Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-31
LEDGER LINES.


afternoon.
Nothing OF importance in police cir
cles to-day.
Tomorrow will be New Years and
election day.
Meetings in the different wards of the
city tonight.
There will be ball at the Turner
Hall tonight.
Masquerade ball tonight at the Ex-
position building.
Keep cool and vote for when you
please tomorrow.
Ben DeBar as "Falstatf " in Henry
w at the theater tonight.
Fred Schaper will be elected City
Tax Collector tomorrow.
The Garrick Club, in Richeleu, at the
theater on Saturday evening.
The Busbyites hold mass meeting at
the Greenlaw Opera House tonight.
Major Busby repudiates the Evening
News, and says 1t is not my organ"
Remember the carriers. who will de-
liver the LEDGER's New Years address
Tomorrow.
The day after tomorrow the fellow
who was candidate will no longer turn
your arm into pump.handle.
Chief of Police Athy believes he can
keep the peace tomorrow, despite the
army organized by Sheriff Doyle.
The Scandinaviaus are invited to at
tend St. Johns church, corner Of Lau-
derdale and Vance streets, tonight
Nearly three thousand people listened
to Colonel McRae's brilliant speech at
the Greenlaw Opera House, last night
The best New Year gift you can give
your son is to place Linn at the Christian
Brothers College, on Adams street, for
the year 1874.
The cheerful American citizen will be
around tomorrow carrying bur dies OF
tickets and begging the sovereig MS who
have been registered to vote for some
body.
The hungry crowd Cf Office seekers
who expected to get appointments from
Major Busby are in despair since it has
become certain that the Major will be
defeated.
Major Busby has put his foot on the
News, and informs the Appeal and Reg
lister that they are not his organs. The
Major has discovered that he has been
slaughtered by newspapers.
On the street corners to-day you hear
the words League and Busby mentioned
often by excited individuals, who seem
to think if their candidate is not elected
the world will fall to pieces.
The LEDGER will not be published to-
morrow-New Years day-which will
give the Ledger Liner and other attaches
of the Office an opportunity to make
fashionable calls and vote vigorously for
a few candidates.
The contest tomorrow will be be-
tween the numerous candidates for Tax
Collector and Wharfmaster. The May
orally canvass is over already, every
man in the city having determined in
his own mind whether he shall vote for
Busby or League.
To-day Judge Flippin, of the Grimm al
Court, is hearing motion to discuss the
Indictment against Ike Acheson, char e
ing him with fraudulently obtaining car
tifcates of registration. Eminent coun-
sci appeared for the prosecution, perse-
cution and defense.
Sheriff Doyle has appointed one hun
bred and fifty extra deputy sheriffs to
attend the polls. The colored and white
deputies are requested by the Sheriff not
to electioneer and of course they will
not. This is new thing for Sheriff to
do in Memphis, and it has caused con-
siderable comment on the streets, and is
regarded as q movement to control the
election for Major Busby.
The late election for constable held in
the Fifth civil district has been con-
tested, and notice of the contest has been
served on Thomas Garvey, who was
elected The contestants are Frank
Brannen, D. T. Nooe and James j.
Murphy. The contest will come up at
the next term of the County Court. AT
present Sheriff Doyle refuses to issue a
certificate of election to Mr.. Garvey.
Sheriff Doyle has organized a cam
paign army, and will fit out navy to-
morrow morning-the feet Of dug-outs
and skifi's manned by horse marines, and
commanded by Commodore Gift, of the
News, will cruise up and down Bayou
Gayoso and Catfish Bay tomorrow.
Should it be deemed necessary, the feet
will she'll Happy Hollow, Hells Half
Acre, aud othe- strong positions held
by the enemy.