Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-22

@W LOCALS IN nRIEF. r.
Our Wholesale merchants are prepar-
ing to reap rich harvest.
Texas cattle are coming our market.
A large drove arrived yesterday.
Persons who throw watermelons on the
sidewalks may cause melancholy acct
dents.
Twenty.nine cases we're disposed Of in
the First district police station this morn
ing.
4 Mr.. Alley was fined $50 10 The Police
Court this morning for keeping sgaming
house.
Go-ahead merchants are taking steps
toward establishing q bonded warehouse
| ia this city.
The ground in Chelsea donated to the
city BY W. A. Bickford, Esq-, 70 to be
called Bickford Park.
A dead COW lying 10 the grove at the
head of Court street extended. Will the
sanitary force removeitf
The chief attraction for boys on the
sidewalk near Court Square is blind
woman playing an organ.
| A jokist who listened to the debates
of our Aldermen last evening says the
City Council ought to be called Babel.
Fifteen hundred barrels Of coal is
wanted for the City Hospital. The coal
dealer who bids lowest will get the con-
tract. q, HhMT Y3EAJ0J sSt'
The "great head-center of entertain
men" in this city is conceded by ell
lovers of amusement to be the Varieties
Theater. -
The house Of Mrs. Larkip, on Wash
ingtou street, was robbed last night OF
several articles of wearing apparel. Ser
wants are suspected. ill y 4lll 6sA y
Annie Gwyn, colored damsel, was
found in state of intexication in the
Second police district last night, and
placed in the calaboose. vorvew
1t may be interesting to our immigra-
ton societies to know that over five thou
sand immigrants arrived in New York
last week. -
The acting Mayor informs US that the
health of the absent Mayor is improving.
and that be will be at his post on the I'd
of October. m VI
HlAldermen Marshall, Black and Hoist
have been appointed to cast the vote of
the city for directors Of the Memphis and
Ohio Railroad Company. g
The amount of past due city taxes is
over s4OO, 900. If thatsum were paid il
would besa great relief to our embar-
raised Board of Aldermen. a
The fourth annual fair of the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical Society Of South
westK entucky and West Tennessee opens
on the 5thof next month. q 81
A number of cotton factors recon-
mend to the Board of Aldermen that
"only buyers of cotton and other pro-
duoe be permitted the use of the bluff"
The annual dues for the next CONNER
cial year of the Chamber of Commerce,
commencing next Monday, will be $l5
for a single member and 1875 for firms.
| Citizens and taxpayers earnestly ask
the City Council TO put that part of the
Randolph road within the limits Of the
Ninth Ward "in good and passable
condition"
Mayor Swayne. in a long MESSAGE to
the City Council last evening, said: Our
financial affairs, for want Of present
means, are growing worse" Encourag-
ing, isn't III .
The many injuries caused by coal-oil
explosions have frightened a large mum,
Der Of people into the habit of using can
dies Shall We have chandlery in
Memphis ? 1851
Messrs. 0. F. Prescott, D. c. Trader
aud George Mellersh have been appointed
ljudges of the election for officers of the
Chamber of Commerce, which takes
place next Monday. rH 'seEi' ae.li 7'4 y
| A committee of the Board Of Alder
men reports thst "pRblio necessity de-
mands" work house in Memphis. The
committee is preparing paper THAT
will throw much light on the subject"
Commissioners appointed by the City
Council to assess the value of property
| to be used for opening Monroe street,
| from Wellington to the Memphis and
Charleston railroad, report the whole
sum at $4l64.
4 Our fair ones will be astonished when
we state that Miss Anna Dickinson con-
dennis side-saddlea. She declares them
! .ot only delusion and snare, but IAN
outrage h ,;s !. oil womankind of Q horsey
tendency"
Several Chelseans called the atte.ssion
of the City Council last evening to the
dangerous condition of the Third street
bridge. "The attention of the Street
Commissioner" said they, "has been
called to it several times, but nothing
L.. haa, donan