Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-25

Recorder Scales disposed Of twelve
misdemeanor cases this morning. Ii.
G. Looney was placed under $4,000 bonds
on the charge of stealing cotton.
Rev. Moses Hull, Of Baltimore, we'll
known lecturer on Spiritualism, will
reach ttiN city next week and take the
place Of Mr.. J. N. PEBBLES, who goes to
New Orleans.
The through mail leaving New York
Monday, November 10th, and due in
this city Thursday morning, November
23d, is missing; supposed to be burned
at New London, Ohio, on Little Miami
railroad.
The game market retail prices are as
follows: Venison, 10 to sOc per poand;
quails, 25c. each, or 80 per dozen rab-
bits soc. each; squirrels, 25c. each;
ducks, so to 75c. per pair prairie
chickens, 81 pair; geese, 81 each;
oysters, so to Toe. per can; dressed tur-
keys, zoe. per pound
Jefferson street was thrown into
spasm last evening by reverberation
caused by the sweet notes of pistol,
which latter was discharged recklessly
by adrunken man in a saloon. The streets
of Memphis are not suitable for pistol
practice, which fact is insisted upon by
the Recorder and grand jury.
A Chicago sharper has been swindling
the old negroes in the suburbs by selling
them charms against the evil one. The
packages disposed Of by the Chicago
sufferer were not to be opened for
nine days. In the meantime the eau
casian sloped with the money received
from the youdoo-loving negroes.
That oratorical comet, George Fran.
els Train, delivered last night at As
sembly Hall one of his magnificent lee
lures. The audience was not large. but
it enjoyed the magnificent eloquence OF
the speaker. Rounds of applause greet
ed his burning and scathing sentences.
No other man in America can speak as
Train SPEAKS, and command the APP
plause that follows him wherever he
goes.
The Commercial Hotel is rapidly
growing in public favor, and We do not
know Of hotel that has more adyan-
tages for young men and business men.
Their transient arrival is very large, and
business men are thrown among them,
thus enabling them to solicit trade.
Day-boarders, try the Commercial Hotel
next month. You are sure to be pleased.
Chas. II. Bernard, who shot James
Holmes at Riley's saloon some weeks
since, was discharged from custody yes
terday by Esquire Miller, clear case of
self-de Tense having been proven. In
this connection it might be we'll to no.
tice the terrible injustice done to poor
unfortunate who was arrested and inn
prisoned for several days on this charge.
Ignorance and reckless swearing caused
an innocent man to be thrown into pris-
on on a charge Of which it was we'll
known Bernard had been guilty, at least
he was the man who committed the act
A Texas paper of recent date has
the following item Of news: NV. II.
Forrest, a brother of General N. B. For
Forrest, is on trial for murder, at Bren-
ham, Texas. Eighteen years ago he
had difficulty with a man named Holt,
who threatened his life, and in an en-
counter between the men, Forrest was
shot through the hip. On further provo
cation Forrest took his gun and, on find.
ing Holt, shot and killed him and disap
peared. About three weeks ago he en-
tered the town of Gonzales, and was i'm
mediately arrested"
Game is abundant throughout Tennes-
see. Whatever else may be said OF this
year, 1871, it must be admitted that it is
a year of plenty to the hunter. The
prairies Of Illinois abound in focks of
quail, the woods of Wisconsin TEEN
with deer, Missouri is alive with SPUR
rels, robins in innumerable docks are
| found in Western New York. Ohio for
ests are broken down by the roosting Of
wild pigeons on them, and Indiana corn
fields are alive with blackbirds. The
luxurious Kentuckians are satiated with
fat opossums. Pennsylvanians pursue
red foxes in scores, the residents Of the
Lake Superior regions capture caribou,
and New Hampshire hunters have fierce
encounters with three hundred pound
bears. Elk are abundant in Maine, and