Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-07
BREVITIEs.

The Henry Farmer concert takes
place Thursday night, instead of Friday
night, as heretofore announced.
We are promised opera bouffe and
Mile Aimee, in few weeks. This will
be big sensation for our theater-goers.
Joe Locke, the great pewsman at 1864
Main street, has all the latest daily pa
pers weeklies and monthly magazines.
A silver water service pitcher, COB
let's and waiter--is to be voted to the
most popular saloon keel 'er tonight at
St. Patrick's fair.
The jock is gone, and some of our
overweight Memphians. are in good
condition to put on sack cloth and ashes
for a season.
s. s. Stems was sent TO jail by Re
corder Winters yesterday in default OF
$4,000 bail for stealing a pair of boots
from s. Rosenthal.
Two negro boys named PHILLIPS were
convicted of petit larceny in the crimi-
nal court this morning and sentenced to
the penitentiary for one year.
Henry Farmer, the hutist, .soothed the
savage breast Of the jock last night with
bewitching strains of his fl ute. The
duke is said to have liked it very much.
The funeral of the late John Norton,
Esq, took place from his late residence
on Main street this morning, and was
attended by large concourse of friends.
All business houses should close after
one clock next Tuesday in order that
the employees may have an opportunity
to participate in the Mardi-Gras festi VI
ties.
Lolita, the charming little actress
whose antics turn all heads, will be at
the theater on the 18th. We know Of no
star who could fill that house so full as
Lolita.
The grand duke took another stroll
around town yesterday and surveyed
some of our public buildings with evil
dent satisfaction. The Poplar sire ct
market was one of them.
Chicago Times and Tribune, CinciD-
natl Con lmercial and the leading dailies
of the CO uatry, are received regularly at
Mansforls news depot, corner Of Sec
ond and Monroe streets.
The recorder had a rather slim docket
this morn ing. Only twelve cases were
disposed of. Eighty-6ve dollars were
assessed as fines against light offenders
and fifty Eve dollars collected.
Works. progressing on the Raleigh
railroad. The bridge over Wolf river is
going up rapidly. Piles are being driven
in the swamp, and by the middle of May,
it is thought the road will be completed.
Sheriff Wright, who has just returned
from Nashville, requests us to state that
the man Shreyer, wlo killed Esquire
Norton, was not at any time a deputy
sheriff, but that during his (the sheriff 81
absence he was appointed special dep
uty to serve some grand jury summons.
EMMoNs & Son, newsdealers, at No. 10
Jefferson street, and 4lO 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.
Mr.. Chas. H. Reed, " the mysterious
man." will give some spiritual demon
STATIONS at Hitzfeld Hail. 22l Second
street, Adams block, this "Wednesday
evening, February It'll. Mr.. Reed will, on
this occasion, demonstrate to the salts
faction of all skeptics the beauties of
lspiritualism as practiced by the world
snowned medium.
The creature, having the outward SEM
blanc'e Of man, who was arrested yes
terday evening by officer Brown on the
charge OF an indecent exposure of his
uerson. did not call at the station for the
$50 that he put up as forfeit for his
appearance. He is known by. the patro-
uymic of Geo Harris. A state warrant
is out for him.
There are about 5000 magistrates in the
State. Although there was an election
in every civil district in August, 1870,
and all the justices of the peace were
| commissioned the first of September for
she year following, for six years, the
IN e governor has nevertheless issued l2O
con omissions during the few months he
has been in ofice-showing how many
chang ss are caused by death, resignation
or othei wise.
Itappe ars that ladies Of position and
responsibility aie to exercise all the
nri vileges l.Oid down in the bill of wo-
mans rights ,,n Mardi Gras day. Many
ladies have son'e curiosity to know why
their husbands are so fond of bar-rooms
and club-rooms and society halls. On
Mardi Gras day they can find out. I'm
der their masks they can enter these
places, at least some OF them, without
any compromise of their dignity.
The grand duke and quite are accom-
panied in their visit to New Orleans by
Mrs. General Custar aud party from
Louisville, and Mr.. F. S. Davis Col.
VIM. L. Vance, Miss Bette Vance and
Miss Blanche McGehee, of this city.