Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-03
BREyIrIEs.
Ice retails AZ two cents per pound.

next week AT NASHVILLE.
The Curin- Porter homicide case is
on trial before the Criminal Court
Chancellor Yerger viii open the Sec
ond Chancery Court on Monday next.
Go to Joe Locke's for all late newspa-
pers, pictorials and literary periodicals.
The amount Of wharfage collected dur
ing the month Of November was $455O 10.
The thermometer at IL m, to-day
stood at 45' and the barometer at 80
inches. 4..
The "Old Folks" win meet at Hiber-
MAN Hall this evening at 3 o'clock, and
talk Of olden times.
Cotton on the levee, instead Of cotton
on the brain, is causing the wharfmaster
considerable annoyance.
Judge Ray heard the motion for bail
in the habeas corpus case Of the State
ca rel. John Cosgroye, to-day. liikE
Col. j. j. DuBose, accompanied by
his bride, arrived in the city this morn
ing and is stopping at the Peabody
Hotel. -.
The payroll of twenty-one members
of the Grant family amounts to 1914, 500
per annum. 1t is the Royal family OF
America. fHaf1 aHE aaeNH
Thirty-eight cases were disposed Of by
the Recorder this morning. One hun
dred aud five dollars were collected and
two hundred assessed.
The case of Riddle, Coleman & Co. VS..
Pillow ct al, was further heard in the
United States Circuit Court to-day be
fore Judge Emmons.
The able opinion of Judge Ray in the
habeas corpus case Of the witnesses com
mitted, in default of sureties, in the Cos
grove case, will be found on our fourth
page.
At Jerseyville, Ill, during the last
month, there were ten marriages anc
twenty-five divorces. The county paper
quotes marriages as dull, and divorces
brisk. 'a ~
Bankruptcy cases were disposed o.
to-day by Judge Trigg in the United
States District Court. On Monday mex
the United States seizure cases will be
called for hearing.
In redeeming property sold for taxes
to the State, the clerk Of the First Circuit
Court will receive one half the amount
in county scrip, the other half in green
backs.
The argument of counsel on the de
murrer in the case of the Memphis Gay
oso Gas Company vs.. Dean ct al, before
the First Circuit Court is continued
over to Saturday next.
The alarm of fire last evening was
caused by the burning out of hue ii
the rear of the engine-house on Shelby
street. No damage was done, but the
fire brigade had little exercise.
At Mansfords, corner of Second ant
Monroe streets, can be obtained the lates
pictorial papers and literary periodicals
All late daily papers from Eastern anc
Northern cities can be had at this new
stand
1t is said that Miss Louisa Moore, Of thu
Moore-Wyndham combination troupe, il
about to returnto England for the pur
pose of playing life engagement in thu
comedy of Matrimony" with LondoI
banker.
A heavy frost this morning 'was fol
lowed by a dense fog, which envelopes
the city and the river up to late hour
The sun at last broke through the FOL
bank, causing the latter to become al
airy nothing.
A morning cotemporary claims tn
credit of stirring up delinquent tax
payers, and refers to the great inhuenc,
of their short article. The LEDGER was
the first paper in the city that notified
the public with reference to these taN
sales.
Judge Heiskell, of the First Circuit
Court, did not, as was expected thi
morning, render his decision in the man
damus case between the Coroner an,
Chief of Police with reference to VIII,
shall be the custodian of the property o
dead men. epyh.s
Emmons & Son, newsdealers, on JEFF
ferson street, have received the Courier
Journal of yesterday, Cincinnati Com
mercial of Friday, and N. Y. Tribune o
Wednesday last, besides all of the lates
pictorial publications, daily papers ant
literary periodicals.
Miss Louisa Moore will leave Mobil'
tomorrow for Memphis. Her engage
ment with the .Wyndham having expired
by Limitation, she will reorganize the
troupe and will probably give the Mem
phis people an opportunity Of seeing he
again in English comedy.
John Samuels, who claims to be a re
sident of Indianapolis, Ind, undertook
to practice the confidence game on I
countryman on board steamer las
evening. Officer Mcbride arreste'
Samuels and this morning he contributed
twenty-five dollars to the city treasury
General John ONeal, the FeniaI
commander, has been released from Jail
In a pamphlet which he publishes h
declares himself Opposed TO any furthe
Fenian attempts against Canada." HI
claims that the failure Of the st. Alban
raid was caused by the Fenians not com
ing to time. .rf.l...
The following members Of Leila Scot
Lodge (Masonic) have been elected off
GERS for the ensuing year: H. II. Higbee
w NJ. G Stnrm 9 VISA II Davis i