Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-13
BREYITIEs.
Read notice of Lost or mislaid."

day at eleven o'clock am.
The County Court adjourned this
morning over to tomorrow.
The Criminal Court meets tomorrow
pursuant to adjournment.
Dispatches from New York and Euro
pean markets are daily read on Change
The Thermometer at II m. to-day
stood at 660 and the barometer at
20 $40 inches.
The courts are in session to-day, ex-
capt the First Chancery, which has adj
journed over to next Monday.
The Nicolson pavement cases were
heard before Chancellor Scott to-day.
A decision will be given in few days.
Mr.. T. L. Keefer, one Of the victims
of the Bateman's landing tragedy was
buried yesterday in Winchester cemetery.
The Mendelssohn Quartette Club Of
amateur vocalists will give grand con-
cert at the Memphis Theater this even
ing.
The courthouse question, involving
numerous propositions from property
holders, will be heard before the County
Court on next Thursday.
The Davenport Brothers, renowned
magicians, have arrived in the city and
will give their initial seance on next
Monday evening at the Memphis Theater
Col. d. K. McRea has consented to
repeat his interesting lecture before the
Confederate Relief and Historical Asso-
citation. The evening is not specified, but
will be announced in due time.
The bluff between Union and Beal
streets has been removed for one hun
dred feet back, thereby forming good
landing, at which large number of flats
and trading boats are doing thriving
business.
Yesterday the County Court ruled that
carts kept for delivering by the owners
of coal yards are not subject to special
tax-on the principle that vehicles not
kept for hire, but in the line of business,
are exempt.
A cotemporary has been induced to
believe that lady at recent ball in
Memphis wore $4,000 worth Of glitter
ing jewels. No doubt the compositor
put one cipher too many after the dollar
sign.
A dispatch from Louisville this morn
ing says; The river is clear of ice; the
thermometer $50; barometer 29 $40
inches; four feet three inches of water
in the canal, and three feet three inches
over the falls"
The ferryboat Excelsior struck snag
at the Hopefeld landing yesterday,
which caused her to leak badly. The
tug Little Giant went to work and.
pumped her out in few minutes so that
the leak could be stopped.
Joe Locke, on Main near Jefferson, has
all the latest pictorials, magazines, jour
nails and daily newspapers from the
North, South, East and West. Every
literary periodical and illustrated paper
from Europe can be found at Locke's
grand news stand.
The Batemans and Mr.. A. E. Mills
gave bonds yesterday for their appear
ance before the Circuit Court to answer
any Indictment that may be found
against them for their unfortunate par
ticipation in the Devils Elbow" ira
gedy.
Mansford receives daily all the latest
papers on time, and has the largest stock
of dime song-books in the city. Punch's
Comic Almanac just received. The latest
magazines, illustrated papers and pc
riodicals of all kinds can be had at the
corner of Second and Monroe streets.
Five men hanged themselves in New
York and adjoining cities on yesterday.
The cause of this wholesale choking
business was intemperance and poverty.
They did not believe, with Shakespeare,
that
"Men had better bear the ills they have
Than fly to Others they know not of.
The licenses of many of our merchants
are dated January 18th, 1870. These
will expire on next Wednesday. Mer-
chants had better have them renewed in
time, in order to save cost and probably
indictment. Quite a number Of mer-
chants we're indicted and fined $500 at
the last term of the CRIMINAL Court for
doing business without having paid the
privilege tax. 3D.
Emmons & Son, No. 10 Jefferson and
GO Beal street, have received Pleasant
Hours, Ballou's Monthly, Godey's and
Peterson's magazines for February; also,
Police News, Clipper, Saturday Night
Appleton's Journal, Ledger Chimney
Corner, and all daily papers from all
points. A large stock of valentines at
Emmons' news stands.
A poetical young lady becoming in
censed at the unruly and ungallant wind
which often sweeps around the street
corners, thus improvised the matter:
30. what do we care for the wind as it blows;
And fills up ones mouth. ones eyes, and
ones nose;
Here's a sweet consolation for all, we may
prize,
The very same breeze that rumples our
clothes,
Puts dust in the young fellows eyes,
The leading nroduce merchants Of our