Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-25
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GER is the only paper published in this
city on Mondays.
The mandamus case Of the two Cir
cult. Courts was on argument before
Judge Anderson to-day. i.
The streets presented a lively appear
auce yesterday and to-day, numbers OF
strangers being in the city.
Thursday next Duprez & Benedict S
minstrels will commence an engagement
at the Greenlaw Opera House.
Coroner Spelman held two inquests
yesterday, aad yet complained of the
d~ullness 10 his line of business.
The cabslistic word "Wallingford" is
again heard in the land. The Appeal
has a female elephant on its hands.
The Criminal Court stands adjourned
over to Monday next, when Judge Flip.
pin will take his seat upon the bench.
The most weather-wise citizens predict
a pleasant fall season and the doctors
say that it will be remarkably healthy.
Go to the LEDGER steam job Office for
mercantile printing. The LEDGER job
Office is the most complete in the city.
In the First Chancery Court Margaret
Grist fled a bill for divorce against John
Grist on the grounds Of abandonment,
etc,
The Turpin babeas' corpus case will
come ur for argument for the fourth
time before Judge Halsey this afternoon
avs o'clock.
When a man eats oysters down town
and carries none home to his wife, is it
not a little shell-6sh2 This conundrum
reaches us from a country exchange.
Walter Hill, a negro carpenter who
fell from a stable on Second street, died
last evening from injuries received. An
inquest was held upon the body by the
Coroner.
The ~postofice department presumes to
dictate to the Independent citizen as to
which corner OF a letter the stampmust
be affixed; the upper ~right-hand corner
is the thing.
The so-called landing in the upper
portion o. the city is caving into the
river rapidly, and ere long a very fine
lake will be found in front Of that por.
ton of the city.
The elegantly repaired auditorium Of
the First Methodist Church will be re.
open. for divine worship tomorrow. Ser
vice at Has am. and 7:45 pm. by S.
Is. Suratt, pastor.
The Clay street negro schools, under
{ he superintendence of the negro princi
pal, Professor B. X. Sampson, are said
t be prospecting; the result Of the re.
nloval Of Barnum.
1t is an ~undoubted fact that Sol Cole
man, of 200 Main street, is one of the
st enterprising cigar merchants in
this city. His cigars are the best and
cheapest. Give him a trial.
Tile Little Rock Gazette is advised
that ut is the intention of John Morris.
sey to erect a building that will stand
without a rival at Hot Springs" 1t will
be a hotel and gaming-hodse.
Henry Erskine (negro) died suddenly
yesterday Of congestion of the lungs
while he was driving a cotton wagon to
town. The Coroner sat on him and the
jury returned the usual verdict.
The swelling Tennessee river is send
i. 1g its floods down the Mississippi and is
th reateniug to swallow up that charming
bac k-ground to the Memphis landscape
kno, vn as the Hope6eld sandbar.
Henry Eishman, a we'll known mem
Der Of the police force, is receiving the
congratulations Of his friends on his
marriage, which took place at St.
Bridget's church last Thursday evening.
The ass sssors in the different wards
find a great scarcity in dogs; at least
reports indicate such andy et there
never so many dogs in Memphis as
at present. The dog tax does not pan
ont we'll.
This morning Miss Lucy Franklin, a
Christian lady, was converted to Juda-
ism by Rabbi SamG'eld at the Jewish
in the presence of a large con
gregation. Tomorrow Miss Franklin
will be married to Mr.. Charles Dan
heiser.
James Rsndle, a Canadian who was
well-known as a polite waiter to those
who ~frequented John Gaston's, died at
the City Hospital on Thursday last and
was buried on yesterday. Many regrets
at his demise are expressed by those who
knew him.
The Memphis Theater season opening
will take place on the llth of October,
on which occasion Oliver Doud Byron
appear, and excursion trains will
over the Charleston road. The local
steamboat packets will also carry excur-
sion parties.
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