol Saloon, Whisky
Chute, where henceforth be can be found
ready to serve his friends at command.
II is useless to say that the popularity of
this already popular resort will be
greatly snhaneed by the above accession
10 its propristorship. Chris. has our
best wishes in bis new role. May he