Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-09
LOCAL BREyITIES.
Heavy frost this morning. :

phis Theater this afternoon AS
Prof Schultze's Concert at the Mem
phis Club Hall toIporrow night. ~
The day is SO warm and pleasant that
overcoats worn out this morning were
thrown aside before hoon.p q q n
The Rife Guards are ordered to assem-
BILE for drill, in their armorys oyer Cad
mus Billiard Rooms, tonight.
The last number Of the RaihoadsAd-
vertiser is before us, and presents very
respectable journalistic appearance. . s.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen
will meet this afternoon at three Q clock
to take action in regard to the death of
EeyMayor Leftwiebg ftgE 0dE
Our friends Messrs. Oscar Woodbridge
and A. Woodland have returned from
pleasant trip to New Orleans We are
under Obligations to them for late New
Orleans papers.
A freight train on the Mississippi Cen
trail road ran off the track Monday, some
where between Grenada and Canton, and
was badly smashed. Nobody hurt much.
That road is Becoming celebrated for
accidents.
The Can-can cannot be tolerated in
Memphis. II has cometo grief. LaFavre
has been fined thirty dollars, and the
little favorites were fined according to
their size and bottom. The proprietor
was fined forty dollars. ''' we -
Or. W. r. Hodges, one Of the most sue
cessful and promising young physicians
of the city, has removed his Office from
279 Main street to No. 80 Madison street,
where he may at all times be found when
not professionally absent.
Seventy-six cases appeared on the po-
lice docket this morning. The list in
cluded tri-cornered fight wife-whip-
per, named Ed Mitchell, who was fined
twenty-five dollars, several DRINKS, and
misdemeanors of different kinds
Owing to another accident on the Mis-
sissippi Central railroad the Kiralfy
troupe did not arrive in time last night
for the production Of Humpty Dumpty at
the Memphis Theater. 1t will be brought
out tonight, however, in unexcelled style.
We learn that Mr.. Noah Partese,, of
this city, was married a few days ago to
a beautiful and accomplished young lady
of North Carolina. He is a young man
of worth and good standing in the com
munity, and has many friends to wish
him joy in the important event Of his
life. .. ....af9@A lnor
d That defunct canine, which has been
lying on Exchange street, between Third
and Fourth, for six or eight weeks, is
still master of the salvation, as Sami-
vel Weller would say. MANY Citizens
Esq, lives on that street and wants the
nuisance removed He says it is the first
time he ever heard of dog-days in the
winter
We always endeavor to give the devil (
his due, not that we would curry favor
with his satanic majesty, but as a mere
love of justice If Radical has been
wronged in good name, let him be righted
to that extent for, at best, little can be
said in ones favor! 1t seems state,
ment was made few days since in the
LEDGER that Sheriff Curry had prohibited
the use of the Municipal Court room by
the Confederate Relief and Historical
He assures the President |
of the society that such was not hisinten-
ton, and that his directions in regard to
the court building referred only to some
rowdies who were in the habit of. fire.
quenting nightly that sweet-seented temt1
Pile ofjustice. We, give him the benefit
of a disclaimer.
Our leading merchants are returning
to specie basis, A number of prominent
houses have resolved, in view of the tum-
Ole of gold, to return change to their Gus
toners in specie. We rather think there
will be a rush to such houses for few
lays, as people have partially for the
hard chink. They want to feelit in their
pockets and hear its silvery ring on the
counter as in days of old 1t is over
eight years since silver and gold we're
lsed at par value in ordinary transac-
ions. A few dollars of the precious
,tuff in ones pocket would produce
queer sensation of pleasure. We hope
his unexpected resumption will amount
20 something more than a mere adver-
.isement for a few enterprising houses
hat it viii be permanent as proof that
he war is not only over but its spirit for
gotten; that genuine peacehas returned, !
md better days davned upon us than
could have been hoped for so soon. Let ,
Is have specie. Any one having two !
dollars in hard change to lend can find
good borrower.
If anybody is entitled to the horns or
! big belt for being the biggest greenhorn
n the world It is fellow who was in {
own yesterday and may yet be cropping :
lround, ike blind horse. trying to get