Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-25
BREvITIEs.
The Burns festival tonight

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designated for admittance 10 the Over
ton Hotel Alexis ball.
Rev. T. W. Caskey will preach in Lin
den street Christian church this Thurs
day. evening at I o'clock.
Whalebone brooms are used by the
changing on the Nicolson pavement.
Like all new brooms, they sweep clean.
Joe Locke, the great newsman at 1861
Main street, has all the latest daily pa
pers, weeklies and monthly magazines.
Olive Logan will lecture on Nice
Young Men" and 1.-THE Passions" to
the citizens of Memphis on the l4th,
18th and 18th of February next.
The latest st. Louis, Cincinnati, Chi
cago, Louisville and New York dailies at
Mansford's news depot, corner of Second
and Monroe. Valentines at wholesale.
Colonel Tom Scott and associates
have refused to accept the Memphis and
Charleston railroad on the terms pro-
posed by the late convention Of stock
holders.
All acts OF the late Legislature (not
otherwise provided for) take effect from
and after to-day, this being the fortieth
day after the adjournment of the legis'
lature.
The Right Rev. Niles Pierce, Bishop
of Arkansas, will arrive in this city to-
morrow afternoon, and will preach al
Grace church Sunday morning at eleven
o'clock and Sunday evening at seven
o'clock.
The alarm of fire last night was caused
by the discovery of a light blaze among
some boxes in rear of Rhine's dry goods
store in the Provine block on Main near
Gayoso street Engine No. 2 disposed
of the fire in few minutes
Mardi-Gras will be celebrated in Mem.
phis. Joseph Specht will take the names
of those desiring to go en- masquerade
with the Mystic Krew of the bluffs. Com.
mittees will be appointed by the differ
ferent civic societies to carry out the
programme arranged for the celebration.
EMMoNs d SoH, 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.
Some coal-thief backed up dray in
front of Peterson's coal Office last night
and carried off 400-pound lump OF
coal, which the agent used as a sign.
The thief, no doubt, enjoyed good fire
last night. So far as he was concerned
there was no coal famine.
The first chancery court will not be in
session until next Monday, Chancellor
Morgan being delegate to the Metho-
dist University convention, at present in
session in this city. Tomorrow Special
Chancellor Judge Pierce will hear the
case of the mayor and aldermen VS..
Grace.
But few cases of suicide take place al
present, and the coroners occupation
seems to be gone. The great enemy
and friend of suicide at present is the
stomach-pump, which robs our worthy
coroner of his constitutional fees. Why
could not an injunction be obtained to
stop the action Of the lifc-saving ma
chine2 It is an open question whether
or not the world is loser or gamer by
its movements.
Charles p. Read, mesmerizer, clair.
voyant, medium, and spirit-rapper, en-
tertained quite large audience at the
Greenlaw opera house last evening with
a mysterious performance that outrival.
ed the feats of the Davenports. These
muscular developments of spiritualism
while they do not convince the suspi
cious, nevertheless astonish the natives
who make the greatest efforts to see
through the darkness that envelopes the
actors aud manifestations.
The Musso divorce case came up be
fore Chancellor Scott, of the second
chancery court, to-day, on the question
of Mr.. Musso meeting the children al
some place where neither party can have
any undue influence, and where the
meeting can be unrestricted. After
some discussion it was understood that
counsel would agree as to place Of
meeting between the parents and chill
dren during the pending OF the suit
Further proceedings will be heard by
the chancellor tomorrow morning at II
o'clock.
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