Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-13
LEDGER LINES.

There was FIRE on Adams street, near
Orleans, this morning.
The General Council stands adjourned
until next Monday evening.
Several REVEALS are progressing in the
different churches Of our city.
Brownsville is putting on city airs. 1t
will have big horse trot tomorrow.
On Tuesday evening next the De-
Castro troupe at the Greenlaw Opera
House.
Cupid still fingers around the city
and suburbs, and rumors of weddings
still float throughout the village
Judge Ray opened up the Bartlett Cir.
cult Court yesterday. The civil docket
will be taken up daily until finished.
Steam pipes have been introduced into
the new courthouse, making the build
ing quite habitable during cold weather.
John c. Lanier has been appointed
one OF the city assessors, vice j. B.
Drake, resigned on account of inability.
The Exposition will close for the sea-
son tomorrow night. Tonight Prof.
Mueller will give an exhibition ofdancing
at the Exposition.
The steamboat flags hung at half-mast
yesterday out of respect to the memory
of Robert Good, who some years ago was
wharfmaster of the city.
There will be no dramatic attraction
at the theater next week, but on Thurs
day night Cal Wagner's Minstrels will
open up an engagement for three nights
The Bartlett Circuit Court stands ad-
journed until next Monday. Judge
Ray, of said court, will open the Pro-
bate Court tomorrow in the new court
house.
The police authorities announce the
arrival of a number of thieves in the
city. Let the thieves be arrested and
made to walk the plank on the next train
or boat.
Judge M. G. Smelser, city editor of the
Avalanche, has returned from trip to st.
Louis. The Judge will enter at once
upon his duties as swinger of lead
pencil and item.snatcher.
The presence Of SO many able.bodied
males out OF employment and begging
in the city at present is accounted for
by their absence from the cotton fields,
where work is offered to all.
In the Criminal Court to-day jury is
being impaneled in the case of the State
VS., John McCarty, Indictment for burn
ing the shops and works of the Memphis
and Louisville Railroad Company.
The current expenses of the city gov
eminent are four hundred and fifty
thousand dollars per annum, and the
interest on bonds, which is two hundred
and thirty-nine thousand dollars per an
mum.
That fence across Main street, near
Georgia, is the dividing line between
taxpayers and non-taxpayers, as the
city cannot impose or collect taxes
when it fails to keep the streets and
highways open.
EdwinAdams will appear as Rover in
Wild Oats at the theater tonight. At the
matinee tomorrow Enoch Arden will be
repeated, and in addition Mons. Mueller
will give an exhibition of his pupils in
ballet advertisement.
Last night the Council adopted reso.
luton requesting the city government to
pay the policemen and firemen to whom
several months wages are due. The reso-
luton might have embodied the sugges-
ton that the city pay all other debts.
The negroes in the suburbs are begin
ming to prepare for the approaching
winter season by making raids upon
their neighbors. An appeal to the shot
gun is all the protection suburban resi-
dents have against midnight robbers.
The collection of tolls on the so called
Nonconnah turnpike has been enjoined
by bill fled in our courts. The bill
was filed against General W. j. Smith
and wife, Horace Andrews and Doyle
Pearson, who are largely interested in
that institution.
At the Recorders Court this morning
]. Walker (negro), charged with assault
and battery and carrying concealed
weapons, was fined $50 and was placed
under $4,000 bonds. Henry Lewis and
Joe Smith (negroes), charged with lar
ceny, were committed in default of
$1,000 bail each.
Those expeFts in the Davenport bust
ness, Mr.. and Mrs. Miller, who puzzled
and fooled many Memphians by their
alleged spiritualistie manifestations, met
with an exposure in Louisiana few
days since. A lamp lighted at the proper
time did the deed, and lamp so lighted
will always do it with such people.
The nominations of registers, put in
to the General Council last evening, have
caused a general kick all over the
city. The list of names is not such as
will be Endorsed by the people, and will
no doubt be rejected By the Board on