Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-20
BREYITIEs.

The petit jurors must report promptly
at the Criminal Courtroom tomorrow
morning at nine o'clock.
After an absence Of couple Of weeks,
in Alabama, Rev David Walk has re-
turned to his duties. He will be found
at his posta as usual fes
The revival at the fernando street
Methodist Church is progressing finely.
The meetings will be held every evening
during the week.
The Memberships are rehearsing, and
will, it is said, some time during next
month give our citizens musical treat
in the shape Of q grand concert.
1.-The Recorder S Court docket exhibited
the usual number Of DRINKS and disor-
derlies this morning, and fines were inn
posed to considerable amount
The alarm of fire at nine o'clock last
evening turned out to be false, much to
the disgust of the fire boys, who rushed
down to South Memphis with their en-
gines.
General w. H. Morgan, a well
known lawyer, left the city to-day on a
professional trip to Washington City.
General Morgan will not be able to re-
turn to Memphis for several weeks.
Joe Locke, the great news man of
Tennessee, at 1861 Main street, has the
latest daily newspapers, illustrated
weeklies, foreign papers ard magazines,
both home and foreign, of latest dates.
New cars are being placed on our
street railway. The cars run with con-
siderable regularity at present. and are
becoming popular with our citizens un-
der the management of Superintendent
Barrett.
The association Of retail liquor dealers
met last evening and adopted consti-
tuition, etc They propose to petition
the Legislature to reduce the State and
county license, which they claim is a
burden too heavy to bear.
The yellow fever is reported to exist
in portions of New Orleans. The cool
weather and approaching frosts will
soon drive the fever from the city. 1t
cannot possibly become an epidemic in
any of the Southern cities this season.
The Heather Chinese have Masonic
Order OF high repute among them.
They claim that its origin extends back
FIVE thousand years before the times OF
Adam and Eve, of which oldfashioned
times they claim to have chronological
record.
Go to Mansford's, corner of Second
and Monroe, for late illustrated weekly
papers, fashion, scientific and literary
magazines, daily newspapers from the
North, South, East and West, and every
thing in the news line. ui
The crossing at the junction of Wash
ington and High streets needs repairs.
Last evening a hack was completely
wrecked at this point. The horses fell
through the crossing and were badly
injured. The city authorities are in
vited to look into the matter.
Joe Locke, at 1854 Main street, has
just received an additional shipment of
Every Saturday, containing a descrip-
ton of Memphis by the artist and cor
respondent Of that paper who we're here
some time since. Call early, as they are
going rapidly.
The negro horse thief, S" Major"
Washington, will be sent to Vicksburg
for trial, in charge of a Vicksburg de-
tective who is at present in our city.
The Major" has fondness for horse
flesh that can only be controlled by the
keeper Of the penitentiary. 4ia
Deputy Clerk Mallory, of the Second
Chancery Court, is preparing judg-
ment docket which will show all the
judgments taken in that Court since its
organization. This docket will be in
valuable to attorneys investigating titles,
liens, ETC., and it ought to exist in every
court of record in the city. 1856 ..o1
Colonel Tom Neal, of Meals State Ga
zette, published at Dyersburg, Tenn,
made our sanctum luminous with his
presence to-day. The Gazette is ster-
ling paper, and circulates in o portion
of the country tributary to Memphis.
AS an advertising medium the Gazette is
unequaled, fact which is generally
conceded by our wide-awake merchants.
Mr.. B. B. Barnes, of this city, raised
some premium pears this season. He
has thousand pear trees on his place
two miles from the city, on the Pop
lar street turnpike. A specimen pear
shown us to-day weighed one and three
fourths pounds, and measured fifteen
inches in circumference. The tree was
two years old, is known as the Ouch
ess pear tree, and bore this season
thirteen pears Of immense size. 20
Those interested in lunar affairs will
be pleased to be informed that the yellow
orb goes down behind the world at four
minutes after ten o'clock this evening, a
very sensible time for her erial majesty
to retire to her couch of ether. At half