Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-04

News i'm Brief.
The Sun calls the County Convention,
which nominated Mofet, mob.
Mr.. William Craig, President of the
Bath Paper Mills, of Bath, South Caro-
lima, is in the city.
Eight cases of DRINKS at the First Dis
trict Police Court we're fined FIVE dollars
each this morning.
DR.. J. W. Rogers lectured at the Ma
sonic Hall in Nashville, last Monday
night, on the subject of "Ritualism."
The State and county tax upon city
property has not been paid for several
years, and much Of it is probably laying
under tax titles.
Major General Gordon Granger, who
left the city some weeks ago to attend
general court.martial at .Paducah, has
returned, and is quite sick at the Overton
Hotel.
Colonel Mitchell says that the actual
resources of the Board of Directors Of
the Mississippi River railroad amount to
50, O5O, 900, and he feels assured of sue.
cess.
Prince Albert, black prince, reports
to the police that his room on Madison
street was robbed last night Of twenty
dollars in money and valuable ward
robe.
A movement is on foot in Nashville to
buy Bishop Quintard residence, and
induce him to make that city his perma-
nent home. A considerable amount has
been subscribed for that purpose.
We have received The Echo, pub
lished under the direction of the Mem
pills Female College, for February. 1t ia
carefully edited and reflects much credit
upon the literary taste of its directors.
Mr.. Bayliss, brother of Bronson Bay
liss, Esq, of this city, was shot last Mon
day by one Of his tenants at Coldwater
depot, and the wound is said to be fatal.
Mr.. Bronson Bayliss left yesterday to
visit his brother,
The City Council appointed a commit
tee yesterday to confer with the Chamber
of Commerce respecting the reception Of
delegates from Norfolk, and along the
line of railroad, to the approaching Com
mercial Convention to be held in this
city.
The tea party to be given next Tues
day evening at the rooms of the new
Central Baptist Church edifce, promises
| to be charming, grand affair. There
are to be no appeals for money. The
entrance ticket admits to the supper,
sacred concert, lecture, etc.
Six arrests were made yesterday in the
Second District. William Peace, Of
cslor, was arrested for disorderly conduct
nothing in name. Henry Jones, also
colored, arrested for violating the postal
laws. was arrested on a United States
warrant and sent on to United States
Commissioner c. Canning Smith for trial.
A reward of one thousand dollars is
offered by the Chief of Police for the
arrest of one Samuel J. Brunerst, and
the recovery of FIVE thousand dollars. BE
left Memphis on the oath of February by
the Memphis and Ohio railroad; is
twenty-five OF thirty years old, and five
or six feet high. Any body up in Canada
seeing such person spending money
freely is authorized to fetch him.
We saw at the Peabody TO day an
Arkansas giant He is six feet eighl
inches high aud named Il, Neal Dunn.
he is only eighteen years old and mel
much more than half done growing. 10
early life he was fed much on long-leg'
ged chickens, hence he grew lengthwis'
faster than crosswise, and gained such
an impetus that he cannot stop. Every
body looks up to him, but he is not at al
aristocratic in his bearings.
Rents due the city upon the navy YARD
property exceed $4,000. tits oil pledged
for the payment Of the interest upon the
$500 900 Of the bonds issued by the Mem
phis and Little Rock Railroad Company
and the propariy itself will, in about
three years, have to be sold for the re-
dempiion Of the bonds themselves, unless
provision is made for the same by the
corporation. Nineteen Of the lots have
been practically abandoned.
The Committee on Real Estate offered
resolution in the City Council yesterday
which was accepted with their report