Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-19
LEDGER LINES.

Whites Jefferson street Opera House
will re.opeH next Saturday evening.
Sportsman's club meeting at the Sec
ond Circuit Courtroom 10 morrow even
ing. NlNN Ni
In Mississippi they have what are
known ss beat officers" but they are
live beat officials.
mlt is said that goodly sized alligator
has been seen in Wolf river near the
mouth Of Bayou Gayoso.
Thomas Carroll, an Irishman, was ar
rested this morning by officer Campfen
for being drunk and disorderly.
No quorum at the School Board meet.
ing last evening. An Adjournment was
had until next Thursday night.
The little game Of Keno ekes out
siekly existence in dark localities. The
game has been played out in this city.
WEEKLY LEDGER issued to-day. Single
copy, five cents; terms, ~ per year in
advance; clubs Of five or more, 81 so.
An entsrprising young American has
opened a periodical aud news stand in
the south side Of Mansfield & Higbee's
drug store.
A one-story frame house at No. 357
Linden street burned down last night.
II was owned by Schofeld 4 Hanauer,
and was fully insured. .I
To make a youth honored and re-
spected a good education and moral
training used to be sufficient, but dia-
mond pin now fills up the void.
Memphis hackmen whe overcharge
should be fined heavily and deprived Of
their license. In this manner only can
robbery of strangers be prevented.
A pocket book was found in a street
car this morning containing large
amount of money. The owner can get
it by applying to the Chief of Police.
Fechter will appear at the Memphis
Theater next season. The great actor
has way of saying, Powleen, l loafe
you" when addressing the Lady Of
Lyons.
The lively grasshopper has arrived
from the far West, and now circulates
through North Mississippi, West Ten
nessee, and adjoining sections Of other
States.
Our Ledger Liner knows one man who
will be second in announcing himself as
a mayoralty candldate2 Who will be
the first bale2 Modesty, come out Of
thy concealment.
A French or German accent is dis
coverablein the voices of those who have
visited Europe this season. Many Of them
speak no better English now than when
they left the bluffs.
Eight grains Of morphine has now be.
come the average dose of Memphis
suicide since Jennie Bradley, the soIed !
dove, winged her flight to upper realms
by means of this motor power.
Cholera has entirely disappeared from
the Big Creek and adjoining country |
districts of Shelby county. The cause
of the sudden appearance of the dis
ease was drinking impure water.
The Assembly Hall, on Main, between
Union and Gayoso streets, is undergo
ing repairs preparatory to opening there
in legitimate theater of the vaudeville
order during the approaching season.
John Brown, an African, was brought
to taw " last night by Detectives McCune
and Brown, upon warrant charging
him with obtaining money under false
pretenses from citizen of Collierville.
Sig Joseph D. Montedonico, Secretary
of the Italian Society of this city, has
been selected to represent his society at
the National Italian Association Con-
vention which assemblies at st. Louis on
the 9th inst.
The State officials Of Tennessee pub
lish greater number of personal cards
and circulars than any other officials on
earth. To rise and explain" is now
the motto, and it should be engraved on
the seal of the State.
The warm grasp of the candidate can
again be felt in the land. As hand,
shakers, smilers, and general investi-
gators as to the health Of yourself and
family, we will back the Memphis can
didates against the world.
DR.. Theodore Hoerner, the Beal
street druggist and chemist, is Analysing
specimens Of Nevada silver ores and
lead, copper and gold specimens from
the Arkansas mountains. Not day
passes but this accomplished chemist re-
ceives at bis laboratory waters, ores, etc.,
for analizstiop.
On Thursday afternoon next, there
will be a trotting match at the Memphis
Trotting Park, between three roadsters,
owned by gentlemen in the city, for a
purse of $50, mile heats, best three in
five. These matches have become
source of much amusement to our ANA
teur horsemen, and are always well pa
tronized.