Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-29
LEDGER LINES.
courls bod 10 seasIon to.day.

Cotton Exchange open daily from
u m. to 4 pm.
The Adams street statiou'house was
filled with dodgers last night.
In the business portion Of the city not
one word about politics can be heard.
The Mercantile Library Association
should introduce few lecturers this
season.
Ben DeBar as Jack Falstaf" in
Merry Wives Of Windsor at the theater
tonight.
The young attorneys are not doing
any courtinglbusiness at present except
in the suburbs.
Next Thursday the election will be
over, and the defeated candidates will
start up Salt river.
Candidates for Aldermanic and Coun-
cilmanic honors continue to rush where
angels fear to tread-to the front.
The Busbyites give up the contest and
admit that they are badly beaten, and
yet they are not happy"-withOut office.
The German Maennoerchor gave an
orchestral Entertainment at Cochran
Hall last night, which was we'll attended
The United States District and Cir
cult Courts adjourned over to the 18th
prox. Judge Trigg left for Knoxville
yesterday.
1t has again been officially announced
by the elect that " if you do not vote for
Busby you deserve to be forgotten by
your God"
That cheerful lunatic known as the
average Memphian nov calls the ex-
Confederate supporters of the League
ticket Radicals.
| Fred Scaper will be elected City Tax
Collector on Thursday next. He will
receive the votes of all classes of citi-
zens, and deserves them.
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The election on Thursday next prom
ises to be the tamest and quietest ever
held in Memphis. 1t will be walk
over the municipal course.
The Aldermen and Councilmen get
$3.50 per annum, yet the Offices are
eagerly sought after by hundreds of citi-
zens. What is behind the scenes2
The little oratorical pop-pins have
been shot off at ward meetings for
weeks, but the heavy guns are at work
now, and the pop-guns are silenced.
The Cotton Exchange meets daily at
their rooms on the corner of Madison
and Front streets. The Chamber OF
Commerce will meet this afternoon.
In the Eighth ward large number OF
candidates are in the field, and none
stand better chance of election than
G. D. Madden, who is out for Council
man.
That fraudulent registration has been
committed cannot be doubted, but that
as many Busbyites as Loagueites OBJ
tanned the fraudulent certificates need
not be denied.
The Knights of Pythias held memorial
services at the First Baptist Church
yesterday. The services were conducted
by Rev. DIR. Lotion in the presence of a
large congrega ton.
For heavens sake, Barbour Lewis,
go back to Washington and let us elect
Busby," is new the Appealing cry OF
the Busbyite ring, who desire to swallow
the city government and patronage.
1t is rumored that the Evening News
is published in the interest of the League
ticket. We do not believe it, but we
know that leading Busbyites say that if
Busby is defeated the News is respon-
| sible.
In few days the word Blewis" will
be seen in the morning journals instead
OF that gushing panegyric published in
the Appeal not long since, when B. L.
was pronounced an elegant, Christian
gentleman"
Colonel Pat Short, formerly of the
Memphis Theater, but now Treasurer of
the Lydia Thompson blondes, is in the
city visiting bis friends. The blondes
will appear here in March and sing If
ever cease to love"
Tomorrow night the sovereigns, ire
spective of color, creed or party, will
hold a meeting at the Greenlaw Opera
House. Hon. Barbour Lewis, Colonel
McRae, and others, will speak as to the
necessities and future of Memphis.
The Appeal of yesterday publishes the
vote of the county Jail birds in the
Busby VS.. League contest, which re-
suited; For Busby, A white, IS colored;
for League, white and 9 colored; and
yet we are told that all the gentlemen
will vote for Busby, and all the "thieves"
will vote for League, How is this2
]. A. Thompson (colored) was de-
clared Justice of the Peace by Judge
Heiskell, of the First Circuit Court, last
Saturday. The Secretary of State will
issue a commission to Mr.. Thompson in
a few days, aud st the January term of
the County Court the colered magistrate
will take his seat in the midst Of the
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