Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-02-13
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sent out this morning JJi
Such business houses as do not close
earlier win be. closed at three o'clock
this afternoon. +, '3.'. Z. ~. rs. c. ylde
p Olive Logan was in Paris last summer.
It is said she brought home six trunks
full Of new clothes 5i
Mr.. Williams was assessed ten dollars
this morning for INDUCING in too much
style behind a fast horse f5i1i y,
Mardi-Gras costumes worn today will
cost all the was from seventy-fye cents
up to seventy-fve dollars. asa
Let every one who can do so Join the
procession. Make the procession the
grand feature Of Mardi Gras. le
1t is said that about 1000 masks were
sold yesterday, two-thirds of them hay-
ing been sold by three Dealers. sii
The school board closed all the public
schools to-day for the benefit Of the
young folks and Mardi-Gras. y ss
1t is estimated that three thousand
peoplewill appear in procession this az
ternoon en- masque en- costume. f
The Recorder disposed OF nineteen
cases, and assessed fines to the amount
Of $l55. The amount collected was $40.
Joe Locke, the great newsman at 1864
Main street, has all the latest daily pa
pers, weeklies and monthly magazines.
Banks and business houses of all kinds
in New Orleans closed yesterday for two
days, on account of the Mardi-Gras car
nival. aal g q
The sale Of seats for Olive Logan's
lectures commences to-day. Reserved
seats can be secured at the box Office Of
' the theater. fh
Our over-sensitive citizens should not
b . too quick to take oGense at any little
pr. sctical joke played upon them by the
ma squeraders. 20 ah
.id II ie same tickets used for the other
balls will admit to the Worsham House
ball, where there will be excellent mu-
sic and dancing.
A ma SIX does not give anybody extra
ordinary privileges to-day. Cigars and
whisky m.ust be paid for as usual, unless
the dealer thinks otherwise. x -.
2 The books and papers Of the late
Esquire Norton have eentaken charge
of by Esquire Hall. who will wind up all
the unfinished business of the deceased,
Mansford has 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.
1t is mentioned as a significant fact
that the young lady most admired by
the grand duke attended his ball in q
ten dollar dress. How viii that sound
in the ears of shoddy ai'istocrats2- *
A large special police will be on duty
to-day and tonight to preserve the
strictest possible order 1t is to be
hoped there viii not be any occasion for
the interference of the police with the
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masqueraders or spectators. gia eFa
EaMoss Il Sow, newsdealers, at No. 10
Jefferson street, and 40 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.
Those arriving from interior towns to
witness the Mardi- Gras festivities to-day
should bear in mind that Messrs. Boyle
Il Chapman, booksellers und stationers,
have laid in stock Of books especially
for the occasion. Their establishment
| is opposite the Bethel block, oa
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Evil communications corrupt good
n tanners is trite and true maxim.
Re ,corder Winters firmly believes in it,
and so to shield Henry Williams from
the had characters he has been loafng
aroun, 4 with, he assessed fine against
him of fifty dollars this morning. Henry
will find agreeable company in the
chain-gal'g. s'.s ro
There is young colored boy living at
Como, Miss, who is by no means an or
pban; ON the contrary he has too much
narents. Two men claim him as their
SON and he claims both as his father,
One Of these, John Young, thought it
v,,s his time to train the boy little the
0tber day, and, accordingly, went to
Como and brought the boy TO this city.
The 9th err daddy followed, and had
Young arr ssted for kidnapping. Young
was discharged by Recorder winters
this morning. nsH sd
Laura Armsty ong and Lizzie Spring
er are two colortsd damsels Of a some
what unenviable ilotOriety in certain
localities. They ha.1 a little spree last
night which culminat ed in free tight,
in the course of which Laura carved a
line of beauty in Lizzie's unalabaster
neck. The cutter and the cut were be-
fore the Recorder this morning when
the former was fined s25 and the latter
$40 Laura was sent to the county jan
in default of $1,000 bail for her appear-
anee b, fore the grand jury. p
The 1 ule adopted by Judge Flippin'
of the criminal court, in the Cannon