Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-24
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concert az the theater on the evening Vi
May LIST. l ie-
3 The thermometer at IL m. to-day in
Dictated 680, and the barometer 30 ITO
inches. sa
The charming play Of Ours will be
presented by the Wyndham Comedy
Company at the theater this evening.
The police are spppressing the street
base ball fever with which young Mem
phis has been affected since the exit of
the White Stockings"
Recorder Scales disposed of fifty cases
to-day, and collected two hundred and
fifty dollars as fines. Several negroes
charged with petit larceny were sent to
jail in default of bonds. ifIs
The police arrested the engineer of a
train on the Memphis and Ohio railroad
this morning on the charge of obstruct-
ing Second street, by letting his train
stand on the track at tho head of said
street. -a0I-t .t
Joe Locke, at 1864 Main, has Every
Saturday, Appleton's, Harper's, the Ba-
Ear, Frank Leslie, Eclectic, Atlantic,
Overland, Galaxy, and other periodicals.
Daily and weekly newspapers from all
points. el2
The last number of the Police Gazette
contains the Brinkley ghost story, illus
trated by two horrible wood cuts-one
exhibiting the seizure of the jar and the
other the apparition Of the green mantle
in the Brinkley College. s's3'
The grand fete chdmpetre, for the
Sunday school children, will be held in
Court Square on the goth of May. Four
thousand children will be in attendance
and sing in concert. 1t will afford more
pleasure than listening to Nilsson.
Go to Mansfords for all the latest
newspapers, daily and weekly, from all
points. Foreign magazines, illustrated
weeklies andperiodicals of every descrip-
ton can be found at the corner of Sec
ond and Monroe. Base balls of all sizes
A horse ran away with an empty spring
wagon on Second street last evening.
Near Overton street the wagon collided
with lamp-post. The horse was seen
in few seconds, minus wagon and har-
ness, dashing in the most joyful manner
for the country.
Mr.. j. B. Hays, the authorized agent
Of the Southwestern Directory Publish
ishing House, is in the city, procuring
subscriptions for the Tennessee State
Directory for 1871 and 1872. The drec-
tory promises to be an invaluable work
Of reference.
The residence Of Captain Thomas
Taylor, five miles. west of Ssrdis, Miss,
was totally destroyed by fire few nights
since. Nothing was saved, and it was
with difficulty that Captain Taylor es-
capped with his family. The FIRE is be-
lieved to have been the work Of an in
cendiary.
A reward of fifty dollars has been Of
fered by the Sheriff of Cross county,
Arkansas, for the arrest of James Mel
son, who murdered blacksmith named
Frederick Congable, few nights since,
near Witisburg. Nelson escaped on
some boat. and is believed to have come
to Memphis.
Emmons & Son, newsdealers, on JEFF
Gerson and Beal, have received all the
latest illustrated papers and monthly
magazines from the North, South, East
and West; daily and weekly papers from
New York, New Orleans, Chicago, Gin
cinnati, Louisville, st. Louis, and al
quarters Of Europe.
The notorious Paris demagogue, Gus
tave Flourens, who has been hntsine
against the Napoleonic and Thiess gov
ernments, had his skull Glen open some
weeks since, at the village of Cuaton
near Paris, by blow of q sabre in tn,
hands of sturdy captain OF gendalmes
Gustave was then Red, but now he is I
dead Republican.
The South, edited and published b.
Mr.. Edwin Overall came out yesterda.
dressed in the gayest attire. 1t was full
ofgood reading matter, choice selections
original contributions of acB nowledgeC
merit-the whole forming literary bon
quet fit to charm the senses of even {
eynic or philosopher. The South is thu
best literary weekly in the South, anC
stands in the front rank with Northern
journals. 81
| A white man, evidently of weak
mind, but zealously inclined, preached
yesterday afternoon on the bluffs to q
mixed crowd of whites and blacks. The
old gentleman cannot read or write, but
breaches on sin and salvation with great
earnestuess. Yesterday he explained in
crude and grotesque manner the revo
lutions and the plaques which shall come
on earth attic breaking Of the seals.
The WEEKLY PUBLIC LEneER can be
had at the countingroom tomorrow
morning. The WEEKLY LEDGER con
tains the latest foreign, political, local
commercial and monetary news. 1t Is
live paper. distributed throughout the