Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-28
LEDGER LINES.


Floater Kerrs bill on the. divorce
question makes adultery the OILY legal
ground for a divorce a rfaeuio. but dis.
iurbS not the statutory grounds for
divorces a mensa ct toro, or separation
Kerr's bill merely inhibits second mar
riages during the lifetime Of the pseudo
husband or wife, unless the divorce has
been obtained for the above crime, and
this is the law In many Of the States;
there have been numerous cases In our
courts where, pendingthe suit for divorce,
the petitioner became engaged to another
and INDUCED in a second marriage ere
the ink dried on the records upon which
the decree for divorce was written. The
"outs" are agitating the passage Of n
bill 10 the Legislature to abolish the
courts Of Memphis aud dispose of the
Tins; or in other words, new deal is
demanded by hungry Office seekers.
Sleighing is almost numbered among
the things that were. Ovens has ar
rived and will appear at the Grand
Opera House tonight as "Solon Shin
gle" and Major Wellington De Boots"
Snow, miscalled the beautiful, fell again
this forenoon. A chemist suggests that
as an internal heater, malt liquors are
the best Quite number Of Main street
pedestrians occupied back seats in the
snow yesterday. Mrs. Bowers will APP
pear at the Memphis tonight in
Marie Stuart. Nobody's block, near
the Couty Jail, has been placed under
police surveillance since the arrest Of
Madame Sarah Howell, the wickedest
woman in Memphis. Little Maggie
Norris, the unfortunate child who fell
into the clutches of Madame Howell,
has been taken charge Of by
Father O'Brien of st. Peters Church.
Spiritual phenomenon are the things
much discussed but least understood
just now by intelligent Memphians.
The Mardi.Gras carnival will attract an
immense crowd of strangers to Mem
phis. Our terpsichorean reporter has
been informed that a social organization
has been effected for the purpose of dane
ing tho German" this winter. More
weddings at fashionable churches to be
celebrated this week. The Danbury fire
engine boys are again ready to fight the
fire fend with water. 1t is rumored
that literary lady of our city will de-
liver lecture at the hall of the School
Board ere long. The cheerful
theatrical wall flower aud re-
served seat disturber will ply his
avocation during the present week,
A Cotton Exchange is imperatively de-
manded in Memphis. Memphis needs
railroads extending westward. The pho
tographers Of our city have been unable
to take sun pictures for over ten days.
The WEEKLY PUBLIC LEDGER can be
found at the counting room to-day; terms
two dollars a year in advance; clubs of
FIVE or more one dollar and fifty cents
single copy five cents. Memphis has
had but one detective officer worth
pcayune as capturer Of criminals during
the past two years. The members of
the Mechanics Institute meet tonight
to consider the lien law" question. 1t
is said that the bluffs at Fort Pillow are
still on fire; little volcano may yet
break out in that vicinity. The mechan-
les and contractors met last evening" APP
pointed committees and adopted u draft
of lien law bill, which will be sent
to the Legislature for consideration.
Floating ice in the river, snow and ice
on the streets and the polar wave every
where; we are said to be enjoying a
Southern climate with Northern princi-
pies at present 1t is doubted by able
lawyers that the Legislature has the
power to abolish the courts of Memphis
and Shelby county, the creation of these
courts being provided for in the new
Constitution, and when once established
by legislative enactment the power
over the same by the Legislature ceased.
The Supreme Court having decided that
the system of county courts as presided
over by magistrates is constitutional and
cannot be disturbed, movement is on
foot in the Legislature to pass bill au-
the county magistrates to Sc
leot three or FIVE of their number to hold |
court.