Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-05
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
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NEW YORK.


NEW YoRK, February IA pigeon
shooting match took place yesterday
on Staten Island between Henry Ticker,
of New York, and ]. Rhinehardt, OF
Stapleton. Staten Island, rs single,
IL double birds, 81 yards rise, 500 a
side. Ticker won. The score stood,
Rhinehardt killed l6 single birds,
missed 8; Ticker killed II, missed 8;
Rhinehardt killed II double birds,
missed Z; Ticker killed l6, missed 8.
The Central Park pond and other
skating ponds here and at Brooklyn
present fine display, the weather being
the most favorable for skaters we have
had this season. Sleighing is also mod
erately good, though the thaw has taken
away a good deal of the snow. The
weather to-day is slightly frosty, clear
and pleasant.
The cap.makers' strike is likely to be
successful.
E. X. Winship, the alleged defaulting
bankrupt, who left New York about the
18th of last November owing about
$500, 900, has returned on consideration
that his creditors will allow him to settle
up and liquidate as far as he is able.
While in Europe it is reported that he
made tour over Britain and finally
settled in London, where he commenced
negotiations with his creditors for a COM
promise. He is reported now in New
York, and about to recommends BUSH
ness.
Mary Sullivan, of 4s Roosevelt street,
was stabbed by her son Patrick last
night, and probably fatally wounded.
She was stabbed in the side near the
heart. The would-be murderer escaped.
The morning trains are again run
ming. The paymaster commenced pay
ing the men this morning, and will con-
tinue until all demands are settled.
A Philadelphia dispatch says that
when the Franklin Saving Fund col
lapsed the amount due to depositors was
sos, 285 Is, while the cash on hand was
S2l5,586. The real estate property
mentioned in the balance sheet was a
general share. Speculation yesterday
frmer, with a little more animation in
the movement
The general market was strong to the
close An improved feeling was felt in
nearly all New York and Western roads.
1t is rumored that the clerks of the
late firm of Thos. Perkins, jr., q Co.,
cotton-brokers, l4l Pearl street, were
defaulters, and that was the cause of the
recent dissolution of the firm. 1t is
charged that FIVE clerks have been
specializing heavily in cotton on their
own account for two years past, making
good their losses with the firms money,
the whole affair being kept very quiet.
A settlement is now being effected.
The charity ball comes off at the Acad
envy Of Music this evening. All the
tickets have been taken, and the boxes
at prices ranging from twenty to two
hundred and City dollars The receipts
will be larger than last year, when they
amounted to over twelve thousand FIVE
hundred dollars.
The Times st. Louis special says the
National Changers Of the Patrons of
Husbandry held their seventh annual
session there yesterday. The Master Of
the National Changers informed the cor
respondent that there are between eleven
and twelve thousand organizations of
the Patrons Of Husbandry in the
country, with q membership Of one mil
lion. General commission houses have
been established by grangers at St.
Louis, Chicago, Cairo, Memphis, New
Orleans, San Francisco and Wheeling.
A regular session was held with closed
doors and the strictest secresy enjoined.
Another 81 ecial says the address of well
come was delivered by Worthy Master
Allen, Missouri State granger, who re-
viewed the growth OF the order in that
State. Various committees were ap-
pointed, and the Master Of the National
Grange delivered his annual address
detailing the progress and general work
ings of the order the past year. After
the general routine Of business the con-
yention adjourned.
Destitution among the poor unemr
ployed Is increasing. It is estimated
that fifty persons have persisted Of star
walton during the present season.
FOREIGN.
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