Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-17
BREyITIEs.


this and adjoining States. 4
Tomorrow being the Feast Of st. Luke
the Evangelist, there will be diyineseryice
at the st. Lazarus Church at l0:3O am.
The revival continues to progress at
the fernando Street Methodist Church.
The interesting ceremonies will be re-
sumed tonight.
Next Friday the baby show will take
place at the Fair Grounds. The baby
citizens of Memphis are jubilant over
the expected contest.
Rev. DR.. Bowman's lecture, which was
to have been delivered before the Young
Mems Christian Association, has been
postponed one week.
DR.. T. L. Gotten, Old School Baptist,
will preach this Tuesday evening at
Mrs. Bryants schoolhouse, On Echols
street. Services commence at u o'clock.
The business houses throu ghout the
city will close at u m. tom orrow in
order to give the proprietors and EN-
ployes an opportunity to attend the
Fair.
George Francis Train has promised to
ventilate Europe, Asia, Africa and
America in this city on the fifth Of No
vember next. He is still running for
the Presidency.
The police are on the lookout for
Chicago thieves and incendiaries who
reproduced in their own city the crimes
practiced by them while acting as Sher-
mans bummers during the last war.
Gen. G. T. Beauregard is among the
distinguished arrivals at the Overflow
nay, he is the distinguished arrival.
General Beauregard will remain in the
city several days, and will attend the
Fair to-day.
The Criminal Court stands adjourned
until next Thursday. All the courts OF
the city ought to adjourn, in order to
give the officials Judges, jurors and wit
nesses) an opportunity TO attend the
Shelby County Fair.
Joe Locke, the irrepressible newsman
at 1861 Main street, has an immense
amount Of reading matter at his news
depot. Daily papers, weekly pictorials
monthly periodicals from all points can
here be found
Forty cases were disposed of to-day
by Recorder Scales. Another fast driver
contributed FIVE dollars to the city treas
ury. A drunken worthy calling himsel
George Francis Train, pleaded guilty t.
the charge of drunkenness and was finet
ten dollars.
A dense fog hung over the city thi
morning. The sun made a desperate
attempt to struggle through the gloom
but failed up to eight o'clock m. Pre-
vious to that hour the orb of day hun
in the heavens rayless and almost hid b.
the eheerless fog.
Several hundred spiritualists attende
Prof. Won Weeks exposure of medium
last night, and were disguised with thei
own credulity in believing for an instar
the impostures of the Davenports an
other would.he professors of the blac
art.
Go to Mansford, corner of Second an
Munroe, for news goods Of every descriI
ton. Illustrated weeklies, magazines
all kinds from all parts Of the Unite
States and Europe, daily newspaper
from all points North, South, East an
West.
Politics are considerably mixed
PEnola county, Miss. The county
eutitled to three representatives in tn
y State Legislature. The Radicals hav
+, placed two negroes and one white ma
on,their ticket, while the Democrats hav
placed two white men and one negro o
p their aicket. Mr.. Freeman Randolph
editor Of the Pamela Star, has been non
mated as Representative on the Demo
cratic ticket.
Emmons & Son, the veteran news
men, at Nos. 10 Jefferson and 40 Mai
streets, re ceive daily papers from Ne
! York, st Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati
Nashville, New Orleans, and all the in
portant citi, ~ Foreign newspapers Re
; ceived regularly, and the latest pictorlf
publications an d fashion, scientific al
and literary mag azines.
A constable of his city complains
the reckless swear ng done by many
our best citizens befo re the magistrate
courts. When desire us to hurry up tn
trial of case and get service on III
defendant. and when a regular once
cannot lie found in a set'ond' they max
oath chat the business is urgent an
that no officer is presem, and get
special officer appointed to serve III
writ. Tie law never contemplated sue
proce eding as the above, aud man
persons carelessly swear before mig
heaven that 1.-THE business is urgent
when on ly the oath-taker is in that col
dition, and that "no officer can
found" when that genial Official M
only ste pped in next door to guam
glass, OF foaming lager. The rockies
swr.arers should be more cautious her
otter.
Refreshments.
Frank Cuneo keeps the ladies rest o.
/, rant at the Fair Grounds, where, in At
I dition to the good things Of this life, cal
: be had fresh Norfolk oysters, fried