Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-22
BREYITIEs.


traction in our city on the 18th, 10Th and
10th Of next month.
Mr.. W. M. Sneed was admitted this
morning as practicing attorney, in the
second chancery court.
The WEEKLY PUBLIC LEDGER can be
had, ready for mailing, at the counting
room tomorrow morning.
We are under obligations to DIR. Rem
bert Irrelevant, of Western Louisiana,
for the latest New Orleans and Vicks-
burg papers.
Memphis is in the midst Of coal fam
inc. Pittsburg coal has played out, and
nothing is left but camel coal at a dol
lar and quarter barrel.
The snow-storm Of last Saturday night
extended down as far as Horn Lake,
Mississippi. where it covered the earth
to the depth of two inches.
We acknowledge pleasant visit from
Colonel John Hodnell, publisher of the
St. Louis Times. Colonel Hodnell will
r,,main in the city few days.
The life, Career and Assassination
of ia mes Fisk, jr.," has already made
its appearance. Mansford has it for
sale at the corner of Second and Mon
roe streets.
Mrs. Oh snfrau appears in Dora" the
heroine of Tennyson's charming poem,
at the Mem .phis theater this evening.
She will be supported by the st. Louis
dramatic com. pany.
Chancellor S, .ott rendered the follow
ing decision to-day: Ford VS.. Ivedale,
on construction Of will; Alley VS.. Pierce,
bill dismissed Mott VS.. Hubert, de-
murrer overruled.
Our jenkins reports that well-known
belle of Memphis purchased a five hun
dred dollar silk few, days since, as a
preparatory movement towards the
forthcoming Alexis reception.
Joe Locke, at 1854 Main, has daily
papers, pictorials, magazines and news
goods of every description. Cooley
lIady's Book and Peterson's Magazine
for February, ju, 1 received.
Last Tuesday the city of VicksburG
voted in favor Of ubscritlng three hun
dred thousand dollars each % the Mem
phis and Vicksburg railroad ana tne
vicksburg, Pensacola and Ship iSianc
railroad. rf "
A convention of Methodist ministt u
will be held at the first Methodist
church, during the week, to consider the
best means of establishing, Southern
University for the education of members
of their creed
But little of importan ce was trans
acted at the Recorders Court to-day.
Jim Jennings, arrested on a telegram
from Columbia, Temp, on the charge Of
horse-stealing, was sent to Jail to await
the arrival of the officers of Maury
county.
Hundreds of our citizens will attend
the Mardi-Gras celebration at New Or
leans next mo nth. The price charged
over the Miss issippi and Tennessee rail-
road will be twenty dollars for the round
trip. Tick its good from the 9TH to the
10th prGxtmo.
The Dominican Father Burke will de-
liver lecture next Monday evening for
pAe benefit of the orphans. The rev
erend gentleman sermons on the Holy
Eucharist" delivered yesterday at st.
Peters Church, attracted large and at
tentive audiences.
EMNoNs Il Son, newsdeslers, at No. 10
Jefferson street, and 40 Main, have re :
ccived 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.
A speculative individual in this city
propose to adopt the plan found SO sue
cessfuI in several Western churches-to
have collections taken up by young
ladies Of beauty. They can look smil-
ingly A. the reluctant victims, and Of
course the process is sure to win.
Me diumistic entertainments are -four
ishing in Memphis. A new medium,
just arrived. is said to perform the most
wonderful things during the seances.
= Can such things be, and if so howT
are the questions asked, but never
answered, by the people who sit in the
dark during the strange performance.
Tax Collector Mclean left for the
civil district this NOR ming to
collect taxes from the dwellers Of that
locality. In order to run the ga untlet Of
he Nouconnah bottom bushwa' ,kers, the
Tax Collector carried with hii little
Armory, and had as his aide s-de-cdmp
Coroner Moffatt and George H ayden.
Ex-Alderman julius G. Hol st, a m psi
esteemed citizen of our city, r1s burr &c
Yesterday at Elmwood GENE tery. tt n
funeral services we're conduct ed by Re, :
DR.. White, of Calvary church. The re
mains were followed to the grave by the
members of the Invincible fire company,
,ticers of police force, Old Folks, men,