Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-23
LEDGER LINES.


After weeks rain. we have a clear day at
last.
Nothing of interest progressing in the Courts
to-day.
Next Monday the Quorum Court viii be in
session.
The First Circuit Court has adjourned over
to next Wednesday.
The anniversary Of the Memphis Bethel
was celebrated yesterday.
Pigeon shooting match and deer chase at
the Fair grounds next Thursday.
A board fence in front of the foot Of Madison
street is becoming a standing nuisance.
Next Saturday the Memphis Gas Light Com
pany will elect officers for the ensuing year.
Another police raid swept into the station
house fish net lot of Masdalens last night.
DR.. j. W. Rogers will issue the Southern
Catholic (weekly) in this city on Saturday the
2Sth instant.
Mrs. ChanfiaU at the theater tonight in
A Woman's Wrong. She will be supported by
the Memphis stock company.
The fire brigade. with the AID Of the engines
and fre-plugs. could wash the city clear Of
dirt and filth within two weeks.
Who is the Sublime 0uro? and who is King
Menus? are questions asked daily. Like all
other conundrums, we give them up.
On the night Of Tuesday the 18th of March
81. Patriek's day, the knights Of Irnisfail
will give ball and supper at Cochran Hall.
Memphis is the capital city of Tennessee.
although the village of Nashville contains the
State-house. and is the seat of Government
The names of 500 convicts are registered on
the books of the penitentiary at Nashville,
and Memphis furnishes the largest share Of
representation.
The Louisville railroad shops are to be re-
built. under the direction of 0. II. P. Piper.
The new buildings will be fire. proof, and the
work will commence Immediately.
A very beautiful and well-executed india
ink sketch of the Memphi procession can be
seen in the window of Clark IL Co.'s jewelry
store. 1t is the work of that clever artist Carl
'Gutherz.
The Memphi should not engage in the tab
leaux business. Notwithstanding the general
desire for such q spectacle. The Memphi,
like the Mystic Crew of New Orleans, should
make their appearance but once a year-on
Mardi- Gras night.
A critic who witnessed the murder of Lam
caster by Dick the Third at the theater last
Saturday evening, gravely stated. " We're
an actor would like to be slaughtered like
Lancaster. in the first ac', for then I could go
out and get in my beer for the remainder of
the evening"
Our scientific reporter was informed yester-
day by Mayor Johnston, of Cincinnati, that
the Nicolson pavement in his city is worn out
worse than that of Memphis. and that Cincin-
natl is by far a dirtier city than Memphis.
He regards the Nicolson pavement as Of little
account and very difficult to keep clear of
mud.
Police raids on disreputable houses, under
the. direction of Captain Walsh, are all the
rage at present. The unfortunates are driven
through the streets to the station-house Ike a
lot of wild Texas cattle. but they are released
on payment of ten dollars. which is ruled to
be the exact value of the crime supposed to
have been committed.
A well-known Memphian. deeply in debt
and accustomed to being dunned at every
street corner accidentally stepped on bar
rel hoop this morning on Main street. The
en- of the hoop flew up and tapped him on
the shoulder. Feeling the familiar touch. he
turned around and said. How much is the
biIl2 / have no IN sney now, but come around
in the morning" This time he discovered
that he was not hooped up" by a creditor.
The proprietors of the Memphis Theater
now fully understand that frst-class attrac-
tions will always draw large and fashionable
audiences in ouI city; for instance. notwith-
standing tho bad weather, Barrett's " Ham,
LET. -" Richelieu." 1" Lear. " Richard III"
" Cassius" in Julius Cesar" and Elliott
Gray" in ROsedale, drew large houses. So
during the present season did Lolita, the Fifth
Avenue Combination, and others. The infe-
rior attractions played to a beggarly account
Of empty boxes. nor did they deserve any
thing else.