Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-03-12
LEDGER LINES.

for drinks in the Bluff City.
Counterfeit FIVE cent nickels are be-
coming common in Memphis.
The blue.eyed violet appears on male
coat lapels and female bosoms.
The spiritualists hold a meeting at the
Second Circuit Courtroom this evening.
Pigeon shooting match and deer chase
comes off at the Fair Grounds tomorrow.
Next Monday evening Francis Bangs
will appear in La Marseillais at the the.
alter.
The river continues to rise slowly and
overflow the Lower Mississippi bottom
country.
The river is within seventeen inches
Of 1867 high water mark, and is station
airy at present.
Health Officer DR.. Rice and sanitary
squad went to work this morning on the
streets and alleys.
Monday next, St. Patricks day, a
procession of the Irish-American civic
societies will take place.
Prof Mueller will introduce the Ger
man at his soiree dansante, to be given
at the Memphis Club Hall tonight.
Lacy Woodson, larcenist, was COM
mitted by the Recorder to-day in default
Of $4,000 bonds on the charge Of lar.
ceny.
The Memphis oyster season closes
this month, and the lovers of the bivalves
will have to transfer their affections to
some other fish.
Mr.. Chaplin as Enoch Arden " at the
theater tonight. Tomorrow evening
the romantic drama entitled Monte Cristo
will be the attraction.
St. Andrews Society entertained a
large number of guests at the Chickasaw
Club rooms last evening. Music, dane
ing and an elegant supper we're enjoyed.
1t is proposed to have benefit at the
theater next Saturday night for the Mat
tie Stephenson fund. The subscription
collecting committees are ON the rounds
throughout the city.
Judge Flippin, OF the Criminal Court,
being sick to day, special judge Horrigan
adorned the bench to hear the case Of
Henry Bender, on trial for the murder
Of the boy Wyman, in Chelsea, a few
months since.
Three feet of water are in the cellars
under the County Court building, and
the sink in the alley is running over,
thereby pertaining the neighborhood in
a manner not fully appreciated by the
public.
Clay street (colored) school house will
be opened tomorrow afternoon. Exer-
cses at Beal Street Baptist Church i'm
mediately after the ceremonies. The
Mayor and General Council and School
Board have been invited to attend.
Last evening a rural gentleman fell
asleep in the theater during the perform
ance of Enoch Arden. He remained un.
disturbed until he insisted upon snoring,
when a policeman woke him up and in
formed him that he was receiving en-
tirely too much amusement for dollar.
In the Criminal Court to-day Pitts
burgh Mat a well-dressed but we'll
known chap was placed under $500
bond for his good behavior. The detec-
tives wanted to have him waltz up and
have his mug taken by photographer
to adorn the rogues' gallery, |
but Mat seriously objected to the pro-
ceedings.
The new ten cent fractional currency
note, series of 1874, is in circulation. 1t
is a trihe larger than the last series. The
portrait of VIM M. Meredith, Secretary
of the Treasury during the administra-
ton of President Tyler, adorns the face
of the note The reverse of the note
has the usual legend engraven upon it,
and is printed in green.
Hop" of the Appeal, has abandoned
dancing lessons, the terpsichorean pro-
lessor being unable to induce him to
keep time or kick a figure. The best
dancing man in the academy |
is Colonel Brewer, of the Avalanche,
who goes through the double shuttle in
style that would make the ballet troupe |
weep.
The city will take up the Nicolson
pavement on Beal, between Main and !
Shelby, and lay down rock and gravel.
Next Saturday the Mayor and other
of the City Council viii go
down the Mississippi and Tennessee
railroad to near Coldwater and examine