Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-21
Local Brevisies.
Senator Cubbins at home again.
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Governor Alcorn, of Mississippi, is in
the city. - f'isTrs
Cotton COMPRISING seventy-five cents
per bale now. - - aF
Sheriff Curry gone to Nashville with
six convicts.
The goober crop is announced to bs
short, and Main street dealers have long
faces. Thus it is that extremes meet.
A Republican paper, to be called the
Commercial, is about to be started in
Louisville. gt4gl8G
Mayor Leftwsoa returned to the city
Saturday from atrip to Washington City,
and looks greatly improved in health.
In the Municipal Court yesterday, the
causes Of Harrington h Howell and G.
G. Jackson rs. D. @. Cross, were argued
and submitted to the jury.
Mr.. Joe Locke has received large
stock of books. ranging from one to three
dollars in price, and he proposes to open
. /" dollar bookstore, selling all at that
price. Mr.. d. p Wharton, we notice.
is connected with the establishment.
The Chickasaw Club gives a ball to-
morrow night, at their rooms, and we
have been requested by member to soy
that list of those invited has been
retained, aud that the affair will be
strictly pripate.
We call attention to an exquisite little
poem in another column, written i'm
promptu, this morning, by Mrs. s. r. F.,
one Of our distinguished Southern writer's
1t is beautiful tribute to lovely bride,
who may have felt some gloomy fore
bodings caused by the gloominess Of the
day. W
In the United States Court, yesterday,
the argument in the case of Jolly vs..
Kendig ct al, on a demurrer, was CON-
menced, and will be concluded on FRI
day. The case of Conway, Jones Il
Tate, in. bankruptcy, occupied the atten-
ton of the court for the balance of the
day. 1t will be re sumed this morning.
Captain Luke e. Wright, son of Judge
Archibald Wright. of this city, was mar
ried, by Rev. Father Psllicer, to Miss
Kate M Semmes, at the residence of the
brides father, Admiral Ssmmes, ia the
city of Mobile, laut Wednesday evening,
the 18th instant. The happy couple have
many friends in this city to congratulate
them when they return from their bridal
trip to New Orleans.
Steve Grayson, the colored patriot
who ate so much free Democratic hash in
the last Presidential campaign and after
wards acted as brass band for the Rsdi-'
cal party, has returned from an arduous
campaign in Miss issippi. He proposes
now to turn his attention to the pious
work of cleaning out the Irish. They
will not return the complimentary
course, not sFAt
The Chief of Police, Mr.. W. 81. Pesrne,
has issued judicious order, which every
good citizen will approve and sustain,
prohibiting the discharge of firearms,
rockets, torpedoes, etc., within the city
limits, and the charging of officers to ex-
ecute the law. Some terrible accidents
have happened here during the holidays
from violating the ordinance in this re-
spect. Fast dray drivers are also to be
looked after.
The election for Chancellor will take
place on the 9th of January proximo.
Judge R. ]. Morgan is thus far the only
candidate. If elected, he will serve until
next May, when another election will
take place, under the provisions of the
new court law. After that, but not
before, the Chancellor will have the APP
pointing of his clerk. We feel pretty
certain that if this is left to Judge Nor.
gan the present Chancery Clerk will not
be appointed, or any other Radical, the
designing rumors to the contrary not.
withstsnding.
The following joke on Capt. Duff will
be appreciated as coming from the Ara-
1anche, paper with which it is under
stood be has some connection:
Col. Thos. 81. Logwood is generals
simo of this body of conscript fathers (tbe
Democratic Executive Committee), and
wb;Ia he hacks and mods. and orders and
commands. j. o. Duff, q dapper Demo-
crat, with horid cheeks and sorrel hair,
sits by his side cross-legged, like the
hunch-backed plaster.of-Paris boy, and
bottles up in big scrolls the thunder of
this modern Jupiter. johnson had his
Boswell; Voltaire bis Frederic the Great
and why not Logwood have his Duff
ready to scrawl down words of wisdom.
We hope our dapper friend with the
sorrel hair will bottle his wrath and his
blood as we'll as he does the big scrolls
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