Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-10-05
BREVlTIES.

rOJhry hfo onbihc.
The General Council will meet this
evening at seven o'clock.
There are one hundred and four pa
tients in the City Hospital.
General Brown, Governor-elect, will
be inaugurated on next Tuesday.
Grain and freight elevators are to be
built at the landing, at least so says the
General Council.
The demand for can and shell oysters
is increasing rapidly among Memphians.
Oysters from Baltimore, Norfolk and
New Orleans are in the market.
Go to Mansfords, corner of Second
and Monroe, for news goods daily papers,
weekly pictorials, foreign newspapers
and publications, and magazines from
all quarters.
Several attorneys formed syndicate
in the Circuit Court to-day to select
judge and try special cases wherein the
regular judges are incompetent by reason
of interest.
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.
The County Court is hammering
away on the Barbour Lewis Commits
sioners style of over-drawing salaries.
Esquire Miller made the speech of the
day on the question.
In the Recorder Court to-day, George
Hurt, the negro clothes thief, was com
mitted to Jail under $4,000 bonds John
McGinnis, a hackman, was sent mp for
carrying concealed weapons aRd disor-
derby conduct.
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.
The sixth annual session Of the Ten
uessee State Teachers Association will
be held in the capitol at Nashville on
Wednesday and Thursday, the LIST and
I'd of November next Reduced rates
will be charged over the railroads and
at the Nashville hotels to those attend
ing the Association meeting.
At one o'clock t. ,-day the County
Court passed resolution to instruct the
the Tax-Collector to collect the tax OF
fifteen per cent. hereto fore assessed, for
the payment Of the bonds of the city,
amounting to $1,000 held by the Mis-
sssippi River railroad The tax, when
collected, is to be pa id ovor when the
Chairman has evidenc, that the work on
the road has been don, u, etc.
In the Criminal Cou It Mr. Peter Bur.
gett is on trial on the barge of shooting
at Henry Eshman, sol ne months since
The defense is, accide ntal discharge Of
the pistol. The grand jury found true
bill yesterday against Manuel Graham
on the charge Of. committing assault
and battery with intent to kill ON Mr.
Sides, a resident. of Five Points; also 6
true bill agains i Graham for robbery.
Chancellor Morgan rendered the fol
lowing deci sions to-day: Manly VS.
Mulholland, garnishee discharged; Jane
son VS.. Jan ieson, order for sale of land
Nonconnala Turnpike Company VS.. Tai
ley, ct al, injunction dissolved. CIhi'
was a case where the Turnpike Company
enjoined the defendants from making
free road around the turnpike gate a
Nonconnah bridge.)
Mr.. c. P. Oakley, ticket and freigh
agent of the Memphis and Little Rocl
railroad, returned Hast evening from {
busir. ess trip to the East. While IL
Phi ladelphia, he received by express
IN luch to his astonishment), splendid
2 old watch, q testimonial of regard from
his friends, the employees of the Missis
sippi and Tennessee railroad, Of which
road he had long been the general tickel
and freight agent.
Two little personal rencounters tool
place on the race grounds yesterday, at
ter the races were over. In one OF then
the coat tail and part Of the vest OF bell
gerent individual were amputated with
bowie-knife, but the person of the slashec
remained intact, much to his gratiiica
ton. The merits of the controversies
we did not inquire into, not being SIT
ting as a court of justice, and having nc
great amount of inconsiderate curiosity
? 1t is claimed that all parties we're JUST
. fable, a fact we have no reason to dis
pute, and not the slightest desire Sc
to do.
Barnnby Is selling British hall
hose at SO per dozen.
Go TO Bracket & Co.'S, 32l Second
........ Eautualfv mules 10.