Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-10
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be most acceptable present.
The keno saloons of the city are
crowded nightly by young men victims
to the fascination of cards.
Joe Locke. at 1864 Main, has news
goods Of every description, daily papers
and pictorials OF latest dates.
The Catholic churches of this city will
remain open every evening during the
month.of May for the benefit Of all wor-
shippers.
The wife of Alberto Incisa, Marquis
de Camerana, of Italy, died in this city
a few days since at the residence Of Mr..
r. G. Brinkley.
The Floral festival Of the Memphis
Ladies Institute, to be given on Friday
evening next, promises to be an attractive
exhibition.
Chancellor Morgan decided the follow
ing cases to-day: Lane vs.. Lane, decree
for complainant; Bolton VS.. Carruth, de-
cree to purchasers.
The Second Circuit Court, Judge Hal
sey presiding, will adjourn for the term
tomorrow over to next Monday, the first
day of the May term.
Kate Cannon, the unfortunate woman
who fell from window at BOG Front
street last evening, is yet alive, but re-
mains in critical condition.
The Emmett Guards picnic has been
postponed until Friday next. when it is
to be hoped the weather will display its
smiles instead of tears.
Half fare will be charged over the
Memphis and Ohio railroad to all visit
ors attending the grand Exposition now
holding at Nashville. H fffN.fl
The Charleston Railroad Benevolent
Association will hold grand picnic at
at James Park on next Saturday. Am
pie arrangements will be made to receive
all guests and visitors.
Mansford, at the corner Of Second and
Monroe, has received the latest daily
papers from all points North, South,
East and West. Illustrated weeklies and
monthly periodicals received regularly.
Henry Ward Beecher is not to deliver
the annual address before the Agricultu'
raj Association Of Shelby County. Sc
says letter from New York which can
be found in another column.
But few cases were heard by Recorder
Scales to-day. 1t was one of the dull
days Of the Recorders Court, much tc
the disgust of the attorneys who frequent
the bar in search of unfortunate clients
The Cotton Brokers on yesterday Sc
lected types for cotton, and sent dupli
Gates to Liverpool, Boston and New
York, showing the advantages of Mem
phis as a cotton mart over any Other
place on the earth.
The annual picnic of the Odd Eel
lows, under the management of Banner
Lodge No. l47, viii come Off tomorrow
at James Park. A pleasant time may
be anticipated by all those who intend
visiting the grounds.
The May number of Barney Hughes
Railway Record is just out. The editor
in-chief is at the Hot Springs, Ark.
which place he was compelled to visit
owing to the mental and physical labors
incident to a brief career of journalism
Emmons & Son, newsdealers, on JET
ferson and Beal streets, have received
the latest papers from New York, New
Orleans, Cincinnati, Louisville, st. Louis
and Nashville. Pictorials and literary
publications from all points of America
and Europe.
We understand that the Masonic fra
ternity of this city intend having grand
picnic on st. Johns Day Saturday, June
"a, 1871. The pienics given heretofore,
under the auspices of the fraternity, were
the most enjoyable affairs of the season,
and the friends of the craft can look for
ward on this occasion to a splendid af
fair.
Horace Greeley, the white-coated phi
losopher and lecturer on farming, will
pass through Memphis in a few days on
his way to Houston, Texas, where on
the 22d inst. he will deliver an address
on Farming as an Art" before the
Blooded Stock Association of that city.
The rain storm yesterday caused con
siderable destruction to property along
the line of the Memphis and Ohio rail
road. The trains last evening were de
layed, owing to the washing away of an
embankment To-day the trains run
regularly over the road, all damages
having been repaired.
The Methodist City Mission Festival
at Rocco Hall. continues to attract large
numbers Of visitors. Elegant lunches
are spread daily for merchants, and in
the evening the usual enjoyments pre-
vail. The object of the festival is to
rebuild the Fort Pickering Mission
Church which was destroyed during the
war
Quite large number of our citizens