Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-05

Peabody during the day, there Deihs no
i Greek church in the city.
Paul T. Wright, at 296 Main street, a
ew competitor in the fold of light lite
ra ture, has all the late pictorials, dailies
fro ,m the principal cities, and cheap
pull ,lications.
A FIRE occurred at the gas works last
night. The engines arrived in time to
suppr ess the flames. The loss is esti-
mated at few hundred dollars. A de-
fectiye, fue was the cause Of the fire.
The WEEKLY PUBLIC LEDGER can be
found at the business Office tomorrow
morning. The account of the ducal
ball and 9th er items Of absorbing inter,
est can be found in it's attractive col
umns.
In anot her COLI mn can be found the
notice of the meet. ng of stockholders OF
the Memphis Life ano General Insurance
company, containing t he names OF the
directors and officers OF said company
I recently elected.
I he amount of mail matt or delivered
and collected by the carriers tnrlns tne
month of January is as follow " hau
letters delivered, l27, 2s2; local lett srs de-
livered, 1852; letters collected, 80, 500;
newspapers, etc., collected, 1912.
1t imrumored in court that the
grand duke intends extending an invita-
ton to several Memphis bellies and beaux
to visit New Orleans on the Great Re
public. This startling announcement
has thrown " our society into spasms
again.
EMMoNs IL Son, newsdealers, at No. 10
Jefferson street, and 4l0 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 publi-
cations, and news goods generally.
The boys at Redmond's Landing,
some miles up the river, are anxious to
introduce the grand duke to a regular
bear hunt This would be better sport
than the buffalo run INDUCED in on. the
plains. The American bear is of met
tie sufficiently attractive for its Rus sian
namesake.
The Appeal is gradually m crying into
a frstrclass pictorial. The great buffalo
hunt-displayed some wee'ks since-and
the likeness Of Alexis gi' ven to the world
yesterday, suggests the idea that our CO.
temporary keeps sw all boy busy with
block of wood and Ratchet making
these earieatnres Of art.
The Mardi-Gr.s procession will take
place after nigfitfall. The maskers will
present "a wei,d looking appearance be-
meath the street lamps and flaming
torehe carried in the procession. Spe-
eial rains viii be run on the different
rail- roads to bring into our city citizens
fro N the neighboring country and towns.
The Appeal is responsible for the story
that a goat browsing on Madison street
put his head through ba mixer 5 window
and commenced masticatin:g green-tinted
bonds that adorned the establishment.
William had evidently heard of the
bulls and the "bears" going in on
bonds, and he desired to ts.ke a. but
at the market, but in a way that the
broker despised.
The ladies of st. Patrick's hurch in
augurate a grand fair and fe 'stival at
Assembly hall this evening. I be usual
arrangements have been made to insure
the pleasure of all visitors. An invita-
ton has been exte9fed to the grand
duke to visit the hall this event ng and
observe the manner in which /, Iir and
festival is managed in the United States.
The members Of the Memphis bar as
sembled in the second chanceiy court
room asst Saturday afternoon, ar passed
a series Of resolutions with refe re nee to
the l==.ented death Of their late brother.
Coloael Alfred l. Swingley- Hen.