Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-26
THE CITY.
PIrTsBuRG and Camel coal and gas
coke. Brown & Jones, Office 2S2 Main
street, Bethel Block. 7
NEWS in Rrfef.


Judge P. T. Scruggs is candidate for
Circuit Judge. Ht
The Municipal Court has adjourned
until Saturday.
1t costs at least FIVE dollars to leave a
team standing in the street.
The ladies of DR.. Ford's church will
hold festival next week in the Ayres
Block.
DR.. Ford has SO far recovered from his
injuries as to 60 out riding in carriage
yesterday.
Col. H. D. MacKay, President of the
Missouri Valley Life Insurance Com
pany, is at the Peabody.
The Worsham House is represented in
New Orleans at present by Mr.. c. B.
Galloway and Mr.. Sinclair.
Hon. Connolly s. Trigg and wife ar
rived yesterday and stopped at the Pea
body. He proceeded at once to open the
United States Court.
The Spripgdale concert last night was
pleasant affair, and so successful that
it will be repeated to.sight, and the train
will again go out at o'clock. carrying
all persons free-going and coming.
Paul says to be not abased before men,
or something to that effect The young
gentlemen who intend to play base
ball match ct the corner of Lauderdsle
and Vance streets this afternoon will
please read what Paul thought of the
game.
The young ladies' of the Memphis Fee
male College will give grasd musical
entertainment at the New Memphis
Theater, next Friday night. It will be a
most pleasant affair, under the super
vision of Prof. Frank Tepe and Mrs. Nor
gan, and will doubtless draw full house
of refined aud elegant people.
A young man named VIM. M. Prince,
who lost a leg in the Confederate army
committed suicide near Salisbury, on the
Memphis and Charleston railroad, on
Monday of last week, under circum-
stances which left little doubt of his in
sanity. He seems to have feared that he
would come TO want, although be had
over two thousand dollars in money. He
went out into field, took of his artifi-
cial leg, and deliberately shot himself
with q rife, and was found dead by Mr..
A. C. Rucker, vkom be was visiting.
Colonel H. B. s. Williams, the regular
candidate for Circuit Court Judge, we
learn, is running finely in Fayette and
Tip.on countiee. and his friends are san
oulpe of bis election. He was raised in
T;,,or county, and for the last twenty
Years has LIVED In FsysiIs, 10 those
counties he is strong, AM We Oeiis'' 'aa'
he will run we'll in this city. n m0fe
worthy candidate is not on the Dano-
cratic ticket. He is the only man who
can defeat Reeve, the Radical candidate,
and if elected, as seems almost certain,
he will make an excellent presiding CHI
Ger of the Circuit Court.
Mr.. d. 81. La Pish, who has his head
quarters at the Southern Publishing
House, 36l Main street, presented US,
this morning, large, 6ne Autograph en-
craving, entitled 1.-THE Sentences OF the
Jews against Christ" In one sense 1t Is
old, having its origin with and present.
ing scene ofthe cruel court atJerusalem;
new, as having been recently reproduced
in this country in the highest style OF the
art of TYPOGRAPHY. from an engraving
found cut on a stone under q church in
Vienna, in Germany. II needs to be
seen and studied to be appreciated.