Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-26
BREYITIES.

The Japanese are the observed Of all
observers on our streets. 81 N
The Convention of l. o. B. y. adj
journed sine die last evening.
The thermometer at IL M. to-day
stood at As, and the barometer at 2s2-lO
inches.
Recorder Scales disposed Of thirteen
cases this morning; $55 were assessed
and $25 collected. f fsH
The Curry-Wright contested election
case will be taken up this evening by
Chancellor Morgan.
The Georgia-schooles Broom's Opera
House was the subject of general con-
versation on the streets to-day.
A heavy sleet storm pervaded through
out the North last night, in consequence
of which all telegraphic communications
were interrupted J4r wf
The proceeds of the skating rink col
lected last night were donated to the
Masonic Temple by Messrs. Stith and
Cobb, proprietors of the rink.
Joe Locke, on Main, near Jefferson,
has everything in the news line for sale.
All daily papers can be obtained at his
news depot.
The face of the illuminated clock in
front of Barnum q, Co.'s jewelry store
was broken last night, owing to the in
tense heat of the gaslight within.
Mansford receives daily all the daily
and weekly papers, pictorials and
monthly magazines. All the fashion
papers and magazines can be secured at
his stand, corner of Second and Monroe
streets. lU& r..
Two juries were at work this morning
in the Criminal Court trying criminals.
The utmost industry prevails at the
Criminal Court much to the disgust Of
all offenders.
Tho Pope demands a restitution Of his
territory, from the Neapolitan frontier to
the Pc, from the Italian Government,
and refuses any other guarantees from
Victor Emanuel.
The County Court has been invested
with the power to tax dogs" Tray,
Blanche and Sweetheart, little dogs and
allp There are said to be twenty thou
sand dogs in Memphis.
0J. Forrest was sentenced to two years
Imprisonment in the penitentiary by the
Criminal Court, last evening, on the
charge of shooting, with intent to kill,
one c. Brizzolari. Jealousy was the
cause of the shooting,
A subscription is going around among
our merchants for the benefit and relief
of the mother and sisters of the late Mr..
w. H. White, whose death was caused
by the recent accident ON the Mississippi
and Tennessee railroad.
The ball and supper given by st. An
drew 5 Society last night, in honor OF
Burns birthday, was select and pleas
ant affair. Dancing was kept up until
the early village chicken had " thrice
done salutation to the morn"
Winnie Ream's statue of Lincoln was
unveiled in the Capitol at Washington
last night in the presence of large
number of distinguished guests, who
complimented the fair artist ON making
SO handsome statue from so ugly a
subject. .t.U
We are under obligations to Secretary
Wexler, of the convention of /. o. B. B.,
recently held in this city, for a copy of
the second annual report of the Board
of Trustees of the Orphan Asylum, at
Cleveland, Ohio, of i. o. B. B. for the
year ending 1870.
Emmons & Son, newsdealers on Jeffer-
son and Beal streets, have received all
the late daily and weekly newspapers
from all Eastern and Western cities, and
the latest weekly illustrated papers from
every portion of the world. A large
stock of general news goods for sale.
A Benedictine society has been organ
lied by a number Of young ladies in
this city, Whether the name is taken
from st. Benedict, Shakespeare or Bene-
dict, the married man, we know not, but
it seems to be. an anti-wedlock society,
at least in theory.
A discussion is progressing in the
Nashville Banner between Orthodox
and Music " on the necessity of having
an opera house. Orthodox and
/" Music express the highest disdain
and greatest disgust for each other.
There can be no such thing as orthodox
music in Nashville. FfaFA
The cases of E. NJ. Yerger, indicted
for the murder of Colonel Crane, of the
Federal army, and H. E. Sizer, indicted
for the murder Of Alcorn's Chief of
Police, at jackson, Mississippi, will be
taken up next Wednesday, before the
Circuit Court at present in session at
jackson. au 1870 fta.4N.lat
Deputy Sheriffs Taggert, Cranmer and
Wilkerson arrived this morning from
near Big Greek, having in custody a man
named John Moyt, who stands charged
with committing the late outrage on Es-
quire Giles. Ii is generally believed
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