Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-28
Local Brevifies.

Colonel Ames' great circus is coming.
The bridge on Jefferson street needs
repairing, as usual.
The town of Galloway, in Fayette
county, is TO be incorporated.
To- morrow will be big day ct the
Fair = the cotton premiums will be
awarded.
Y. Day, the artist, has opened an ee-
giant gallery of art over Oak Hall, at 25l
Main street.
The County Commissioners are dead,
but they continue to futter like chickens
with their heads of.
Mr.. Charles P. Sengstaek, who has
lately become identified with large to-.
bacco firm in Louisville, is in the city.
The Gayoso Gas Company propose to
furnish gas at three dollars per thousand
feet-about one-half the price paid at
present.
It seems that the Metropolitan Police
system of Nashville is about to be abol-
ished. Our boys in blue" are locking
for their time to come next.
Colonel James 81. Sloss, of the North
Alabamian, and Colonel 0. 81. Bynum,
of CORTLAND, Alabama, are among the
arrivals at the Peabody Hotel.
Mr.. John Speed has been appointed to
the important position of freight agent
for the Little Miami railroad. The
right man for the place.
Fatker Henning preached last night to
a large audience at st. Pstricks church.
Subject, devotion to the Blessed Vr-
GIN" The mission concludes Sunday.
Sneak thieves are plying their voca-
| ton with some success various hat
racks have been stripped recently. Peo-
pie should see to it that their front doors
are kept locked.
The persimmon crop in the country ia
reported oy old farmers to be the largest
ever known. The mast crop generally is
abundant. Hogs will almost fstten for
killing in the woods in some neighbor-
hoods.
The recent fair at Brownsville was such
success that it is to be continued on
Thursday and Friday, November 4th and
| 9th, and will conclude with grand tour
nament. The first prize will be one hun
dred dollars in currency.
The weather is beautiful and pleasant.
Yesterday morning there was ice half an
inch thick on ponds in the neighborhood.
| This morning there was little or none,
and the beams of the sun fall softly on
the eutumnal landscape, warming all ma
ture into smile and cheering every heart.
Many emigrauts have passed through
| the city this fall for the other side of the
river. The most of them, it appears, are
from Alabama, and bound for the billy
counties of Northern Arkansas. They
generally have covered wagons, shotguns,
dogs and mules and lots of children, and
are nearly ell comfortably equipped.
Hon. j. E. Tucker, Representative Of
Eayette county in the lower House of the
Legislature, was married to Miss Lizzie
Crittenden, at 7 o'clock, Sunday, Oct
10Th, at Ripley, Mississippi, by Rev. j.
E. Rodgers. The happy couple made a
bridal tour to Nashville, where they will
spend the honeymoon as long as the Leg
islature is in session.
The LEDGER office was enlivened this
| mOTulug Ny u ihrkc WhitSf CofOtSu WIN
white cloth from the White House, neal
| by. Mr.. Rash, the quiet, gentlemanly
proprietor, has our thanks. Tbs egg
nogs and the apple toddies we're spleu
did-none could be better. We are rasl
enough to accept all such favors will
| good grace. Long may he wave.
| P. S.-"We" didn't drink any-tht
| printers got il ALL
| Gen. Jas A. Mabry, of Knoxville
President of the Knoxville and Ken
lucky railroad, is in the city and stop
ping at the Peabody. Gen. Msbry i
now the cole proprietor of Brownlow'
Wing. He is a gentleman OF means anc
| influence. In the late Senatorial cor
test he threw his entire weight agains
Andrew johnson, and, perhaps, contri
buted more to Andy's defeat than any
man outside of the Legislature.
1t is understood that a good many PEG
pie favor the retention of the system o
| County Commis9ionera - the member
to be elected by the people and paid
salary of $1,000 each per annum. Ii thu
system is continued, the salary should
be sufficient to secure the services o
competent men. There is not, perhaps
a hackmap in the city but makes more
than $1,000 o year, ana graE:tles at that
We believe that to make officials lsetu
they mus. be paid 8 reasonable price tol
i tbaiF work.