Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-04-26
News I'm Brief.


Senator Sprague, Of Rhode Island, i,
expected at the Memphis Commercial
Convention.
The receipts of cotton last week wert
2Os5 bales, against 1881 bales the SAME
week last year.
DR.. R. c. Creighton is going to Ho
Springs, Ark, to practice his profession
during the hot months.
The Central Methodist church gives
a grand Sabbath-school concert and ex-
hibition Wednesday evening.
An important meeting Of the Chamber
of Commerce will be held this afternoon
Every merchant should attend.
Up to noon to-day 1877 whites were
registered altogether, and 2063 blacks,
Only four more days with this. We say
REGIsTER
DR.. R. W. Beers, of our live cotempo.
rary, the Brownsville Bee, is at the Pea
body. He is here to attend the Odd Eel
lows celebration.
Rev. B. F. Brooke, of Grace Episcopal
Church, preached his farewell sermon to
large congregation yesterday, prior to
leaving for Allegheny City, Penn.
Colonel Peckham. from St. Louis,
came down on the Belle Memphis this
morning, and leaves on the Caldwell to.
morrow evening for Hot Springs, Ark.
The following gentlemen arrived this
morning from Brownsville to attend the
Odd Fellows celebration: II. G. Sang
ster, John P. Mcleod, J. M. PEBBLES,
William Scott, Bob. Russell, Val. Sewer,
DR.. Chas. Sewer, Fred. Heakes and B.
T. Grant.
Captain William E. Dill, who came
down on the Belle Memphis this morn
ing, reports that the river is rising, and
is nearly over its banks. The people of
Arkansas, as far up as the Missouri line,
are greatly alarmed at the prospect of q
fearful overflow.
DR.. Rogers, the health officer, reported
last week the number of deaths to be ii,
8 whites and 3 negroes, as follows: SMALL
pox, /; consumption, | pneumonia, ! !;
dropsy, Q; debility, l stillborp, 2; old
age, /; dysentery, | from amputation,
/.
Fred. Wilson's Minstrels will be back
here this week, and perform on Thurs
day and Friday nights, and on Saturday
afternoon, at the Greenlaw Opera House.
They gave much pleasure in their re-
cent visit here, and we learn that their
exhibitions this week will be entirely new.
Col. J. B. Holmes. Southern agent of
the Pennsylvania Central railroad, ar.
rived here Saturday from the North, and
is stopping at the Overton. The Penn.
sylvania Central railroad company is
new the largest railroad corporation in
the world, and is still reaching out. In
a few days this company will commence
silver palace cars from Jeffer-
sonville to New York, making only one
change between Memphis and the latter
city.
The new rink at the corner of Adams
and Third streets is one of the most ex-
tensiye and complete establishments Of
the kind in the city or in the South, and
the place is patronzsd by many of our
best young men who bend over their
work oil day and require recreation at
night, Those who tax their brains all
day need some diversion and exercise,
and we know of nothing more healthful
than working the cranks on velocipede
an hour or so every day.
A very skilIful burglary was perpe-
trated last night in the saloon of Lou.
Mabb, in the Bethel Block, on Main
street. The saloon was entered through
small transom over the back door, after
the removal of crescent-shsped pane Of
glass, The ehisel had been used on the
lock, but to no purpose, as the door was
inside by q hook. Twenty dol.
lars 10 money, two gallons Of whisky,
four bottles of champagne, four Of ca
tawba, and q box Of fine cigars, we're
tqken. Nothing else.
A week or 80 ago, colored man, who
worked In a saEnill back of the county
Jail, met with an accident which capsed
an amputation Of his leg. He died from
the effects soon after and was buried.
The snpEtstsd LIMB, shocking to say,
vas thrown oct on the ground, and now
lies exposed to fall view, on the LETT hand
side of the road, near the old Quartermas-
ter's Office in the navy yard. Many Gu
rious persons stopped to look at the mu-
iilased member yesterday, but nobody
offered to bury It. Tho ground where il
lies belongs. if we mistake act, to the city.
Thirsyseveu cases were disposed Of al
he 6rst district police court this morn
ng. The Olfesses on docket included
.ssaslis. DRINKS, leaving tesms, con-
,ealed weapons, disorderly eondnct, abS'
i've language, throwing missiles at
house, dealing O0t liquors on Sunday,
.respass, committing nuissDces, mali