Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-05-06
News in Brief.

News I'm Brief.
| St. Peters Sabbath school picnic takes
place to-day.
The trains failed to connect at Hum
boldt yesterday.
Decrease of cotton stock to-day, )Z2e
bales. Stock on hand, 1892 bales.
Seats are selling briskly at the New
Memphis Theater for the Opera next
week.
Registration next Saturday at Whites
Station, and Monday white voters in
Memphis. as @ SAB 3 ]
Several hundred Sabbath-school chill
dren marched through the streets this
morning going to the St Peters picnic.
1t was beautiful sight, and they will
doubtless have happy time. a..
This is Ascension Day. which always
occurs forty days aft.r Easter Sunday
the length of time the Savior was on
earth after His resurrection. Mass was
held this morning, and there will be ves-
pers at u pm.
The residence of Mr.. W. A. Goodman,
479 Shelby street, was robbed last night
of large quantity Of preserves, jams,
wines, jellies and other delicaces. Sup
posed to have been taken by o certain
colored person. "
A number of prominent ST. Louis mer-
chants, interested in the shipment of
grain in bulk from points on the Missis-
sippi river to foreign ports direct, arrived
yesterday by steamer and left to-day by
rail for New Orleans. y. ea
Sheriff Hardin, of Crittenden county,
Arkansas, has been reinstated. The
Supreme Court at Little Rock granted
an injunction restraining Maine from
exercising the office until the matter
can be fairly tested In the courts.
Mr.. Hardin has all the papers, and, We
presume, will enter upon his duties at
once. aiaal1 at oist 1agsa efa A
Meetings have been called by the
Democracy for tonight, to appoint dele
gates to the County Conventions Of Sat-
urday, in the Third, Fourth, Sixth,
Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Warda, and
in the Twelfth Civil District 1t is all
important that these meetings should be
attended by the best of our citzsns, and
that delegates of Conservative views and
conscientious motives be appointed to-
attend the nominating Convention.
o The new "short" train on the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad has been
crowded nearly every trip, and doubtless
will be a permanent arrangement "
suits business men exactly they can get
to their houses in the city by eight
o'clock In the morhing, aud then go out
at six in the evening. We expect to see
new impetus Of building all along the
line as far as Nevilrs station, which is
twenty Males. This tsain has been
needed for years and years, and we hope
i. will run as regularly as the sun rises
ard sets. Ia-t6,s-, ~
For weeks and weeks the peopls OF
Memphis, those who live in houses and
try to sleep ia them at night, have been
annoyed every night by the ceaseless
clatter of insane music and the heavy
thunder Of i'll natured drums. Were any
class OF decent white lasn guilty Of thus
Disturbing the public peace, Minister
PearDs would have arrested the rioters
long ago and turned them over to the mer-
cies of the police court But as these
stout drum besters and fife squeezers are
the hired tools al SONS Of the Radical
factions, wbosre tryingto out noise each
other, it is all right. People complain
that in all parts of the city, nearly, they
are often kept awake long after midnight
by the negreps Who are the hired. We
know of no help FOR it. We have passed
the day when we could appeal to the law
for protection. fafrsl
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