Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-08-02
LOCALS IN BRIEF.

ton day. -
Prof Sebatzky is bri, fly absent on a
trip to Chicago. ~ stNs si' az
Governor Harris will be absent from
the city few days.
L. Kupperschmit was arrested yester-
day for keeping his saloon open. Az
Ex.Governor A.C. Gibbs, of Oregon,
and General c. n. Smith are at the
Overton.
Sheriff Curry left for Nashville Satur-
day with fifteen prisoners for the peni'
Tertiary.
The Supreme Court has decided that
keno is not correct. The game is blocked
eTectually. =
MAORI. B. Dennis, of Bolivar, bright
and shining light in the legal fraternity,
is at the Peabody.
Deaths last week, reported by DR.. W.
E. Rogers, the Health Officer, forty-one
whites twenty, negroes twenty-one. q
Master Willie Register, son Of Colonel
Register, received fall from his horse al
Wythe depot Saturday, breaking his arm.
Gen. Pillow will address the Chinese
Immigration meeting at the Odd Fellows
Hall tomorrow evening at eight o'clock.
Mr.. VIM B. Cotton, formerly coroner Of
this city, but now resident of Sumpter
county, Alabama, is back among his
friends on visit, and as usual looks we'll.
About three o'clock this morning the
residence Of Mr.. L. Kremsr, at 1T Main
street, was entered and robbed of wear
ing apparel, valued at seveniy-fve dol
lars. ~
The residence Of S. B. Carver, on Ech-
OILS street, between Vance and Elliot, was
entered Saturday night by burglar and
robbed of various articles amounting in
value TO one hundred dollars.
The Deputy Commissioners appointed
to hold the election are required to
qualify Immediately and take out the ne
cessary papers. Call on Mr.. Boughner
at his office in the Ayers Block.
Rev. R. r. Evans. of Germantown,
had severe congestive chill Saturday,
aud the large congregation which usually
listens to his preaching at the German.
town church had to dispense yesterday
without the usual gospel privileges.
Captain Sam. G. Weaver, the clever
and popular ticket agent Of the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad, leaves the
city to-day on trip East, and will be
a5sen. frou, his post some six weeks. We
wish him pleasant, prosperous trip and
o safe return.
Mr.. Cherry, President of the Chamber
of Commerce, has appointed the follow
ing committee to carry out the resolutions
published at the last meeting, urging the
Legislature to repeal the merchants law
tax: VIM. R. Moore, Ben. Eiseman, John
s. Toof, Henry G. Smith and VIM. M.
Harrington.
On yesterday afternoon cutting
scrape took place on the corner of Gayoso
and DeSoto streets, between two negroes.
One of them, named Charles Moody,
brother of the one sentenced to be hung,
cut the other very severely and made bis
escape. he was subsequently arrested
and lodged in the First District station
house.
In the Criminal Court, Saturday, sew
eral motions for new trials, including the
Leonard case, were heard and overruled,
except in case of Stephen Montalta, con-
victed of the crime of rape. This case
was held up under advsement for few
days. The motion for change of venue
in the Leonard cases was also overruled.
Several prisoners were sentenced to the
penitentiary.
Colonel Moses Parrish, of the Bolivar
Bulletin, has returned from trip out
West. His poetic respect for Lo, the
Poor Ipjun; 10, the poor buffalo 10, the
grizzly bear, and 10, the hungry wolf, was
somewhat chilled, we learn, and he came
back rapged-kneed carpet Dagger, sing
ing "There's no place like ho.o-ome;
there's no pla-ace like-Bolivar." Mo-
SEES is one of the sprightliest Country
editors in the State; and now that he is
back, we are glad of it.
The Nashville Banner OF Saturday
says: ~
We are indebted TO Mr.. F. S. Richards,
late Speaker of the Lower House of the
General Assembly, for a copy of the
Leeds Mercury, the Oldest daily news
paper in existence, which contains the
following paragraph: ..l
"The Queen has been pleased to ap-
prove of Mt. J. B Gould as Consul at
Birmingham, Of Mr.. Evan R. Jones as
Consul at NEWCASTLE, and of Mr., F. s.
Richards as Consul at Leeds for the
United States Of America"
Mr.. B. ]. Decker, brother of Charlie
Decker, the weIl.known little man, and
mail agent on the Memphis and Charles
ton railroad, was fatally injured last Fri
day, at noon, by an accident which hap
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