Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-06
BREyITIES.

The Bartlett Circuit Court meets on
Monday next, Judge Ray presiding. x
The Probate Court adjourned to-day
over to the first Monday in May next.
Investing small amounts in lotteries
seems to be popular amusement in our
city.
Strangers imagine that Dolly Warden
is the belle of Memphis. She would be
at calico ball. ~ o"
Our American Cousin, with Sothern
in his ininlitable role, Lord Dundreary,"
at the matinee to-day
When you want to be sure of good
biscuit, use Oliver, Finnie & Co. s self
rising -four. 1t never fails.
A jury has not as yet been secured in
the Poston-Scho6eld lynching case on
trial before the Criminal Court. ~
Thirty-fve misdemeanor cases, inclu-
ding twenty DRINKS" were disposed Of
by fines at the Recorders Court to-day.
A morning contemporary congratulates
the dwellers on the bluffs on the fact
that horned new moon will appear in
the sky tomorrow.
The heavy rains last night had the
effect Of making the corner of Third and
Jefferson streets, near the Memphis The
alter, frst-class hack stand
Next Monday evening an Easter ball
will be given by the Hibernian Brass
Band, under the auspices of the Hiber'
MAN Mutual Relief Society, at the Mem
phis Club Hall.
Next Thursday evening the Rev.
David Walk will deliver lecture for the
purpose of collecting funds to assist in
building a chapel for the colored mem
bers of his congregation.
The Appeal states that tomorrow a
Nicolson pavement contractor intends
riding to church and out the boulevard
on fire engine No. A.. Several bets have
been made that the contractor would
take no such contract.
st. Peters Orphans fair, which has
been so successfully carried on during
the week at the Assembly Hall closes mex
week. The various valuable articles
will be disposed of by ballot. There
will be a large crowd in attendance to
night. an
Willie McCochran and Stephen Ar
mour, the young burglars who carried
off several thousand cigars some nights
since from the house of Edmonds & Pet
tigrew, on Front street, will have hear
ing on next Monday before Squire Spell
man. a ,li
The prevalence Of gray hairs and
badness has created a demand for q
remedy The best prescription for keep
ing hair on the top Of the head is to keep
away from the Indian country. This has
been tried with success when all lotions
have failed.
The hydropathic plan for removing
the bluffs will be tested in few days.
Some people imagine that the bluffs
resemble that antediluvian family-fel-
lows that the food couldn't wash away.
The experiment, however, is worth a
trial, if for nothing else than a scientific
investigation. .-tt.E
This is the anniversary of the battle
Of Shiloh, which was fought ten years
ago on the banks Of the Tennessee river,
near Pittsburg Landing. Hundreds of
our citizens took hand in that inte-
resting affair." which lasted two days. 1t
was famous victory for either one side
or the other, but history has not as yet
settled the question.
The marriage licenses returned exc
cuted to County Clerk Reilly during the
week are as follows James Marshall
and Miss Maggie Hall; j. L. Steven1 and
Miss Mollie E. Coopwoodi Michael Feely
and Miss Jane Blackwood; Irving B.
Sheldon and Miss Ida E. King. -Four col
ored couples likewise returned executed
licenses.
The locals Of our morning cotempora-
ries are indulging in dashes through
Coke, Blackstone, Chitty, etc., in order
to prove that the city should pay in
stanter the pavement judgment and
abandon its appeal to the Supreme
Court. We are pleased to see that our
young friends are engaged in a search
through deep legal philosophy and lore,
even Though their comments are badly
digested and their deductions crude. As
Dundreary says, this is thing that no
fellah knows anything about"
When the theater is crowded many
gentlemen have to stand in the aisles
during the performance. While so do
ing II is not unusual for some "ether
fellah to crowd in and take up posi-
ton right in front Of the first occupant
of the ground. This, of course, cuts off
all view of the stage and renders the
use of an Opera-glass entirely unneces-
sary. Several Of these human transpa-
rencies we're in attendance last evening.
and we're guilty of breaches of etiquette
such as the above. A little attention to
the rights Of ones neighbor would be a