Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-11
LEDeER LINES.

broken cut on the blum.
Ninety-nine prisoners are now con.
fined in the county Jail.
Christmas goods are on exhibition
everywhere and are being sold rapidly.
The Brsder Bund Society will give q
ball at Cochran Hall next Monday
evening.
Twenty cases Of misdemeanor were
disposed of at the Police Court this
morning.
The Vicksburg war having ended, sew.
eral volunteers from Memphis are on
their way home.
The msckerels of the city are
very unhappy because the barefoot
season has ended.
The Pearl of Savoy, very charming
play, was most attractively presented at
the theater last night.
The theater will be closed next week
until Wednesday night, when it will be
opened for the Esther Club.
Pythian promenade concert and hop
at the Exposition building next Tuesday
uight. Secure your tickets in time.
Election of treasurer for the Cotton
Exchange tomorrow. No registr alton
papers needed as prerequisite to vot-
ing.
Old Curiosity Shop matinee at the
theater tomorrow, when Katie Putnam
will appear as Little Nell i" and the
" Marchioness.
The Gibson county Ku.Klux cases
we're dismissed by Judge Ballard of the
United States Court yesterday on the
ground of want of jurisdiction.
The Northern Knights Templar who
were entertained here yesterday ex-
pressed themselves as highly grati6ed at
their reception in the Bluff City.
Those residing in the suburbs can now
rely upon the fact that street-cars will be
in attendance at the theater nightly for
the accommodation Of the public.
McCarty, the man who burned the
Louisville railroad shops about year
ago, was sent to the penitentiary for TWO
years by jury of the Criminal Court.
The Appeal man goes to the theater
for the purpose of hunting up fiends,
and the Avalanchian goes for the pur-
pose of listening to the orchestral music.
Merchants will remember that the best
work is done at the LEDGER steam job
office, where they can get anything from
a bill head up to an immense show
poster
Religious revivals are progressing
West Tennessee, except in
Memphis, where the people are too reli-
gious and moral to need such reforma-
tory procee dings.
The Police Board failed to meet yes
terday, and in consequence those inter-
ested in police matters feel that their
heads are safe on their shoulders for
few days at least.
A gang of housebreakers and sneak
thieves is making it lively for suburban
residents. Keep your pistols and guns
loaded, and when you see burglar or
thief send for policeman.
The Esther Cantata rehearsal will be
r shearsal Monday evening at the Men
delssohn Club-rooms AMI in full dress.
The Cantata will be presented at the
theater next Wednesday night.
Sheriff Anderson returned from Nash
vile to-day, having left large delegation
at the penitentiary. The warden of the
prison informed Sheriff Anderson that
there were 997 convicts now under his
charge.
Scores of strangers out Of work and
money apply for lodging at the Adams
street station.house nightly. These peo'
pie are from the icy regions of the
North, and are on their way southwark
like migratory birds.
The Elizabeth T. and the Henry W.
B. scandal is again coming to the front
in the telegraphic dispatches. What a
pity it is that the intelligent press agents
will not let the foul Plymouth church
birds remain unnoticed.
The Governors medical experts hav-
ing reported adversely to the selection
of the Memphis site for lunatic asy-
lum, the Governor withholds his APP
provai. There seems to be method in
the madness of some people.
A lightning calculator adds no little
to the business air of the corner of Mad
ison and Main streets daily. He howls,
figures, gesticnlates and impresses the
wandering negro with the fact that arith.
metic is played.out study.
R. Cutter and George Anderson we're
each fined fifty dollars and placed under
three thousand dollars by the Recorder
on the charge OF carrying deadly and
ooncaalad weanons with a view TO
Strengthening their fellow-citizens.
A hundred Venuses transit Main
street daily. yet no savant or astronomer
has had the .temerity to take a micro
metic survey, the measurement, deelina-