Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-16

| ing patiently iOr inc couhtcrivit money
but they wait in vain. twill never come.
d The late Esquire Herman was born in
Leitrim county, Ireland; was forty-eight
years old at the time Of his death, and
had been in the United States twenty
six years. His funeral viii take place
from his residence on Madison street. at
nine o'clock, tomorrow morning. A
grand requiem mass will be chanted in
St. Peters church for the repose of the
soul Of the deceased.
Our Union street contemporary a few
days since informed us that "St. Paul
had erected within the last year 5000, 900
worth of buildings" We asked that he
should locate these buildings. This
morning he says: "The work was done
on mansions in the skies. " How was
it possible for our contemporary to procure
the estimate2 Is our neighbor ip the
habit of getting " sky high 2" o.
A witty French writer observed that
when a British gentleman wakes up on
q fine autumnal morning his first thought
is; "Let us go and kill something"
There is a class of men in Memphis
whose thoughts on like occasion would
be-; Let us go and kill somebody
The bump Of destruction on the heads Of
our Memphis shootists is unfortunately
too well developed.
jeremiah Bailey was hanged at New
Madrid, Mo-, on Tuesday last, for the
murder Of Mr.. James Brock in March,
1868. He made speech on the gallows,
the closing portion of which has much
significance and point. To the young
men he said: "Look at me. What
brought me to this2 It was whisky and
carrying firearms. These have ruined
me. If you do not want to be impris-
oned. to be rpined, do not drink whisky
or carry firearms"
Comptroller Pennebaker seems to
have poor opinion of Shelby county.
Referring to the revenue laws he fatty
says: I'm Shelby county some Of the
wealthiest men pay neither State, tcoun-
ty nor corporation taxes. Why2 Because
there is no law to compel them. There
is farce enacted every year to the in
finite damage ofthe State, called selling
lands for State purposes" In the grim
est style of humor he remarks: 1.-THE
claims of Shelby county alone for tax
bills, ETC., would exhaust every dollar Of
U. S. currency we will get this year, if
they were allowed without examination"
A Louisville paper says; Not long
since there was found in the desk of
newspaper reporter, now unhappily no
more, romance written in shorthand
and discourse on photography, PTS
toll with six bullets in it, poem in six
cantos, a policeman's whistle, an unfn-
ished essay on the Trials of Newspa-
per Life meerschaum pipe, two rail
road passes (alasl like the poor fellow
himself, expired), a dictionary of CLASH
cal and poetical extracts, an empty
Scotch ale bottle with bit of candle for
stopper, Remains Vie de Jesus, fid-
die, and copy of the amusing sketches
of Artemus Ward" A brother reporter
took an inventory of his effects, and,
true to nature, made an " item " of them
for publication.
The celebrated Myra Day-Banks hon.
icide case still progresses in the Criminal
Court SO far the States witnesses are
being examined, and SO far the theory of
the defense has not been revealed by the
counsel. Myra Day, the accused, sitsin
the midst of her able counsel, dressed in
mourning goods. She has pleasant,
attractive face, and her dark complexion
gives evidence of her French extraction.
Attentive to everything introduced as
evidence by the State, she sits and listens
with the ear of one who is visitor rather
than an accused. The court room was
crowded this morning.
The late breeze in the U. s. Circuit
Court, which resulted in the discharge
of the traverse jury by Judge Emmons,
had like effect on the Grand Jury.
Last evening Judge Emmons ordered
the Marshal to summon the following
good and lawful men to serve as jurors
during the present term Of court; Edgar
McDavitt, William M. Harrington, +. S.
Davis, John r. Stebbin, James Elder, j,
f. Mckinney, ST., William F. Hardin,
N. M. Jones, W. r. Moore, Miles Owen,
W. C. Byrd, l. M. Hill, L. M. Wolcott,
Martin T. Ryder, James d. Davis, Chas
G.. Merriman, C. J. Seldom, Michael
Magevney, sr. Alexander Jackson, John
W. c. Campbell, R. B. Hart, W. A. Will
hanson, Charles p. Taleaferro, Charles
R. Abbott, D. s. Lacey, l. c. Martin, N.
F. Norton, G. W. Rogers, John Aldridge,
NJ. Kirkpatrick, Smith Parks, J. B. Cum
ningham, j. P. Bullock, W. Whitaker,
L. r. Walliger and 0. S. Stephenson.
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READ THIs.-We have seen letter
from lady residing in Middlesex county,
Massachusetts,, addressed to H. Wetter
& Co. of lour5 city, iniwhich she orders
sent to her one of the celebrated Cham
pion cook stoves, of which these gen
tlemen are the agents. This, we think,
is an evidence Of the great merit these
stoves possess, coming, as it does, from a
country claiming to be ahead of all
America in manufacturing, not only
stoves but everything else. We congrat-
ulate our friends Wetter & Co, on being |
able to offer to the public so excellent an
article as the Champion" Their place
of business is Is and 10 Monroe street.
Ny lady friends are hereby notified
that they can now have their orders
filed, promptly, for cakes and all kinds |