Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-01

4hc mcmDefs VI tue ltailau oOClely
will meet at their hall this afternoon at
two o'clock for the purpose Of attending
the funeral Of Mr. Angelo Vaccaro.
In the Criminal Court this morning.
Ed Cole (negrO) was convicted Of the
larceny Of a pair Of boots, and was sen.
fenced to FIVE years Imprisonment in the
State ~penitentiary.
Sheriff Anderson will leave tomorrow
for Nashville in charge Of a batch Of
gentlemen convicted during the present
term of the Criminal Court and SEN
fenced to the ~penitentiary.
On Saturday, an Italian living with
Mr.. Brinkley on Poplar street, lost his
little daughter, aged eleven years. The
police so far have been unable to find
her, although a dilligent search has been
made.
Charles Trotter, the railroad news
butcher" was committed to jail in de.
fault of $4,000 bail on the charge of
killing Joe Hyatt, in this sity, on Mardi-
Gas night. The other parties who as
sisted in the murder have escaped arrest
by fleeing from the city.
The Sheriff of Clarksville, johnson
county, Arkansas, will arrive in the city
tomorrow for the purpose of taking back
with him Browdesky, the man who was
arrested here on the charge of having
counterfeit coin in his possession and
passing it in Arkansas.
The month of March recalls a period
of Roman history. This month is the
third of our present calendar, but was
the first in the early Roman calender.
Among SOM of the Latin Christian ma
tons it marked the commencement Of
the year till the eighteenth century.
The English legal year began March %,
until the change of style in 1852. This
month was named, according to tradi-
ton, III honor of his father Mars.
Last Saturday afternoon two horses
attached to a rockaway ran away on
Adams street. Just beyond the bayou
a wheel smashed; the negro driver vas
pitched cut; be stood on his head for a
few minutes, then reversed himself with
ease and dignity. The occupants were
seriously injured, Miss Britton being
bruised ON the head, arm and body;
Miss Fanny Brown received internal in
iuries, and Miss Blanche Jones had a
limb hurt and an elegant dress ruined,
Among the Mardi- Gras incidents of
interest il is now charged that the super
intendeHt of that unfortunate and pow
erty stricken corporation, the Charles
ton railroad, refused to permit tickets to
the ball Of the "Ulks' to be sold at the
Main street Office unless the committee
Of the "Ulks' would agree to pay him q
per centage on such sales. The enter
prise and public spirit Of the railroad
official was not appreciated, and no
tickets were left for sale on these terms
or any other terms.
The effect of a slight gratuity upon a
Memphis barber shop colored clothes
buster is electrical and varies according
to the amount paid. A nickel brings an
inspection Of the coin, as if expectingit
to change into a thing larger; ten cents
produces "'bliged;" fifteen cents, thank
you, sir" twenty cents, thank you, Col.
%onel;" a quarter, thank you, General"
and a profound bow, a grin, a%lacrity to
End your hat, a slash or two at your coat
tail and the door held open for you to
make your exit.
Coupons in the Louisville lottery are
cheap to-day. Why the prizes we're
scaled down sixty,two per cent. aud why
no corresponding per cent. deduction
was made in the prices of tiokets2 is
one of those cheerful c%onundrums that
many fellows are trying to solve. On a
basis Of sixty.two per cent. off, the whole
ticket would not be worth more than
twenty dollars, instead of fifty; but then
why did the association u just
after that second p%ostponement that
four.ffths Of the tickets were already sold,
when it now turns out that four.ffths of
the ticket. holders are sold, and the other
9th badly demoralized2 We did not
hold any coupon, for which impecunious
luck, we are truly thankful to Miss For.
tune.
EIGHT barges st. Bernard coal just