Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-10-07
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was placed on trial on the charge O
horse stealing.
The Stetson Combination will appea
in the Streets of New York at tn
theatsr tonight.
4 Numbers of young men out of EN-
ployment are seeking places of bushes
throughout the city
Tomorrow morning Mozart's Requiem
High Mass will be chanted at st. Peter
(Catholic) church.
New York Gift Show and exhibition
of magic and ventriloquism at thu
Assembly Hall tonight.
The County Court adjourned to-day
out of respect to the memory Of I. G.
Bleckley former Chairman of that
court.
The amateur Nimrods are out daily
blazing away at wild ducks, squire Is
wild pigeons, partridges and other gam c
animals.
In police circles everything is quiet.
Chief of Police Athy and Councilman
Barinds will be home from st. Louis
this afternoon.
Mr.. William Rosselle, the we'll known
commercial editor of the Appeal, has
returned to his work after a summer
sojourn in Canada.
The stockholders of the Charleston
railway are in session at the Greenlaw
Opera House to-day for the purpose of
selecting officers for the ensuing year.
Trotting match for horses that have
never beaten three minutes, a bench show
of dogs, and shooting matinee at ten
single birds for $500 in prizes, at the
County Fair to-day.
If the City Railway Company repairs
the Nlcolson between the tracks, Main
and other streets will begin to become
passable once more.
A. E. FARMLAND, the State and County
Tax Collector elect, gave bond of two
hundred and thirty thousand dollars
yesterday, and is now ready to assume
the functions of his office.
The Memphis Exposition managers
are preparing for the grand opening
which takes place on tomorrow week,
Thursday, the 18th instant. The Old
Memphis Brass Band will furnish the
music.
The shell oyster is now being devoured
by the thousand by the ish-loving inhab-
itants of the bluff who are able to invest
half dollar by way of barter for
dozen of the bivalvular testaceous
animals.
Yesterday everybody asked some
friend: Have you read Casey Young's
speech?" Some said yes" others re-
piled mo-" but it was generally agreed
that whether they read it or not it was a
good speech.
There will be religious services of
special interest this evening at halfpast
seven o'clock in the lecture room of the
Linden street Christian church. Stran-
gers and visitors in the city are respect
fully invited to attend.
1t has been decided in Massachusetts,
that if woman lends money to her
husband she cannot get it back. This
is also the law in Memphis, and in many
instances If man lends money to " his
wife " neither can he get it back.
Those of our citizens who have not the
time to visit the shops of the modistes
and inspect the new fall bonnets can
perform that pleasing task by visiting
any one of our leading churches next
Sunday.
The opposition ticket for the Legisla-
ture has not been fully made up as yet,
but will be this week. 1t is hoped by the
Radicals that the solid negro vote added
TO the votes of the recalcitrant Conser-
vatives will enable Rad or two to slip
into the legislative halls.
That was good old moralist who said,
So live that no association or circum-
stance can affect your character or repu-
.ation," and he might have added had he
lived in Memphis, and always possess
such breath that nothing can affect it,
not even onions
Some poetical chap has said that a
smile costs the giYer nothing, but if he
was a candidate for office in Memphis
be would discover that the giver has to
pay about fifteen cents each for Smiles"
or dollar for seven, unless, indeed, he
treated to lager, when FIVE cent smile
comes to the front.
During the present month Indiana,
Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, West
Virginia and Dakota hold general cleo
ions on the 18th. On the l4th Georgia
elects Legislature; on the 2lst, South
Carolina elects county officers, and on
he Sd of November the Tennessee
State election comes off.
1t may be of some little interest to !
hose who intend embarking on the mat 7
imonial sea Of troubles to know that the
xact population of the earth has been