Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-11-09
LEDGER LINES.

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Matinee. Nice weather. Attend church
tomorrow. The Speed watch-chain has
been recovered. Barnum's big show re-
quires six tents Shin Fame Monday
night. Sunday school concert at the
Exposition at three o'clock this after
noon. The Japs enjoyed the sight at the
Exposition yesterday afternoon, and Wis
itors enjoyed sight Of the Japs. The
Memphis Conference OF the NJ. 4.
Church South meets at Somerville on the
Goth. Susan Anthony, lineal descend
ant of Mark Antony, received fifteen
votes for President at Rochester, New
York. George F. Train did not get
elected President OF the Republic last
Tuesday; whyf The story Of the Star
and Garter" was told by detective Gran
mer at the Recorders court this morn
ing. Since the LEDGER took charge Of
police matters (by special request), the
police authorities have been doing well
and have been active in the pursuit and
capture Of thieves. The Avalanche
still wabbles on the political gud seon.
Velocipedes appear occasionally on the
streets. 1t is rumored that an important
election was held last Tuesday. Many
a man ard woman in Memphis howl
with rheumatism. Defeat is a school in
which truth always grows stronger; in
deed There are thousands of healthy
looking men in the Bluff City who have
no fanaticsl fondness for labor. Cheat
ham and johnson men smile in ghast-
ly manner when they meet and congrat-
ulate each other on the defeat of their
respective candidates. There is more
bitterness on the Cheatham-J ohnson
question to-day than ever before. Apoth- |
ecarelessness is the new word which the
present generation has found necessary
to invent for the besefit of posterity. A
French savant has discovered that intel |
lect is nothing more than phosphorus
on the brain. The Kiss me
Quick" bonnets are coming back
in fashion, thanks TO the ladies.
The new horse disease is called in French
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sic tran
sit is the motto for defeated politicians
at present. The Cheatham men have
won all the money the johnson men
gould pat up. Now that a Radical Leg
islature has been elected it is predicted
that Brownlow will die; but he is mean
enough to live or die, just as il suits
him. Memphis ladies wagered largely
in gloves, cologne and flowers on the
late State election; the anti-Johnson
girls won every time. A country chap |
on entering the Exposition building last
night exclaimed, "Oh, what a place to
get married in!' The plant of the
bachelor will no more be heard in the |
land-a genius has invented buttons
which can be sewed on with screw
driver. There was good deal of bus
tie at the Exposition last night. When |
q girl turns around in the street |
to see what another girl wears, she finds |
that other girl doing the same thing. |
the late election the white men played
the cat's-paw" to drag the political
nuts out Of the fire for the negroes. |
Tennessee can now repeat the words Of
Mercctio, in reference to the Johnson
Cheatham fight "A plague upon both
your houses, am Sped" The chain
gang continues to WELD the festive broom
and scrapor on Main street. Greeley
hats have disappeared from the heads
Of pedestrians. A gentleman in this city
won eleven hats on Johnson's defeat,
and yet he is not happy" The grand
masquerade takes place on the 18th.
Lou Leubrie will settle his bet at half.
past four this afternoon by marching |
around town in regimeptals.