Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-11-26
BREvITIES.
The courts are in session today.

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meets at Cadmus at four o'clock THU
evening.
The tfhermomeier at IL m. to-da,
stood at 6l0, and the barometer at 2ssl'
inches.
"St. Patrick's Fair" will close tonight
Cochran Hall being engaged for another
purpose on Monday evening
1t is strange that Grant can get nc
man to act as Minister to England. The
salary is only $4,000 per annum.
Colonel w. N. Haldeman, one of the
proprietors Of the Courier-lournal, is IL
the city, stopping at the Oyerton Hotel
No weather reports have been received
BY telegraph for several days, owing t
the destruction of the lines by the late
storms.
Fanny Brown was committed this
morning by the Recorder on the charge
Of stealing gold watch from MIR. W. ii
Miller.
A splendid life-size colored photograph
of General Lee, from the gallery o.
Moyston 4 Bro, is on exhibition al
Cadmus.
At Mansford's you can get all the late
Eastern pietorials and daily papers.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Almanac fol
1870, for sale.
Chancellor Yerger is recovering rap
idly, and will be able to take his seat on
the bench Of the Second Chaneery Court
on Monday next
David Walk will speak tomorrow
morning, in the Linden street Christian
Church, on the death of Rev. DIR. Burns.
Services at l0l am. and u p.m.
The scarcity of coal at the yards is a
matter OF general comment throughout
the city. A sudden cold snap would
freeze out the entire population.
The U. s. Circuit and District Courts
will be in session on next Monday
Judge Trigg presiding. Judge Emmons,
of the Circuit Court, is expected to be
present.
Mr.. Sell Howell was acquitted last
night by the jury in the Criminal Court,
on the charge of killing Jerry Riordan
at the French Garden some months
since.
Recorder Scales tried twenty-seven
cases this morning, chiefly for minor of
lenses. Sixty dollars we're assessed as
fines and thirty dollars were collected
for the city.
Rev. DIR. Earle preached at the Second
Street Methodist Church this morning to
large congregation. To-day at two
O clock, and at seven o'clock tonight,
services will be held as usual at the
Greenlaw Opera House.
1t is said by Prussian surgeons that
the wounds made by the chassepot are
more terrible and more dangerous than
those made by the needle-gun. The ball
Of the chassepot is round; that of the
needle-gun, long and conical-shaped.
The case Of the Memphis Gayoso Gas
Company VS.. Thompson Dean ct al, for
$500. 900 damages, was up to-day in the
First Circuit Court on demurrer. The
argument Of counsel occupied the atten-
ton of the court during the day, and
will be resumed on Monday next.
A funeral sermon on the late Matthias
Wright viii be preached by the Rev. T..
P. Davidson, at Asbury Chapel, Her
nando street, at the usual hour to-mor-
row. The friends and acquaintance of
the deceased are respectfully invited to
attend the services.
The following named parties Joined
hands and hearts during the present
week, as appears from the records Of the
County Court clerks Office: Nathaniel
Becton aud Miss Harriet Whitlow; Fran
els A. Mullen and Miss Sarah Glenn;
George o. Briggs and Miss N. A. Har-
rison; W. II. Washington and Miss
Mary Jane Hill.
For the benefit Of housekeepers, We
give the price Of game. Deer meat,
choice cuts. 20 to 25e per pound; ducks,
80 TO Toe per pair; quail, 25c a piece, or
50 per dozen; rabbits, 40 TO SOC piece;
bear meat, Is to 25e per pound; dressed
turkeys, 25c per pound; wild turkeys,
from 81 so to s. a piece, according to
size; Reelfoot lake perch, l5c per pound;
Reelfoot lake trout, 2Oc per pound.
Emmons a Son, news dealers on JEFF
ferson street, have received the Courier
Journal Of yesterday, New Orleans Pic
ayune Of Wednesday last, New York
Tribune Of Wednesday, and the last
number Of the Scientific American,
which contains reading matter OF most
interesting character. All Eastern daily
papers, pictorials and literary journals
have been received up 10 date.
An escaped prisoner from Somerville
Jail. named George Bast, surrendered
himself up TO officers Green and Maloney,
on Main street, last evening The Somer-
Vile Jail is more comfortable place Tor
a man opposed to work than the streets
Of Memphis. The prisoner well knew
that he could walk out Of the Somerville
prisou whenever the bill Of fare was not
10 his taste.
A son Of Col. W. II. Guion accident
ally shot himself on Thanksgiving night.
He saw a man lying m the ditch on
Poplar street, and went to assist him.
but as a precautionary measure he drew
a pistol. While assisting the drunken
man to regain his feet the pistol acei-
dentAlly exploded, and the ball lodged
in his thigh near the knee We under
II Il not