Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-01-17
BRRyITIEs.
The bells rang out false alarm Of FIRE
asst evening,

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The Quarterly Court adjourned this
afternoon over to the next term Of Court,
the first Monday in April next.
Mrs. Chanfrau will appear in her great
ar4cialty, entitled Dora, at the Memphis
Theater next Tuesday evening.
The third floor Of the Greenlaw OPP
era House, over the Chancery Court
rooms, has been rented as colored club
hall to Bob Church.
Billiard circles were disturbed last
evening by the exhibition games OF
Joseph Dion, the great champion of the
cue, at one Of our uptown billiard rooms.
Go to Mansford, corner Of Second and
Monroe, for news goods, daily papers,
weekly pictorials, monthly magazines
novels, stationery and school books.
In the First Chancery Court petit
ton was fled to-day by VIM. G. Ford
and others to incorporate the Tehnes-
see Construction and Contracting Com
pany. ra
Hundreds Of citizens residing along
the line of the Charleston railroad came
into our city yesterday afternoon. The
great stockholders meeting to-day was
the attraction.
Joe Locke, at 1864 Main, has daily
papers, pictorials, magazines and news
goods of every description. Cooley
Lady's Book and Peterson's Magazine
! for February. just received.
The committees of the General Coun'
I'll on railroads and central depots were
i'm session yesterday, and held consulta'
ti,,ns with prominent railroad men on
i'm portant questions as to depots, etc.
w. B. Greenlaw, Sam. Tate, Moses j.
Wicks, General B. ]. Hill, Sam. II
Moo re and the greater part of the stock
hold ers of the Memphis and Charleston
railroad are sojourniDg at the Overtor
Hotel.
Chancellor Scott, of the Second Chan
Gerry Court, rendered the following deci
sions to-day: Gaylord VS.. Park, suit dis
missed; johnson VS.. Cross, new parties
made; Spicer VS.. Sharpe, claim barred
{ Hamilton VS.. Miller, demurrer overruled
Mr.. Tom Scott, of the Pennsylvania
| c entral, proposed candidate for thu
p, ,esidency in 1872, and the great rail
roa d absorber, who seeks to drive 81
Son thern Pacific railway through to tn
ocea n, will be in the city in few days
EN- MONS & SoN, newsdealers, at No. i
Jeffer SON street. and 4lO Main, have re
ceived the latest daily papers from NeV
York New Orleans, Cincinnati, 81
Louis, Chicago and all other cities
also. I'LL lstrated weeklies, foreign publ
cations, and news goods generally.
Fast d irving by females mounted i
buggies his IS become a regular charge o
the station house docket. These femal
knights of tee whip are in the habit
driving with: mCre rapidly and reci
lessness than Bonner. OF the New Yor
Ledger, when sitting in rear oil Dexter
Strange as. it may app ear 1T is dai
gerous to be highly spoken o., q iacs oil
covered by Cincinnati bank, IT. VINO,
few mornings since, found bt au.'i'
baby at his door with q note sta. 1ne
Having heard you highly spoken y
and also that you were extravagantly
fond of babes, have left you this pre-
cious little treasur re.
We have received copy of thu
Charleston Courier containing list o
the prizes, and numbers drawing tn'
same, in the South Carolina Land anC
immigration Associations Gift Con
certs. The list can be seen at our offic'
by those interested. Not having am
chances in the scheme, we found the lis
of numbers very uninteresting reading
The lovers of flowers and shrubbery il
our city and suburbs are beginning Il
protest against the army of goats an'
hogs that infest our streets at night. l
is rather annoying to have your earlies
flowers plucked by unpoetical goats
and unsentimental hogs. The attention
of the General Council is called to thi
growing and active nuisance.
Since Alexis has displayed weakness
for buffalo, the sale of buffalo meat ha
increased at least five hundred per cent
in Memphis. Buffalo steaks for break
fast at Gaston's are in great demand
Should Alexis be scalped during his raj
on the plains, shaving the crown of tn
head will be the fashion followed by on
young Adonises.
The daily union praycr-meetings
the city have been changed from twelv
IN. to four pm. The meeting this after
noon will be held in the Cumberlan
Presbyterian Church, on Court stree
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday
this week these meetings viii be held i
the First Baptist Church, corner of See
ond and Adams streets. The places c
meeting for next week will be announce
next Sabbath.
The police force will be reorganize
during the present week. AS to the DE-
tective force, none but good, reliable an
efficient men should be placed in this IT
sponsible posit;on. men who can with