Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-12-10
LEDGER Lines.

the bluh Tor the last hity-hlx hours.
The Exposition is open daily an,
nightly for the reception Of the public.
From fly to one hundred poor people
apply for lodging nightly at the station
houses.
There will be Jardin Mabile masque
rade bail at Rocco Hall Tomorrow
evening.
The alleys aud streets are in a filthy
condition. The number Of stenehes in
crease daily.
The Busby campaign evening news
paper cannot suppress its patent hatred
Of foreigners.
At least fifty candidates are in the
field in search Of the position Of County
Trustee vacated by Woodward.
Dan Rice holds the bluffs against all
corners. His big shows every afternoon
and night will attract crowds.
But 272 registrations have been issued
by Registrar Gay of the Fourth ward,
Last year 1913 were registered.
The NoneonnAh Valley Oranges met
At whitehaven last week aud enjoyed a
picnic, after which speeches we're in
order.
Mr.. Couldock will appear at the The.
alter tonight in the Chimney Corner.
The farce Sketches ia India will be the
afterpiece.
Something like London fog hangs
over the river and bluff today. 1t must
be owing to the density Of the political
atmosphere.
The Board of Health officials will re.
ceive the following salaries President,
5000; Health officer. S24OO; Secretary,
$1,000 per annum.
The establish ment of ward clubs is in
the pro ramme q. both municipal par
ties. small beer orators will soon
make Memphis howl.
The next Mayor of Memphis will
receive a salary of $4,000 per annum;
the members of the General Council will
receive $3.50 per year.
The hall of the Cotton Exchange, on
the corner Of Madison and Front streets
is being painted and fitted up for occu-
patton, under the direction of Secretary
Toof.
The municipal contest having mar
rowed down to Busby and League any
amount of money can be had put up
that Busby will not place his person in
the mayoralty chair.
One of our city debating societies is
wrestling with the question, Which
was the first, the egg which produced
the first chicken or the chicken which
produced the first egg2'
Ex.Alderman Cicalla, finding man
damus of no avail, now appears in the
Circuit Court praying for writ of quo
iOarranto, to enable him to regain his
seat at the municipal board.
Cotton bales stored on the streets and
sidewalks are becoming objects of pro-
test by the residents who have their
premises blockaded by the staple, but
yet receive no storage for the same.
There are men in Tennessee who, in
order to become prominent Grange can
didates for office, are assduously cult
waiting patches of weeds in their back
yards This might be called, farming
out offices"
Gentlemen from Pamela county, Mis-
sissippi, report that the new courthouse
at Sardis is nearly complete, and is one
Of the finest public buildings in Missis-
sippi The cost of the structure is forty
thousand dollars Its architect, James
B. Cook, designed it after the Venetian
style Of architecture.
Dent, the independent candidate for
the Mayoralty, and who the Appeal
wishes to keep in the field as an aid-de-
camp to Major Busby, stands no more
chance of being Mayor of Memphis than
he kas to be President of the United
States. AS Alderman from the Fifth
ward Mr.. Dent may cut figure.
Throughout the city the brick pave.
ments rock and slip about in mud hole,
and occasionally the muddy water squirts
high into the air when you step on
brick, an event which must be quite dis
agreeable to pedestrians. Memphis mud
is of very affectionate description, and
it sticks to you even when friends desert
you.
Politicians have retired from mass
meetings to ward meetings. The candi-
dates are untiring in their efforts and
liberal in their promises. The gentl,
men who are municipal candidates are
constant visitors to colored assemblages, |
and treat the colored man to whatever
he calls for at some corner grocery.
Such is the depth Of political life to
which the aspiring average American
will descend.
The Appeal local insists that the mass
meetings at the Greenlaw Opera House
damages the property by tearing off doors
and injuring the cushioned chairs. III
there is or ever has been a cushioned |