Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-20

terday.
There are many Memphians who do
not object to be overrsted, except by the
assessors.
The police court docket failed to fur
nish a respectable item of news this
morning.
The street repairing force is patching
up the Nicolson on Adams street, east
of Second
Lots OF honeymoonshine will be en-
joyed in Memphis during the present
and next month
Next Monday we will have Humpty
Dumpty at the Greenlaw and the Majil-
to the theater.
Professor DeCastro and troupe at the
Greenlaw Opera House this evening.
There will be DeCastro matinee to-
morrow.
The LEDGER steam job printing Office
is the place to get the best work done at
the lowest price. Cards, letter heads,
etc cotton up in the neatest style.
The Avalancbian informs the world
this morning that hot steam was
turned on in the registers of the new
court house yesterday" Who ever heard
Of cold stesm7
The river has been getting so low at
this point that fears we're entertained
that big boat would not long be able to
SWING corners in the stream, but the
present weather is indicative Of rise.
The public school question is being
written to death. A little work would do
more good toward sustaining the public
schools than the immense volume OF
rhetoric that is being expended at pres
ent.
The Supreme Court of the State has
adjourned at Knoxville. The lawyers
tax case and the railroad freight case
we're held under advisement. The Court
will meet at Nashville on the second
Monday in December.
Memphis has the reputation among
theatrical people Of furnishing the moist
EST aud most enthusiastic gallery audi
ence of any city in the land. When the
gallery critics howl for an encore il
generally has to come.
The citizens of Chelsea, Hupertstown
and Fort Pickering have organized pat
rolls to protect themselves and property
from burglars and ncendiaries. The
police force is not sufficiently strong in
numbers for this purpose.
When will the Memphis boys cease
whistling the Mulligan Guards march
The late visit OF Baker and Farron to
our city put money in their pockets, but
started over again all the whistling mu
sicians on that Mulligan business.
1t is understood that Mayor League
will veto the ordinance adding six men
to the police police for the better pro
lection Of property in the city. The
force at present is the smallest in the
Union, when the territory to be pstrolled
is taken into consideration.
Persons having no especial business il
our editorial rooms will call during bust
ness hours as often as their health viii
permit, or send doctors certificate il
lse of absence. Bill collectors will call
at three pm; the editors leave theil
sanctums at two and half pm. daily
The station.house prisoners complain
that they DO not get sufficient amount
of food, and that which they receive is
OF bad quality. The Mayor has been
investigating the matter, and il the com
plants are well founded it is to be hoped
that he will order better bill Of fare foI
he city boarders.
Sending that delegation to New York
in order TO bold convention with the
city bondholdiug creditors will cost the
city two thousand dollars, and it will
also advertise to the world through the
New York press the bad condition Of
the city finances. All of which will
probably help the city credit both at
home and abroad.
A spiritualistic medium, Mrs. Hollis,
is now in the city; so we may expect
manifestations ere long. The spirits
should be interviewed on the school
question. the election Of United States
Senator from Tennessee and the ap
preaching January municipal elections,
90 that the spirits can be made useful as
we'll as ornamental.
The clerk Of the steamer Frank For
est presented a splendid American gray
eagle to the LEDGER Office to-day. The
noble bird measured SIX ieet from tip to
tip, and weighed about twenty pounds.
Il was shot yesterday by Mr.. J. b. Viii
liams, Of Borum's Landing, Ark. Mr..
Williams bad been trying for weeks to
kill this king Of the air, and yesterday
succeeded in bagginE the noble game
feat which but few men have been able
to accomplish.
That company Of United States troop,
which has been camped at Alexander
Park since before the November election