Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-29

The Cannon-Morse homicide case con-
tinuss to occupy the attention Of the
criminal court. ~ t
The WEEKLY PUBLIC LRDGER can be
had at the counting-room tomorrow
morning yA ag. ~
The skating season commenced in this
region yesterday. The ponds and lakes
are frozen over. fa.df l.ibarti t
Our citizens have been enjoying
Russian winter for several days. The
grand duke is coming. III
Joe Locke. the great newsman at 1864
Main street, has all the latest daily pa
pers, weeklies and monthly, magazines.
The Grand Duke is going back on the
Greek church. He visited the Sunday
school missiohsin St, Louis yesterday.
Mr.. Pat Winters. jr.. has been selected
as recorders clerk, position which he
has filled with ability for several months.
| Mardi-Gras is to be celebrated in Mem
phis. The committee Of arrangements
will meet at the Memphis club hall to-
night. t9a u
Mr.. Henry Farmer, a well-known mu-
stefan, h as returned to our city, bringing
with him his bride, Miss Waldron, Of the
Queen Sisters"
The general reception committee will
meet this afternoon to perfect arrange
ments for 1.-THE grand duke, who will ar
rive next Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Ch.anfrau and the St. Louis dra-
matte company left for New Orleans
yesterday To night Father Burke will
deliver his lectuve on Poetry" at the
Memphis theater.
Olive Logan, VIII, I'm New York paper
called John Bro,Igham in petticoats,
will lecture on "The Girls and Nice
Young Men" in our city on the l4th,
18th and 10th of NEXT month.
Mansford has received another lot OF
the Life, Career and Assassination Of
James Fisk" as we'll as all the late pic
torials and magazines, at the corner OF
Second and Monroe streets.
Two companies Of Unit ed States cav
airy passed through the city on Satur-
d ~, bound for the unfort innate terrific
r,r Of Mississippi. The arm ny is used at
p resent in frightening rndii ms and OPP
p tessing the people of the s, ruth.
A paragraph is going the ounds that
colorod branch of the Masonic order
exists in Memphis. This is mistake
Bogus Masonic societies exist among the
negroes. but these are not recognized by
the ancie mt order.of kasons.
EMMoSs & SoE, newsdealers, at No. 10
Jefferson street, and 4l0 Mail, have re-
ceived the latest daily papers from New
York, New Orleans, Cincinnati, St.
Louis, Chi cago and all other cities;
also, illus'rat weeklies. foreign publ
cations, md news goods generally.
The annual report of the Memphis
Chamf ,er Of Commerce, compiled by Col.
Leon Trousdales secretary, has been
plac ed on our book ia BILE. The report
is exhaustive, and reA,scts credit upon
its accomplished compile Ter. 1t is most
useful book-one Invaluable to the com
mercial men of Memphis.
Next Thursday evening Professor D.
E. Fox will give Young Folks con-
cert at the Assembly Hall. The pro-
gro mme is interesting. Two hundred
md fifty young ladies will engage in
the festival Of beauty in costumes rep
resenting the seasons, the winds, the
States and the floral kingdom.
A bill was filed in the first chancery
court to-day by W. H. Eader, William
Juniper, M. H. Baldwin, W. II. Moore
F. Stith, W. R. Cole, E. C. Mcdowell
H. @. Scever and Thes. Dufiin to nicer
porate the Mechanics Home company
with power to purchase, subdivide, rent
sell or lease cal estate. The shares Of
the company are placed at one thousand
dollars.
Our morning contemporaries are abus
ing the "tiger" faro and the wildcat
keno. Let these dangerous ANIMAL
alone; keep out Of their dens and LARS
and they cannot hurt you. Confession
of victims furnish uni Interesting reading
and hardly ever create sympathy
Gambling, like other social evils, canno
be suppressed. The plan is to regulate
them.
1t would be well to commence pro
nouncing Russian words at once. On
, Of pure mercy to the American peopl
the grand duke has sent back to thu
, feet the chaps whose names are com
posed Of ten or more syllables. Bil
quite is composed at present of Admira
! Possiet, Chancellor Machin, Consul Gen
eral BodiseO. DR.. Condriu. Lieutenant
Tuder and Count Olsanfeff, who escaped
Punishment to the hest by one syllable
A little war of SiEsI4y, such as exist
between Nilsson, Duval and Cary abou
: Capoul, has cropped out among oul
blonde bellies, with reference as to whoH
shall dance the first set with Alexis. i
\ there to be another war of the Roses
| The committee of arrangements has al
elepbaut of huge proportions ON its hands