Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-05-07
LEDGER LINES.

a new motive power. IL runs several
sewing machines in this city.
The next centennial celebration viii
come OF in the year 1876 Let every
patriotic Memphian attend.
The Sclden Irwin comedy company in
Violet, or The Life OF an Actress, at the
Memphis Theater tonight.
Out Of 257 convictions in the Crimi'
nal Court during the past year Recorder
Winters bound over l79 Of tho convicted
Next Wednesday will be the last day
on which writs can be issued from the
First Circuit Court returnable to the
next term.
Read in to-day's LEDGER Judge Hal
sey's opinion overruling the motion 10
dismiss in the Aldermanic case Of
Davis VS., Steinkuhl.
Vegetables from suburban gardens
are rapidly taking the place Of New Or
leans vegetables, which have heretofore
been stocking our markets.
Mr.. John Magevney, one of our Oldest
and most respected citizens is in dying
condition, and will not, in all proba-
bility, survive until night.
The Italian society picnic comes of
on the 18th instant at James Park. The
May Queens will be Misses Mickey Cor
dona and Eugenia Boggiano.
The regular monthly meeting of the
General Councilwill be held this evening.
A lively time may be expected, and a
large audience will be present.
On the fourth page of to.dsy's LEDGER
appears an account of the capture and
detection Of medium in this city by
two OF our best known citizens.
In few days the members of the Fire
Relief Association will receive their new
uniforms from Philadelphia. So says a
letter to Messrs. Deniger and Quincy.
To detect drunken man, make him
repeat the following temperance test:
The National Intelligencer contains a
literary criticism" II he stumbles, con-
Wet him.
On Monday evening, the 18th of May,
the polemical discussion between Rev
erend Messrs. Harrison and Hull, on the
subject of Spiritualism, will commence
at Nashville.
The late Mayoralty investigation, like
bursted gun, will make two reports be-
fore the Council. The recoil or festive
Blackjack will hurt somebody's munich
pal aspirations
We acknowledge the receipt Of an in
vitation from Chief Anderson to attend
the banquet to be given to the fremen Of
Memphis at the Exposition building at
twelve o'clock on the 9Th inst.
There is a cry for more cottages, and
yet they are not supplied. Hundreds Of
them would be occupied when built, and
it is astonishing that real estate owners
do not avail themselves Of the demand.
Virgil L. King, a negro forger Of
names to orders for money on several
business houses in this city, and who
was arrested by Detective Cranmer, was
committed to Jail to-day on several cases
in default of $4,000 bonds.
Sullivan, formerly Of the LEDGER but
now of the Vicksburg Herald, claims thai
money and brains would make Vicks
burg the chief city of the South. In order
to test the theory we will furnish the
money; but who will supply the Other
need2
Our friends the city editors of the
morning journals appeared to man on
board the steamer St. Francis last eve
ming, and bid Lewis Vaughan an afiec-
tionate yet regretful farewell. Vaughan
was their trump card as an item fur
nisher.
The argument of counselin the attach,
ment case of the administrators of the
Polk estate VS.. the Jackson Insurance
Company, on motion to force the securi
ties on the attachment bond for $50, 900
to justify, is progressing to-day before
Judge Halsey, of the Second Circuit
Court.
The majority report of the Finance
Committee on the charges preferred
against Mayor Johnson, as published in
the Appeal of this date, is not tho report
adopted by the committee, but is the re-
port submitted by Aldermen Davis, and,
although approved by the com mittee, ii
was considered too voluminous to be
adopted as their report. The report
prepared by the chairman of the com
mittee, Councilman Norton, is the re
port adopted by the committee, Alder
man Busby being the only dissenting
member.
Come Again.
I. S. Barbour, the most successful
or,all emit orowar in the South, has