Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-02
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The draymen have to change the mum
bers of theirdrays todayA MoO8
Recorder Scales tried forty-three caseI
to-day; $2l0 were assessed as fines.
t. A deserter from the army, named Dris
coll, was arrested yesterday by thepohce
The chain-gang were at work on Mair
street, near Court Square, this morning
1t is reported that several bodies have
been recovered at the wreck of the W
r. Arthur.
The thermometer at IL N; today stoof
at $50, and the barometer at 80 2-lC
inches-indicating fair weather.
Mr.. Burkett was bound over by Judge
Flippin last evening, to answer the
charge of shooting at, Henry Eishman,
Mr.. Randolph made the closing argu-
ment in the Curry-Wright contested cleo
ton case before Chancellor Morgan this
morning 8Id 10 aslgI6 b5V0r
The Meyers concert, at the music
rooms in the Ayres Block, given last
evening, was well attended and was, in
every way successful. 81 tas d . sol
Captain j. Harvey Mathes, State and
County Tax Collector on Privileges, has
issued a proclamation which smacks
strongly of distress warrants. y ~
} The Coroner went up to thdFreck Of
the W. R. Arthur early this morning in
order to recover the dead bodies be-
lieved to be beneath the decks.
Joe Locke, newsdealer, has all the late
daily and weekly papers. pictorials, mag
azines and literary publications for sale
at his extensive news depot on Main
near Jefferson. tln eaaS ias
Mr.. Golden Griffin, a grocer residing
in Chelsea, was thrown from horse last
evening on Main street, near Exchange
He is now lying in critical condition
at his residence.
The Confederate Association meets
this evening at the Second Circuit Court
room. The working nt6mbers are par
ticularly desired to attend. See the Off
cial notice elsewhere.
The celebrated contested will case Of
Snyder VS.. Page and wife, with reference
to the will of the late F. Schulthics, was
decided this morning, in the First Chan
Gerry Court, in favor of the will
Tonight the grand tableaux and con
cert will be given at the Greenlaw Opera
House by the ladies of Grace Church
The fairest of our ladies and large
number of our best amateur yocalists
will be in attendance.
Ten Jurors Lave been obtained initht
case of the State VS.. Wiseper, Grave:
and Poston, on trial in the Crimina
Court. Court adjourned over until two
o clock this afternoon when the impan
neling of jurors will be resumed.
We have received from Mr.. Emme
L. Woodson, Assistant Private Secre
tary to Governor Alcorn, of Mississippi
copy of the Annual Message of thu
Governor to the Mississippi Legislature
delivered at the session of 1871.
At Mansford's, corner of Second anC
Monroe streets, can be obtained all thu
latest fashion papers and magazines, pic
torial papers, monthly magazines, news
papers, valentines in endless variety
and everything in the news line. a4l
DR.. j. w. Rogers will deliver two lee
lures in Memphis during the presen
month; one for the benefit of st. Pat
rick's Church, and the other for the Or
phan Asylum. The subjects are; Eng
land return to Catholicity and Papa
Sovereignty iknHa
Mr.. j. Willis, State Architect, write
to US from jackson, Miss, that the tota
amount appropriated, for repairs of thu
Mississippi State capitol was $4,000
all of which was judiciously expended
A Mississippi exchange lead us into the
error of stating that the expenditures
were half million.
The Mobile and Ohio railroad charges
as much on bale of cotton coming t.
Corinth from point fifty miles below a.
it does on bale from the same point Il
Columbus, Ky. Our State Legislature
like that of Mississippi, ought to regulate
charges on freight over this road, and al
other roads operating against the inter
ests of Memphis. haay
Emmons & Son, newsdealers on Jeffer
son and Beal streets, have just received
the Courier-Journal, Nashville Banner
and Missouri Republican of yesterday
and Cincinnati Commercial of Tuesday
last; also all the latest daily and week.!
papers from all points, pictorials, maya
zines, literary periodicals, and new
goods of every description.
The great river leviathan, James How
ard arrived last evening in port, an'
was visited by hundreds of people. 4
new thing on Western waters was he
steam launch, capable of holding owe
two hundred people. All large boat
plying on the Mississippi should have
steam launch as a protection for pas
sengers in case Of accident.
Coal, Coal,
Those veteran coal dealers,
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