Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-11-27
Local Brevftfes.

Yesterday delightful.
Sheriff Curry returned.
Where is Barbour Lswisf
Judge Hunter was sixty-seven.
Brownlow says be won't die.
Tomorrow 10 Advent Sunday.
Next Tuesday is St. Andrews day.
One hundred and sixty barrooms in
Memphis.
Tom Landy was fined 1875 yesterday
for spanking his wife with barrel stave.
Remember the meeting at the Green.
law Opera House tonight.
The Supreme Court goes back to Jack
son from Brownsville.
Eight hundred licensed drays and
wagons in the city.
Seventeen cases disposed Of at the
Police Court this morning.
Seventy. Eve horse.carts in Memphis,
and seventy five licensed hacks.
COL M. D. L. Stewart has returned
from short trip to Nashville.
$ll4,6SS 90 collected as taxes on privi-
leges this year up to November LIST.
The resignation Of Chancellor W. ID.
Smith takes effect to-day.
Hereafter Monday will be motion day
in the Municipal Court.
Ten thousand dellars were subscribed
yesterday to the Arkansas Packet Line.
The Memphis and Arkansas River
Packet Company have eleven steamboats,.
Forty.fve horses and mules stolen in
the vicinity Of Memphis in the last four
weeks.
Capt. Anderson will probably be ap-
pointed Judge of the Law Court, and j..
E. R. Ray, Esq, Judge of the Probate
Court.
A drawing of the proposed Monu'
mental Church in the window at Clarks,
corner of Main and Madison, attracts
much notice.
A fine bale of cotton was stolen last
night from j. II. Graham, on the Holly
Ford road, at Colonel Balls place, and
brought toward the city in single wagon.
Alfred Robertson was appointed and
qualified in the United States Circuit
Court yesterday ss United States Com
missioner for West Tennessee.
One Archy Huse went to Jail yesterday
for stealing skiH. His bark of life will
probably be anchored soon in the peni-
Tertiary.
Col. John W. Dawson signifies his
willingness to accept the nomination OF
the County Convention on the platform
of universal white suffrage,
Detective Walsh captured two burglars
last night at house on Jefferson street,
where they went for their washing The
St. Louis chaps fnd Memphis hard
place. The gang is pretty we'll broken up.
! Captain T. 2. Stake, of the Memphis
and Arkansas River Racket Company,
vas married Thursday evening to Miss
Jennie Wolfe, an accomplished young
lady, daughter Of Captain Tobias Wolfe,
ex- Whsrfmsster. The cereIony took
place at the residence of Eugene Lsidy'
Esq.
Colonel R. J. Morgan submitted his
resignation as City Attorney to acting
Mayor Black yesterday, and it will be
read at the next meeting of the Board,
Shsp the Board will have to elect City
Attorney to fll out Colonel Morgan's IN
expired term, which runs to the first OF
January. 1t is usual to elect on the
Mayors recommendation.
Only three marriage licenses we're re-
turned to the County Court Clerks office
this week. The parties thersin men
toned are William Schilling and Miss
Meinor Matthias, married Nov. 10, by
Justice Willard; L. B. Davis and Miss
Clara Bishop, married Nov. 6, by the
same; Thomas Z. Stake and Miss Jennie
W. Wolfe, married Nov. rs, by Rev. L
c Ransom.
The light single.horse street cars look
very stylish, and please every one. We
hope the numbering freight boxes will be
discontinued altogether If the com
pany will do this, and run the light cars
oftener and on time, aud reduce fares to
FIVE or six cents, as it is in other cities,
then riding in street cars will become
more popular, and business will increase
immensely. The poor will feel able tc
ride as we'll as the rich, and the street
railway will become an institution of gen.
ersl utility and convenience.
Raw. Arthur Bogdan, the HISTORIAN
Presbyter, will deliver two lectures next
week for the benefit of the Young Mems
Christian Association. The first one will
be Oh Monday evening and the second on
Tuesday evening, at the Assembly Hall.
This is the opening of regular lecture
season, aud we hope the effort will be
sustained literally. Mr.. Bogdau is
graphic speaker, aud will entertain his
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