Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-03-30
BREYITIEs.


Cochran Hall. on Monday night next.
Sothern at the Memphis Theater Mon
day night in his great specially, Lord
Dundreary."
Chairman Bleckley will convene that
Areopagus, known as the County Court,
next Monday morning.
The Shelby County Democratic Exec
utive Committee will meet this afternoon
in the Second Chancery Court room.
The First and Second Chancery Courts
have adjourned to Court in course,
Monday next, the first day of the April
term.
The Letter List can be found in to-
days issue of the LEDGER, and will here
after appear regularly every Saturday
evening.
The annual fair, for the benefit of St.
Peters Orphan Asylum, will commence
next Monday evening, and will be held
at the Assembly Hall.
Good Friday yesterday J. although not
generally observed as holiday, was,
nevertheless, religiously celebrated by
the christian people of our city.
A petition has been filed in the First
Chancery Court to change the name of
the Memphis and Selma railroad to that
of the Selma, Marion and Memphis
Railway.
Jim Sweeny, watch-grabber, pleaded
guilty in the Criminal Court to-day to
the charge of stealing watch, and was
sentenced by twelve of his peers to FIVE
years Imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Charles Hayden, alias Irish Charley,
who was arrested some days since by de.
tective Cranmer, on the charge of kill
ing man in Texas, remains in Jail to
await return of facts from the Lone
Star State.
In the Criminal Court to-day a new
trial was granted to Mel Barnes, who
was convicted of the larceny of coat
and sentenced to two years imprison-
ment in the penitentary, during the
present term of the Court.
The ladies of Grace (Episcopal)
Church are giving "sociables" at the
residences of the members, for the
benefit of the church. Music, converse
ton and other attractions are the pleas
ant incidents on such occasions.
Mr.. Lusk, formerly proprietor of the
Varieties Theater. asks US to contradict
the notice in the local columns of the
Appeal of this morning and says he is
not in the hands of the Sheriff or in jail,
until he pays two hundred dollars back
license"
Candidates for county Offices continue
to come forward, and with smiling faces
solicit the suffrages of the sovereigns
There are at least one hundred gentle
men in Memphis, who are willing to
serve the public in remunerative
county Office.
Coroner Moffatt held an inquest this
morning on the body OF white man
named James Burns, found dead near
the corner of Main and Winchester
streets, late last night. The jury re-
turned verdict of heart disease as the
cause of death.
One of the Austin Brothers, trepeze
performer, while going through a flying
trapeze trick at Broom's, last night,
slipped and fell headlong into the par
quette. The man was badly bruised,
and was conveyed to his lodging-house
in an insensible condition.
The orphans of the Lauderdale, Mis-
sissippi, Asylum gave concert at the
Memphis Theatre last night. The
orphans will give a matinee to-day, at
2 o'clock, and another vocal perform
ance this evening. Remember the little
orphans of the fallen soldiers of the
South.
Colonel Nathan Adams, of S .nton, is
in the city, making arrangements to fin
ish the fine monument of Scotch gran
lite which he is erecting in the grounds
of Stanton college. Colonel Adams is
one of our most public-spirited citizens,
and possesses a cultivated taste for fine
arts.
Secretary Stone, of the Chickasaw
Jockey Club, has placed on our table
the printed programme of the third
annual spring meeting, to commence on
Monday, April 29th, and continue FIVE
days. Judging by the purses, stakes
and entries, the races will be most
attractive.
Tomorrow, Easter Sunday, viii be
celebrated in the Catholic and Episco-
pal churches of the city in an imposing
manner. The churches are being deco
rated to-day with eyergreens and flowers,
a charming custom that relieves
churches Of that sOmber appearance so
suggestive of the Lenten season.
For lawfully issuing a certificate Of
marriage the law Gxes the price at 50 %.
To get a divorce the actual costs amount
to $50 There is nothing said as to