Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-17
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at 450, and the barometer 81 20 TIC
inches. aaf.
The Probate Court Of Shelby county
was opened and adjourned by Judge Ray
to-day.
The Catholic orphans fair will com
mence on Monday evening next at the
Memphis Club Hall. t.0
The city registration closes to-day.
Unless q certificate is obtained you can
not vote at the ensuing municipal cleo
ton.
The snow has disappeared, leaving us
| in the mud. The Arkansas shore con
tinues to present the dreary appearance
Of winter. Z.
ST. Bridget's Church will be dedicated
by Bishop Feehan, tomorrow morning at
lOa o'clock, with solemn and appropriate
ceremonies.
Go to Father Nugents lecture, on
Nobody's Children" on Tuesday night
next, at the Greenlaw Opera House.
Seats free.
The magistrates offices were quite
dull to-day. Not single State case ap-
peared on the dockets to charm the eye
Of reporter.
City Tax Collector f. W. Robertson
extends polite invitation to taxpayers
to appear at his Office and settle little
question Of taxes,
Joe Locke has all the late Eastern and
Northern daily and weekly papers. pic.
torials and magazines. Christmas new'
goods for sale. a 'fgtg Sd
Recorder Scales disposed Of twenty,
six cases this morning; $l55 were as
sessed as fines and $75 collected-prin.
cipally for drunks and disorderles.
1t is seriously entertained by many
members of the Legislature to create a
new State, called the State ofFranklin,
by cutting off East Tennessee from the
rest of the State.
The authorities are pursuing the in
vestigations in the Ada Jones murd Ell
case with some success. New develop
ments have been made, which will be
brought to light at the proper time,
Henry Brewer, colored man, was
committed to Jail by the Recorder this
morning in default of bail in the sum Of
three thousand dollars, on the charge OF
stealing money and clothing from an
other colored man.
A rule was made in the United States
Circuit Court yesterday prohibiting at
torneys from taking files Of papers from
the office of the clerk. The case of An
derson 4 Co. VS.. Memphis and Louis
vile railroad is on trial to-day.
1t is reported that W. j. Smith will
contest the seat of Colonel Vaughan in
the next Congress Grant is providing
for defeated Congressman. Schenck
goes to England as Minister. Why can't
Smith be sent to st. Domingo?
Mansford, corner of Second and Mon
roe, has on hand everything, in the news
line-almanacs, pictorials, literary jour.
nails, magazines, daily an d weekly news
papers from all points, and full stock
of general news goods fer Christmas.
Emmons & Son, nevSsdealers ON JEFF
ferson, and GO Beal street, have received
the Missouri Republic an, Courier-Jo Jour
nal and Missouri Dem ocrat of yesterday,
all daily and weekly papers, Eastern
pictorials, magazines and periodicals..
The DeSoto Lodge No. 299 met last
evening and elected the following Off
GERS: r. c. Williamson, W. NJ; J. W.
Graham, S. W; b. f. Price, ]. W.; R.
W. Shelton, Secretary; W. N. Wilker-
son, Treasurer; I'D. Worsham, S. D..
Chas. NJ. Comasi, j. D.; j. j. Sutor,
Tyler.
Esquire Edward Herman was buried
to-day His funeral was largely attended
by friends and acquaintance. A re-
QUEEN mass was chanted at st. Peter $
Church at 10 o clock, in the most solemn
and impressive manner, for the repose of
the soul of the lamented deceased.
We have received few copies Of La
Revolution, Red Republican paper
from Marseilles, France, of date of No
vember 18th. They contain inaamma-
tory addresses to the French people
from Cluseret and George Francis Train.
Train signs himself" Soldat de la Re-
publique Franchise.
W. L. Radford, Esq, of the house of
Taylor, Radford & Co., has been elected
Director in the Planters Insurance
Company, to fill a vacancy in their
Board. Mr.. Radford is well known here,
both as a merchant and an insurance
man, and his election will increase the
influence of the Company.
The Atlanta New Era gives an account
of a shooting ARRAY in that city between
Mr.. s. Howell (said to be from Mem
phis), and party of negroes. The row
was about bag of pea nuts which How
ell threw at one of the negroes. The re
suit was that three of the negroes W ere
seriously wounded by Howell, who es-
capped from the city.
Advices from Dakota give us the in
formation that Spotted TAIL chief Of
the Upper Brule Sioux Indians, is sick
and is about to leave us for the happy
hunting grounds. We hope he will be
unable to scalp women and children, or
go on the war path in the hunters para
disc In this world Spotted Tail'.had
quite a weakness for scalps.
The marriages during the last week