Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-12-10
LEDGER LINES.
The Police Board WIN meet To-day.

Inc city was enveiopeu III uehse ivy
or smoke last night.
Katie Putnam as the pearl Of Savoy"
at the theater tonight.
The St. Louis Templars passed up last
night on the Great Republic.
The Knights of Pythias will drill at
the Exposition building this evening.
Attend the Pythian Grand Concert
and Hop at the Exposition next Tuesday
evening.
The dead head" business has not
aourished at the theater since the street.
car muddle.
The Mississippi Legislature has been
called to meet in extra session on Thurs
day, the 18th instant.
A lively fight for Aldermanic and
Councilmanic honors is progressing in
many OF the wards of the city.
Sixty.fve steamers and any number Of
fats and trading boats arrived at our
landing during the past seven days.
1t will cost the city from one to two
thousand dollars to hold that bond
holders convention in New York next
week.
The Knights Templar paraded on the
streets to day in honor OF the arrival OF
the New Orleans pilgrims, who are wend-
ing their way homeward.
The Memphis Mardi Gras Carnival OF
February, 1875, will be splendid enter
tainment. Already arrangements are
making for the celebration.
Memphis bellies now carry immaculate
white handkerchicfs in the same man
ner and location as men carry derringers
in the rear or back pocket.
The Irish Literary Association meets
to night at 80 Poplar street, near Main.
Spectators are always welcome, and the
proceedings usually interesting.
The New York Herald says that our
Congressman elect, Fl. Casey Young,
favors for the Speakership S. s. Cox, of
New York, or N. P. Banks, of Massa-
chusetts.
During the present dramatic season it
has been noticed that all the star" who
have appeared in our city had bad
attacks of the pet poodle or black-and-
tan epidemic.
A new moon shines for all nightly and
will become brighter and hang longer on
the ragged edge of the heavens as the
earth revolves on its axes during the
next ten days.
The Esther Club will render the Cam
tata of Esther next Wednesday evening
at the theater. The chorusses will be
rendered by one hundred voices, aided
by instrumental accompaniment.
The School Board will assemble on
next Monday evening for the purpose of
considering the charges made against
Superintendent Pickett aud Principal
Barnum of the Clay street school.
The Gibson county Ku-Klux cases are
up for hearing before Judge Ballard, Of
the United States Court, on motion to
dismiss or to quash the indictments on
the ground of want of jurisdiction.
The LEDGER has clearly developed the
fact that there are 'emoluments" con.
nected with the School Board and that
there are sinecure positions also which
have been distributed within the ring.
The men who sit in the windows of the
theater and not on seats are declared to
be the latest theatrical ienis. Last
night representatives of the Avalanche
Appeal and LEDGER occupied these loca.
lions.
The new steamer for the DeSoto
street boys vas again tasted yesterday
on the corner of Jones avenue and Ala
bama street, and gave considerable sat
isfaction to the committee of investiga'
ton.
Andy johnson is making another
circle, swing or swoop through Tennes
see from The village of Greenville. he
will be in Memphis ip 8 DAY Of two in
order to get the Shelby delegation all
straight on the first ballot.
For the month of October the hard
working teachers Of our public schools
only received twenty dollars, or one
| fourth of their salaries but it is charged
that for the same month the higher off
I Gals got their salaries in full.
In toe Second ehancery Court to day
Augusta Wolf filed a bill for divorce
against G. W. Wolf, on the grounds Of
drunkenness, cruel and inhnman treat
ment, abandonment and other causes moi
necessary to mention.
That philosophic and learned hog on
the corner of Main and Washington
streets has been ordered out of the city
by the, Mayor, who does not believe in
either The Dargipien Or Typdallic theO-
ries as To the origin OF speoiss,
A dispatch was received here to-day
by Mr.. George Gillian, a well known
lawyer of our city, to the effect that his
father died at his residence, near St.
op;s Yesterday. Mr.. Gillian left for