Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-22
BREyITIEs.


Gov. Alcorn is in the city. If .U
See notice of the Italian society.
The changing is doing good service.
Capt. Jesse Tate has been seriously
i'll. az 4s9. III
Colonel T. b. Norment acts as Mayor
in the absence Of Mr.. johnson, who has
gone East. sa ~
The steamer Edinburg sank last night
fifteen miles above the city. Full par
ticulars in our river department.
Jacks on, Tenn, has daily paper, the
Telegraph. This is the fifth city in the
State that can boast Of a daily paper.
The Old Folks at Home Society will
hold their annual picnic at the Fair
Grounds, on Thursday, the 29th of Sep
TENDER Colonel Leon Trousdale has
been selected as orator Of the day. 4
The Masonic Temple Association meets
this, afternoon. The great enterprise,
we learn, prospers fayorably, and the
officers and stockholders are sanguine Of
an early and ultimate success. 4
Mr.. j. B. Synnott, we regret to learn,
is seriously i'll at his residence, in the
eastern part of the city, and his condi-
ton has not improved within the last
three or four days. Serious apprehen-
sions are entertained by his friends.
The reopening of Cadmus billiard
establishment last Monday was a
pleasant reunion for the crowd that as
sembled. The entire receipts of the
day were bestowed on four benevolent
institutions. Mr.. Cadmus deserves great
credit for his many generous acts of this
character. af $500 laa - "a
Rumored that requisition from Ar
kansas is in the Sheriff's hands for a
gentleman who has lately engaged in an
affair of honor on the Arkansas shore.
Various rumors of the same character
are ahoat, but we have no knowledge of
the facts. 1t is said that Governors Clay.
ton and Alcorn have laid their heads
together to stop the dueling business on
their respective territories, especially
when it originates in Tennessee.
Colonel Coleman Boyd is doing well
of his two wounds received yesterday.
The ball which struck his left side passed
around on one Of his ribs and can be fell
under the flesh on his back. The other
ball went entirely through his left shout
der. The latter wound gives him some
pain. = The other does not. Colonel
Ashford gave himself up yesterday, and
was bound over in the sum of two thou.
sand dollars. H
The Friar's Point Delta of yesterday
says: + On last Friday night colored
man, named George Farris, was found
crawling on his hands and feet around
the premises of Captain j. P. Morton
with double-barreled shot gun, and was
arrested by Deputy Sheriff Berry. Upon
his examination, on Saturday, the fact
was developed that he had threatened to
shoot Captain j. P. and George Morton
and was arrested while in the attempt to
carry his threats into execution. In de-
fault of bail, he was remanded to Jail to
await the action of the Circuit Court"
A young married lady went once to
have her fortune told, but it was rather
late, because she was already married to
a gentleman twice her own age, who was
neither liberal with his fractional cur
rency or handsome to behold, unless
when in retreat and at good distance
The fortune-teller told her that her hus.
band would die in seven 49,. "Merciful
heavensl !" the lady said, afterwards, in
relating the circumstance to friend
my heart sank within me, was SC
afraid it was seven years; but the for
tune-teller, after pause which seemed
an age, continued-will die within seven
months. Then | felt so relieved, and
hurried home to the baby"