Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-16
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Of houses and trees all day yesterday.
The Boards of Mayor and Common
Council meet this afternoon at the City
Hail.
Col +. W. Merlin, editor of the Val
lonian, at Water Valley, Mississippi, is in
the city, stopping at the Peabody Hotel.
A white man named Martin stabbed a
colored man named Sam, during a diff
Guilty at Whites station, yesterday,
making dangerous wound in the breast.
Martin escaped
Officer Hope arrested two negroes,
John Mcbride and Robert Brown, this
morning for stealing cotton from Mr..
VIM, Frolich, on Front street, A warrant
was sworn out by Mr.. Frolich.
Colonel j. A. Bridgeland, Supervisor
of Internal Revenue for Texas, and a
brother-in-law of Mr.. Frank Davis, of the
First National Bank, was in the city
yesterday on his way to Washington.
We are sorry to state that the Knights
of st. Patrick will not turn out to-mor-
row, as was thought; unavoidable cir
cumstances preventing the members
having their parade, which would have
been sight worth seeing, no doubt
A gentleman from Somerville, or the
vicinity, named w. p. Mcdonnell, got on
little sightseeing excursion Monday
night and lost one thousand dollars He
says he was robbed. When he woke up
in the stationhouse he had only $3.50 left,
and related his woes with tears in his
eyes When a man handles fire he is
apt to get blistered.
The office of the Memphis and Louis
vile railroad in New York has been re-
moved from No. 2, in the Astor House,
to the new building at 3l9 Broadway, on
the corner of Pearl street, where Colonel
Sam B. Jones and Mr.. J. w. Rockwell
will be found in charge. Those going
North next summer would do well to cut
this out for reference.
There are many strangers in Memphis
just now-some returning from pleasure
trips South, others looking at the country
or seeking openings for business. They
are unanimously surprised at our weather.
When the thermometer falls to twenty
degrees of zero, there is not much of the
balmy Southern breeze left to regale our
visitors.
Hon A. J. Rogers, of New York. the
gallant champion of Northern DeIhoc-
racy, who represented New Jersey in
Congress from 1863 to 81, is at present
in the city, stopping at the Peabody
Hotel He has been South some time,
and is on his return from New Orleans.
We hope he will remain some weeks and
see Memphis in more favorable weather.
Covington rejoices in another jail
breaking Tuesday night notorious
negro thief named Tom Taylor, who
robbed store at Mason's depot some
time ago of $4,000 escaped through a
badly patched hole, made by former
set of thieves who got through it. The
negro is supposed to have $4,000 of the
money hid out somewhere, and that one
reason he wanted out himself.
The gallant members of Washington
Fire Company No. had a glorious time
last night at Cochran Hall. Their ball
was happy affair, and highly creditable
to the taste and enterprise of all con-
cerned in getting it up, About two hun
bred participated in the enjoyable scenes
of the evening. The dancing, we learn,
was kept up until late hour this morn
ing.
At regular meeting of the Rife
Guards last night, permanent organi-
cation was effected, which resulted in the
election of the following officers W. G..
Cannon, Captain; j. H. Pattison, First
Lieutenant; Fred Guthrez, Second
Lieutenant; J. c. Hoist, Brevet Second
Lieutenant; W. P. Grey, Orderly Ser
geant, and Sam Carnes, Treasurer. The
company now number seventy-fve eff
fective and fine looking men. The regu-
lar drill is tomorrow night, over Cad
mus billiard saloon.
The sun rises to-day at 6;l0 and sets
at Cos; length of day twelve hours, want
ing two minutes. Tomorrow the sun
will rise at 500 and set at 500. The
length of the day and of the night will
then be exactly the same This will not
occur again during the year in our lati-
tude. The nearest approach to it will
be on the 9th of September when the
night will be two minutes longer than
the day-the sun will rise at 5:52 and set
at SOL. A considerable difference in
making close calculation.
Col. Moses White is announced else
where in our columns as a candidate for
Attorney General of the Criminal Court
at the ensuing election. The Colonel
has been successful lawyer for many
years, and has enjoyed superior advan-
tages. He possesses a quickness of per-
ception seldom acquired, has memory
that never forgets what he reads or
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