Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-27
BRRVTTIEs.
City scrip is worth s4c, and county

The thermonieter atl2m. to-daystood
. at 37', and the barometer at 292-lO
inches. ........
The bodies Of the victims in the McGill
disaster are found aoatingin hevicinity
Of the wreck. Ah "a " An
The Mississippi is rising rapidly at
this point. The sand-bar "over the
river" is rapidly going, under, the river.
Recorder Scales disposed Of seventeen
cases this morning. One hundred dol
lars were assessed as fines for small
'cSi'IsS1b4H d9euU isToey q ioy
The bonds Of John Boyt who was ar
rested yesterday on the charge Of assault
ing Esquire Giles, were placed at $4,000
by Judge Flippin.
In the Criminal Court yesterday Chas.
Link was sentenced to the penitentiary
for ten years on acconntof his too great
admiration of horseaesh.
The argument of counsel in the con-
tested election case of Curry VS.. Wright
commenced to-day in the First Chancery
Court before Judge Morgan.
-Four explosions Of oil lamps occurred
in Nashville yesterday. These explo-
sions generally arose from imperfect
lamps and careless handling.
The bail of james Hays, who is in
Jail on the charge of burning the Opera
House, was reduced last evening by
Judge Fippin to the sum of $1,000.
The family of the late Mr.. W. H
White was presented with 800 yester-
day by Mr.. Joseph Lenow in the name Of q
number Of merchants. ''' q 90"
The Cairo Bulletin says the people of
Memphis have no regard for any law but
the law of the pistol and bowie-knife.
Such is the reputation Of our peaceable
city in other States. '.i'A
q The Geographic news as to the proba-
BILE surrender Of Paris created consider
able excitement among our German and
French residents. The great question
seemed to be: What next2
Mansford corner of Second and Mon
roe, has received all the latest daily and
weekly papers, Illustrated weeklies, fash
ion papers, and foreign publications from
England, France and Germany oaf
The question, Is Colorado a Para
dise?" is proposed as conundrum in a
morning paper The latest dispatches
from that point refer TO the snowy robes
worn by the inhabitants. % '''1b ie9'o
Col. w. F. Gray, General Railway and
Steamboat Passenger Agent paid us a
pleasant visit this morning. Col. Gray
is on his way to New Orleans, looking
after the immigration to the Southwest.
A young man named GaE,5bct.ss;a. not
the aerial gentleman who left Paris in a
balloon) was arrested last evening on
the charge of mule stealing. Mr.. Gam
beta claims that he purchased the mule
in good faith. ,s.,,
, An Irishman, on landing in New York,
witnessed a fight between party of
roughs and the police He at once en-
gagged in the difficulty, and was arrested
by the officers. His excuse was that ''he
couldn't help it; ,he was always on the
side of the rebellion.
Services at the Cumberland Presbyte-
rian church, on Court street. on to-mor-
row at II an. and 7:l5 pm. By request
Rev. E. G. Mclean viii repeat at the
morning hour sermon from John
II chap, 3v. Subject for the evening:
Christ on Mt Olivet. -
Joe Locke, on Main, near Jefferson,
has received all the late New York, New
Orleans, Chicago. st. Louis, Nashville,
Cincinnati aud Louisville daily papers,
and all weekly pictorials and monthly |
magazines. The fashion publications
can be obtained at his stand.3v
We have received copy of Hender
son 4 Fleming seed catalogue for 1871,
published by Peter Henderson, CT Mas
sau street, New York, The catalogue
contains full description of new and
rare plants, and it is beautifully illus
trated with colored plates and engrav-
ings. - e rg ~. ,.l.a (, 'l1 ,D.g7.hi'l
]. A New Yorker named Clark was sent
to the stationhouse last evening on the
charge of taking the Peabody Hotel into
his confidence. Mr.. Clark had so insin-
uating style that he coaxed The hotel
clerk to make an advance Of several dol
lars and even swindIed the barkeeper out
Of sundry drinks. oOr.f ain
2 Emmons & Son, 10 Jefferson and 60
Beal streets, have received the Police
News, Saturday Night, Ledger, Chimney
Corner, Weekly, New Varieties, Bazaar
and fifty other kinds, and all the maya
zines for February are ON hand They
also have q large lot Of valentines. Call
around at Emmons and Sons, for they |
have everything in the news line for sale.
The special committee appointed by
the County Court, consisting Of Messrs,
Crews, Wallace and Duncan, and acting
in concert with the commissioners here
tofore appointed, meet this evening to
consider the subject of the interests of
Shelby county in the, subscription Of
100000 stock inothe Mississippi River