Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-02
LEDGER LINES.

DkIIGil . ~ huAD~o1AUo Will lOtl AOWu |
toward Fort Pickering next week.
The late rise in>the Mississippi river is
nowcalled the Misunderstanding food"
The City Fathers will hold a big war
talk at the City Hall on Wednesday next.
Victor Fuchs keeps fish sod game Of
every kind that can be found in the mar.
ket.
The day police patrol force numbers
fourteen and the night force twenty
three men.
Advertisers will recollect that the
LEDGER is the only journal published in
this city on Mondays.
Sol Coleman is selling thousands of
those imported Cuban cigars daily. A
fresh lot was received this morning.
Duprez & Benedict's minstrels uati-
nee to-day and closing performance to-
night at the Greenlaw Opera House.
Amateur dramatic entertainment at
the theater next Monday night for the
benefit Of the sufferers by floods in
Texas.
The Fire Relief Association turned out
in uniform yesterday AFTERNOON to attend
the funeral Of o deceased brother fire.
man, George Cox.
sPittsburg coal advanced yesterday to
fhy-fye cents per barrel, an extraordi-
nary jump, the cause Of which is only
known to the dealers.
The malarial or swamp fever which
has been, and is yet, prevalent through
out the city and country, has been more
fatal among children than adults.
The regular term of the Second Chan
Gerry Court closed to day. On Monday
next the October terms for both the First
aud Second Chancery Courts will con
pence.
The Newsboys' Headquarters photo
graph, taken by Ogden, is meeting with
a large sale. The photograph gives a
fine view of the Bethel building on the
corner Of Main and Madison.
The Nicolson pavement is being re-
paired in North Memphis, zeal the Lou.
%isville depot. The war now seems to be
between the advocates Of a rock and the
advocates of a wood pavement.
Mrs. Barrett, who has been imprisoned
as a ~lunatic at the station house for sew.
eral days past, was sent to the county
Jail yesterday afternoon, the jury Of in.
quest having come to the conclusion that
she was Of uusound mind She will be
sent to the State Insane asylum at Nash
vile ere long.
National Cemetery tombstones con-
tinue to be delivered on the levee. The
stones contain the supposed name ofthe
deceased soldier, with name Of company,
regiment and State. Many of these
headstones will rest over the bones OF a
dozen different men, which bones were
gathered up by wagon loads from battle
fields by sharp contractors. The tomb
stone contractors have a big bonanza in
national cemeteries.
Some days since John CASTOR lost a
valuable solitaire diamond pin and
offered a reward Of one hundred dollars
for its recovery. A negro 'dray driver
seeing the notice 10 the LEDGER, and
having found the diamond, visited CASTOR
and surrendered the valuable stone BE
got the hundred dollars and departed q
happy man, All this shows the advan.
;age OF advertising in the LEDGER, a pa
per which is read by all classes Of citi
zens.
In the Criminal Court yesterday Bill
Davis, who stabbed another negro (Johu
Goss) to death q few weeks since, on
Monroe street extended, was found
guilty Of murder. He will be sentenced
to death by hanging by Judge Flippin in
due time, but an appeal to the Supreme
Court will no doubt be taken. lie is the
9th man under sentence Of death now
confined in the county Jail. Some day
after the term of the Supreme CourI
closes Sheriff Anderson will have bust
ness on his hands.
The copy o: the bible which disap
peared SO mysteriously some days since
from the editorial room Of the LEDGE
has been returned. Shakespeare says
Conscience makes towards of US all,
and the man who carried off the bool
brought it back and excused himself fol
I taking it by saying that he wanted t
read the Revelations, but while hunting
for it he stumbled over the command
ment which says, Thou shalt not steal.
1t is needless to say that be was not a
newspaper man.
SHELL oysters from Norfolk at Mad
anne Viucent's Crystal Palace Saloon
served up in every style. Families sup
! piled in shell or can. PSI