Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-01-15
LEDGER LINES.


but will be the evening star after the
23d proximo.
Lolita, as Zip" in the melodrama
entitled Point Lynde Light at the Mem
phis Theater tonight.
r. W. Lightburne received the APP
pointment of notary public from the
Quarterly Court to day.
Colonel Jack Frost visited Memphis
last evening, and froze to everything
from Pinch to Fort Pickering.
The California Minstrels performing
at the Greenlaw Opera House, are the
best that have heen in the city for many
years.
Mayor League is in danger Of being
talked to death by applicants for official
positions, yet he seems to survive the
official affection.
The Circuit and Criminal Courts will
be opened for the January term on Mon
day next, much to the satisfaction OF The
professional juror
During the months of November and
December the Citizens Relief Commit
tee aided 1888 families, and expended
SIS, l73 81 in supplies.
William Leiben. at Joe Locke's old
stand, has all the latest daiIies and
weskhes, and Godey's Lady Book for
February, very attractive number.
The Pole Bearers and their colored
friends will indulge in fancy dress and
masquerade ball at their hall on Main
street on Wednesday evening" the Dist
instant
The proclamation of Menus, Rex of the
Memphis Carnival of Mardi-Gras, is out
His loyal and fun.lovng subjects will
govern themselves accordingly on the
nth proximo.
TIE bal masque, for the benefit of the
orphans, to be given on the 22d, under
the suspices of the Confederate Relief
Association, promises to be the affair of
the masqueradng season.
Chief Athy has an able corps of detec
tives working under his management OF
police affairs, and none of them possess
the respect and confidence of the people
more than Harry Cranmer.
Readings and Rotations by Prof and
Mrs. O'Byrne at the Assembly Hall to-
night. Mayor League will introduce
"Pips to the audience, and the Sodal
ity band will furnish the music.
At last it has been discovered that the
slang phrase, so often heard in Memphis
ITS TOO thin can be found in Sheridan
Knowles play of the Rose Of Aragon.
This makes the phrase respectable and
classical.
The petition signed by hundreds OF onl
best and leading citizens, in favor of the
reappointment of Chief of Police Athy
and published in to.day's LEDGER, vii
be read with interest in this and other
cities.
At an election held yesterday at the
Office of the Mississippi Valley Insur-
ance Company, the following officers
were unanimously reelected; President,
F. S. Davis Vice-Presideut r. V. Vred-
enburgh; Secretary, H. Gronauer.
The question with the CouHty Court is,
What became ofthat 1912, 900 appropriat-
ed by the court to the Selma railroad, but
not expended on the work in this county
The court is determined not to issue any
more scrip until the above amount is
made good.
The Register man grappes with the
issue aud says: " The locals of the APP
peal and Ledger are engaged in a cen
troversy as TO which had on the cleanest
shirt on the night of the disgraceful
scene at the City Hall The Register
man that night settled the question as
to which had on the diriiest shirt-he
had it on.
The city editor of the Appeal wore a
closely buttoned up overcoat and an i'm
maculate paper collar at the late Alder
manic pugilistic meeting. As the
police searched him for arms it
was discovered that the collar
and overcoat composed his entire
apparel, aud he was in a condition to
play the part Of " Lady Godiva" to per
fiction.
The average Memphian who has an
average power of loquacity talks on an
average three hours per diem, when
not candidate for office; then he talks
TIVE MY four hours per diem. AT the rate
Of one hundred words per minute foI
three hours per diem, he talks enough
in one hour to Gil twenty-nine octave
pages, in one week six hundred pages
and in one year fifty-two volumes This
speaks volumes for the talking Mem
phian.
Ii is rumored oH the streets that
President Grant viii nominate one OF
our own constitutional lawyers as Chief
Justice. A Memphian at the head Of
the Supreme Court would be a curiosity,
but who is the coming man2 aud vii
Grant make any distinction between
| Rn.hriies and Loarnoiies2 We have