Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-10
LEDGER LINES.


St. PAirieks day, next Monday week,
will be celebrated by ball aud supper
at Cochran Hall. Horse thieves are
making stock scarce IN this aud adjoin.
ing counties. Colonel DaPree, Of the
Appeal, goes tethe Vienna Exposition
as commissioner; he will moi be one OF
tho "Innooents Abroad. r. Quite heavy
business at the steamboat landing TO.
day. Tho music at st. Patricks. ST..
Peters and other churches last night
was excellent, and attracted large con-
gregaiions. Next Monday evening Miss
Leo Hudson aud horse will appear in
MAzeppa at the Opera House. Coving-
ington, Tennessee, has organized a
chain.gang, taking Memphis for its
model. Voice Of the night" cat. /"
Aimee, in La Granae Duchesse, will sing
LA Sabre de Mon Pere" at the Mem.
phis Theater tonight. Dominiek Muir
ray, in Escaped From Sing Sing, at the
Opera House tonight. The Reading
Room Association will soon introduce
another lecturer to the Memphis public.
Helrs HalfAcre, on the cerner of DE
Soto aud Gayoso streets, was the scene of
another murder on Saturday night; the
low negro groceries aud dens Of villainy
in this vicinity are bound 10 produce
crime. Next Friday evening Treasurer
Mcclure, of the Opera House, takes n
benefit; n 6no bill is in course
OF preparation for the occasion.
The so.called and mis.called manly art
Of selfdefense will be exhibited at the
Assembly Hall tonight; shoulder
strikers, to the 'front.' Mons. John
Shiebler has been elected President and
Mons Ed Doutaz Secretary Of the Swiss
Gruetli Society, Of Memphis. The heirs
Of the colored troops who fought
nobly during the late unpleasantness
are receiving bounties from the disburs-
ing officer of the government at this
point; the man who fought brayely on
the other side has to content himself
with-honor. The Seventh regiment of
cavalry will go into camp in q grove
near the Poplar street boulevard for
few weeks. Mons. Robert Batter has
received the appointment as French
Consular Agent at this point. Another
masquerade ball at the Exposition
building next Wednesday night week,
the 18th instant, for the benefit Of the
different orphan asylums Of Memphis.
The School Board meets tonight, and
will consider the question Of making the
salaries Of male and female teachers
equal; there are few Anticipated men
in the Board opposed to this act Of JUS
tice, but the enlightened and intelligent
members are equal to the emergency;
there is no women rights in this, gen
tlemen; it is simply justice. The Pop.
lar street boulevard and the beer gardens
thereon were frequented by hundreds of
citizens yesterday; the ons.horse and
buggy man was there in all his glory.
1t has been suggested that if the city
authorities would fiji up the ruts and hol-
lows in the Nicolson pavement with fish
omingo gravel, in short time it would
form a concrete and the streets would be
wonderfully improved thereby; the city
is unable to lay down new pavement, and
this plan is worthy of attention; any
thing is better than to let the streets
remain in their present condition.
The exemptions in the several States
are allowed under the recent bankrupt
law, and are applied as against all liens
and debts contracted before the passage
of the amendment; the exemptions are
as follows: Tennessee, real estate,
$1,000; personal, $1,000; bankrupt law,
with an additional $500 allowed, S25Ol
Mississippi, real, $500; personal. $500;
bankrupt law, $500; Arkansas, real,
$4,000; personal, $4,000; bankrupt law,
$500. The location of the Government
buildings in Memphis is matter Of deep
concern to all those having unimproved
property to sell.