Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-01
SO anRRyITIEs. YlAaas.
The Mechanics Co-operativel Unioi
meets tb;s evenino III tRaftU

licly celebrated in Memphis.
The Old Folks meet on Monday mex
to arrange for their forthcoming barbecue
and bran dance.
City Marshal Price, of Columbus, Ky
is in the city attending to business con.
necsed With bis ofieefillglOJ dg
The Southern Express Company has
removed into the Greenlaw Opera House
Building, on Second street.
Ten jurors were obtained up to one
clock to-day in the Conneh case, on
trial before the Criminal Court.
The principal charge appearing daily
on the station-house docket is abusive
language, for INDUCING N which the fine
is five dollars.
The day and night squads of the pc
lice force changed places at IL m. to-
day. Captain Gray takes the night and
Captain Athey the day duty Amm
The city is flooded With circulars from
New York swindling firms, inviting pur-
chasers of counterfeit money, which will
be sent by express marked G. o. d.
Mr.. Pat Short, the popular treasurer
Of the Memphis Theater, leaves to-mor'
row on trip to St. Louis, Cincinnati
and Chicago, to be absent few weeks.
At the lightning news stand, 1864
Main street.-the Locke-has the latest
daily newspapers, weekly pictorialsand
monthly magazines from all points.
| Two divorces were filed yesterday in
our courts on the grounds of brutality
and infdelity. The applicants repre-
sented the two races-African and eau
casian.
The decision of the Judges of the Su-
preme Court in the Graves-P oston case
has been postponed until the middle Of
next week. 1t takes some time to read
a record Of eight hundred pages
The little son of Mr.. John Curry, who
was so terribly injured last evening
when run over by street car, is lying
in very critical condition. 1t is feared
that one or both legs will have to be am
putated.
At regular meeting of Banner Lodge
No. l47, l. o, o. Fl, held Friday even
ing, June Both, the following officers were
elected to serve the ensuing term: r.
Shipway, N. G.; T. S. Jukes, V. g.;
G. d. billiard, R. s.; W. E. Craver,
Treasurer G. So ELB,H AVA IS
Solicited beer has not as yet been in
troduced into Memphis 1t is said to be
favorite with members of temperance
societies who pledge themselves to alb
stain from drinking Intoxicating liquors.
They eat the beer and avoid the obliga-
ton.
1t is good idea to make arrange
ments to. receive your fayorite periodt
calls when leaving town for summer re-
sorts. Manstord pays particular atten-
ton to this business and forwards large
number of papers to absent Memphians.
The Hebrew picnic on thesllth inst.
will be very attractive. The prize gold
and silver ware to be distributed al the
picnic can be seen in the windows OF
Byrd's jewelry store, and the splendid
gold-mounted walking.stick appears in
Barnum's show-window at the corner OF
Main and Court streets.
The jenkins of fashion has issued his
edict to the effect that the latest style
of garters is a broad velvet band
heavily fringed and gold mounted" and
the latest for parasols and umbrellas is
to have small bottles of rare perfume
inserted in the handles. These fashions
are said to be in vogue in Memphis.
At Emmons & Sons news stands, on
Jefferson and Beal streets, you can find
daily papers from New York, New Or
leans, Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago,
Nashville, st. Louis and other cities.
Foreign newspapers, pictorials, maya
zines and periodicals received regularly;
also the latest news goods of every de-
seription.
The marriage licenses returned to the
County Clerk during the present week
are: Rayner Whitfield and Miss Carrie
F. Clay; A. d. Schroeder and Miss l..
James; VIM. Spottswood Smith and
Miss Prudence S. McClelland; W. B.
Lindsey and Miss Maria H. Porter; A.
E. Waggoner and Miss Kate Quinlan.
The third annual premium list of the
Memphis Agricultural Society has been
published. The annual fair of the so
ciety will commence on the 10th Of Oc-
tober next, and continue six days. The
trotting premiums amount to $25OO, and
the cotton factors premiums 70 $500,
the owner of the best bale of short
staple cotton getting $500.
Theater-goers have legal rights in
England. Recently London attorney
and lover Of histrionic performances was
elected from the Queens Theater be-
cause he said speak out to one of the
actors. In suit for damages he re-
covered ten dollars in the Court of Ex-
chequer. He could not have recovered
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