Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-02-01
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nine eases this morning, and $3.50 wers
assessed as fines.
The Board Of Aldermen and Common
Council Yill meet, tonight, at the Elk
change bailding liiJII -
The Mechanics Institute meets To-
night for the purpose Of transaeting i'm
portant business.aIG "a
Professor Wilson, proprietor of the
Rochester, N. Y, In6rmary, lectured on
health last night at the Greenlaw Opera
House. gr's'V" :" " -
The contested election case of Curry
VS.. Wright is up for argument before
Chancellor Morgan, Of the First Chancery
Court. 49,
The concetts Of Professor Meyer viii
take place tonight, and not tomorrow
evening as the Avalanche has errone-
qusly 'pp'efpvt2 bay0TamJ
The roller skating fever is Increasing
rapidly in Memphis. Ladies, gentle
men and children seem determined 10
travel on wheels ''' ~ 1'e'A
0tu.if 81. .oBU .ng 80 y e0I
The humorist and .elocutionist, Mr..
Aft Burnett, is coming to Memphis, and
will appear at the Greenlaw Opera
House in a few days. 49,
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The case Of Wisener, Graves and Pos
ton, indicted for hanging young schoe-
field at Cuba some months since, is still
on trial before the Criminal Court.
A special meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce has, been called for this even
ing at three O'clock. The question of
removing the Merchants Exchange 10
another hall will be decided.
Capt. Harvey Mathes, State and
County Tax Collector on Privileges, an
nounces that the time for paying taxes
on privileges is about to expire, and that
distress warrants will be issued against
deilnquents SKA Nf3Ga ~ ~"
The cotton saved from the wreck of
the w. R. Arthur has been ibelled in
the U. S. Marine Court by the United
States Lloyds, the Atlantic Mutual and
the Mississippi Valley insurance COM
panies. .,D.,,,,
The case of Dean VS.. Ford, which has
been on trial in the Second Circuit Court
for several dhysPwasg continued over for
argument until next Friday. The claim
is for $4,000 for releasing the steamer
Sylph during the late war. i'A1t~ >
Our Union street contemporary wants
bridge built across the river at the foot
of Union street, and suggests that the
bridge should be called Pons ASsinO-
rum, probably with reference to those
who are to pay for building the thing.
The last number of the Budget of Fun
has a capital -wood-cut representing
Grant with his arm around the waist of a
colored maiden named Miss San Do
mingo. Grant whispers in the ear of We
gentle savage; I'VE may be happy yet "
Joe Locke, on Main, near Jefferson,
has received all the late New York, st.
Louis, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Nash
vile and Louisville daily papers. All
the home and foreign illustrated and
literary weeklies can be found at his
stand,aoIogN s,vgna
Mile Missions concert in Cincinnati
had to be postponed on account of the
illness of the fair vocalist. A Cincin-
natl paper says Miss Nilsson was SO
chagrined and feltgsuch disappointment
at not being able to sing that she shed a
torrent of tears. 90,
The. sinking of an unknown hatboat
containing several persons, described SC
| graphically in morning paper, is be
lieved TO be a sailors story-or a dream
INDUCED in by denizen of Wolf river.
Our contemporary was terribly imposed
upon by somebody. Lob H34
Mansford, corner Of Second and Mon
roe has large stock of valentines for
sale at wholesale prices. The latest
daily and weekly newspapers, weekly
pictorials and monthly magazines canbe
.LA.:-l - Mooscor HE stool "a
news goods is the largest in the city.
Anew York paper says that one Of
the released Fenians, who is disguised
with the split in the Irish ranks, replies
to the respective political wings in the
following stereotype manner:S Be ja-
bers, gintlemen, Pm much obliged to yer
for the invitashuns; but I've got to in
quire which is the most respectable
party, sv,,,. .
Emmons 4 Son, newsdealers on JEFF
ferson and Beal streets, have just re-
ceived all the latest daily and weekly
| newspapers from all points in America
and Europe. The Missouri Democrat
and Republican of yesterday have been
justfeceived; also, Frank Leslie's Budget
of Fun. All the illustrated and literary
periodicals on hand. SEA Fl1s.
The twenty-eighth anniversary Of
Memphis Lodge No. Of I. o. o. F, was
celebrated at the SrIemphis Lodge room
last evening in a4iost appropriate man
ner. The Order Of Odd Fellows is
rapidly spreading in Memphis, where it
has gained notoriety on account of its