Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-09
Local Brevftfes.


1t is said that Barbour Lewis has come
back to stand his trial.
The Memphis Turf Association is we'll
represented at the Louisville races.
The Presbytery Of Ouachita District Is
in session at Little Rock, Arkansas.
A charter has been granted to the
Memphis Wood and Wllowwsre Factory.
Corporation employees were yesterday
paid their wages up to the first OF Oc-
tober.
The merchants tax bill has passed .
second reading in both Houses of the
Legislature. 1871 &
John Cubbins, Senator in the Legisla-
ture from this district, has been sp-
pointed chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Manufactures.
Nine cases were disposed Of in the
First District Police. Court this morning
Five are on the docket at the Second
District to be tried this evening.
The revolution inaugurated by the
Legislature in Nashville is troubling
some folks here. There is likelihood
of few more carpet-bags being taken
out of town.
Bill Hall (colored) has q penchant for
fighting. He "went in on his muscle :"
last evening, and the consequences is that
peace warrant has been issued for his
arrest.
Lorenzo Dow (colored) not only got
drunk yesterday, but became quite dis
| orderly. He plead bad whisky as the
cause of his i'll conduct, and got off with
fine Of IS.
Arrangements to pass delegates free
from this city to the Louisville conven.
vention have been made with Gen. Boyd,
Superintendent Of the Memphis and
Louisville railroad.
George Mellersh, of this city, has been
elected Junior Grand Warden Of the
Grand Lodge of F. and A. NJ, in session
at Nashville. and j. M. Gilbert, jr., also
Of this city, Junior Grand Deacon.
Mike Dams (colored), charged with
stealing some dry goods, and Jerry Hunt
(colored), charged with assisting him,
were arrested last evening and will be ex-
amined before magistrate this after
| noon.
A lad, twelve years old, with the organ
of eombstiveness pretty well developed,
amused himself this morning by throw
ing rocks at men in North Memphis. He
was arrested by policeman and placed
in the First District station-house.
The bale of cotton stolen from Mr..
Mullins was yesterday recovered by off,
GERS Garrett, Simons and McCune. 1t
was stolen and brought to this city by a
negro named Horace Coleman, who is
now in custody, and likely to go to Jail.
josh Guy (colored) having little respect
for life or limb, drove furiously through
South Memphis last evening. He was
consequently arrested, and will have to
answer for violation of the city ordi-
nance against fast driving this evening.
A good joke. MCGEE, carpet-bagger,
who had absconded with $4,000 which
he collected as Tax Collector of Hardin
county, is reported to have been killed by
the Ku-Klux. Fielding Hurst, of Harde-
man, has been appointed as McGee's
successor.
Jim Smith ia darby who don't seem
| to care for nobody or nothing. He got
beastly drunk last evening, and not sat
isfied with that became very disorderly.
When arrested heresisted the officer, and
will have to answer to two charges this
evening before the Police Commissioner.
James E. Temple, Esq, yesterday in
the Circuit Court delivered truthful and
touching enlogy on the life aud chsrac-
ter of Major sases 7. Peytou, men,
Der of the bar, who died st White Sui
pbur Springs, Virginia, on the 10th of
July last.
Night before last some fellow not hav-
ing the fear of tins law in his heart went
to the shanty of an old dar Ky named Bill
Cole, fifteen miles from this city, on
the Macon road, and stole mule. The
poor industrious darby is in town seek
ing his lost animal,
1t is rumored that an ex.eity officer
Mr.. M. d. Reilly-has a notion of offer
ing himself as candidate for Sheriff at
the next county election. We think M.
81, R. is doing very well on his snug
property on the corner of Auction and
becona streets, where he sees more
friends than he would ia c sberiff's Office
A large number Of our young pen
seem to have forgotten that the receipts
at the Peabody billiard room and bar
Yesterday we're to be donated to the Con-
federate Relief Association. and the
result was that Mr.. McKeogh only
,,.ared $50 CD his tables and Mr.. Cock
rell $40 s.. his bar, making the total sum
for the Associatios sioV'
Bills have been introduced in tue
House of representatives at Nashville
to change the name OF the Manhattan
Savings Bank to Manhattan Bank, to inr
corporate the Fire and Relief Associa:
ton of Memphis, to incorporate an indie
pendent detective police force to be To-
Gated in Memphis, and to repeal the act
making rules Of evidence in Federal and
State courts uniform.
Marriage certificates from the follow
ing parties were received at the County
Court Clerks office during the week /: A.
Borg and Miss Hannah Danheiser, Leo
pold Jehl and Miss Lettie We'll, Joseph
Oswald.and Miss Lena Kern, Moses
SCHWARTZ and Miss Hattie bloomfield,
Adam Baur and Miss Lana Frank, Lewis
II. Coe and Miss PAMELA A. Clarke, W.
81. Cave and Mrs Mary T. Herring, Geo.
Granger and Mrs M. P. Kliest, James
W. Croeme and Miss A. Branche.
The Arkadelphia (Ark.) Standard
thYs refers to the death Of Peter S. Ran
doiph, the promising young lawyer well
known in this CITY: "0u Thursday rem
confer occurred in this city between ?, s.
Randolph and 7. J Stewart, which re-
suited in the death of the former, receiv-
ing four wounds by knife in the hands
of the latter, three of them being in vital
parts, either ons OF vhich would have
been sufficient to produce death. It is a