Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-27
LEDGER LINES.


the State election will be held.
We are losing daylight at the rate Of
from two to three minutes per day.
Mr. Davenport as Hamlet, Prince Of
Denmark at the theater tonight.
Tomorrow night the Council will
meet and endeavor to find out new way
to pay old debts.
The Exposition continues to be well
pstronized, and the display is becoming
more attractive daily.
Next Monday being the I'd of the
month, the army Of bill collectors will be
out on the war path in search OF plumber.
Rev. 7. B. Larimore will preach in
the Linden street Christian Church to.
night Services begin at u and close
promptly at 81 pm.
Quite a number of our country cousins
are beginning to come in from the dis
tricts to make purchases and visit the
places of amusement.
Thirty cases occupied the attention Of
the Recorder to-day. Several larcenists
were committed and number Of suspi-
cious characters were locked up.
The Improvement Committee meet to-
morrow evening, and we hope they will
consider the removal OF the fence from
Main street, near Georgia, and give the
people right of way.
Ticket No of the dark-lantern party
has appeared 1t now bears the name
Of W. A. Montgomery, vice W. W. Cole
man, who refused to aid and assist Radi-
calism by allowing his name to appear
on the ticket.
VIM. Conner, of Lauderdale county,
has been appointed one Of the Lunatic
Asylum Commissioners, vice II. F. Cum
Minis, of Henry county, resigned. The
next thing is for the Commissioners to
struggle with site.
There were a sufficient number of
amusements in the city last night--the
theater, concert, a variety theater, the
Exposition, and public speaking in three
different portions of the city. What
more could be desired?
Governor John c. Brown will speak at
the Greenlaw Opera House next Friday
night, and on Saturday Porter and May
nard will address the citizens of Mem
phis. Memphis is rapidly becoming the
great battle ground of ideas in Ten
nessee.
The dark-lanternites held a meeting
at the Turner Hall last night. Thirty
five persons, including a dozen Demo
Gratis, attended to hear City Register
williamson explain why he and his
fellow Radicals should be elected to the
Legislature.
Tonight there will be mass meeting
at the Greenlaw Opera House to protest
against the presence of United States
troops in this city, as they have been
sent here for political purposes, to in.
timidate the people and aid in the cleo
ton of the Radical nominee for Con-
gress. Several of our leading speakers
will address the meeting.
At St. Lazarus Church this forenoon
Miss Bette Vance and Mr.. j. W. Ruther.
ford were married by Rev. DR.. Harris,
of st. Mary's Church. The fashionable
affair drew a most fashionable audience,
as the bride was an acknowledged belle
and beauty in Memphis society The
ushers were General B. H Robertson,
James R. Richardson, A. j. Wendell,
r. V. Vredenburg, Ed Jacobs and W.
Y Hamlin. The happy pair left on a
bridal trip to Louisville and the East.
The records of the Criminal Court will
show up badly tor Ciy Register William
son, who was one of Bill Mclean clerks
and was a witness in the Mclean cases
in the above court. 1t is susceptible of
proof that Williamson swore that when
he knew of the funding" of the State
aud county money in Mclean Office, or
rather its misappropriation or stealing,
he was then writing letters in the papers
in the name of Mclean denying that
any defalcation existed. This testimony
of Williamson places Williamson in no
enviable light. Will be dare to deny IT'D
Among the theatrical nuisances may
be mentioned the chap who frequents
the family circle and laughs aloud at the
pathetic parts of the drama, and so do
ing it onpurpose, insults both the actors
and the audience. This we have heard
often and have looked over the rudeness
of the acts; but it was repeated last
night, when Mr.. Davenport was in the
middle of his grandest scene. The
loud laugh which speaks the vacant
mind we all have heard and pitied, but
the rude laugh of impertinence is in
sulting, and its author should be elected
from the theater when next he essays his