Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-26
LEDGER LINES.

The ladies do not attend the theater in
force since the season Of Lent opened.
The cheerful Register local now sees sights
which almost freeze his blood with horror"
Has he the . jim-jamsl"
The National Convention of the Brother
hood of Locomotive ENGINEERS is in session
to-day at Cleveland, Ohio.
Mrs. chanfrau will appear in A Woman's
Wrong Tor the last time tonight. Tomorrow
evening Jealousy will be presented.
A Nashyillain says. You couldn't throw a
brick out of a window anywhere now without
hitting n candidate for Governor"
The Charleston railroad is nearly all right
again. The breaks are being repaired, and
trains will run through to-day.
Concerts will be given tonight and to-mor-
row night at Avery Chapel (colored). on the
corner of Gayoso and fernando streets.
MacEvoy's Hibernicon, or Ireland in Amer
| lea, with songs and instrumental music, at
the Assembly Hall next Monday evening.
The average Memphian will sign almost
any petition without reading it. He has
weakness for singing ink through his auto
graph.
veteran observer gays that mankind loves
mysteries. A hole in the Nicolson pavement
excites more wonder than a star in the
heavens.
The International Shutzenfest will be held
at Baltimore in August next. at which will be
delegations from Bremen, Leipsic. Frankfort
and Vienna.
John I. Fargason has succeeded Edgar Me-
Davitt as President of the Bank of Commerce,
and John 0verton, jr., succeeds Mr.. Farga-
son rs Vice President.
Chancellor Walker has refused to. dissolve
the injunction restraining Upton county from
paying subscription of $50, goo to the Mem
phis and Paducah railroad.
The strike on the Eric railroad is ended and
trains are running as usual; so telegram
says ~ c. A. Lawtoa, the agent of the Great
Western Dispatch in this city.
In the Second Circuit Court to-day John
Williams (coloredl filed petition for divorce
against CLANCY Williams on the grounds of
abandonment and other ofenses most ave
To-day is the anniversary of the abdication
of Louis Philippe, the installation of the
provisional government of France and the
proclamation of the Republic which took
place in 1913.
It is now rumored that the notice served on
the saloon keepers purporting to come from
a committee of temperance ladies was the
work of a wag who invested few dollars in
postal cards.
| Ia Colonel Avery's bird cage or aviary in,
the Criminal Court twelve black birds we're
seated this morning in order to await trial and
receive justice at the haNds of their peers who
sit in the petit jury-box.
A mandamus nsi wGs issued in the First
Circuit Court to-day in the case Of Louden
Bros. VS.. John League ct al, to ceanpel the
city to pay certain paving judgments amount
Ding to several theussnd dollars.
Quite large crowd went out on the trains
to-day to the Pair Grounds, in order to. Wit
ness the pigeon shooting match, TIE deer and
\ fox chases. which take place under the aus
pices of the Bluff City Shooting Club
The rule. " Go to work or go to the chain
gang" has ruined the lodging department of
the Adams street station-house. Last night
| Dub w eHtg~elA dpEAlSu loukAhAs uut sum-
weeks since hundreds applied nightly.
Madame Parque, a Haytian, lectured at 8
colored church before large audience last
evening. The subject The Negro, Past,
| Present and Future was abl3 handled, and
was embelished with mass Of facts interest
ing and valuable.
A street procession is defined by the Chicago
l q,;,,os 40 h. rol;o nf eanlol pagaoutvv
representa- nine parts brute force and enc
| part idiOtic Stiffness" This would be true as
| to the "One.part," provided the Times man
! was in the procession.
| A pGir of woodcock eggs on exhibition at
| Gaston's attEasted the attertion of a rural
gourmand this morning, land ne ordered a
| dozen of them scrambled" When inferm-
| ed that they we're worth Eve dollars pair he
scrambled outof the house.
SomsbodySrites to the Church Journal to
say that waters" instead of bread have
been introdRoed in the administration Of the
Lords Supper in the Episcopal Diocese Of
Tennessee. ana asks If there is no law against
it. The journal says No."
In Birmingham, England. John Bright had
only to expend s145 in order to become a
member of Parliament. lnGiemphis election
expenses are somewhat heavier. and the man
who would confne his liberality to the Bright
limit would be elected to stay at home.
The Memphis Theater stock company on
Monday next goes to Jackson, Tennessee. for
the week. aid will open out in heavy dramatic
pieces to the denizens of thatEillage. During
their raid into the rural districts Owens and
his conpanya7ill appear at the theater. The
actors call these bucolic raids barn storm
ing"
Colenel Alexander will deliver a lectureat
the United States courtroom tonight. Sub
ject: Causes of steam boiler explosions"
We do not know that the subject will be prao-
tically illustrated. but should it be, we should
prefer to be absent until the greet law Of gray-
itation forced the fragments Of the boiler to
return earthWard.
A poetic youththus apostrophises the women
who lead the anti whisky war; 20, woman
in our hour Of ease, you know wen do
whateer you please; Wen promise TO re-
nounce the sin. of Bourbon fbrandy. rum and
gin, and go so far as TO refrain Except when
temptedl from champagne; bur have some
mercy do, my dear, and leave. oh leave us
lager beer f"
All over our city, in front and in rear Of
s-haol. har