Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-25
LEDGER LINES.

At the Grand Opera House tonight
the Katie Putnam troupe will appear in
Little Nell, or The Warehouses, dram.
atizAtion of Dickens "0ld Curiosity
Shop" When you see man, pencil
and notebook in hand, in the dress cir
Gle or parquette Of a theaier playing
:" a chiefs amsng ye taken notes, you
may put him down as fraud, an faith
he won't "prent them" The great
Transatlantic Circus aud Menagerie
will camp on the bluffs tomorrow morn
ing. Girls, or the Fat Contributor, n
most humorous lecturer, will appear be-
fore Memphis audience, under the man.
agement Of Mr.. Tracy, in few weeks.
One Memphis reporter takes river items
on horseback from the top Of the bluffs,
while another, equally enterprising,
snatches his items while floating in a
skif down stream on the larboard side
of the steamboats, at the landing; the
former reporter is military in disposi-
ton, while the Halter is decidedly
aquatic. Wolf river water flooded the
streets yesterday, owing to the hydraulic
tests made by the Water-works Com
pany. Thunder. lightning and rain
swept over the city last night. Governor
Brown has vetoed the tipping law; wine
bibbers can rest in peace, and need not
go home Till morning The Nashville
papers report that a Memphis lady agrees
to give 100000 toward the endowment
of the Central University of the Metho-
dist Church; who is the lady millionaire
The Avalanchian item smasher denies
that Billy Ryder ever belonged to the
Metropolitan Police detective force;
well, if he did not, he was rascal enough
to have belonged to that gang Of thugs.
The time has arrived when those who
intend to cultivate flowers call for an en-
forcement OF the goat and hog ordinance;
let the ordinance be enforced whenever
necessary and so long as it remains a
law on the municipal statute book. The
great German Maifest will be held at
James Park, on Monday, the 9th of May.
The Liquor Dealers Association met last
evening and passed resolutions thanking
Gov. Brown for vetoeing the tipping bill.
The plunderers of Mr.. Woodruff's resi-
dence, who escaped from Detective Pat
Walsh, have been arrested by the vigi-
liant st. Louis police officials The Ma
lowry Blackwell murder case is still on
trial in the Criminal Court. A CORE.
spondent suggests that the easiest way
to settle the male and female school
teachers question, is not to raise the
pay Of the fifty female teachers to that
paid the male teachers, but TO reduce
the pay of the few male teachers to the
rate paid the fairer sex; this would dis
pose of the bone of contention; but then
luulHuduJ hCWsphPCl NOliSoPOhNS'h" w
not desire this. The General Assembly
will adjourn to-day and our representa-
tives will return to receive either the con
gratulations or condemnation of their
constituents. Mr.. John Bougbn er, the
chicken and egg professor on Front
street, has on exposition catamount
just from the wilds of Arkansas; the fe-
rocious animal was visited by hundreds
today, and will be shipped to Alabama
this evening. Since Governor Brown
vetoed the tippling bill, the liquor sell
ers regret having taken q years license,
which was done by way Of precaution or
speculation. 1t is impossible to legis-
late morality into people-education is
the only remedy. Wilson, the seer, Sc
ance professor and medium, will visit
Memphis in a few days and astonish
both the native and foreign born popu-
ation. Rain, sleet, fog, mist, wind and
sunshine made up the Memphis weather
to-day; it was changeable if not agree
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