Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-07-13
LOCALS IN BRIEF.

lWenty'Ohe cases IN ponce court
this morning melted only Eve dollars.
The table at the Worsham House is
unsurpassed. SO say those who have
tried it.
There were forty one interments in
the city last week-twenty-one whites
and twenty negroes. Lam. .s.i.at I
"A valuable horse was stolen from the
stable of W. B. Martin, corner Of Vance
and Lauderdale streets, during last night.
--R. Fl. Smith was bitten by rabid
dog at the corner Of Union and Desoto
streets, yesterday The dog was killed
by officer Kamholtz. 49,.
Rev. d. E, Burns has accepted the
pastorate of the First Baptist Church of
this city and viii at once enter upon the
duties of his charge. o1oo
Kate Howard, negress, was nabbed
by the police yesterday, and committed
en- the charge Of stripping the clothes
line of one of her neghbors.
Joe Locke, % Jefferson street, is in
receipt of all the latest Northern dailies,
sporting and fashion weeklies,
and the magazines for the current month.
-Chas. Fitzsimmons, supposed to be
one of an organized gang of counterfeit
money showers, was nabbed by the police
yesterday and committed to await a
hearing.
Yesterday was the sultriest day thus
far of the season, and humanity fairly
sweltered under the influence of the heat,
the thermometer at p. IN. indicating 1907
in the shade.
1t is rumored that Capt. Harry Lee
will decline acting as Judge of the Law
Court, and return his commission to the
Governor with his reasons for nom
acceptance. sn
The ladies of the Episcopal Church
at Somerville are to give concert on
the evening of the 18th inst, in which q
number of Memphis ladies are expected
to participate.
Young men wishing to associate
themselves with the Young Mems Demo-
cratic Club, to be formed at the Adams
street engine house this evening, are in
vited to be in attendance.
"A mysterious cavalcade of thou
sand masked knights, more or less, rode
the streets for about an hour Saturday
night. Like. Barnum's What-Is-It," no
one was able to tell who they were, where
they came from, or where they went to-.
The rumor that they dropped out OF the
clouds is generally denied.
The children of St. Peters Sabbath
School underwent their regular semi-an-
nual examination yesterday, at the close
of which a number of valuable prizes
were distributed. Miss Mary j. Jacobs
bore off the frst prize, an elegant gold
watch, while the second, handsome
gold medal, was won by Master j. M. Nc.
Mahan.
Certificates attesting the marriage OF
the following couples were returned to
the County Clerks Office during last
week: Shepherd Stewart to Emma jack
son. Francis M. Cole to Alice L. Nell
son, William Fisher to Anne Young, 3.
A. wiuford to Kate Holland, c. d. Ha-
VEINS to M. o. Teal, d. f. Holland to
Bette Coe. Nelson Bowers to Lucy
Locke. IN
] s--Eclectic physicians study Gil the
different systems of medicines, use what
ever is scientific and good, discarding
any course Of medication that is caleu-
lated to cripple the efforts of nature,
overwhelm the system, and produce death
or chronic disease. Anything else is not
the eclectic practice. 1t is against any
exclusive one ideaism as q system OF
medicine. No. ~ Poplar street, corner
of Second, Memphis, Tennessee.
CHARLES PIoKErT, NJ. d., Eclectic
All sorts Of comic, religious and il
Illustrated papers at EmmOns', 10 Jefer-
son and 1893 Main street, this morning
LEO D'Ital;s., lie Monde Illustre, Har-
per's Weekly, New York Ledger,
Scientific American and Demoresfs
Diamond Journal for the ladies. A va
riety Of the newest sheet music, the Act
ing Minor Drama, and the New York
Tribune, World, Times and Herald; ST
Louis Democrat and Republican, Chr
csgo Times aud Tribune Cincinnati
Commercial, aud Louisville Courier.
LrsKs table cloths sold very low, At
inf RICE a EgsKL'a