Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-27
BREVITIEs.

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week N 1850
The churches Of our city were largely
attended yesterday by worshipers OBJ
serving the Lenten season. e
The Irish citizens of Nashville are
preparing to celebrate the 18th of March
(St. Patricks Day. in grand style
A negro named JEFF Walker was sent
to Jail by the Recorder on the charge Of
stealing goods from Forests stable.
J.'w. Roberts, Of New York city, was
fined by Squire Miller for peddling and
selling patent rights without a license.
The next term of the Supreme Court
for West Tennessee will commence at
jackson on the first Monday of April
next.
Mansford has q cosmopolitan table at
the corner of Monroe and Second. 1t
contains papers from all parts of the
world.
The census of 1860 showed that there
were $1,000 persons in Tennessee who
could not read. Will the census of 1870
make the same disagreeable disclosuref
Joe Locke has the patent parlor and
sidewalk roller skate, and all the latest
newspapers, pictorials and magazines, at
his grand news stand, on Main, near JEFF
ferson street.
The commencement exercises of the
Medical College will take place tonight
at the Memphis Club Hall. DR.. Dudley
D. Saunders will deliver the valedictory
address to the graduating class.
The Memphis and Charleston Rail
road Company paid to the Comptroller,
at Nashville, few days since, the sum
of $4,000 in coupons, as interest due
the State from that road.
The wind last night played havoc with
the stands and booths around the Boal
street market. Many of them danced
out Beal, DeSoto and fernando streets,
having wind as motive power.
Lawyers are in the lead in Paris
The new French Ministry is composed
of four lawyers-Favre, Picard, Buffet
and Dufaure; one politician, Lambricht;
one philosopher, Simon, and one gen
eral, lie Flo.
The southwest wind blew strong and
steady yesterday, driving people into
their overcoats and houses with its chill
ing breath. Many were driven into sa-
looms by the force and GOODNESS of the
Southwestern.
Committees have been appointed to
raise premiums in the different depart
ments ofindustry by the Board of Direc-
tors of the Memphis Agricultural and
Mechanical Society, for the next Annual
Shelby. County Fair.
We are under obligation to Uncle Tom
and Aunt Mary for demijohn of water
taken from the marble spring at Raleigh.
These enterprising people are preparing
for the summer by making large addi-
tons to their house.
From dispatch received in this city
to-day we learn that an old citizen OF
Memphis, Mr.. William Walker, died
recently at Burlington, Iowa. Mr..
Walker was formerly connected with the
Eagle Mills in this city.
The WEEKLY PUBLIC LEDGER can be
obtained at the counting-room to-mor-
row morning 1t contains a large
amount of interesting reading matter,
embracing local, foreign, financial, po-
litcal, literary, and general news
The regular monthly meeting Of the
Chaml er of Commerce takes place to-
day Monday, at 3 o'clock pm, when
the question of removal of the hall, and
other important business, will be pre-
scented. No member should be absent.
On Saturday next, the committee APP
pointed to report on the new court house
will receive bids, specifications, ETC.,
from the different parties desiring to
sell property to the county. The com
mitteemen will then be able to make
their final report.
Parties in this city often receive by
express carefully sealed packages marked
C. 0. D., from the bogus counterfeit
money swindlers in New York city.
They pay the express charges and re-
ceive nothing in return-not even the
desired bogus money.
A negro tax collector was on the land
ing this morning collecting one dollar
from each negro dray driver as special
tax, and. seventy-6ve cents for tax on
dray. Several draymen paid the tax
to this selfconstituted collector The
police are trying to interview him.
Donnati's great comet will again be
visible to the naked eye in the year 1858,
according to the latest astronomical cal
culations. This paragraph can be cut
out for reference by those having bad
memories, but who desire to see the
heaven-born wonder.
The Old Folks of Memphis have been
invited to celebrate the Fourth of July
in Denver City, Colorado-one fare for
the round trip from Memphis to Denver.
As the fare amounts to about seventy
dollars. we fear our Old Folks are too old