Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-31
LEDGER LINES.

row, New Years Day.
Three dozen good oranges for one dol
lar at Oliver, Finnie 4 Co.'s.
Alf Burnett, the humorist and charac-
ter delineator, at the theater again to.
night.
Tomorrow will be a good day for
shooting at the gallery, No. 40 Jefferson
street.
The General Council will holds seance
on next Wednesday evening, the 9th
proxino.
Even the monthly bill collector will be
around calling tomorrow in search of
money instead Of cakes and ale.
Tracy & Co. will fill orders for their
unique aud elegant New Years call
cards till IL O'Clock tomorrow.
The LEDGER reporter interview with
the spooks" at the seance has been
republished in the Nashville American.
Tomorrow will be the anniversary Of
the issuance Of the emancipation proc
lamation by President Lincoln in 1863.
The LEDGER will not be published &C.
morrow; its employees will celebrate the
great anniversary ushered in by the new
year.
To morrow will be the anniversary Of
" swearing of"-an annual Barmece.
dean feast INDUCED in by the intemper.
ate Of the Rip Van Wrinkle school.
The different societies that celebrate
Mardi-Gras are making preparations.
The Memphi, Ulks, Mystic Crew, Night
Jewellers, ETC., are all at work getting
ready for the great carnival.
The centennial caller, who will work
up his one hundred visits, will b. out on q
raid tomorrow, and by dark he will have
to be carried up stairs to his room, the
cake and vine doing the business.
In another column will be found the
notice Of the removal of the law Office
of Messrs. 4Randolph, Hammond & Jor
dan to No. 1853 Second street, west side
north Of Poplar, within one square of tn,
courthouse.
The Avalanche men, from the leading
editor down to the river reporter, are mex
to interview the Millerite materializa
tons and present their tests. Wait I'm
til the Avslanchian punster gets
chance at the ghosts and you will Sc,
something.
A change Of schedule time Of the Mis-
sissippi and Tennessee railroad will tax
place on Sunday. The mail train vii
leave until further orders at 1910 p.m
and the express train at 4:lO p m. TIL
express train will arrive at 3 a. m. ant
the mail train at 2:2O pm.
William Arm visited the.establishmen
Of Ella Purdy yesterday afternoon, an
because he could not arrange matters hi
own way, drew a knife and cut a forty
dollar mattress and q lot Of valuabl
bed-clothes to pieces. he was arreste
and locked upby the police and col
Quoted to q cell at the ststion-house.
Those who wish to indulge in cannon
pistol, sky-rocket, roman candle or fir
cracker shooting within the corporatio
can do so on the bluffs, the order Of tn
Police Commissioners not prohibitin
such at that place; but on the streets p,
destrians should be protected from acc
dents arising from the reckless handlin
Of fireworks.
The old year Of 1875 closes out to-day
and tomorrow, a day that never come
will usher in the joyous new year
1864 year made memorable by bein
the centennial, or the one hundredth al
niversary' Of the independence of th
United States. We wish the readers
the LEDGER and the public generally
happy new year.
Many married men who have witnesse
Mrs. Miller's seance now wish for
spirit wife in materialized form. Sh
could furnish her own clothing, pin-bsel
ETC., cost nothing fer board, and, altC
gether, be an inexpensive luxury aroun
a house. No prosecution for bigamy O
polygamy could be sustained against
man who was supplied with two or NOR
Of these Millerite materializations.
Several well-known gentlemen wer
yesterday afternoon to see the msteria
lied spook at the Miller eance The
retired Disguised, and pronounced th
affair a palpsble fraud, worthy Of III
attention of the police authorities, undt
the law making it a crime to obtai
money under false %pretenses, or that prt
hibiting confidence lodges and swir
ding.
Red Face, the Indian chief at the Mi
Ter cabinet, said yesterday afternoon
a seance, Pm mad; Chief Hop Johl
ston, he big fool; he'll get his lose brsb
some these timesl' Should any pc
sonal difficulty occur between our brotht
reporter and the "%Injun," We hope
will take place in the forenoon, so thi
our reporter a get the item of new
for publication the same evening.
To-day is the anniversary of the deaf
of General Richard Montgomery
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