Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-08
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The street force 10 engaged in remoy'
ing mud from the streets. aud yet the
Appeal local joker is not happy. Lydia
Thompson and her blondes in " Kenil.
worth at the Memphis Theater to-
night Alderman Paul Ciealla, Of the
Sixth ward, presides over the Board Of
city Senators. Councilman Zent, Of the
First ward, has been reelected Chair
man OF the Common Council. Medium
istic circles are active since Foster ar
rived in the city. The Lingards will mp.
pear in II Wonderful Woman at the
Grand Opera House tonight. The old
General Council ceased to exist last night
aud the new took charge Of city affairs.
The suggestion made IL the LEDGER
that fifteen thousand citizens subscribe
one dollar each to the Memphis Bethel
for the purpose Of erecting a home and
school.house for the little wanderers has
been taken up by Superintendent speers,
and an effort will be made TO canvass
the city and secure the amount A
dangerous hole is reported at the inter
section Of the alleys between Poplar and
Exchange streets, to which hole we call at
tention, fearing that those whose duty il
is TO repair the streets might accidentally
fall into the aperture. Mr.. E. Bauman,
who was on trial before bench Of mag
istrates yesterday on the charge Of OBJ
tanning goods under false preteuses, was
committed in default Of $2s, 900 bail.
Senator A. 7. Lacey has been elected
President Of the Tennessee Senate.
The past due taxes in Memphis amount
to the enormous sum Of $94l CIT; tax.
payers do not rush up and pay up cheer
fully, yet the delinquents have few
words to say about the city indebted
ness; so much for consistency. The
assets OF the city amount to 81 $50 900,
against 5000, 900 liabilities. A number Of
our citizens are having costumes pre-
pared for Mardi Gras. The majority Of
newspaper correspondents have weak
ness for appearing above a fictitious
name this may be innate modesty, yet
the tenor Of the communications
often refutes this theory. Thirty
six magistrates do the legal bust
ness for Shelby county. In consequence
of the tie vote in the Eighth ward be-
tween Messrs. A. J. White and B. f.
Henderson, who were candidates for
Councilmanic honors in the recent cleo
ton, the sovereigns will again have to
rally around the polls. Four citizens of
color add considerably to the pictu-
rescue appearance Of the Common Coun-
Gil. Ambitious actors in Memphis occa-
sionally howl for sharp criticism, but
when they get it they howl louder than
before. 1t has been the fashion with
many Memphis hackmen to overcharge
passengers during bad weather; a few
arrests would settle the matter. On
Wednesday, the 22d inst, the members
of the Italian Society of Memphis will
give ball and supper at Cochran Hall.
Mr.. P. C. Bethel, formerly of our city
but now of Louisiana, sent draft for
FIVE hundred dollars to the Relief Com
mittee yesterday, the funds to be applied
to the relief of the poor and destitute of
the city. Ii is said that brevity is the
soul of wit, but no one would suspect it
after reading the brevity columns of one
Of our morning contemporaries. In the
Second Chancery Court to-day Gather
me Richards fled petition for divorce
against Ernest Richards, alleging habi-
Bual drunkenness as the ground for
claiming dissolution Of the bonds of