Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-04-23

plOn Whiklsti walked through tht CITY
yesterday, en- route for New Orleans.
The Nicolson pavement is being ex-
humed daily by the gas men, who say
these are piping times of peace"
The WEEKLY LEDGER can be had to-
day at the counting-room, or at the
principal news stands throughout the
city.
Black ard tan dogs appear on the
street in the loudest of Dolly Warden
wrappers, and they seem to like the
fashion.
Millekin, the horse-thief, received
sentence of twenty-one years in the PEN
itentiary from the Criminal Court jury
last evening.
The paid up capital in the home fire
insurance companies of this city
amounts in the aggregate to over mil
lion of dollars.
The Baptist Theological Seminary
Convention is in session in the Central
Baptist Church, near the corner of Beal
and Second streets.
The cold weather yesterday drove the
Dolly Vardens out of street existence,
but to-day they swarm on the streets
and in the stores.
No session of the United States Court
was held yesterday, as stated by our
morning contemporaries. The adjourned
term will convene in May next.
Buffalo.gnats worry horses and cattle
to the death in Central Mississippi. Our
planters should look out for this APP
preaching plague in time to prevent the
loss of valuable stock.
Flowers are in bloom in the gardens
throughout the city, yet not solitary
bouquet has as yet invaded our sane
tum, since pecuniary investment fur
nished this desideratum.
Edwards Memphis City Directory
is now ready for delivery. The
work has been gotten up by the publish
ers in a satisfactory manner, and no
doubt will be so regarded by the business
community.
How to pronounce the name OF
Janauschek is the conundrum most in
vogue at present in our city. 1t has
been given up by thirty thousand inhab-
itants; the remaining have not as yet
been heard from.
A difficulty between laborers and con-
tractors on Union street yesterday after
noon resulted in two laborers being
knocked down with long six-shooter,
which an irate contractor held then and
there in his hands.
Fort Pickering mound, where history
locates DeSoto, when he took glimpse
of the Mississippi from Presidents Is
land to the Hen-and- Chickens, has been
transformed into a beer garden and
dance ground.
Pool selling for Mondays races will
be sold at the Overton on next Saturday
evening by the accomplished DR.. Under
wood, who will tell us what he knows
about pools, in voice which, though not
childlike, is bland.
Races and chicken.6ghting will be the
sensations next week. The Washington
poultry has arrived and been stabbed
on the race track. The Maryland fowls
will be here this week. The prospective
sport has excited the poultrymen of the
Bluff City.
Several prominent Republicans and
ultra Radicals are mentioned in connec-
ton with the Congressional scramble in
this District. The race viii be exciting
in the start, but the Democratic nomi-
nee will walk over the track. Such is
fate.
One hundred and twenty-five eject
meat suits were commenced by the
United States in the District Court to-
day against parties holding tax-title
property. The style of the cases are in
the old common law language, John Doe
VS.. Richard Roe.
While tunneling the Mississippi at this
point it is expected that the lost body Of
old DeSoto will be found beneath the
bed of the river. The descendants Of
DeSoto have offered reward for the
recovery of the body Of their illustrious
ancestor. Detectives, to the front
Sunday inside the corporation bears
no resemblance to its counterpart on
the outside. Inside, the saloons are
closed and grim policeman keeps
guard at the outer ward, but outside the |
corporate limits the cheerful music and
the foaming lager go hand in hand to-
gether, like our primal parents in the
Garden OF Eden.
Colonel William Adams is by far the
most untiring and industrious candidate
for Congressional honors in this district.
If all those who have promised to vote
for him do so, he viii be elected by an
overwhelming majority. He does not
intend to publish any announcement Of
his candidacy. as he depends on his pop
ularity to carry him through