Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-06
BREVITIEs.

Recorder Winters dispensed justice to
and collected fnes from thirty violators
Of municipal law this morning.
Joe Locke, the great newsman at 1864
Main street. has all the latest daily pa
pers weeklies and monthly magazines.
Tropical fruit is arriving in great
quantities. The dealers hang out their
bananas on the outer walls, and the cry
is, still they come.
All the late pictorials, magazines,
newspapers and light literature of the
day, at Paul Wrights news stand, 29G
Main street.
Judge Whitney, of Michigan, will COM
mence holding the adjourned terms of
the United States courts in this city to-
morrow morning.
Henry Tillman, the felonious taker of
mule belonging to David Jones, was
sent before the Criminal Court for trial,
by Justice 'Spelman.
The Swedenborgian theory of life
hereafter will be explained by the Rev.
Z. P. Walton, of Virginia, at the United
States courtroom (Waldran block to-
night.
The police force will be drilled next
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Friday. The force will be put through
a series of evolutions every Tuesday and
Friday during the spring and summer
months.
Mason's Depot was destroyed by fire
at five o clock yesterday orning. Eleven
business houses and two dwellings were
consumed. The loss is 100000, with
light insurance.
Henry Hustler, arrested on warrant
charging him with robbing the store Of
Mrs. Michael Of two dollars, was bound
over in the sum Of one thousand dollars
and committed to Jail.
The Mystics will give their grand mas
querade ball at the Memphis Club Hall
tonight. 1t will be delightful affair
and will be largely attended by the
young people of the city.
The regular monthly meeting of the
General Council will come off at seven
clock this evening, when business Of
the utmost Importance to the city will be
called up for consideration.
The Democratic Executive Committee
of Shelby county will meet at twelve
o'clock next Saturday. A full attend
ance is requested, as matters of impor
lance will be brought before the meet
ing
The New Orleans Industrial EXPOSE
ton will commence on the LIST of May
next and close on the 22d. Our me
chanics will no doubt compete for prizes
and premiums at this important indus
trial show.
The bids for construction OF the Mis-
sissippi river Railroad, from this city..to
Covington, were opened yesterday. The
announcement of the acceptance of the
best bids will be made by Chief Engineer
Meigs in few days.
There are, fellow-citizens, in this lant
of ours, at this high tide of civilization
5,660,074 persons over ten years Of age
who can neither read nor write. W.
are indebted to the National Commits
sioners of Education for the figures.
Judge Thomas R. Smith is still lying
in critical condition from pneumonia
His physicians regard his ultimate re
covery as matter of doubt. This in
formation will cause numberless regrets
among the many friends of Judge Smith
The latest dates of the Cincinnati
Commercial, Chicago Times and Tri
bune, St. Louis Democrat and Republi
can, New York dailies, pictorials anC
magazines, can be found at Mansford'
news depot, corner of Second and
Monroe.
"Odd Fellows Messenger, published
in this city, the fourth number of which
we nave received, is handsome sheet
and will commend itself to the public
1t is edited by E. L. Ferguson, and pub
lished by Thos. L. Yancey and John w.
Ward. Take it.
Emmons & Son, veteran newsmen, at
No. 10 Jefferson and 40 Main, have the
latest magazines, periodicals, pictorials
and daily newspapers from all points.
Everything in the news, reading and
stationery lines can be found at EN-
mons
A colony of beavers has put in an
appearance in arunning stream or bayou
in the Thirteenth district, near Horn
Lake. Where the industrious animals
came from, why they came and how long
they will remain, are puzzles for the Gu
rious in natural history.
| One hundred dollars premium has
been offered in New York for the best
four-page tract, showing the moral wrong
and iuiquity of running street cars on
Sunday, or using them to ride to church
or for other purposes. Here is theme
for our newspaper correspondents, locsl
poets and scribblers generally.
The Old Folks at Home met yester-
dav and selected Messrs. F. S. Latham