Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-09
BREvITIES.

cember next.
II The divorce case Of Keel vs.. Keel is
being heard on argument in the Second
Circuit Court to-day.
Joe Locke has all kinds Of news goods,
magazines, pictorials and daily papers,
at 1864 Main street.
The landowners association agrees to
charge four dollars for hacks attending
funerals at Elmwood Cemetery.
The members of the Mercantile Ii
brary Association meet this afternoon
for the purpose of organizing perma-
nently.
The city Of Bartlett is improving
rapidly. A new church for the living
and new cemetery for the dead have
just been finished in this aourishing
bnrgh.
Esquires Bleckley, Walker, Jones and
Winters, committee ON classification Of
the Barbour Lewis warrants, are busily
engaged in docketing the warrants to-
day.
Mike McCoole-not the St. Louis
hummer, but colored giant-was fined
five dollars this morning by the Recorder
for prowling at midnight on thepremises
Of his neighbors.
Esquire Norton is investigating a col
ored breach Of promise case to-day
Monroe Jones is the defendant, who has
wronged the plaintiff, Melinda Mills
She claims $500 damages.
Mapsford, corner of Second aud Mon
roe, receives daily New York, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Nashville, st. Louis and
Louisville papers, and all the popular
illustrated weeklies, and the leading
magazines.
Mr.. William Mullins. who was so
dangerously stabbed by Frank Hall, last
Sunday, is improving rapidly. His
wounds are healing up, and his pbysi-
clans are confident as to his ultimate
recovery.
The Memphis Gas Light Company are
laying mains on Alabama street, and
are preparing to lay pipes on fernando,
Union, Vance, Huling and Tennessee
streets; also Jones and Boundary ave-
nues.
The elections in DeSoto county, Miss,
passed off quietly The entire Radical
ticket has been elected by from fifty to
seventy five majority. AT Horn Lake
negro, Henry Bradley, was elected
Justice of the Peace.
Mr.. Frank Hall, who stabbed William
Mullins few days since, was admitted
to bail in the sum Of $25OO to-day, by
Judge Flippin of the Criminal Court.
Mr.. George W. Alexander qualified as
bondsman.
Judge FGppin, Of the Criminal Court,
granted an appeal last evening in the
case OF the State VS.. Dan Smith, indict-
ment for the murder of aMerriwether.
This will postpone the execution of the
defendant for several m onths.
Esquire Miller fined Alonzo Green this
forenoon for committing an assault on
his wife, Martha Green John Hill paid
five dollars and costs for striking
Amanda Rose over the he,,d with cot
ton hook in a playful manner.
MIN Watkins, colored, was placed on
trial in the Criminal Colrt this forenoon,
on the charge of larceny. The entire
panel was objected to by the defend
ants counsel, and new panel Of jurors
was ordered to be Summoned this after
noon to try the CASE.
Mr.. G. Miller, colored lover of mule
flesh, was sent to jail to-day by the Re-
corder in default Of three thousand dol
lars bonds, on tie charge of stealing n
mule and wagon in July, 1862 from
Bonds Station, ON the Memphis and
Louisville railroad
The attorneys in the Criminal Court
were inv estigating the mysteries of a
gift enterprise cloth with the aid Of a
dice-box during the recess of Court to-
day, One well known criminal lawyer
Gnted as dealer, or croupier, with con-
summate ability.
Emmons & Son, the popular news
dealers at 10 Jefferson and 4lO Main,
have weekly illust rated papers, foreign
publications, mo nthly magazines, aud
daily papers from New York, st. Louis,
Cincinnati, New Orleans, Nashville,
Chicago and other cities.
The Nashville merchants and the Mem
phis delegation met in Nashville last
evening for the purpose of preparing
memorial aga inst the tax on merchants,
which memo rial will be presented to the
Legislature to-day by our Representa-
tives.
An effort was made yesterday in the
Legislature to repeal the dog tax, but
the nioverlent was fortunately defeated.
If 1t could be managed to tax nine
te'lths Of the dogs out of existence the
Tnidnighi. peace and harmony of Memphis
would be greatly improved.
Mr.. W. II. Bates, superintendent of
the typographical department Of the
Charleston railroad, returned to the city
yesterday from Manitowoc, Wis, and
brought with him as his bride Miss Mary
Borcherit, of the latter city. Mr.. Bates
received the congratulations OF his many
friends yesterday and to-day.
Capt. j. S. Ryan, late of the Arkan-
sas press, is in the city at the Peabody