Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-02
iBREVITIEs.

Senator Alcorn, of Mississippi, is in
the city, sojourning at the Peabody Ho-
tel.
The United States circuit and district
courts will be opened on Monday next by
Judge Emmons.
Joe Locke, the great newsman at 1864
Main street, has all the latest daily pa
pers, weeklies and monthly magazines.
The crazy youth who assaulted the
Queen of England last Thursday is the
grandson of Fergus o Conner, the great
chartist leader.
Next Monday two weeks, NJ lie Aimee,
with her opera bouffe troupe of City won
derful vocalists, will commence an en-
gagement at the Memphis Theater.
The wheels Of commerce were sus-
pended on Union street yesterday after
noon for full half hour in order that q
dog fight might be properly enjoyed.
The wintry sky rolled back last night,
and this morning there was spread
Der the blue armament radiant white. :"
that encouraged sweet dreams of spring.
The coolest day in February was on
the 6th' the thermometer going down to
twenty-seven degrees. The warmest day
was the 26th, when the thermometer went
up to sixty-one degrees.
Paul T. Wright, at his news stand, 296
Main street, keeps all the leading pic
torials, magazines, newspapers and light
literature. The PUBLIC LEDGER can
always be found on his counter.
The business transacted at the Mem
phis postoffice during the month of Feb
ruary is as follows: Mail letters delivered,
l277l8; newspapers delivered, 27,7O5;
letters collected, 81, l39; newspapers col
lected, 1924.
Poor Miss Finch " is considered the
best novel written by Wilkie Collins.
The various editions, at fifty cents, one
dollar, and one dollar and fifty cents, can
be procured at Mansford's, corner of
Second and Monroe.
The Memphis oil company fled bill
in the second chancery court yesterday
for an amendment to their charter, so as
to allow the company to purchase and
run small steamboats, in the river for the
purpose of collecting cotton seed.
The cost of non-attendance, when ju-
rors are Summoned before the criminal
COURTS eight dollars and thirty-fve cents
in addition to fine of twenty-five dol
lars. Professional jurors are always on
hand, and only our business men 1.-THE
best jurors) fail to attend.
EMMoNs a. Son, newsdealers, at No. 10
Jefferson street, and 40 Main, 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.
Olive Logan Sykes had successful Ices
turing engagements at Vicksburg and
Jackson, Mississippi, from which latter
point her Southern manager, Mr.. Peter
Tracy, returned to the city last evening.
Mr.. Tracy has made arrangements to in
troduce other attractive lecturers during
the season before Memphis audiences.
The circuit and criminal judges of
the State are requested to assemble in
Nashville on Thursday, the 18th inst,
to confer with reference to the jury sys-
tenn and an amendment to the present
criminal laws, and present the result of
their deliberations in the form of Pc
tition to the general assembly.
Correspondents to our morning cotem
poraries insist that physicians write their
prescriptions in English instead of Latin
as is the custom with educated medical
men. The only danger Of Latin pre-
scriptions is that the drug clerk may
not know his business, and may put up
poison instead of life-saving medicine.
The Memphis and Little Rock and
Fort Smith Railway companies have
consolidated under the name of the
Memphis, Little Rock and Pacific Rail-
way company; President, Sam Tate.
The board of directors elected the fol-
lowing executive committee yesterday,
Messrs. Sam Tate, A. I. Lacey and AL
exander Mcdonald.
Mr.. William v. Taylor, son of one of
our most esteemed and popular citizens,
DR.. Arthur K. Taylor, died last Thurs
day from the effects of wounds received
in the Confederate service during the
last war, and was buried yesterday after
noon with Masonic honors in Elmwood |
cemetery. Many of his old comrades in |
arms attended the funeral.
Persons who would like to subscribe
for a Southern book, would do well to
subscribe for a work written by Geor-
gia lady, Mrs. NJ. E. Pincard. It's title
is, Bread of Heaven and Husks Of
Swine" Price, one dollar She is agent |
for the Episcopalian catechism, new
work. She is at the Overton Hotel.
The hymeneal market has been dull
during the week The executed mar