Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-18
BREyIrIEs.

Miss Phoebe Cousins will lecture on
1.-THE Sexes to the sexes next Friday
night.
The School Board will meet in ad-
journed session on next Wednesday
evening.
See notice Of money to loan, on good
paper at a reasonable interest, in another
column.
The Chamber of Commerce meets this
afternoon at three o'clock for the trans
action of regular business.
Three fashionable weddings are to
come of in our midst during the week.
No cards-no foolishness.
The county jailer rejoices in the pos
session of one hundred and nine prison
ers, including forty convicts.
January Demorest, Cooley, Peterson,
and all the late magazines, pictorials,
dailies, etc., at Joe Locks, 1854 Main.
DR.. Crane will lecture tonight at the
Greenlaw Opera House on Modern Spir-
itualism and its influence upon the hu-
man mind.
Mr.. John r. Durff left for Louisville
to-day to take possession Of the great
$35, 900 prize, for which he holds the
lucky ticket.
The grand jury of the Criminal Court
has examined the county Jail and poor
house. The jury pronounces both in ad-
mirable order.
Mr.. j. G. Lonsdale, jr., returned home
to-day from business trip East. We are
under obligations to Mr.. Lonsdale for
late Northern papers.
1t is calculated that the midnight toot
of one of the musical calliopes used on
our river steamers awakens fifty thous-
and sleepers in this city.
Frank Mays, a colored murderer, who
strychnined his wife at Grenada, Miss,
is to be hung on Friday next. Thous-
ands of people will attend this celebra-
ton.
The different churches were well at
tended yesterday. At the Greenlaw
Opera House large audience listened
attentively to an eloquent lecture on
spiritualism by Rev. Moses Hull
The clerks Of the different courts are
busily engaged in issuing naturalization
papers to would be-voters who desire to
exercise the elective franchise in the ap-
preaching municipal election.
An immense amount of game is as
irving in the city from Arkansas and
points North. The Christmas holidays
constitute the inducement to ship all
kinds of game South at present.
In the First Chancery Court to-day
Chancellor Morgan rendered the follow
ing decisions: Mitchell & Co. VS.. CAN'T,
petition of creditors granted Saint VS..
Taylor, judgment for complainant.
The westward bound freight train on
the Little Rock road ran off the track
not far from Hopefeld on Saturday last.
In few hours the train was put back
on the rails, and moved out westward.
Chicago Times and Tribune received
daily at Mansford's news depot corner
of Second and Monroe; also, the lead
ing dailies and weeklies of the country
and choice assortment of light litera-
ture.
The total of registration papers issued
up to Saturday night were sl70-or to
whites, 1881; to blacks, 1899. The reg
istration Office will close on Wednesday
next. Voters, come forward and get
registered
George Francis Train has telegraphed
Grant that he claims one million dollars
damages from him for suppressing the
Train League. 1t is believed that Grant
will pay the money to George in order to
avoid law suit.
The Courier-Journal, containing full
list of prizes and lucky tickets of the
Louisville lottery, just received by Mans
ford, corner Of Second and Monroe.
Also, a large lot of handsomely colored
juvenile toy books for Christmas.
In the Criminal Court to-day the
Graves-Schofield homicide case is on
trial. Satterwhite, one of the principal
witnesses for the State, occupied the
witness stand during the day, and testi-
fed as to the facts Of the hanging of
young Schofeld by the Cuba mob.
The greatest excitement exists in the
city with reference to the drawing in the
Louisville Library Lottery since the
thirty-fve thousand dollar prize was
won by Memphian. Lottery stock has
gone up in this city since last Saturday.
Recorder Scales heard forty cases to-
day. Charles Young, negro escaped
convict was committed by the Recorder
to await an order from Gen. Forrest,
under whom he was working on the Sell
ma railroad. officers Shelby and Hicks
effected the capture.
California gives promise of becoming
great cotton producing State. The
territory adapted to the cultivation of
cotton embraces an area larger than
Tennessee. In Mercer coanty bale to
the acre was raised this last season by
several planters.
Emmons & Son, newsmen, at No. 10
Jefferson and 4lO Main streets, have re-
ceived the latest daily papers from New
York, New Orleans, Cincinnati, St.
Louis, Chicago and all other cities;
also, illustrated weeklies, foreign publ