Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-02-05
Loenl nreyities.

Where are the sprinkling carts.
| ]. M. TomeDy, Esq, has come home.
| Only six regular news boys in Mem
phis.
Col. d. M. Lsatherman has returned
from New Orleans.
Judge Howard Fslconer, editor Of the
Holly Springs Reporter, is at the Pea
body. Ir
Larkin's Independent Compress, on
Jefferson street, turns out FIVE hundred
bales per day.
David Walk will preach OF Linden
street Christian Church tomorrow morn
ing, at lO3 m. and n pm.
Ed. worsham's Railroad Advertiser
is out for circulation, and presents this
week very neat appearance. Twenty
thousand are circulated monthly.
The elegant new steamer R. P. Walt
arrived last night with 249 bales of cot
ton from White river. Her FIRST trip was
10 every way successful sud satisfactory.
Why don't the ny Dung Americas" of
the city organize a cadet military com
pany2 Martial music and military ex-
ercise are both pleasant to the ear and
eye. $500 iE
An exciting billiard contest came eff
at Cadmus' last night, and drew large
crowd. But the game was so near even
that the championship of Tennessee is
still an undecided issue.
Loud complaints are made by whole
sale merchants that some of our rail-
roads give preference to through freights
over local freight, and that country buy
ers under this rule can get goods quicker
from ST.. Louis than Memphis.
A new policeman, named P. W. Dali
ley, got into q difficulty at the Parlor
Music Hall, and was shortly aflerward
relieved of the insignia of his Office by
Chief ODonnell. The case will be
heard by the Board of Police.
We would call the particular attention
of our readers to the lecture to be deliv.
cred at the Club Hall, this evening, by
the great Jewish Reformer, Rev. DR..
Wise, of Cincinnati. These lectures,
when delivered at Cincinnati, caused the
greatest commotion among the religious
circles, and were extensively noticed by
the press. We shall be on hand.
The following is report of the mail
matter delivered and collected by letter
carriers of the Memphis postofiice, for
the month of January, 1870: Number of
carriers employed, IL; delivery trips
daily, A; collection trips daily, s.; mail
letters delivered, S6,635; local letters de-
livered, 480O newspapers, etc, deliv-
cred, 24,4ll; letters collected, 1871;
newspapers, etc., collected, 1882.
We learn, on reliable authority, that
fully oue-hslf the colored pupils attend
ing cur city schools belong to the coun-
try, and are enjoying privileges free of
cost, to which none but actual residents
are entitled. The city pays for the
schooling Of these precious wards of the
Government, while white children, whose
parents live outside of the corporation,
are rigidly excluded. Our colored
schools are glorious institutions and
gloriously managed. The subject is very
prolific of argument, and shall be further
noticed OF our earliest convenience. A
number of these colored pupils are noto-
rieus cotton thieves, who carry bag of
the loose staple oftener than they carry
their books.
Certificates of marriage we're returned
during the week to the County Court
| Clerks Office on licenses issued to the
following named parties: 81 W. Ballard
and MSS Mary Simms, married January
20, by Robert Guthrie; j, L. Weaver and
Miss Jennie Anderson, married June I'd,
1869, by John s. Park; Thomas H.
Pierson and Miss E NINA G. Goodman,
married January 9th, by John S. Park
James F. jackson and Miss Fannie b
Weir, married January 10th, by E. B.
Crisman; Eugene D. Clark and Miss
Annie G. Grisheuger, married February
81, by Rev. A. Fl. Kerr; George Schilly
and Miss Louisa Weigle, married Febru-
ary I'd, by T. B. Willard, Justice of the
Peace; John P. Simops and Miss Ju-
liette Scheffmsn, married January 3lst,
by T. B. Willard, Justice of the Peace,
aud one colored couple. Total, eight
marriages..
A Mobile correspondent of St. Louis
paper ssys "The object of this commu-
nication is to invite your attention to a
wosk which I think is of very great i'm
pertance, both TO St. Louis and Mobile
and that is, the building cfd road from
Grenada to Meridian, Mas, distance
of little over one hundred miles, which
is the only gap between the two cities,
and will make an almost airline road
from s.. Louis by the IroH Mountain
road to Meridian, Miss. Memphis is also
interested in this road, aud / sm satisfied,
from correspondence had with some Of
her leading men, will aid literally in
building it. The road is very much
neadad nv the naonla along the proposed