Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-24

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paper dolls for the little ones. Call and
see them at the corner of Second and
Monroe.
Joe Locke, at 236! Main street, has
the latest daily and weekly papers from
all points North, South, East and West.
Magazines, pictorials and foreign jour
mails received regularly.
The Recorders court presented
docket of q most uninteresting appear
ance this morning. Twenty-Five cases
of DRINKS and disorderlies were disposed
of by fines and Imprisonment.
Several dogs, supposed to be mad, are
running at large in the suburbs of the
city. In Louisville yesterday the work
of killing unmuzzled dogs commenced
and was carried on with vigor.
The ladies elected to the School Board
in London, England, are gaining great
praise for the practical views they take
on the various subjects brought before
the Board at the several meetings.
The New Orleans Times says: An
inquisitive fellow asked Horace Greeley
how he would stop the crevasse. Damn
it, sir, don't ask me, was the character
istic, not to say appropriate, reply"
st. Patrick's Sunday School picnic,
held yesterday at James Park, was
largely attended. The utmost enjoy
ment prevailed, and late in the evening
the weary but happy children returned
to their homes.
Emmons & Son, newsdealers, on JEFF
ferson and Beal, have received late
daily papers from New York, New Or
leans, Nashville, Louisville, Cincinnati
and Chicago. Pictorials, magazines
and journals from Europe just received.
In answer to the assertion that it
takes twenty years of training to eradi-
cate the word mice from woman's
vocabulary, it is replied, that it takes
longer than that to eradicate words that
are not nice from the vocabularies of
men"
The tax sale list, recently published,
conveys the impression that nine-tenths
of the real estate in Memphis will be
sold for taxes in few weeks. 1t looks
as if the entire city was in delinquent
state. and was ready to go on the tax
sale market.
The famous orchestra of Theodore
Thomas, composed of fifty distinguished
artists, will make Southern tour next
season, and may probably visit Mem
phis, thus affording our citizens an OPP
portunity of hearing the finest instru-
mental music ever given in this country.
Ben Hollander, the mixer of wonder
full drinks at the "Old National" on
Madison street, astonished his friends
yesterday by the invention of new
drink, which surpasses all others in flavor
and general effect. Ben is an artist in
his line and a prince of good fellows.
Hon. Dorsey B. Thomas, Chairman Of
the Tennessee State Central Democratic
Committee, has called a meeting Of the
committee in Nashville on the lst prox.
The members from West Tennessee are:
Joseph R. Mosby, of Fayette county;
Alex. Campbell, of Madison, and Fl. j.
Livingston, of Haywood.
Madison street claims the credit of
creating more matrimonial affairs than
any other street in the city. To live on
that street is suggestive of marriage.
SO says a city jenkins, who also init
mates that large numbers of gentlemen
are trying to secure board and lodging
on Madison at present.
Colonel A. S. Livermore, the we'll
known and energetic Superintendent of
the Memphis and Little Rock railroad,
was in the city yesterday. Colonel Liv-
ermore is busily engaged in perfecting
the running arrangements over his road,
and in making the road-bed unequaled
in the South. Fast time between Mem
phis and Little Rock may soon be ex-
pected.
The decision of Judge Halsey on the
tax on wholesale liquor dealers,
published in the LEDGER Of yesterday
and republished in the morning papers
of to-day, was the subject Of general con-
versation and comment last evening
among the liquor and grocery men on
Front and adjacent streets. Three hours
after the opinion was delivered in Court
it appeared published in the LEDGER.
A dispatch was received last night by
Mr.. Peter Tracy, from Hon. Horace
Greeley, accepting the hospitality OF
Colonel Robbins, of the 0verton Hotel.
The boxes at the Memphis Theater have
been removed to make room for the
immense crowd which will no doubt be
in attendance to hear Greeley's lecture
on "SelfMade Men" Among the col
ored population the excitement is in
tense to hear Massa Greeley.