Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08
BREVITIES.

| Mansford receives daily st. Louis
louisville, Nashville, New York and
Cincinnati papers, and pictorials from
all quarters. ~
Joe Locke has the Louisville Ledger as
sole agent, and all the latest dailies from
all points, weekly pictorials and literary
publications from all parts of Europe.
Our Catholic fellow-citizens will be in
terested in knowing that the Pope has
rejected the guarantees proposed by the
Italian Government He does not seem
to have much faith in Princes.
Mr.. R. G. Pattillo, agent for Perkins
& Houses non-explosive metallic kero-
sene lamps, has removed to No. 1886
Main street, corner of Union, where he
will be pleased to see the public.
A number of gentlemen representing
different associations in our city visited
the Fair Grounds yesterday afternoon
with view to prepare and examine the
grounds for the ensuing grand county
fair. a.tt
On Sunday last the citizens of Grenada
Miss, treated married couple-a white
man and eolored woman--to coat Of
tar and feathers. The Grenada people
do not admire the play Of Othello and
Desdemona off of the stage.
The cotton sample-rooms Of the store
of Mr.. Roper, in the Gayoso Block, on
Main street, took fire late last evening
Fortunately several persons were pres
ent and the fire was extinguished before
it got under Roadway. No fire alarm
was given.
A little girl was run over by horse
man ON Union street, near Third, last
evening. The little girl was consider
ably bruised, but not seriously injured
The rider stopped his horse, apologized
and rode off when he saw no serious
damage had resulted from the accident
Meridian, Miss, has been destroyed by
fire. A negro riot took place, during
which ten negroes and two white mer
we're slain. The citizens have organized
Vigilance Committee, and have ban
ished the Mayor (Sturgis), who is Rad
ical and who was the cause of the late
difficulties.
The Memphis Club gave their annual
masquerade ball last night at their hal
in the Greenlaw Opera House building
One hundred ladies and gentlemen were
present. dressed in every conceivable
costume, fanciful and grotesque. The
dancing and hilarity were kept up unit
a late hour into the night.
The South Memphis niggers have al
taken the stump on account of the Brink
ley College ghost story. 1t is astonish
ing to find so many sensible white people
in our city believing in this patent hum
bug; but the great DR.. Samuel johnson
believed in ghosts, while he ridiculed thu
truth of the great Lisbon earthquake.
Postmasters hereafter must study frac
tons and surveying. They have beer
instructed to take mutilated currency
for postage-stamps in cases where moi
more than onetwentieth of the note il
missing. The Secretary Of the Treasury
with greater liberality, receives all notes
mutilated beyond the above standard.
Emmons & Son, newsdealers on JEFF
ferson and Beal streets, have received
all the late daily and weekly papers from
New York, Cincinnati, ST. Louis, New
Orleans, Louisville, Nashville and Chi
cago, and all the latest illustrated week
lies, monthly magazines and foreigr
quarterlies; news goods Of every descrip
ton.
The PUBLIC LEDGER editorial rooms
were illuminated this morning by thu
visible presence of Neal, of Meals Ga
zette. He is in the city on business, ane
will take pleasure in introducing through
the advertising columns of his paper the
business of Memphis merchants to its
hosts of readers. We commend it as an
excellent medium.
The proprietor of this paper has been
placed under obligations to the accom-
plished master car builder of the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad, Mr.. A. W.
Drew. 1t is pleasure to acknowledge
the same, and especially so when they
are placed upon us by the builder OF
those grand palace cars which roll over
the Charleston road to the great enjoy
ment and convenience of all travellers.
A branch of the Workingmen's Asso-
citation has declared war against news
paper enterprise in this city, for reasons
set forth in their appeal to their fellow
workingmen of this city, which appear
in another column. After reading the
typographical communication we are
reminded Of the words of Hamlet, when
ba xras ahout 10 slaughter poor old