Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-21
BREVITIEs.
Amy Robsart will be presented again
tonight at the theater.

Joe Locke has all kinds Of news goods,
magazines, pictorials and daily papers,
at 1864 Main street.
A turnip weighing six and half
pounds was sent to this office yesterday
from the Nonconnah farm of Hill, Fon-
tame 4 Co.
The Sidewalks of Memphis need re-
pairing As general rule, the side
walks throughout the city are in a bad
condition.
The United Hebrew Relief Associa-
ton will give grand calico dress ball
at the Memphis Club Hall on next Thurs
day evening.
Frank Graves, who has been indicted
for the hanging of young Schofeld at
Cuba, will be tried before our Criminal
Court on next Monday.
George Francis Train will turn loose
his oratory and dramatic powers at the
Assembly Hall, on Friday and Saturday
evenings, the oath and 25th insts.
The celebrated Westinghouse air
brake will be tested on a train of coaches
at two o'clock this afternoon, by the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad Com
pany.
The effort TO establish a mercantile
library in this city continues to progress
in most satisfactory manner. Agents
have been appointed to solicit subscrip-
tons of money and books.
Simon johnson was placed ON trial
this forenoon in the Criminal Court on
the charge of stealing mule from
0verton Gardiner. The case will be
closed sometime this afternoon.
Nashyille.sports cotton factory, while
Memphis, the great cotton mart of the
world, is without this necessity. Mem
phis ought to have more cotton factories
than any city on the continent.
Mansford, corner of Second and Mon
roe, receives daily New York, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Nashville, St. Louis and
Louisville papers, and all the popular
illustrated.s weeklies, and, the leading
magazines.
An alarm of FIRE was sounded at six
o'clock this morning. The alarm was
caused by the burning out of fue on
Clay street, near South. Several buckets
of water renderd the work of the steam
fire engines unnecessary.
kilograms from Nashville contain the
good news that the committees of Mem
phis and Nashville merchants are hard
at work for the removal of the oppressive
merchants tax, and that they have every
hope of success.
England processes to send Catholic
missionaries to the negroes OF the South,
Cardinal Manning having asserted that
as England had fastened slavery on
America, it was her duty to see after the
spiritual fate of the freedman" One of
the missionaries will probably locate in
this city.
Three Of the convicts employed on
the Selma railroad by General Forrest
escaped last evening. Owens, the guard,
fred one barrel of a shotgun at the re-
treating darkies without effect. Up to
twelve o'clock to-day nothing had been
heard o. the fugitives.
Emmons & Son, the popular news
dealers at 10 Jefferson and 40 Main,
have weekly illustrated papers, foreign
publications, monthly magazines, and
daily papers from New York, st. Louis,
Cincinnati, New Orleans, Nashville,
Chicago and other cities.
Recorder Scales disposed of twenty
cases this forenoon, con sisting princi-
pally Of DRINKS and 9th sr misde mean
ors. John Murphy was placed under
one thousand dollars bonds on the CHI arge
Of stabbing and cutting Mr.. Jones with
knife some days since on Second
street, near Madison.
Mrs. Chas. Moulton--assisted by Mr..
Brookhouse, tenor; Mr.. James H. Wehil,
pianist; Sig. P. Ferranti, baritone buffo,
under the direction of Geo. W. Colby,
musical director-will give two concerts
in this city at the Memphis Theater on
Monday and Tuesday evenings, Deem
Der 4th and 9TH.
White Cloud, the prize steer, was
transformed into beef last Saturd ay by
H. Seessel, ST., the well-known det.ler in
fresh meats at stalls Nos. 65 ald 67,
Poplar street market. Judging from
specimen of the beef sent to this Office,
it is clear that Seessel, ST., has the best
beef in the city.
The members of the Shelby County
Democratic Executive Commute met
last evening and discussed the PROF ,riety
of calling Democratic Convention for
the purpose of selecting candidates Tor
office at the next municipal elect ion.
An adjourned meeting will be held to-
morrow afternoon, when final act ION
will be taken in the matter
New locomotives, passenger and
freight cars will arrive in a few days
from the Baldwin works, at Phil adel-
phia, for the Little Rock railroad, there
by enabling the company to move
rapidly the immense mass of FIR eight
which has been accommodating OIL the
wharfboat and at the depots at E lope-
field.
Confidence men eontrive to louri sh in
our midst. By running in" a few
dozen of these worthless the police au-