Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-25

papers, illustrated weeklies, monthlies
for August, and news goods Of every
description.
The committee appointed by the
county to select a suitable place for a
Criminal Courtroom has not as yet de-
cided as to the location. A number Of
property-owners are eagerly offering
their houses at low prices to the COM
mittee
Esquire Miller issued warrant this
forenoon for the arrest Of the well known
worthless James Cassiday and Pat Brady
on the charge of robbing Lillian Rivers
Of four dollars in paper currency. The
plunderers of the fair Lillian will have a
hearing before Judge Miller tomorrow.
Mile Maggie Ross, the female carver
who SO scientifically attempted to ampu-
tate the arm of Mile Minnie Taylor,
has not as yet been arrested She is
secreted somewhere in the city, but VII
make her appearance before the Re
corder in day or two. The police are
on the track of the Amazonian warrior.
Go to Mansford's news depot, corner
of Monroe and Second streets, for pic
torial publications, English, Irish,
French and German publications, scien-
ti6c, fashion and literary monthlies from
all quarters, and daily newspapers from
every city in the United States.
The members of the Mendelssohn
Quartette Club serenaded a number Of
their lady friends last night. The SPLEEN
did chorus of voices awoke the dream
ers, and the adjacent easements were
adorned with white shadows lending q
listening ear to music.
The number Of persons in this city
who have been corresponding with the
New York counterfeit swindlers is said
to be quite large. 1t is now proposed to
publish list of the names Of the wOr.
thies who are so anxious to swindle their
neighbors, but who were caught in their
own trap by the New York sharps.
The police have been instructed to pay
special attention TO black and white
street-corner loungers who, With vile
profanity, insult all decent people as
they pass by. No one has a right to gil
the air with vulgarity or profanity,
thereby offending more respectable citi-
zens. OF late this has become an intol-
cradle nuisance on some corners.
Emmons & Son, newsdealers, at 10
jefferson and 4lO Main, have received
the latest daily papers f'om New York,
New Orleans, st. Louis, Chicago, Nash
vile, Louisville, Cincinnati and other
cities. Magazines from all points, illus
trated weeklies Of every description,
and foreign papers and periodicals re-
ceived regularly.
The stay-at-home citizens of Memphis
a few days since had occasion to envy
the absentees-wh the thermometer
ranged among the nineties. For the
last four days northern weather has
taken possession of our climate, and
warm clothing to keep out cold and rain
is the order of the day, while sleeping
under blankets is the order of the night.
The Memphis amateur suicidist, after
making four Intellectual attempts to wade
through the Mississippi at this point,
recently attempted to drown herself in
the Alabama river, but was, of course
prevented by the spectators. AS in
Memphis, the result was an outburst Of
sympathy and collection to defray the
expenses Of the fair suicidist to her
home.
A survey ing party is at work over the
proposed new route of the Memphis and
Raleigh railway. 1t VIII start from the
intersection of Third and Auction streets
and pass, via the old Fair Grounds, the
Overton, Lea and Mcconnell tracts, to
the National Cemetery, then on to Ra-
leigh. The owners of land along this
route propose investing largely in stock
subscriptions should the line pass in
their Vicinity.
Tom and Mary, the great feasters of
the public at Raleigh, VII have benefit
on Thursday night. Ample preparations
are in progress for the occasion, and
gay and delightful event it promises to
be. These people have done much for the
accommodation of the public and real
ly deserve the benefit rendered them by
those who recognize their usefulness.
Music and dancing vii. be the order of
the evening. We know of no event to
occur that gives promise of more pleas
me. Go out, by all means.
The negroes intend celebrating the
anniversary of the issuance of the
Emancipation Proclamation with flags,
proces sions and music. The New York
city Ribbonmen can take few profit
able hin IS from the manner in which
these professions are treated by South
ern people. A few years since the
banners carried in these professions
bore devices much more offensive to
Southern men than could possibly be
the likeness Of William of Orange to
the descendants of the followers of the
Inflated James, whose name in the EN-
ernld Isle Is a hY-word Of renroach on