Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-21

from the works on the Selma railroad.
The State should provide sufficient
number ofguards so that these Jail birds
could not run loose in our midst and
commit depredations upon property.
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
cations. and news goods generally,
Rev. Moses Hull will deliver lecture
on Spiritualism tonight at the Greenlaw
Opera Hoase, in reply to the late lecture
of DR.. Crane. We have been informed
that the Doctor will be present, ready to
reply to the arguments of Mr.. Hull, The
Opera House will no doubt be crowded.
The Chicot county, Arkansas, MUIR
ders by enraged and armed bands of
negroes has created an immense sensa-
ton throughout the city. The white
citizens are fleeing from the county to
escape the murderous Africans The
authors and perpetrators of this massa-
ere should be exterminated
The following important section of
the charter OF the city of Memphis is
published for the information of candi-
dates and their supporters: Section 30.
No person shall be eligible to office in
said city unless he shall have resided
one year in Memphis and two years in
the county of Shelby next preceding
his election. "
The smallpox epidemic is raging in
the Northern and Western States. In
Georgetown, Ohio, many Of the Oldest
and best citizens have died; business
has suspended, schools have been closed,
country people fear to enter the town,
and the village presents the appearance
OF a vast pest house. Our municipal
authorities should take notice of the
fact.
The Commercial Hotel, on Jefferson
street, between Main and Front, is
crowded with guests from all parts of
the country. This old established hos
telry is one of the best in our city. Ele-
giant rooms, frstclass fare, low prices
and prompt attention to the wants and
wishes of all guests, is the golden rule
established by the proprietors of the
Commercial. f
In another column appears the notice
Of dissolution Of copartnership Of the
frm.of Goodyear & Hills, Mr.. D.F. Good
year retiring, the entire interest in the
business having been purchased by Mr..
J. B. Hills, who has entire charge Of the
business for the future Mr.. Hills is a
well known citizen and druggist of our
city, and will conduct the establishment
in the future, as it has been conducted in
the past, to the satisfaction Of the
public.
i. Henry Craft is to deliver the first Of
course of lectures for the benefit Of the
Young Mems Christian Association, at
their hall, No. 1894 Main street, to-mor.
row evening at seven and half o'clock.
The object is to add to the library of
the Association, which now has about
FIVE hundred volumes, free to the people.
The subject is " Memphis shall bury
them, and is designed more particular
ly for the young men of Memphis.
Next Monday will be Christmas day,
which event is looked forward to with
delight by the little people, who dream
of Santa Claus and his wonderful trips
down chimneys for the purpose of adorn-
ing Christnast trees and filing suspended
stockings. The older people should re-
read Dickens charming Christmas
carols and stories. We are certain each
one will arise from their perusal with
better and more generous feeling toward
his fellow-man.
Memphis is rapidly becoming second
Chicago so far as enterprise is concerned.
Three darkies, upon whose brows rested
the weight of great engineering enter
prise, were engaged this forenoon in
moving two-story frame house doWn
Beal street with the aid Of block and
tackle. The three engineers held con-
suliation every fifteen minutes, the
learned discussion lasting ten minutes,
which left only FIVE for work. The house
moved, but It would take powerful mi
crOscope to discover the motion.