Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-10
BREyITIRS.

The impressive sermons preached at
the different churches yesterday at
tracted large crowds of worshipers.
A fair and festival will come OF on
tomorrow evening at Cochran Hall for
the benefit Of st. Bridget's Church.
Planters from the river counties report
that the buffalo gnats have killed ever
two hundred mules within the last FIVE
days.
St. Louis, Louisville, Chicago, Cincin-
natl, Nashville and New York dailies at
Mansford's news depot corner of Second
and Monroe streets.
Mr.. Trains lecture for the benefit OF
the orphans, delivered at the Greenlaw
Opera House last night, netted quite a
considerable amount of money.
A protracted meeting is in progress at
the Central Methodist Church by Rev.
A. S. Pritchett, pastor assisted by Rev.
j. II. VIII, presiding elder Paris District.
Six fremen and a deck-hand were
killed by the bursting of a steam-pipe
on board the Sam j. Hale, on Saturday
night, near Paducah, Ky. The names
of the killed have not been received.
The grand concert at the Greenlaw
Opera House, to be given for the benefit
of the Leath Orphan Asylum, comes oil
tonight. A number of our best musical
amateurs will lend their assistance.
The Recorder heard sixty-six cases at
his matinee to-day, and assessed 1920 as
fines for minor offenses. Robert Hub
bard was sent to Jail on the charge OF
robbing another darkey of fifty dollars.
Two countrymen, James Pearsons and
w. V. Dalton, were swindled out Of $500
yesterday by confidence sharper named
VIM. Mitchell. A $35OO forged check
induced Pearsons and Dalton to part
with their money.
Owing to the determination Of the
County Court not to pay for guards at
the Jail, the entire force was discharged
on Saturday last. The prisoners are at
present in charge Of the jailer, turnkey,
engineer and clerk.
Emmons & Son, newsdealers, on JEFF
ferson and Beal streets, have received
all the late daily papers from St. Louis,
Nashville, Cincinnati, Chicago, Louis
vile, New York and New Orleans. For
eign papers always at their stands.
The woman's suffrage question inau-
gurated in our city by that lightning
Train, has called out letters from ladies
in our city in support of the measure
The Sorosisters are organizing. Ye
lords of creation, look to your rights
A deer from the wilds of Arkansas
swan down the river this morning past
our landing, with a steam-tug in hot
pursuit. Several shots we're fred at the
animal during the novel chase. The
deer landed on this side, just below the
cotton press, near Fort Pickering, and
escaped.
The alleged difficulty with reference
to the missing bonds of the Memphis
and Ohio railroad between the Board OF
Directors and Mr.. j. M. Tomeny, the
late Treasurer, we understand was
settled to-day by a surrender of five
one thousand dollar bonds by Mr.. Tom
eny. The remaining bonds are still
non est.
McCombs, the railroad king of Missis
sippi, swears he will buy up the stocks
of the railroads running into Memphis
make our prosperous city roost for the
owls and bats, and send all freight to
New Orleans. What terrible chap
McCombs must bel But our people are
in a condition to serenade McCombs
with that operate gem, "Shoo, Fly"
Mr.. Trains idea, with reference to
having a map of Memphis and its rail
road connections printed on the fourth
page of all letter sheets used by our
merchants, has been carried into effect.
Major Minor Meriwether is preparing
the miniature map, which will soon be
on exhibition at the Chamber Of Com
merce.
The WEEKLY PUBLIC LEDGER can be
obtained at the counting-room tomorrow
morning. The WEEKLY LEDGER is full
of interesting reading mattei-the latest
political, financial, commercial, foreign
and local news. AS an advertising me-
dunn, the WEEKLY LEDGER offers rare
inducements to merchants desiring Gus
tom from this and adjoining States.
The marriage licenses returned to the
County Court Clerk during the week
were: Joseph White and Miss Johanna
Manson; Clinton Wright and Miss Fan
ME Keney; W. A. Freeman and Miss S.
Z. Williford; Henry ID. Stone and Miss
Virginia W. Hallum; Richmond Ruther-
ford and Miss Jennie Douglass; r. l..
Taggart and Miss NJ. E. Smith. Six
colored couples were also made one.
The local of the Appeal informs us
that the skull found in Broom's Opera
House formerly belonged to Captain
DePrieste, Memphis journalist, printer
and statesman. We regret to learn that