Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-04
Local BrevItIes.

The annual fair OF Haywood county
takes place at Brownsville on the 18th.
Vesper instructions on the Sabbath
have been resumed at st. Peters church.
To-day is the anniversary Of st. Fran
els, founder Of the friars called Francis
cans.
Several Of the opera and ballet corps
hero have been engaged for the Academy
of Music, Mobile. N
Z Our cigar stores are vieing with each
other as to which can bring out the
largest wooden soldier as sign.
Grading on the first three miles of the
Mississippi River railroad is progressing
satisfactorily near Covington, Upton
county. mte
The workingmen ofthis city are making
another effort to establish library and
reading-room. We hope they may sue
coed. ~@
The Memphis Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church (South) will
open at Holly Springs, Miss, on the Sd
OF next month.
Poplar street market stalls were rented
this morning; those on Bsal street will
be knocked down" to the highest bidder
this afternoon.
Our representatives will make a splen.
did appearance in the Legislature at
Nashville to-day, as far as clean faces
and clothes are concerned.
| There were thirty-nine deaths in the
city and suburbs last week, which is a
very small portion in population Of
fifty thousand this season of the year.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen
have made another attempt to sell the
city's stock in the Little Rock railroad,
but failed. 1t will try again tomorrow
evening.
The contested election case of Hunter
against Smith is being argued before
Chancellor Harris in Germantown to-
day. It matters little who wins in this
case. 49,
King Alcohol is a terrible chap. On
Saturday he caused quarrel between
two citizens at LsGrange, named King
and Witherspoon, which resulted in both
parties being badly wounded.
Messrs. Spalding, Bidwell & MacDon-
ough have generously offered the pro-
ceeds of the Memphis Theater on next
Monday night for the benefit of the Con-
federate Relief and Historical Society.
A disease, somewhat like murrain, has
killed within the last two months nearly
all the COWS in the suburbs, and conse-
quently milk is not only scarce, but of q
very blue quality.
Although the gentleman who delivered
the Grafton at the tournament at Water
Valley on Saturday belongs to Farland
| family, we are nevertheless told that his
ideas were rot farfetched.
Mr.. Sam. O. Thomas, of the Philadel-
phia Press and Washington Chronicle,
"both daily" is taking tour of the
South with view Of looking at the cotton
| crop and reporting his observations like
reliable gentleman"
Joe Seligman has become collector
of coins of the greatest antiquity, and in.
tends, we understand, to start curiosity
shop of precious metals. Whether such
be the case or not, we all know Joe keeps
excellent stables and splendid turn-outs.
Memphis is not only growing to be a
great cotton mart, but a cotton planta-
ton. Some of the finest staple raised In
! West Tennessee can be seen in the Ninth
| and Tenth wards. Such is the result of
having progressive Board of Alder
men,.
The Little Rock Chamber of Commerce
complains that the freights from this city
| to the Arkansas and White rivers are too
high. This is an important subject for
| our Chamber to consider. We should by
all means hold fast to our trade with all
points of Ar kansas.
Persons who cry out all-corn in Mis-
sissippi are likely to get denied. So
says gentleman just arrived on the
train from ssEdjs, who don't consider
himself sardine in the way of a joker.
We commend him to the care Of tie city
gentleman who saws on the Iceberg.
There wers 20 many handsomely
dressed ladies at the several churches
yesterday that stranger wondered where
all the money comes from that is c cx-
pended in dry goods. For our part we
cannot see that it is shy dearer to dress
neat and fashionably than coarse and
slovenly.
A walk through Adams, Poplar and
Union streets, so charmingly lined with
shade trees, is delightful in this beautiful
time of Indian summer. What we won
der at is that the thousands of persons
who are cooped-up in small places of
business during working days don't enjoy
more of the beauties of nature in our
midst on Sunday.
A wsg on Saturday evening, comment.
ing on the return Of one Mayor and the
retiring of the other from the perform
ance of his duties, said "that as soon as
the Left-wich illumined the hall the right
wick was extinguished," just as much as
to say that our Chief Magistrate and his
pro tenn. are little more than flashlights.
As an instance of what young man
uay do if be has inclination to work, we
will mention that Will J. Mansford six
months ago or so started the Catholic
Bookstore on Second street, between
Madison and Monroe, on little capital
he had saved from his earnings. and by
his industry, energy and ability has
built up a trade in his line that returns
him a handsome remuneration on his
outlsy. He keeps all the magazines,
rannra nm hlishad On hand