Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-10
LEDGER LINES.

The Bafberu' Union ball comes or 10.
night Al Cochran Hall. Next Friday
eyeling that popular and clever little
actress, Miss Katie Mayhem. will take q
benefit Blades o Grass will be the at
traction. The theatrical critics Of our
morning contemporaries are saying most
ungenerons and nngallant things about
the bellies who talk so unsteady At
places Of amusement during the per.
formancei why don't some indignant
belle quote the famous saying Of Lau-
renee Stcrnein his Sentimental Journey
we saw some asses browsing upon the
hill top; how they viewed aud reviewed
US Many New Orleans people will at
tend the Memphis Mardi-Gras this year.
Fruits from tropical attitudes arrive
daily the melanchoiy.looking banana
has reached the Bluff City. Tae
union festival Of the Y. NJ. c. A.
commences tonight at Rocco Hall.
Tomorrow evening Rev. DR.. Walk will
lecture at the Linden street Christi An
Church; subject, what | saw in Eu-
rope" etc. A morning eotempora ry
insists that the public should be fu r
nished with all the data on the soci Al
evil question within reach Of the jou r
nalist so that the public may thoroughly
understand the subject; the public needs
not the assistance OF any journalist; il.
thoroughly understands the subject, and
has understood it from the beginning Of
time; it is the public who create and
sustain the so.called social evil then
why should it plead ignorance or hypo-
critically call for more light2 The
musical Russian ,Rubinsiein at the Mem
phis Theater tomorrow evening. 1t has
become a popular weakness with theat-
rical critics when referring to benefit
night and the beneficiary, to exclaim-
"She should have rouser," bum
per, or they use some other equal =
obsolete word to express the idea of
full house in honor Of some fayorite.
The Woman in White will be brought
out for Pat Shorts benefit, at the thea
ter, tonight. Tomorrow two weeks,
Shrove Tuesday, the great Mardi Gras
carnival comes off. What is Memphis
going to send to the Vienna Exposition?
is a pertinent question put by morn
ing cotemporary; so far as we know
she will send few of her citizens, who
intend paying their own expenses to
and be lockers on in Vienna. mo one
that's felt the halter draw, e'er had a |
good opinion of the law, is the cause
why a certain class of our citizens de-
sire the adjustment of Judge Flippin
of the Criminal Court The poor Greeks
are at own doors" the poverty stricken,
the sick, the lame, the blind and the
oppressed, and yet we often look afar eff |
to China and Africa for objects of |
charity; send your contributions to the |
Memphis Poor Relief Committee The
new State redistricting bill introduced |
in the Legislature, and making Shelby,
Upton, Lauderdale, Lake, Dyer and
Obion counties compose the Tenth Con-
gressional District will hand over the
Congressional Office to our Radical
friends for term of years. But eighty
six prosecuted individuals are the guests
of Sheriff Doyle at the county Jail.
The School Board meets this evening.
The horse and buggy men are again in.
dulging in trials of speed on the Nicol-
son. The WEEKLY LEDGER can be found
at the counting-room tomorrow morn
ing; terms, FIVE cents copy in wrappers;
two dollars per annum; clubs of five or
more, one dollar and half. The gas
pipes in the Exposition building have
been condemned for lack of capacity;
until they are altered no more light will
90 into that establishment.
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