Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-18
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Duricu oy Aht oHNiol uhuNftahH "
disgrace TO this boosted age Of eiviliza-
ton; after every rain il becomes neces-
sary TO throw dirt on The graves 10 order
to keep these relics Of poor mortality
from being again on the eArth's surface
a new county undertaken should be en-
ployed by the County Court the un'
dertaker, Jack Walsh, has no doubt
read the lines. Rattle his bones over
the stones, he's only a pauper whom
nobody owns" Ye gentle spring has
come. No forieits will be taken by the
police from those arrested on Mardi'
Gras day; this is a sound rule, and one
that is well calculated 10 insure good
order. Mr.. Joseph Proctor will
appear IN the Red Pocket Book
at the Grand Opera House tonight
Miss Ada Gray in Whose Wife at the
theater this evening. In heavens name
and In the name Of poor humanity, lei
the poor pauper have a decent grave Al
last; the collins at the pauper graveyard
are two and three deep, showing the
economical advantages of burying then
BY the cord, instead Of per head, a
seven dollars. Water will be furnished
through the hydrAnts TO our citizens II
few days; the water-works machinery
| is in perfect running order The younl
men who loaf around church doors OF
Sundays and smoke cigars until the ser
vices are over, and then accompany SOM
young lady homeward, had better b.
inside instead of outside of tn
church; the police authorities in
tend interfering with this most objec
tionable style of doing business
The members of the Garrick Club &C
Quilted themselves in most creditabl
manner in Robert Emmett at tn
Grand Opera House last night. Th
Fire Committee should examine all tn
old buildings and human life traps IL
the city, and condemn them if necessary
Twenty-Five thousand strangers are ex
pected in Memphis on Mardi-Gras day
The Mennorchor gave brilliant mas
ouerade ball at Cochran Hall las
night. Another effort is making to I'm
ish the Raleigh railroad Immediately
Rev. DIR. Walk will lecture ON Spur
geon." at the Linden Street Christian
Church tonight. Thursday evening mex
Henry Craft, Esq, will deliver lee
ture before the Young Mems Christian
Association at the First Baptist Church
subject, memphis shall Bury Them
Tobin, who plugged his man with
uistol ball on Monroe street few day
l.since, has been admitted to bail in tn
ann of three thousand dollars. A ten
ement house on Jefferson, between Sec
ond and Third streets, fell down las
night, burying several people beneatl
the ruins. Big waters are coming dow
l
from the upper rivers. planters on tn
lower coasts must look out. Represent
alive P. j. Mulvihill is in the city, ant
will return to Nashville to-day; mis- de
seription of bills introduced, and whicl
contain paunehes," is most amusing
as is also his description Of Legis
lators, who never make up thel
minds on any subject until tn
milk in the cocoanut is developed
| A telegram brings intelligence of tn
death in New York State Of Robert En-
met, son of the gifted New York lawyer
Thomas Adds Emmett who was tn
brother Of the Irish Patriot, Robert En-
met. Henry Ward Beecher cannot lee
ture in Memphis this season, but Johl
G. SAKE will, in March next. The pc
lice authorities state that there are quit
a number of sneak thieves in the city
and citizens should attend to door fas
Jennings. Hans Margum is free and But
Patton is in the same condition. Thu
city is going wild over the ap
preaching carnival on next Tuesday
Our Irish fellow-citizens are preparing
to celebrate st. Patrick's Day, the III
of March. The GAINESVILLE bridge acros
the Cumberland river, on the Louisville
railroad has been washed away by thu
late foods. The billiard mania is rag
ing in Memphis. Owing to the destruc
tive foods we are without our usua
teIegraphic dispatches to-day. Thu
Mardi- Gras Executive Committee vii
positively sell no tickets after Monday
next.
Recorders Court Matters.