Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-10-28
BREyITIEs.

The Democratic Executive Committee
meets this afternoon at Cadmus, at 81
o'clock sharp.
Everybody has gone to the races to-
day--that is, everybody who attend the
races at any time.
Cotton up quarter today and there
is better feeling throughout the market.
Fourteen and half cents was the quota
ton for bright middling at noon.
A false alarm Of FIRE was sounded
about one o'clock this morning, which
brought the steamers tbundering out on
the streets Ia twinking. ) They re-
turned at q slower speed.
The Lee beat the time of the Natchez
to Natchez city fourteen minutes and
thirty seconds. This gives the horns to
the Lee. We hope the useless contest
which involves so many lives and so
much property will now come to an end.
At the late meeeing of the Memphis
and Charleston railroad directors,
Messrs. Ellet h Phelan were elected
attorneys for the road for the ensuing
year. This is an excellent selection, for
the firm is one Of the ablest at our bar,
and Memphis can boast Of more legal
talent than any city of the same popula-
ton in the Union.
Among our numerous subscribers for
the WEEKLY LEDGER we notice the name
of J. W. Watson, now located as q mer-
chant tailor at 0kolons, Mississippi,
where he is said to be doing q prosperous
business. He lived in Memphis many
years and was located on Madison street.
He is a reliable, clever gentleman, and
has many old friends here who will be
glad to hear that he lives and prospers.
The Morristown East Tennessee) Ga
zette of the Goth says:
Some parties in digging in a cave near
Clifton, Cooke county, in search of min
erals, have exhumed a human skeleton
of giant proportions. In height it is
fully seven feet. 1t was walled up with
stone, and from the surroundings it is
supposed that it must have been placed
there hundreds of years ago. There
we're a large lot of curiously carved
beads, Of ivory or shell, found with the
bones. 1t is considerable curiosity and
well worth preserving.
The entertainment given by the Sodal-
ity Silver Band, last evening, was well
attended, and passed off in a manner
satisfactory to the audience. The must
cal part of the programme was received
with applause that called for an encore
in most cases. The concluding part of
the entertainment, a pantomime entitled
the Magic Box; or, Who Stole the
Liquor" was put upon the stage in a
very creditable style, and the various
characters filled in a manner that aston
ished the friends of the young gentle
men and raised the enthusiasm of the
audience to the highest pitch. The enter
tainment will be repeated this evening,
at the same place-Washington street,
between Third and Fourth.
The concert at Brinkiey College last
night was an artistic and complete sue
cess. 1t will be repeated tonight with
some changes of programme. A morn
ing paper says:
1t was worth three or four times the
price charged for admission to hear Miss
Flodie Lewis sing and perform Spring
time" while the same lady sang The
Lover and the Bird, Robert" and
other airs so charmingly as to win from
all the verdict ola songstress of superior
merit and great talent. Her well cult
waited voice warbled beautifully and dis
tinctly to the satisfaction of every lis
tener. Miss Eva Williams executed
" Chantez riez donncs SO sweetly that
all hearts were delighted. Since this
young lady appeared in public last
spring she has greatly improved, both in
voice and personal appearance. The
Bells go ringing for Sarah, was hand
somely done by Lima Barber, and little
Tinnie sung and acted "Johnnies so
Bashful " very humorously. Several of
the choruses were fine.