Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-25
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Napoleon Hill, Esq. has been ap-
pointed director of the Agricultural So
ciety, cice Col. Nathan Adams, resigned.
The jackson Clarion introduces the
tax-gatherer to the people in the follow
in euphuistic style: THE wolf is on the
walk" srea
Barbour, the champion small fruit
raiser, is supplying the market with the
finest Strawberries ever raised in West
Tennessee.
Joe Locke, 1864 Main street, has all
the latest magazines, journals and Illus
trated weeklies. Daily and weekly news
papers from all points just received.
| Gen. Gordon will deliver lecture in
this city ON Thursday evening next on
the subject of education and the ten
dency of Northern school publications.
When the steamer Mary Houston ar
rives tomorrow the barkeeper will offer
for sale cheap-oranges, bananas, pine
apples, lemons, cabbages, onions and
potatoes, fresh.
Go to Mansford's, corner of Second
and Monroe, for daily and weekly news
papers, foreign papers, pictorials, fash
ion, literary and scientific magazines,
|'stationery, and base balls Of all sizes.
The Chamber of Commerce has de-
cided to apply to the Chancery Court for
charter to incorporate Mercantile
Library Association. These associations
in Cincinnati and other cities are in a
hourishing condition.
The fifty-second anniversary of the
| /. o. o. f. will be celebrated at the Odd
Fellows Hall tomorrow evening at eight
o'clock with appropriate ceremonies.
DR.. Ford will deliver the address usual
upon such interesting occasions.
Emmons & Son, newsdealers on JEFF
ferson and Beal, have all the latest daily
and weekly newspapers from the North,
South, East and West. Magazines, for
eign papers, pictorials, fashion books
and every thing in the news line can be
had at their stands.
The usual number of DRINKS, disor-
derlies and violations of our city ordin-
ances were heard to-day by the Recorder.
One street sleeper was fined five dollars,
and bowie-knife toter was bound over
to appear before the Criminal Court
Fiddlers will rejoice to learn that the
Oldest fiddle now in the world was made
in Lombardy in the year 1000, and that
an oriental tradition has it that the fiddle
was the invention of havana, King of
Ceylon, said to have lived only Eve thou
sand years before Christ.
Mr.. Z. S. Andrews, formerly connected
with the United States Marshal's Office,
has been appointed Clerk Of the United
States Circuit and District Courts, vice
Mr.. A. S. Mitchell, resigned. Mr.. An
drews gave the necessary bonds to-day
and entered upon the discharge Of his
duties.
Chancellor Scott decided the following
cases to-day: Powers vs.. Meehan, de-
murrer overruled; Hill vs. Hill, relief
denied; Hargan VS.. Mcclure, decree for
complainant. The Chancellor granted
divorce in the case of Charles Reimer
VS.. Martha Reimer, on the grounds Of
willful absence and desertion.
The recent act of the Legislature upon
whisky tax caused the Chamber Of Com
merce to instruct its Secretary to COM
municate with Colonel Heiskell, Attorney
General of the State, upon the censtruc-
ton of the same. Colonel Heiskell' s
opinion viii be published when received.
A communication has been sent from
this city to General Myer, Chief Signal
Officer at Washington, requesting that
the sergeant observer stationed at this
point be instructed to note the auctua-
tons of the river in addition to the
usual meteorological report sent to Wash
ington.
There were several fires last night. A
brilliant glare in the northern portion of
the city was caused by the burning Of an
old shanty near Wolf river. A fire was
discovered at the Varieties Theater in
the property-room, but was suppressed
before any damage was done, The in
cendiaries are at work.
Mr.. A. s. Livermore, late Superin-
tendent Of the Mississippi and Tennes-
see railroad, but at present Superintend-
ent Of the Memphis and Little Rock
railroad was presented with splendid
gold watch yesterday by the employees of
the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad.
Master Mechanic league made the pre-
sentation in neat speech, which was
happily responded TO by Mr.. Livermore.
DeCastro, the ventriloquist, was ar
rested after the performance last Satur-
day night, on the charge Of selling lot
terry tickets without the everlasting
license. He put up $50 forfeit at the
station-house, and left for Cairo at once.
DeCastro could not afford to disappoint
the Cairo people or lose several hundred
dollars in order to appear before the Re
corder on Monday, and this fact was as