Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-04-26
BREVITIES.

DER appointing receiver III inc case VI
Stewart VS., Cockerell.
The thermometer at IL m. to-day in
Dictated 67o, and the barometer 20 ITO
inches and rising slowly.
Joe Locke, at 1864 Main, has all the
latest daily and weekly papers from the
North, South, East and West.
The youth Of South Memphis remove
gates and signs nightly from houses sit.
uated on and near Wellington street.
Impractical jokers ought to be arrested.
louisville is supplied with water
through fifty-four miles Of pipes at q
cost of $4,000 per annum. The water
works cost up TO January |, 1870, the
interesting sum Of Sl,776,65O. r
Go to Mansford's, corner of Second
and Monroe, for everything in the news
line, including illustrated weeklies, daily
newspapers from all points, monthly
magazines and foreign periodicals.
The heavy rains last night and the
continued rain to-day will materially
affect the racing pools of last evening.
A grand series of chicken fights will be
inaugurated at the race grounds to-
morrow.
A dispatch was received from Deyalls
Bluff this forenoon, stating that pas
senger train left that point for Memphis
this morning Over sixty passengers
are on board and win arrive at HopeGeld
this afternoon.
The fifty-frst anniversary of the indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows will be
celebrated by the different lodges of this
city this evening at halfpast seven
clock, at the Odd Fellows Hall. DR..
Ford will deliver the address.
The members of the ladies' committee
at the races yesterday performed their
onerous but pleasant duties in the most
'courtly manner. The ladies are admitted
to the races free, and are respectfully
invited to attend.
Emmons & Son, newsdealers on JEFF
ferson and Beal streets, have received
the latest daily papers from New York,
New Orleans, st. Louis, Nashville,
Louisville and Cincinnati. Pictorials
monthlies and quarterlies from all parts
of the world can be found at their
stands. H#l
Recorder Scales heard twenty cases
of fights, DRINKS and disorderlies, and
assessed over one hundred dollars as
fines. Mary Coleman, colored picker
up Of tribes, was sent to Jail on the
charge Of larceny in default of $4,000
bonds.
Chancellor Morgan rendered the fol
lowing decisions: Hemmelrich VS..
Walker, bill dismissed and judgment for
defendant; Apperson VS.. Harris, bill dis
missed A special jury was hearing the
case Of Etheridge VS.. Welsh in the First
Chancery Court this forenoon.
1t is again asserted that Nilsson will
visit this city early in May, and give two
concerts at the theater. We suppose
these continual announcements and dis
appointments are merely clever way Of
tantalizing public taste, in order to pre-
pare the musical appetite for the treat
when Strakosch orders the banquet doors
open.
Comptroller Pennebaker has not as
yet answered Mayor Johnson's letter
touching the $4,000 Memphis coupons
exchanged by the State for State bonds.
As the city claims as an offset the sum
of $4,000 paid by Messrs. Brinkley and
Tate, il is fair to presume that the offset
will hold good as against the present
holder of the coupons.
There was a sale by auction of collins
yesterday. A number of these useful
pieces of household furniture were sold
to the highest bidders. Many of our
citizens supplied themselves at reason
able prices. AS there is said to be a
skeleton in every household, ii. is fair to
presume that the collins we're intended
for the convenience of such relics.
The weather probabilities have risen
into notice within the last few days. The
barometer is affectionately watched, and
its rise and fall are matters of impor-
lance to the hundreds of people who at
present are studying horse-nesh. The
probabilities are decidedly in favor
of internally bad weather, as we heard a
horse man say today.
At the last regular meeting of Natoma
Temple of Honor and Temperance No
|, April 18th, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing term: G. A.
Snyder, w. C. t.; Bun L. Price, W. v.
T.; John w. Graham, W. R.; j. IL.
Shepherd, W. A. r.; j. C. Eyrich, W. f.
R.; G. E. Montgomery, W. Treas; G.
W. Alexander, W o.; Chas. R. Price,
W. D. o.; Jesse A. Graham, W. g.; R,
A. Jones, W. s.; L. C. Ransom, Chap;
II. H. Briggs, p W. G. I.