Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-12-24
BREyITIEs.
Skating is said to be fine in Arkansas.
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Acting-Recorder Mcdowell disposed oil
thirty-eight cases this morning; $50 were
assessed as fines and $50 collected.
i The Grand Jury Of the Criminal Court
have been discharged by Judge Flippin
until the fourth of January next.
Tomorrow will be Christmas Day; il
being Sunday, little Christmas will be
taken on Monday by our people.
The members of the German Mutual
Benevolent Society will give grand
ball on Monday evening next, at the
Cochran Hall.
The thermometer at Z clock a. m. to-
day stood at zero, or 800 below freezing
point, the lowest point reached at any
time since January l, 1864.
Drivers Of horses on the Nicolson
pavement should have the poor animals
properly shod for winter. A number of
horses and mules slip up and fall down
on the icy streets daily.
Mansford, newsdealer, has all late
magazines, periodicals, comic almanacs,
daily and weekly newspapers, pictorial
publications, and full stock of Christ
mas news goods.
The First and Second Chancery Cosrts
stand adjourned over to next Friday,
the First Circuit stands adjourned to
Tuesday, January 3, and the Second
Circuit Court to Wednesday, January A.
An eclipse of the sun took place ON
last Thursday. 1t was total in Central
Africa, but invisible in the United States.
Congress forgot to appoint committee
to go over and enjoy the eclipse with
the fortunate Africans.
An elaborate report on broad and mar
row gauge railroads and levee railroads
is preparing by Messrs. Minor Merri-
wether, Ethel H. Porter and Mr.. H.
Moore, for presentation at the next meet
ing Of the Chamber of Commerce.
The intense cold weather has caused
assures to appear in the Nicolson
pavement on Main and other streets.
The wooden blocks contract and spread
apart from each other beneath the in
fiuence of heavy frost. 0 E3 &
Mr.. B. M. Levy has announced him
self as candidate for the Office of mag
istrate in the fifth civil district of Shelby
county. Mr.. Levy is an old citizen, and
would make good officer if elected by
the people.
The grand Masonic Fair will COM
mence on Monday evening next, at the
Greenlaw Opera House. Extensive ar
rangements are making, which will no
doubt make the Fair one of the grandest
and most successful ever held in our city.
Sister Mary Dolores returns her thanks
to the members of the Fire Relief Asso-
citation for wagon load of good things
sent by the gallant boys of the Fire
Brigade to the children at st. Peter $
Orphan Asylum. The fremen always
remember the orphans.
Comptroller Pennebaker has reused
the ireiof officials in Shelby county by
his report to the Legislature Tax Col
lector Mclean has written long and
elaborate article refuting the charges
made in that report against him by the
Comptroller.
Emmons & Sons, news dealers on JEFF
ferson and Beal streets, have all the
late daily and weekly newspapers from
the North, South, East and West; period
icals, quarterlies and magazines, home
and foreign pictorials, news goods for
Christmas and children.
The animal report of the Memphis
Board of Education for 1869, contain
ing the reports of President Thomas r.
Smith, Treasurer W. A. Steffey and Su-
perintendent j. T. Leath, is on our table.
The work is full of interesting school
statistics ttfA
Joe Locke has all late New York, St
Louis, Nashville, Louisville and New
Orleans daily and weekly papers, picto-
rails, home and foreign quarterlies and
magazines, news goods of every descrip-
ton, and full stock of Christmas story
books for children. frN f .s i
The LEDGER will not be published on
Monday next, as in Difference to the
time-honored custom, one day will be set
apart, during which the employees of the
LEDGER office may have an opportunity |
of celebrating Christmas in the manner
usual in all well-regulated communities.
We acknowledge the receipt of COM
plimentary ticket to the Christmas dinner
to be given at the Maxwell House, Nash
vile, by the popular proprietors, NJ.
Kean & Co. The bill of fare for the
table dhofe is wonderfully enticing, and
we regret being unable to accept an in
vitation TO feast fit for Lucullus.
The development of muscle has as
sumed a new phase in Memphis. For
merly it was confined to the " fancy
who fought in the ring, but now the
pedal extremities are cultivated, and the
elite of the city, mounted on roller skates,
glide with graceful curves and happy
expressions over the polished floor OF the
skating rink.
Bob Smith, driver of dray No. 337, was
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