Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-08
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man at the Club Hall tonight
There was masquerade ball at the
Grand Central Hotel last night.
Cremated noses are in full blast in the
Bluff City--among the gentlemen.
Esther Club of old Continental folks
will give another concert at the theater
tonight.
Everybody is either whistliRg or sing
ing the Baker and Farron specially, Tim
Flaherty.
The Supreme Court has decided that
the State has no right to impose privi-
lege tax on lawyers.
The Christian Brothers College festi-
val at the Exposition Building will be
continued this evening.
The linen duster has been brought
forth from its twelve months retirement,
and does duty once more.
Mr.. Il. P. McNeely won the silver
goblet as the best shot last night at the
Exposition building festival.
Amateur dramatic performance at the
theater next Monday evening for the
benefit of the sufferers by overflow.
The Japanese troupe of acrobats and
jugglers at the Jefferson street Vaude-
Vile Theater are wonderful performers
and are well worth seeing.
How to deodorize lager beer is the
question with young men who leave the
Old Folks concerts between parts for
the purpose of breathing"
The jury in the Mclean embezzle-
tnent case was slightly tempered with,
which probably accounts somewhat fer
the failure to render a verdict.
DR.. Baird, of Nashville, will preach in
the Court street Cumberland Presbyte-
rian church tonight at eight o clock and
to- at half-past ten o'clock am.
Judge Walker, sitting by interchange
with Chancellor Morgan, Of the First
Chancery Court, yesterday granted a
divorce to Mrs. Cornelia G. Pickett from
her husband E. Pickett, jr
Last evening in the First Circuit
Court Josephine Jones (colored), filed
an application for divorce against Ma
thaniel Jones on nearly all the grounds
mentioned in the cclifed laws of the
State.
japanese Troupe matinee at the Mem
phis Theater tomorrow, assisted by
leading members of the Vaudeville
Theater. The "Japs" are wonderful
iugglers, belancers and speciality act
performers.
The German Casino club elected Off
GERS last evening. President, j. G. Lull'
man; Vice President, Charles II. Voc
geli Secretary, Thomas Krekel; Treasu'
rer, l. Roescher; Steward, G. W. Reiter;
Librarian, s. Deutsch.
No decoration of Confederate graves
this year in Memphis. The beautiful
ceremony has ceased to be celebrated,
and even the monument which was to
have been erected at the Cemetery re-
mains unfinished. 1t now stands as q
statue representing Forgetfulness."
A masquerading female at the ball
last night refused well known newsra-
per man when he invited her to waltz,
on the grounds that it was highly i'm
proper; yet the same female took seven
drinks OF Robinson county within sixty
minutes. The attendance Of improper
characters was large.
Colonel James Brizzolari, formerly OF
this city, but now of Fort Smith, Arkan-
sas, is Brigadier General under Brooks,
and was captured by the Sheriff OF
johnson County yesterday, while he and
a squad of men were in possession Of
the steamer Robert Temple at Spadra,
on the Arkansas river.
Lottery business Aourishes in Mem
phis; since the capital prize of the Louis
vile Lottery was scooped in by the Bluff
ties, the rage for investing in lotteries
and all other games of chance has in
creased. Any lottery scheme can dis
pose of tickets in Memphis, be the
scheme honest or a swindle. Rafting
has gone MP to high favor, Whenever a
Memphian has an old diamond pin, a
watch and chain, an old broken-dowH
horse, or any other article of which he
has grown weary and desires to dispose
Of, he puts it up at a rattle in some ad-
iacent saloon. The price at which it is
ratified for is generally an advance Of
from one to five hundred per cent. on
the cost price when new. The humber
Of gentlemen who do this thing is aston
ishing, and the number who take
chances is even more wonderful. The
rafting business has become a nuisance