Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-29
BREyITIEs.



Beautiful weather.
One hundred prisoners in the county
Jail.
The county fair begins next Monday
week
Gen. R. s. Ewell isin the city en- route
to Arkansas.
Four deaths from'yellow fever in Mo-
bile last Monday.
+ II is believed that the present census
will give St. Louis a population of $780,
900.
Poplar street turnpike is becoming
more popular. 1t will soon be splendid
drive.
Brownsville has roller skating rink,
and believes that it is a good thing to be
on wheels.
Emigrant trains are passing through
the city daily, though not in such num-
bers as last year.
Three deaths from yellow fever in Mo
bile last Sunday The telegraph is reti-
cent on the subject, but the papers come
through sometimes.
Divorce suits are lively in this city.
Three divorces have been granted al
ready, and seven more petitions are to
be considered by the First Circuit Court.
The Confederate Association meets to-
night at the usual place, Second Circuit
Courtroom. Members in arrears are
requested to call and see what they owe.
A full attendance is desired.
The Old Folks at Home have a good
day for their picnic at the Fair Grounds.
These reunions are generally very pleas
ant especially when it does not rain, as
on one occasion at Bartlett.
Mr.. George Il. Dodge, of Little Rock,
and Capt. j. c. McCabe, of Helena del
egates to the Cincinnati Commercial
Convention from Arkansas, passed
through the city yesterday, en- route to
Cincinnati.
The reporters of the morning papers
we're busy yesterday trying to find out
the names of seventeen men hung at
Hopefeld. No clue has yet been found
to the perpetrator. He had better stay
on the other side of the river until about
Christmas.
The Little Rock Gazette Of Tuesday
says: Colonel J.W. Dawson and several
friends, of Memphis, are in the city.
They have been on hunting excursion
on the prairies of Prairie county, and
express themselves very much gratifed
with their recreation"
The Circuit Court adjourned this
morning, out of respect to the memory
Of f. l.. Hamlin, deceased. Mr.. Scar
borough presented an appropriate set of
resolutions on the occasion, which were
adopted. The other courts also ad-
journed to-day to attend the Old Folks
at Home picnic.
Colonel John s. Mosby, tae great par
tisan ranger of Virginia, is a delegate to
the Southern Commercial Convention,
which confeaes shortly at Cincinnati.
He will visit st. Louis during the Fair,
and be the guest alternately of John w.
Munson and James A. PEBBLES, two of
his old scouts.
Mr.. N. j. Wiggin, the fashionable hat
ter, has just returned from another trip
North Of two weeks. He met Mayor
Johnson in New York, and reports that
he was In fine spirits Mr. Johnson vas
delighted with the reception and enoour-
agement he met in Baltimore, and will
doubtless make highly favorable report
on his return.
The case of Flatley against the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad was decided
in the First Circuit Court yesterday in
favor of the defendant. This was o case
in which thirty-fve thousand dollars were
claimed by the heirs of Mr.. Flatley as
damages on account of his death, caused
by being run over by the cars of the road.
This occurred in 1866.
A New Orleans correspondent says
FThe foyer is confined to one neighbor-
hood down town, and pear the lelee,
inhabited chiefly by the poorer classes of
acknowledgements who hpddle together
eight or ten in a room, and are reported
not over clearly in their persons and
habits. An epidemic is not feared The
equinoctial gales will soon drive away
the disease"
In the Criminal Court yesterday
Messrs. Goldsby and Davis larrested on
suspicion of having murdered Colonel
Dckens) were released. The Grand
Jury, however, found true bill against
Mr. Hill, and he is retained. The re-
lease of the young men was received
with marks of great satisfaction by their
many friends present. Mr.. Hill will
have a hearing tomorrow.
Billy Emerson's inimitable Ministries
will be at the Memphis Theater tonight
and tomorrow night only. They have a
reputation unsurpassed by any travelling
company in the country, and have drawn
full houses in New York, Philadelphia,
st. Louis, Memphis, New Orleans and
Mobile, and many other cities and towns
from one end of the country to the other.
Billy Emerson is a real live actor, rising
above the ordinary grade Of his profess
sion. and showing himself an artist of
merit and talent. We look for good-sized
audiences both nights
The aurora borealis, of last Saturday,