Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-02-24
Local BrevifIes.
Hotels well patronizsd.

Capthin OF FIRE Engine mo. ID
convalescing.
See the card Of Stewart Brothers d
Fizer, StonewalI Block.
Miss Tiffany will appear Monday night
as "Orgorita" in the Sea Of Ice.
One Of the candidates has new stove
pipe hat. BE says it was present.
The General Council will be petitioned
to allow bars kept open after midnight.
Colonel Robert Alcorn, editor Of the
Friar's Point (Miss.) Delta, is in the
city.
A number of ladies and gentlemen are
to leave to-day for New Orleans to attend
Mardi Gras
A gentleman coming in on Poplar
street this morning met three street cars
None of them were coming toward the
city.
The Board of Trade at Clarksvile has
made an official protest against the new
Constitution about to be submitted to the
people.
The Democratic Executive Committee
will meet at Willetts at 3 o'clock this
afternoon to transact business of i'm
pertance.
We learn by an Eastern paper that
Mrs. Jefferson Davis has been banqueted
recently by Liverpool merchant, whose
guest she is.
Four hundred new postal money Offices
will be opened on the first of July, and
after that only new ones will be opened
semi-annually.
The German Concert at the Memphis
Club Hall, we are glad to learn, was q
complete success, both in attendance and
an artistic sense.
The Chief of Police is making strenu.
GUS efforts to have all drinking saloons
closed at twelve o'clock at night. All
who keep open later may expect to be
arrested and fined.
1t is said that "red headed" mems
ball is to be given shortly in Northern
city. We haveno red headed people in
Memphis; hence we cannot have any red
headed bulls.
The Emmett Guards elected the follow
ing permanent officers Tuesday night
P. Hagerty, Captain; d. Smith, First
Lieutenant; Charles Meehap, Second
Lieutenant.
The members of the 154h Relief AS
sociaiion are called to meet at eight
o'clock this evening, to make suitable
arrangements to attend the funeral of
Mejor Phil. T. Allin, deceased. See
notice.
After two or three days of cold, rainy
weather, the sun shines out again with
golden effalgence, and oil creation seems
in q smile. Last night was clear and
cold; this morning sharp and frosty; to-
day bright and beautiful, and the ladies
are out shopping.
Sixteen ssees appeared on the docket
at the Recorders Court this morning.
twenty-five dollars was collected in
dnes. Mr.. Hsllum presided, in the alb
seuce of Recorder Scales, who has leave
of absence. The time of opening the
court has been changed to seven o'clock
in the morning. This will require some
early rising.
The Postwar, q very neatly printed
and we'll filed sheet, devoted chiefly to
postal and local news, has made its sp-
pearance. 1t is to be Issued quarterly,
BY Messrs. ]. R. Durff and a. G. Du-
mars, and will have grstuitous circula-
ton in the city of 5000 copies. 1t con-
tsins much information of value and In.
terest to all classes who receive or write
letters, and will be worth filing away for
reference.
The committee appointed by the Cham.
Der of Commerce to collect money for
dsfraying the expenses of an agent to
canvass Arkansas in the interest of the
Memphis and Kansas City railroad, has
met with the most gratifying and unex.
pected success. 1t is understood that
Colonel Edridge will be appointed as
such agent, and will soon start out on his
arduous work. A more efficient hard.
worker could not be found.
Look out for the LEDGER's new dress
next Tuesday, the first of March. An
extraordinary edition will be issued and
distributed in every direction where
Memphis has trade or expects to trade.
Spring advertisers are taking advantage
of the opportunity, and have already
handed in several columns of their favors
The LEDGER is inspired with new zeal
and life by such encouragement, and will
spare no efforts to extend its sphere OF
power and usefulness.
Major Phil 7. AlIin died last night at
midnight at the residence of G. NJ. An
derson, Z q, on Court street. he had
been confined to bis room about six
weeks with disease of the heart. Bis
untimeIy end will fill many heart with
sadness. By birth he was Ksntuekiau,
but be had lived here several years before
the war and was one Of the most popular
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