Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-09-27
BREYITIEs.

New York minstrel troupe.
The cold snap this morning and the
northwest wind was well calculated to
protect the city from any epidemics
coming from southern ATTITUDES.
Samuel Paul, the clerk of the steam
boat Mary Miller, died of yellow fever
at Cairo yesterday. The boat passed
here on last Thursday on her way to
Evansville from New Orleans.
Joe Locke, who supplies news to the
millions at 1864 Main, has received the
latest daily papers, pictorials, maya
zines, journals of fashion, science, lite
nature, and foreign publications of every
description.
The common school grammar ques-
ton, the discussion of which was in
itiated by the LEDGER, is undergoing a
thorough ventilation in the morning
journals. The issue is: Shall children
be taught grammar or not?
! The home insurance companies of this
city purpose establishing Board Of
Underwriters, to fix an uniform tariff Of
rates for land and marine insurance,
and advisory rates for fire insurance in
the city, and for other practical purposes.
In the First Circuit Court this forenoon
the case of DR.. Laski VS.. The City Of
Memphis, was on trial before Judge
Heiskell. DR.. Laski sues the city for
$500, for services in 1869, in vaccinating
the paupers of the Fourth Ward, for
which bill the city refuses to be respon-
sible.
Sheriff Wright has appointed Mr. Dave
Jackson as jailer, and has furnished
him with new set Of guards. Mr.. Jack
son was jailer under Sheriff Phelps ad-
ministration. Stringent Jail rules will
be enforced, and hereafter murderers
will be confined in their cells and will
not be permitted to walk the streets.
Go to Mansford's great news stand,
corner of Second and Henroe streets,
for everything in the news line--daily
papers, novels, illustrated weeklies,
magazines of fashion, science and art,
and foreign newspapers of latest dates
from England, Ireland and the CONT
nent of Europe
Disraeli's speech at Hugerten, Eng
land, on last Tuesday, to the effect that
the Queen was physically and mentally
incapacitated from reigning any longer,
created no little sensation among our
Irish fellow citizens, who came to the
same conclusion about the time Victoria
assembled the throne.
The Appeal man, being an inveterate
chess player, insists that och ess is a
specific against epidemics. /" Esquire
Miller, the chess champion of Me- nphis,
regards the Appeal man as a poor
player, and says :" if sr.ch chess pIs, ing
becomes an epidemic; in this city, b e
will retire in disgust from the chess
business"
Emmons & Son, newsdealers, at 10
Jefferson and 4l0 Main streets, have re
ceived the latest st. Louis, Cincinnati,
Louisville, New Orleans, Nashville and
New York daily papers. Magazines of
every description from the North, South,
East and West. Foreign papers and
journals received regularly by ocean
steamers.
The attention of the sanitary force
and Board of Health, if it has an exis-
tence, is called to the condition of the
alleys of the city, and the localities
where nuisances in the shape of stenches
arising from de ad animals abound. AS
Hamlet says of dead Polonius, If you
do not find him within this month, you
shall nose him as you go up stairs into
the lobby"
There will be total eclipse of the
sun on the 18th of next December,
which will be invisible to Memphians,
but visible to the Arabs, Ct ylonese, ia
vanese and Polynesians, fellt WIS who can
not appreciate so interestin phenom-
enon. An eclipse that cam lot be exhib-
tied in Memphis is not wo rth fg, no
matter how the suns coror ia puzzles the |
and astronor aers.
The society of Christi, IN Brothers of
St. Louis has purchas, ID the Adams
street female college for $4,000, with a
view to establishing Ugh school and
college for boys. A subs ,ription amount
ng to $4,000 is being / made up by our
,itizens for the purpose of aiding in the
payments to be made on the building
t is rumored that the Jesuits intend
establishing in this city also branch
college or university, with a corps of
'rudite professors.
The General Council meets this after
loon for the purpose of indorsing the
Iction Of the FL evator Committee, and
lisposing Of the, bluff grading question,
md attending to all other important
BUSINESS. City Attorney Randolph has
prepared the contract between the city
md the Memphis and st. Louis Packet
company for the erection of an elevator
y the company The committe has in
lorsed the contract, nd it only remains
or the General Coup ell to approve it.