Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-09
BREYIPIEs.
Lolita Al The Memphis Theater on the

Lolita at the Memphis Theater on the
10Th. lH pl
This is motion day in the first chan
Gerry court.
The Gayoso Gas company is laying
service pipes on Main and other streets.
The ball of the Deutsche Bruder Bund
takes place at Cochran hall Monday
night. as,lh .saasaG 2 y lsts : - O.
The ehain-gang gave Main street a
good cleaning yesterday, by which, was
much improved.
y The police board have rescinded the
order prohibiting patrolmen from smok-
ing while on duty,
What character will you represent in
the Mardi-Gras procession2 is the CUES
ton asked several times day.
Joe Locke, the great newsman at 1864
Main street, has all the latest daily pa
pers, weeklies and monthly magazines.
The mayor Of Mississippi town was
hauled TO the station-house last night in
aqwheelbarrow. He had imbibed too
freely. t.ara ~.
His honor, the city recorder, disposed
of thirty cases this morning, and assessed
fines to the amount of one hundred and
five dollars. ae
James Hickey was fined twenty-five
dollars and put under Eve hundred dol
lars bonds this morning for shooting in
side the corporation.
The sprightly, vivacious Lolita is the
town talk, and the anxiety to see her is
steadily increasing. She will be at the
theater on the 10Th.
Participants in the rdi-Gras festivi-
ties should9eall ON the committee to-day,
in order that they may be assigned a
place in the procession. ~ 'f1
Momus, the king of the carnival, has
issued his first edict, ordering the cessa,
ton of business on Tuesday afternoon
while his coronation carnival is going
on. fItm sfN .e1ls.ae ia lsh5s D1e
Recorder Winters says he will put a
stop to the practice of carrying con-
cealed weapons. He is determined to
enforce fine in every case brought be-
fore him. ,t-a ta.asns-
Mansford has a big stock of Valen-
tines ranging in price from five cents to
five dollars each. The corner of Second
and Monroe might be called Valentine
corner for the next few days. ab
A little shanty in the rear of the cot
ton pickery on Poplar street took fire
this morning from tar caldron. The
fire was extinguished before any damage
was done, ~
9 EMMoNs Il SoN, newsdealers, at No. 10
Jefferson street, andi41O Main, have re-
ceived the latest daily papers from New
York, New Orleans, Cincinnati, St.
Louis, Chicago and all other cities;
also, illustrated weeklies, foreign publ
cations, and news goods generally.
Carl Gutherz, of this city, now a pu-
pill of the art school of Rome, is dis
tinguishing himself as an artist and bids
fair to take rank among the masters.
1t will be gratifying to his many friends
in this city, to whom he occasionally
sends remembrances, to learn Of his
success. Iedl roh
The third annual ball of the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Engineers at Coch7
ran hall last night was a very enjoyable
affair. The managers were untiring in
their efforts to make the fun general and
keep up the enjoyment, aud they sue
ceeded admirably. Dancing was kept
up till the wee sma' hours.
Miss Olive Logan, the world-famed
advocate of woman's rights, not of the
Woodruff school, will lecture in this city
on the 18th, 18th and 10th inst. Wher-
ever Miss Logan lectures her audiences
are large, and are composed of the best
classes Of society, She is woman Of
rare Intellectual attachments and de-
serves patronage a1is ir r.aa -
We acknowledge an invitation to at
tend a leap-year party to be given at the
Carr house, near McIver church in Pa
nola county. Miss, this evening. The
managers are all ladies-most estimable
ladies, too, as we know them, and all
married, except two floor managers.
One of these latter, by the way, is lady
not unknown in the literary world as
writer Of both verse and prose-Miss
Imogen Hicks, We know that we would
greatly enjoy the novelty Of being es-
corted by fair damsel, of being invited
to dance with her, to promenade with
her to supper and all that sort of thing.
It would be practical demonstration of
woman rights but very agreeable one.
We regret our inability to be present
NINE DEMoEEsT's Patterns, Of all
kinds, styles and sizes, at 2lS Main
..-.o4 oou,,o. sc Jor,s 1907