Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-30

are already supplied or are able to nego-
tate for the article.
Henry Thomas, a colored house-break.
er, was convicted at the Criminal Court
yesterday afternoon. and was sentenced
to seven years Imprisonment in the pen
itentiary.
Yesterday the driver of Menken's de.
livery wagon was thrown out on Wash
ington street, and was SO severely injured
that his physicians fear hat he will not
recover.
The County Quarterly Court, composed
of the newly elected magistrates, will
convene Monday forenoon at the court
house for the transaction Of county
business.
At the theater last night Mrs. E. A.
Meriwether lectured in behalf Of the
S Avaunah and Brunswick sufferers. The
audience was not large, but it was com
posed Of cultivated people.
R. H. SpangIer, newsdealer, 376 Main
st rect, has all the latest magazines, illus
TT a.el papers, ETC., and has on hand a
C omplete catalogue Of Lakeside Library,
iAt ten cents per number.
T. M. Cook (wbite) was arrested by
the police last night en- the charges Of
committing larceny and being drunk.
Cook was fined by the acting Recorder
this morning, the larcenyCharge turning
ont Of but little importance.
Quite a large number Of cotton wagons
from the country appeared on the bluffs
yesterday, Nnd in consequences a large
number Of country people were in towr
~disposing Of the Aeecy staple and max
ing purchases Of our merchants.
Three hundred p~artridges arrived il
the city yesterday, the result of two
days hunting on the part OF a psrty o
well known Memphians who are birC
hunt ug over on the Arkansas prairieS
where the game is very pleAtiful thi
season
Tod ay Esquire Winters committed t
Jail negro named Tom DOckery
charge d with horse stealing in Monro
county Arkansas. The negro was iden
tilted " an officer from Arkansas, an
he will remain in jail until a reqaisitioi
for his rendition can be obtained.
At {, O'Clock this morning a FIRE brok
out in. and destroyed the giahouse of Nj
Sand, erson, who resides some miles cas-
of tn e city. The loss is estimated Q
about $4,000, and it is reported that ther
was no insuraL ce. The Ere bells CAV
the al arm, but the engines did not 60 ou'
side Of the corporation line.
Unde a resolution offered by Aide
man N cCloy, of the General Council
and pas sed by that body, the poor peopI
of the c ity can secure the old woode
pavemen t blocks Dug up by the contra
, tors on N ain street. Those wishing
lay up chap winter fuel should apply
the engine e RS in charge of the work
The Boar 1 Of Health aud a number
city officials wert down 10 the foot
, Presidents Island yesterday and II
, speetel the quarantine bull lungs an
: grounds belot ging to the city. III
-. buildings have never been used anu wei
found in good condition, ready for m
emergency that may arise on steam
, boats passing up from New Orleans O
|, other points S outh in the yellow feve
districts.
The membe RS Of the Memphis bar me
at the court house yesterday afternoo
aud adopted \ series of resolutions wit
reference to the death of Mr.. N. '
Campbell, y late member of the leg
profession of this city, The followir
members of the bar were appointed
Chairman Z .ortrecht to present the res
tons to th q several courts; To the G
cult Court, l.. P. Cooper; 10 the Chance
Court, J.. A. Taylor; to the Grimm
Court, A.. II, Douglass; to the Proba
Court, B. p. And erson.
I'm int e%resting entertainment, DIR
rhatic and otherwise, will be given
r morrow evening az Cochran Hall by t
& members of the M~sennerchor aud v
/ unteers, for the benefit of the Savanni
and Brui lswick yellow fever sufferer
10 the entire proceeds to be devoted to th
g laudable object. The dramatic represC
5. tations will be personated by young g
man ladies' and gentlemen who ha
n new err befor re appeared in public, but
, this occasion have generously consent
= to allow their friends to pass judgme
on their accomplishments. OF cour
RS oont iderable curiosity is manifested
it witr ,ess the manner in viii Oh they Y
Of acui ait themselves. A large number
tick cts have already been disposed OF
" the energetic managers. The admissi
ID is Fl fly cents, AID tickets can be had
the principal business touEgs in tle q