Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-23
BREVIFIES.

Gated 7O', and the barometer 20 2-l0
inches. 800.
The members of the Changing were
improving Main street, near Madison,
this morning.
The gusty, wind raised clouds of dust
on the streets to-day, much to the an
noyance Of pedestrians. iiirE
Our Swiss fellow-citizens propose CIV
ing grand annual ball at Cochran Hall
on next Monday evening" MI
A large number of planters from Mis-
sissippi and Arkansas are in the city
stopping at our hotels.
Yesterday Ash Wednesday-was the
first day Of, Lent, or, as il is called in
clerical circles: The Head ofthe Fast
Recorder Scales heard iifty-eight cases
this morning, chiefly DRINKS and disor-
derlies, and $l44 were collected as fines.
We understand Judge Yergers condi-i
ton is improving, and strong hopes are
entertained by his physicians as to his
ultimate recovery.
Hydrophobia has become an epidemic
in Nashville. Five mad dogs were
killed in that city on Sunday last by
amateur sportsmen
The body Of the unknown white man
who fell over board from the St. Louis
wharfboat on Tuesday night last has
not as yet been recovered.
The Confederate Relief and Historical
Association meets this evening at Che
Second Circuit Courtroom for the trans
action of important business.
jolly Joker, Comic Monthly Budget of
Fun, Yankee Notions, Phunny Phellow
and AZ the other comic papers at Mans
ford's, corner of Monroe and Second.
The grand vocal and instrumental
concert for the benefit of st. Patrick's
Church will take place tonight, under
the direction of Prof Winkler.
Joe Locke has the celebrated parlor
and street roller skate at his news stand,
on Main, near jefferson also, the latest
daily and weekly papers from every
point.
Harry Hall, the young man who acct
dentally shot himself on last Saturday at
Sardis, Miss, is recovering. The care
less handling of firearms was the cause
of the accident.
A Cincinnati reporter says: AT her
last concert Nilsson was dressed in a
white silk, sparingly adorned with green
vines and white flowers She wore a
golden tiara on her head
A long contested and twisted up con
tempt case was disposed Of yesterday by
Chancellor Scott. The defendant, Mr..
Crook, was released under bonds, and
the knctty case was appealed to the Su-
preme Court. gs4 aay
The herald of spring, the whitewashing
darkey, has again appeared in our city.
Like old Father Time, he presents a ven
cradle appearance as he walks along in
an artistic manner, with brush in hand,
seeking work. 5iiiill
ll.fi~ .NEEJ L4LUL ANtt
An old man was swindled out of one
hundred dollars last evening, on the
landing, by two welldressed confidence
men. The swindlers viii have hearing
before the Recorder tomorrow
Mr.. Jennings famous race horse Kill
dare died in Mobile a few days since.
Visitors to the Memphis Race Course
last fall willrecollect the splendid run
ming Of this thoroughbred when he car
ried off the Bluff City stake.
In the case of Seessel, etdl, VS.. Williams,
ct al, decided this morning by Chancellor
Scott, the injunction asked for to restrain
parties from vending meat outside of the
market house was refused on the grounds
that the compliments had no franchise
in the matter. tlaara1
Mr.. 0'Ferrall, who was struck with
weight by Mr.. Roper, is lying in a
dangerous condition. and but little hope
is entertained for his recovery, The
examination of Mr.. Roper has beer
postponed until the result of the blow is
definitely ascertained.
Several Of the Northern dailies con-
tain wood cuts of the Island of San Do
mingo for the edifcation of their read
ers. 1t has become fashionable of late
to turn newspapers into pictorials. The
island coveted by Grant does not lock
very inviting on paper. .er
A Mississippian named George Galesby
was robbed of twenty-five dollars last
night at a questionable establishment on
DeSoto street. The girl of the period
was arrested, and will be tried by the
Recorder tomorrow morning.
Capt, Theodore Venemann, OF Evans
vile, Indiana, and Secretary and Treas
urer of Warren's Crescent City Silver
Band, paid us pleasant visit last even
ing. We knew the Captain in old col
eye days, and even then he was a supe
rior amateur musician.
1t is proposed to form a new county,
to be called Webster" by cutting off
portion of Pamela, Tallahatchie and
Yalobusha counties, Mississippi. The
citizens of the latter counties most earn
estly object to being treated like the
oao,,la of Alsace and I,orraine