Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-02
BREYITIRs.

The General Council will meet at the
City Building on next Wednesday.
The Swiss Gruetli Society gives its
annual ball at the Cochran Hall this
evening. A
Mrs. DR.. Wilson has returned to Mem
phis, and is stopping at the 0verton
Hotel. Hasef
Mr.. Raphael Semmes, jr., was sworn
in as Deputy Sheriff to-day in the Grim
inal Court.
The Chamber of Commerce will meet
this afternoon to consider the lien law
question. @sf
The venerable society Of Old Folks
meet tomorrow afternoon at the Hiber-
MAN Hall. Aaii
At noon yesterday the day police
force interchanged with the night force,
and vice versa
The Finance Committee fthe General
Council meets this afternoon to inyesti-
gate the financial condition of the city,
etc. tD
Horace Lockbridge was bound over
this forenoon in the sum of $4,000 on the
charge of grand larceny by Recorder
Scales.
The State Legislature met to-day at
Nashville. Among the prominent can
didates for Speaker is Mr.. Crews, of this
county.
The Criminal, First and Second Cir
cult, First and Second Chancery, Pro-
bate, Quarterly and Quorum courts were
convened this forenoon.
At the meeting Of the County Court
this forenoon, John Spellman, magis-
trate elect, was qualified, gave bond and
took his seat among his brethren on the
bench.
Ed Barrett, a white kleptomaniac,
is on trial to-day in the Criminal Court
on the charge of stealing S95 from Mr..
Horrigan of South Memphis some weeks
since.
A stranger named John Wagner has
been arrested on the charge of stealing
the great Fisher diamond, valued at
$500. The jewel was not found in his
possession.
The WEEKLY Public LEDGER can be
found at the counting-room tomorrow
morning. Send the WEEKLY LEDGER to
your friends and correspondents in the
country.
Go to Mansford's, corner of Second
and Monroe, for news goods, daily papers,
weekly pictorials, foreign newspapers
and publications, and magazines from
all quarters.
Joe Locke, the newsman, at 1864 Main,
has all of Chas. Reads novels. The
latest newspapers from all points, picto-
rails, magazines and foreign periodicals
received regularly.
Jail visitors are limited to two days in
each week Tuesday and Friday. Strin-
gent rules have been established by the
Sheriff and jaihar for the government of
our county prison.
The revival at the fernando street
Methodist Church continus to increase,
and many are asking what they shall
do to be saved" Services every evening
at halfpast sey en- o'clock.
The sanitary condition of the city is
quite good, but it could be improved.
Hereafter all Iluisances must be reported
to the Chief of Police, who has at pres
ent the control of the sanitary force.
The Jockey Club and horsemen gene
rally will meet at the Overton Hotel at
eight o'clock this evening in order to
make preparations for the races that
will commence tomorrow afternoon.
II is proposed to have meeting of all
the Chancellors of the State at Nashville
on next Monday in order to adopt
chancery rules of practice. Chancellors
Scott and M organ viii attend the legal
convocation.
The representative African was
observed seated in rags at the corner of
Main and Madison to-day, busily en-
gagged in investigating the interior of a
decayed watermelon. The ward of the
nation seemed to be enjoying his occupa-
ton.
Tue report OF the postmaster lof this
city for the month Of September is as
follows: Mail letters distributed, 90, l25;
local letters delivered, 1886; newspapers,
etc, delivered, 1886; letters collected,
1885; newspapers, ETC., collected, 4l27.
Emmons & Son, the veteran news
dealers, at 10 Jefferson and 40 Main
street, have everything in the news line,
St, Louis, New Orleans, New York, Gin
cinnati, Louisville, Nashville and Chi
cago daily papers, foreign periodicals,
illustrated weeklies, novels, and literary
works generally.
So many mistakes are made daily on
the streets and sidewalks of this city
with reference to the right of the road,
the following old English quatrain is not
out of place, and may aid in putting
people right:
1.-THE rule Of the road is paradox quite.
In riding or walking alongl
If you keep to the left you will never DO right,
If you keep to the right, you're not wrong"