Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-02

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The filthy slush on the streets to-day
is annoying to pedestrians Of the sterner
sex and is fatal to the raimsuts OF the
ladies'.
The officers Of the government secret
service say that a very large amount Of
counterfeit money is in circ uIAtioh in
Tennessee. $3.50
Deputy Sheriff Leslie left for Nash.
vile yesterday afternoon in charge OF
eleven cOnVicts who we're boa nd for the
Eenitentiary.
AT the Recorders Court this morning
Granville Miller was mmiet ted to jail
on the charge Of larceny aud in default
Of $1,000 bonds.
This forenoon Judge Tri gg charged
the jury in the case Of the United States
W. Tenn Drury. indictment for passing
counterfeit money. 1y
Trade is picking up GO nsiderably in
business circles. Many c omplAin. how.
ever, that business was never dullsr at
this time Of the year.
Last night strange Ii gifts we're seen
flashing out on the bluff. They were
brilliantly suggestive Of the approaching
Mardi Gras carnival.
Professor lie Favre, the pedestrian,
commenced his 6fty-kour walk at Coch
rem Hall last night aud viii keep going
Ne sight o'clock tc-morrow night.
dozen chain-rang prisoners were
discharged from custody on yesterday,
they having worked out their fines. They
had been arrested for loaGng and va
grancy.
Theodore Tilton eft the city last even
ing for Little Rock, Arkansas. He is
travelling South for his health, but he
will retura and lecture here in March
next.
Sheriff Anderson has gone to PAdu-
cab, Ky, to bring back Bob Drury, the
slayer of Albert Gibson. The grand
jury has found an indictment for muir
der against Drury.
The petition which was in circulation
in the city praying the legislature Ito
abolish the city Of Memphis and put it
back into the county has been withdrawn
from the public for the present.
The lively garroier Wren, who garroted
aud robbed Mr.. James Speed on Madison
street some three years ago, and was
sent to the penitentiary, has been par
doned by Governor Porter and is again
at liberty to garrote and rob other people.
This forenoon Special C~hAucelIor 7.
W Brown read a lengthy and exhaustive
opinion in the case Of Mari vs.. The
Bank Of West Tennessee. Judge Brown
read the opinion from a manuscript, and
was listened to by a large number of
lawyers. %
The great eveAt of the coming carni-
val is the opera and ball to be given at
the G%reenlaW Opera. Eouse on Mardi
Gras by the Soldene Comic Opera Com
pany. This promises to be the feature
of all the entertainments given to amuse
visitors. 1li
1t is said. that the dissgreeAble squeak
Of boots and shoes may be prevented by
simply driving q row of pegs through
the sole from the toe toward the heel.
The noise ia caused by the friction of
the layer in the center, which produces
the sole agony.
Now that all the courts are in session
it is a good time for professional jury.
men, who can now earn an honest living
and make a dollar or two per day. The
professional juror, when out Of a job,
looks detected, but when he has a seat
in the jury.box be braces" up and
looks happy and co%nsequentiAl..
Isadore Livingstone, a youth arrested
by q policeman on suspicion Of passing
counterfeit money, on account Of being
seen in company with q young man sent
to jail for this ofense, was examined
before the Recorder yesterday aud dis.
charged, no proof being presented against
him. BE was not sent to Jail as stated
yesterday. oNI
Last night a negro, Charley Hsnlsy,
attempted to burglarizs and rob the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Msnken, on Talbot street.
He climbed up the lattice and into the
kitchen, but he walked into the arms of
private Waterman Mccormick, who had
been waiting for him. This msrning
Hanlsy was committed to all by the re-
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