Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-23
BREvITIEs.


over 10 the April term.
The Probate Court, Judge Ray presid-
ing was in session to-day.
Roller skating Kinks are Ill the rage in
the interior towns Of California.
The thermometer at noon to-day stood
at $50, and the barometer at 20 7-lO
inches.
Read the advertisement Of Situation
Wanted" Mr.. Harmon gives irst-class
references.
Colonel McRae's lecture on "Life's
Light and Shaded ON last Saturday eve
ming, was largely attended.
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Chamber of Commerce will be held this
afternoon at three o'clock.
The new Catholic church at Humboldt
was dedicated yesterday with appropriate
ceremonies by Bishop Feehan.
Gold is worth about seventeen dollars
per ounce, but fashionable blonde hair
is worth twenty-five dollars per ounce.
1t is said Nilsson firted with Gustave
Dore, but Nilsson says the story is un-
true. The lady must, of course, be be-
lieved.
The churches yesterday were all
opened, and largely attended Excel
lent and appropriate sermons were de-
livered.
Messrs. +. Stith and R. L. Cobb, pro
prietors of the skating rink, will give a
benefit in aid of the proposed Masonic
Temple on next Wednesday evening.
Fancy" said Sidney Smith, when he
YVES told that one of the CRATES at the
Geological Garden had caught cold, an
animal with two yards Of sore throat.
The doleful but poetical story of Jim
Bludso, the engineer of the Prairie
Belle, is going the rounds of the press,
following in the wake of the Heather
Chinee."
! A bill was introduced on last Saturday
in our Legislature making dogs support
the common schools-by imposing tax
ranging from fifty cents to two dollars
on each purp.
Freeman Randolph, Esq, of the Pa
nola Star, and Colonel Freeman B. Irby,
of the same county, arrived in the city
this morning, and are stopping at the
Peabody Hotel.
Among the arrivals Of delegates to the
convention of Hebrew societies, now in
session in this city, we found at the Over
ton Mr.. H. Bamberger, from Indian
apolis, Indiana.
Joe Locke has all the late daily and
weekly newspapers, fashion papers and
magazines, pictorials and literary publ
cations from all points, at his stand on
Main, near Jefferson.
Recorder Scales disposed of sixty-three
cases this morning. Two hundred and
eighty dollars were assessed as fines,
principally for DRINKS, nuisances and
general disorderly conduct.
Nearly all our Tennessee and Missis-
sppi exchanges are discussing the siege
of Paris, the defeats of Chausy and
Bourbaki, and the intentions of William
Rex should Paris surrender.
The bluffs were crowded last evening
by people watching the arrival of the
packets, the sunset in Arkansas, and the
race between the steamers White and st,
Francis, as they came into port from
down the river.
A few days since Mrs. Scott-Siddons
gave dramatic readings to the patients
at the Hartford (Conn. Insane Asylum.
1.-THE patients thought she was the widest
woman in the house, and cried out,
l"Lock her upl"
The text "How shall we escape, if we
neglect so great salvation, was ably
commented on by the pastor of the
First Baptist church, last night, and lis
tened to with marked attention by the
large congregation.
The alarm of FIRE last night at one
o'clock was caused by the burning OF a
grocery belonging to an Italian at Cen
trail Point. The building and contents
were totally consumed before the
steamers could arrive on the grounds.
The members of the Euphrates and
Hiddekel Lodges of /. o. B. B. will give
a grand entertainment tonight in honor
of the delegates to the District Grand
Lodge No. 2 OF /. o. B. B. A delightful
and elegant entertainment may be ex-
peeted.l hf.tttat
The Pole Bearers Association (col-
ored), to the number of a hundred or so,
yesterday attended the funeral of de-
ceased member. On the return from the
grave, the baud, playing lively airs, at
tracted a crowd Of all the black "macks
in the city. tr
Christine Nilsson sang in Cincinnati
ON Saturday last at Pixies Opera House
to an immense audience. She will sing
in Louisville on the oath inst, and then
make a move toward Memphis, which
place she will reach about the LIST Of
February.
Two of our morning contemporaries