Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-09
BREYITIES.


The General Council will assemble in called
meeting this evening at seven o'clock.
The Special Committee on the Union Depot
question will present report to the General
Council this afternoon.
Seventeen Industrious members of the
chain-gang are paying strict attention to the
Nicolson pavement on Main street to-day.
But two marriage licenses were returned to
the County Clerk during the week James l..
Allen aud Mrs. Catharine White; W. c..
Chapman and Mrs. Zeienn Byford. ~
Joe Locke, who keeps the news palace. at
1854 Main. has u large lot of Sunday reading
matter. Pictorials and daily newspapers from
everywhere can be found at Locke's.
The Orphans Home was aided to the
amount of S4Ol by the donation Of Mr.. Rob-
inson, of Robinsons circus. The taxes,
amounting to over 5000, ought to be RENTED
if appropriated to the same charitable object.
Center alley, OF what is known as Whisky
Chute, viii be honored hereafter by the meet.
ings Of the Chamber of Commerce. twill be
the Rialto of Memphis, where merchants do
most congregate.
A gentleman offered FIVE hundred dollars a,
pair for two pair Of mules on Main street this
forenoon. The mules were magnificent ami
mails, and were owned by an old Kentuckian.
who asked two hundred and seventy-fve dol
lars piece for them.
Go to Mansford's. corner of Second and
Monroe streets. for news goods, weekly picto-
rails, scientific. fashion, and literary maga-
zines, and the latest daily newspapers from
all parts Of this country and Europe.
Major L. P. Cooper. of Sardis, Miss, and
Mr.. r. M. McIiie, arrived in the city yester-
day from the Allegheny mountains, from the
tops Of which they have been studying
astronomy, but in what constellation has not
been definitely ascertained.S s-
Justice Miller sentAVm. jackson TO Jail to-
day, in default of 5000 bonds. on the charge
of appropriating to his ewn use gold watch,
the property of Mrs. Washington, who pre-
sides over snack house under the bluffs.
The watch is said to be stolen one for which
the police have been looking for some time.
Emmons & Son, the great newsinon at No.
10 Jefferson and 40 Main. have received the
daily newspapers from st. Louis. Cincinnati
Louisville, Chicago, New York, New Orleans
Nashville and other cities. Foreign papers
and Journals, and illustrated weeklies from
Eastern and Northern cities just received.
Quite a number of our citizens are intro
ducing the Nicolson pavement in lieu OF
brick 1t is quite an Improvement and will
no doubt become popular throughout the city.
At present. when the sidewalks are crowded
at night. hundreds of people take the street,
preferring it as a promenading ground to a
rough and crowded brick pavement.
We are under obligation for an invitation TO
attend public debate BY the members of the
Literary Society of Memphis, to occur on
Tuesday evening next. in the Second Chan
Gerry COURTROOM. We regard this Society as
eminently worthy of the attention of the pub
lie. After reading, nothing SO improves the
intellectual faculties as the habit of debating.
Elegant sleeping cars Will pass over the
Charleston railroad in time to carry the
Knights Templar Of this city TO the Grand
Encampment or Triennial COnvocation to be
held at Baltimore on the 10Th inst. The
round trip, with the privilege Of lodging in
the sleeping cars during your stay in Balti-
more, costs only S26.45. Inquire at the
Charleston railway office, 27s Main street.
Henry HOLINESS, a dray-driver, was placed
under $1,000 bords this forenoon by the Re
corder, on the charge Of stealing number Of
carpenter's tools and lot of shingles, the
property of Mr.. B. +. jackson. He claims
that he was employed by white man to haul
the property, and did not know to whom it
belonged. Z alf
Chris era ig, well-known darby, was dis
covered this morning under the platform Of
the Memphis and Louisville railroad depot
in very suspicious position. Craig had bored
q hole up through the platform, took out
p. ank, and stole box of tobacco, which prop
erty was found in his possession. He was ar
rested by Capt. Athey, and will be tried before
the Recorder on next Monday morning.
The old lion at Robinson circus is rapidly
dying of consumption. or general debility
suporindueed. it is said. by the death of a
belo we'd lioness. the sharer Of his joys. sor-
rows and grub. The old hero is pining away,
and gazes with vacant expression on the
curious crowds that daily visit the circus. Ii
is evident he lets concealment. like worm
in tn G mud, feed on his damaged cheek, and
with a green and fatal melancholy he sits upon
his haunches. like Patience on monument
smiling at beefs about twenty pounds ofwhieh
he daily mastieates."