Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-02-12
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eight tenth inches Of rain fell in Mem
phis. The Woman IN White at the
Memphis Theater tomorrow night. Ru'
binsiein concert at the lheater again 20
blight The Memphis vaterWorks will
soon be in operation. The rains yester'
day and last Night played the tcavenger
throughout the city, and did more work
than. one hundred chain-gangs. Next
Tuesday week will be Mardi-orAs day.
On Friday next Valentines will be 10
order. lie Roi Carroile At the Grand
Opera House tonight. A select lot Of
carniyilliaus, yclspt the "Memphi.' pur-
pose having an "upperten Mardi-Gras
celebration at the theater, from which
the " lower twenty" are to be excluded.
Henry Ward Beeoher viii be invited TO
lecture here during the coming season.
Thiriy.Gve lrishmen, twenty.nine Amer.
cans, six Germans. Que Hungarian, one
Italian, one Euglishman and one Swede
compose the nationality of,the police
force Of Memphis. Purchasers Of tickets
for the Garrick Club entertainment next
Monday evening can secure seats at Hol-
lenberg's music store. The " German,
which has been danced for year or two
all over the United States, has just been
introduced into Memphis society. Coal
has fallen; let us be thankful, The
weather reports indicate and predict
clear aud cool weather this afternoon.
The Rocco Hall festival Of The Y. NJ G.
A. is Aourishing daily and nightly.
Dr. Walks lecture last night at The
Linden street Christian church on What
saw IN Europe, was well attended and
highly appreciated. Memphis will sent
Eve bales Of cotton to the Vienna Expo
sition. Next Friday evening Miss Katie
Mayhem takes benefit at the theater in
Blade O Grass. Louis. Sturgeon, who
shot gunned the boy Murphy while the
latter was bathing in the river last sum
mer, is on trial before the Criminal
Court. There is one gay and military
looking officer Of our police force who
compels patrolmen 10 salute him as he
rides by on his festive charger nothing
like style, you know. The ChickSsaw
Jockey Club programme for the
spring meeting on the 29lh Of
April has been published and
circulated by Secretary Stone
Gamblers are Offering to bet large sums
that they will overtutn our effective
Criminal Court and GUST Judge Flippiu.
A wager has been offered BY an unbe-
lever in Spiritualism who proposes to
put up one hundred dollars aud transfer
It to the LeEth Orphan Asylum if any
medium can give correct answers to a
series Of questions that will be written
out, sealed and placed in the safe of the
Union and Planters Bank Of this city;
will there be any takers2 we fear not
Mackerels brickbat and plumber the
carriers of the Baptist who peregrinate
through Chelsea and North Memphis.
The social evil finds resting place in
twenty-five establishments in Memphis,
the inmates numbering over two hundred
cyprians, as can lie seen from the report
Of the Chief Of Police. The souls Of
hackmen beat in unison with Rubin
stems music last evening, because it
rained during the day and far into the
night. Tom Maggie, who was perforated
so cleveriy by Pat TobiD, on Monroe
street. few days since, is said to be
recovering from his wounds; the pistol
ball ranged upward and lodged under
the shoulder blade. The Poor Relief
Committee will cease to exist after
Thursday next, from which time no re-
lief will be furnished. Thieves are poi
soning dogs at the suburban residences
of our citizens, so that the pilferers can
prowl around at night with immunity.
A gentleman in this city picked up at
the Memphis Theater last Mardi-Gras
night a solid gold buckle to which was
attached a sky blue piece of elastic,
supp osed to be the emblem of the Or
der of the Carter the holder Of the
duplicate can have the lost treasure by
communicating with our sensational re-
porter. Goose gabblers are what our
charming but laxative city bellies are
called by the theatrical gander critics
of our contemporaries Attend the Union
Festival at Rocco Hall tonight The
polar wave swept snow iato the city to-
day. Next year every little village on
the Mississippi river, from the Lake Of
the Woods down TO the Gulf, will get up
Mardi. Gras celebrations, and thereby
ape the great Memphis carnival. Repre-
sentative John Overton is in the city.
The Memphis Masonic Temple will,
when finished, be one of the finest build
ings in the Southwest The Woman in
White ct the theater tomorrow night.
The. soyereigns Of the Fifteenth Civil
District are wrestling over the selection
of jastice of the peace to-day.
Fire To-day.
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