Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-01
LEDGER LINES.

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day.
The Old Folks meet at Chamber OF
Commerce tomorrow.
The withdrawal Of Major Busby from
the municipal race is rumored.
The New Memphis Theater will be
closed during the week. Couldock on
Monday next. An nr
Next Monday Dan Rice will spread a
big circus tent on the bluds and remain
there during the week.
The Irish Literary Association will
hold meeting on Thursday night to
elect officers for the ensuing year.
Mrs. Bowers aud members Of the
Memphis theatrical company left last
evening for Nashville to play a weeks
engagement.
Congress meets at Washington to day.
Congressman Barbour Lewis will be in
attendance, having left Memphis for that
purpose a few days since.
A live and tame American eagle forms
one Of the attractions in the Floral Hall
of the Exposition. He looks savage
enough to eat a Spanard.
The " Peoples Ticket is not out yet,
although the wire-pullers claim such a
name for the farcical results OF the
Opera House mass meeting.
The losses of the Planters and Missis'
sippi Valley Insurance Companies Of
this city, in the recent fire at Browns
vile, will not exceed $500.
A musician was invited from New
York 10 come to Memphis and tune the
orchestrion in the Exposition. He tele.
graphed back: Is it safe to be in Mem
phis2 Is the yellow fever in the city
YETI" ..r
The WEEKLY LEDGER will be published
tomorrow, and can be found at the LED
GER counting-room and at all the leading
news stands. The weekly will contain
DR.. Walks great Thanksgiving sermon
on Memphis politics.
The Art Gallery at the Exposition
contains many fine paintings. Several
Of the figures, such as the infant BAG
chus, etc., are not appareled with view
to the sudden changes of temperature in
this climate of ours.
The Register man calls upon the
Ledger Liner to run for the Office of
Mayor, and promises to publish articles
in his favor at twenty cents line. The
LEDGER man withdraws from the canvass,
deeming it beneath his dignity to engage
in scrub race.
Barney Barinds has been called upon
in circular to run for Wharfmaoter by
number of leading and popular Mem
phians, whose influence among all
classes of citizens is we'll recognized.
Barney refuses no run, not being a poll
tician.
A few nights ago the trunks of Messrs.
Church and Taylor, Of this city, we're
robbed on the Northwestern road of
quantity of jewelry, valued at about
$500. The job was traced to one John
Kindred, baggage master, who seems
to be an expert at picking locks. The
jewelry was recovered and the lock
picker locked up.
The Appeal publishes a communica-
ton from a mechanic, wherein it is writ
ten that he, the mechanic, desired to
take the LEDGER, but his wife preferred
the Appeal" all of which is a matter of
sincere satisfaction to the Appeal. but
the LEDGER hopes that Mechanic" will
be able to take both journals.
This is St. Andrews day. The st.
Andrews Society OF Scotchmen win cele
brate the event to night at the Peabody.
St. Andrew was one of the twelve apos-
ties; he was the brother of Peter and
disciple of John the Baptist, as we'll as
the Patron Saint of Scotland, but yet he
never knew the exhilarating effects of
hot Scotch punch.
Mr.. James ]. Downs died Of general
debility at 81 clock this morning, at the
residence of his brother, John R. Downs,
at 90 Main street. He had been sick
several months and his death, although
heavy blow to his family and friends,
was not altogether unexpected. The
funeral takes place this afternoon at 81
o'clock.
Mr.. Austin R. Adams, president of the
Philo-Thespian Club was presented with
cane on Saturday by his fellow.club
men. The Philo-Thespians elected the
following officers: President, Austin R.
Adams; Secretary, Hugh A. Darcy;
Treasurer, Sam Williams; Stage Man
ager, Henry Carroll; Director, Henry
Cameron; Board of Trustees, Messrs.
Adams, Riley and Hutton. aaA
Our gifted contemporary, the Evening
News, hoists Major Busby's name at it's
mast head, but repudiates the nominees
for Tax Collector and Wharfmaster. The
News ran the first mass meeting and the
Appeal the second; hence the trouble in
the reformers' camp. The people know
not what to do between the twilight
Scylla and matutinal 0harybdis; hence
thew sing, How happy could we be with