Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-12-14

General Vaughn is in the city.
Don't fail to 20 to the ward meetings
tonight
Harry Mccarthy is in Little Rock,
drawing good houses.
Do you want an Office II so, it will
be necessary to Announce yourself
through the LEDGER.
Robertson Topp. Esq, of this city, was
admitted last week to practice in the
Supreme Court at Washington City.
General E. c. Walthall, the gallant
and distinguished Mississippiau, arrived
yesterday, and took rooms at the Pea
body.
The house occupied by Mr.. Role Saun-
ders, on Wellington street, corner OF
Beal, and owned by Mr.. Thomas Turley,
was burned last night between II and !
o'clock. It was insured for $5000
Bishop Qaintard is still in the city,
but will leave perhaps tomorrow. To-
day be intends visiting the Orphans
Home, near Buntyn's Station.
The grand concert for the benefit of the
Mission Chapel takes place Thursday
night, the 10th instant, at the Assembly
Hall. Prof. Sabatzky will be assisted by
the best talent of the city.
Two negroes had o difficulty with
pistols at Shelby depot Sunday. One of
them left wife and some children; the
other left town and has not been heard OF
since. It
Justice William Walker held an in
quest Saturday at Germantown, on the
Memphis and Charleston railroad. on the
body of q negro who went to sleep and
was run over by the car0
The Hebrew Fair, which attracted so
many visitors and was such an agreeable
place of evenings all last week, closed
last night, and the ladies who worked so
faithfully have the qualification of know
ing that it was o pecuniary success.
Leroy B. Cunningham, native of Ten
nessee. but for many years & citizen OF
Washington county, Arkansas, and for
merly Treasurer of the State, but re-
moved by Gen. Ord in 1867, died at Lit
tie Rock last Monday, 9th inst.
The name of Mr.. James d. Davis was
misupelled in our columns last Saturday
through q typographical mistake, and
not through any disrespect. We cheer
fully accept card from him, in which
he offers some explanations.
81. Patrick's festival and fair will open
tonight at the Memphis Club Hall, and
will continue some days. The attrac-
tons, both on the tables and behind them
are very numerous, and the attendance is
sure to be large all week.
Between two and three o clock Monday
morning, The residences of Mr.. W. b
Wigs and George W. Cheek, on Second
street, Chelsea, we're totally consumed BY
fire, evidently the work of an incendiary
Total loss about ten thousand dollsrs
Little or no insurance.
The Pathological Society of the Mem
phis Female Seminary will give literary
entertainment to their friends at theil
| school hall on Madison street this even
| ing. As the handsome daughters o
nearly all our big merchants belong t'
this society, the entertainment will b'
not only beautiful but brilliant.
Mr.. Frank Mahan, brevet President o
the Little Rock railroad, cant ride fre'
on the one share of tcck which be holds
This is the first time we ever heard of {
railroad king who couldn't ride free OF
his own road. When he holds up hi
hand to the conductor and says, ~
pass" the conductor remarks, swell,
don't see it; fork over" he forks.
The Memphis Street Railroad Com
pany has at last triumphed in the sui
which was pending in the Supreme Cour
at Washington. This relieves the Com
pany of all embarrassment as far as re
CARDS the Peoples Street Railroad Com
pany. We hope now that the Memphi
Railroad Company will at once inaugu
rate complete reform and give the peo
pie a railway system second to none ii
the Union.
Ia our report of the Confederate Hol
at the Overton Hotel, last Thursda,
night, which appeared the following day
it was intended to mention every marrie'
lady and gentleman who attended, with
out mentioning any of the unmarried
they are sure to be noticed enough an,
how-and thought we had done SO. Blu
yesterday we happened to discover tina
Colonel 1. M. Hill and wife, and Mr.. To
hey, 1.-THE banker), and wife, were not men
toned. The omission was purely acct
dental, and lest it may have been mis-
construed we offer this explanation.
JOSEPH GooDMAS-Mr. Goodman, tn
optician, jeweler and matchmaker, cal
be found at 81 Main street, under tn
Peabody Hotel. He is an expert in hi