Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-14
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Ex-Alderman Andrew Davis has beef
appointed Mayors clerk.
All the courts will be open in the nev
courthouse next Monday.
The German Casino Club will ball an,
] banquet at Cochran Hall next Tuesds.
night.
The United States courtroom, in tn
new courthouse, is being fitted up in al
elegant manner.
The streets are crowded with countr,
people who are here shopping and visit
ing the Exposition.
Professor Mueller's pupils will appeal
at the Edwin Adams matinee at the the
ater this afternoon.
A three hundred pound turtle, from
Horn Lake was stranded in front o
Gaston's this morning.
From twenty to fifty wanderers nov
sleep at the station.house nightly since
the cool weather set in.
DeCastro, the magician, will appear
with his troupe at the Greenlaw Opera
House next Tuesday evening.
The dust ON the streets to day reminds
the man who has never travelled, of the
sand storms in the deserts Of Egypt.
Six thousand people attended the
Exposition last night to witness the bal
let dancing of Professor Mueller's little
pupils.
Chief of Police Athy has splendid
Photographic album containing nearly
five hundred faces, known as the
"rogues' gallery"
Enoch Arden matinee at the theater
this afternoon, and tonight Mr.. Adams
will close his engageme nt in Black-Eyed
Susan, to be followed by farce by the
company.
Professor Mueller and pupils have
been requested to give soiree dsnsante
at the Exposition building next Tuesday
Aight, when all the goods will have been
moved out.
Memphis needs fire alarm telegraph
Immediately. Not single city of any
respectable size ia without such, and
even the village of Nashville has intro
duced the IRE alarm system.
The probabilities are that our public
schools will have to be closed at an
early day on account of the lack of
funds and the failure Of the city govern
ment to come to the assistance of the
schools.
The trial of the case of John McCarty,
who set fire to and destroyed the Louis
vile railroad shops, commenced yester-
day in the Criminal Court. A jury was
impaneled, but the hearing of the testi-
mony was postponed until Monday
next.
The retail game market may be quoted
as follows to-day: Mallard duck, zoe;
gray duck, SOC; quails, Csc each or So
per dozen; squirrels, same prices; rab'
bits, 75c per pair; venison hams and sad
dies, 25c per h.; Reelfoot lake perch, l23
to l5c per Id; sea fish, zoe per Id.
A large gong is being put up in front
of the office Of the Board of Underwri-
tiers, on Madison street. The fire alarm
telegraph has been extended to it from
the Adams street epgine'house, so that
whenever fire breaks out the gong will
sound warning.
In the Second Circuit Court to-day
Amanda Leper filed a petition for divorce
against Frederick Leper. The petition
alleges that they intermarried in April,
1874, and that after living with the
plaintiff for four months and three days
the defendant abandoned her, went to
St. Louis and has since been living with
other persons.
The Ripley News comments as follows;
The EN-. Etheridge ticket, gotten up in
Shelby county to confuse the Democracy
and strengthen the cause of that oily
fraud B. Lewis, was beaten, and the
whole Democratic ticket elected by a
large majority. This, we suppose, will
put an end to the party of miserable
sore-heads who infest the Bluff City"
Candidates for the United States Sem
atorship are coming to the front all over
the State. Our good city of Memphis
will furnish two or more candidates for
the office, and will also furnish FIVE or
more candidates for the State Comptrol-
lership. Several of the latter have
already announced themselves on the
streets.
Our Senators and Representatives.
elect are receiving bundles of letters
daily from thirsty ofice.seekers around
Nashville, who wish to hold the positions
of clerks, doorkeepers, etc. All these
letters come addressed in most formal
manner to The Hon. Jack -" etc.
and the documents are put away care
fully for future reference-iB the waste
basket or stove.
Information reached the city yester-
day of the death of John C. Harrison,
clerk of the Circuit Court, at Ssrdis, Pa
nola county. Mississippi. Mr.. Harrison