Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-17
LEDGER LINES.
LOtta-ry at the Memphis Theater to.

ApphcauOns Tor once are DeAhg maue
by the hundred at the Mayors office.
But eight cases of minor importance
appeared ON the Recorders Court docket
to-day.
Jack Walsh, Councilman Of the First
ward has been elected county under
taker for 1874
Confederate Relief Association bal
masque at the Exposition building next
Thursday evening.
The only way to prevent the reserved
seat troubles at the theater is to sell
the tickets at one office only.
The General Council will be called
together next Tuesday or Wednesday to
consider nominations for city Offices.
Next Monday evening 7. C. King, an
eminent English trsgedian, will appear
as Hamlet" ct the Memphis Theater.
7. P. Holland offers reward for the
recovery of watch and chain recently
stolen. See notice in another column.
Ten thousand dollars worth of city
bonds were sold yesterday at forty-four
cents. They were worth forty-one cents
on the LIST of January, election day.
The County Court Clerk could pro-
duce but two marriage licenses this
week: Fred Wall and Mrs Elizabeth
Soenkers; Gus Lofstrom and Miss Hulda
Dohlstrom.
Mayor Wood, of Cairo, Illinois, is in
the city as the guest of Mayor League,
who showed the Illinois dignitary the
public buildings and other bluff attrac-
tons to-day.
"Pips," Mrs. O'Byrne, will give read
ings and Rotations at the Assembly
Hall Wednesday evening next, for the
benefit of st. Marys Church, Father
Lucius, pastor.
Jimmy Corwin, of the cosy news
stand in the Bethel block, has received
Godey's, Peterson's and Harpers' maya
zines for February; also, all the late
weeklics and dailies.
Martin Grace, a Waterman at the
Louisville depot, was run over last night
by the switch engine of that ro@d, and
received injuries from the effects Of
which he died this morning.
An English machinist named Henry
bingham was found dead in his bed at a
lodging house on Shelby street yester-
day. The coroner's jury returned a
verdict of accidental death.
Next week the General Council will
be- called together to settle the great
az ony Of appointments to minor Offices.
Mayor League has list of many hun
dred names to look over casually ere he
makes his selection.
Amateur newspaper controversies gen.
orally become Disguised with each other
toward the close of the argument. The
last word is fought for, but the last argu-
ment is ignored. Such is the fate of
amateur scribblers in Memphis.
Snow fell to the depth Of three inches
at Jackson and Canton, Mississippi, on
Thursday night. The trains bound up
ward to Grenada we're delayed in conse-
quence of heavy.snow on the track. The
snowfall did not reach Grenada
The latest novelty in the theatrical
fend business is the man in the dress
circle who repeats aloud whatever good
thing is said on the stage, just as if his
neighbor did not have wit enough to
catch the idea without repetition OF
the words.
1t is painfully unpleasant when a
theatrical audience fails to catch wit
ticism or pun on the wing and ten sec
onds after the colloquial shaft has disap-
peared to hear fringe Of applause
break forth from the back seats of the
dress circle.
The Overton Hotel property, which
will probably be purchased for court
house purposes at cost of $l50,000, is
assessed at $4,000, and has been pur-
chased by the city for taxes due in 1872.
The cost of changing the building for
courthouse purposes will be at least
$4,000.
The County Court has filed petition
in the First Circuit Court to recover
$4,000 from j. ]. Busby and s. Folwell,
bondsmen of Trustee A. Woodward on
school bond, and to recover $50 900 from
j. H. Edmondson and W. h. Cherry,
bondsmen of A. Woodward, on taxes,
warrants, etc.
The Grand Jury and the Quarterly
Court committee on county poor house
investigations present contradictory re-
ports. The Grand Jury said the poor
house management was all wrong" but
the Quarterly Court committee say it was
"all right" Which is right and which is
wrong2 are the vexed questions to be
settled.
A gentleman visited a leading cotton
merchant yesterday and informed him
that he (the merchaht) had made a mis-
take against himself in a cotton sale of
one hundred and fifty pounds of cotton,
and he desired to pay for the difference
in weight. The cotton man looked at
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