Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-25
LEDGER LINES.

Ioj whites TO- Olacks III; with no speciaI
disease prevailing.
Mr.. Adam and Mrs. Eve registered
their names on the s~tation-house docket
last night and this morning paid $50
each on the charge Of misdemeanor.
King Chill" has been ruling Mem.
phis for the past few weeks, owing to the
sudden changes Of weather and the
miasmatic vapors and fogs that prevail
nightly.
Tramps are arriving in the city daily
from the North. and they apply at the
stat%ion-house for lodging. The enforce.
ment Of the vagrant law would remedy
this evil.
The case of J. 7. Moss vs.. j. S. Rea.
mey, on motion to disbar the latter on
the charge Of unprolessioual and shyster
condsct, was dismissed by Judge Flip.
pin Of the Criminal Court this morning.
Messrs. Henry G. Smith, h. Casey
Young and A. T. Lacey have been ap.
pointed by the Chamber of Commerce as
delegates to attend the meeting Of the
Southern Railroad Convention to be held
at st. Louis on the 23d of November
next.
The McMeal cases of death and lunacy
do not pan out yellow fever in Memphis
worth a cent, Notwithstanding the sensa.
tional paragraphs in the Pit.sburgLeader
and Commercial. Every person in this
city knows that not a case Of yellow
fever has occurred here this year.
This is St. Crispin's Day, one univer.
sally celebrated by all shoemakers. st.
Crispin was the patron saint OF the trade
and was the modest Roman of them
all" he having figured in Gaul and in
Rome as an apostle and shoemaker and
martyr in the third century of the Chris.
tan era.
Most intelligent river men give it as
their opinion that ere long Vicksburg
will be cut off from the river, as the great
Mississippi is about to break through op-
posite the city, and leave it on a lake or
Old river. The only thing for Vicks
burgers to do in that event is 70 emigrate
to Memphis or move their " town.
AT the Chamber of Commerce. meet.
ing held on Saturday last it was re-
solved to hold a Southern Pacific Rail-
road Convention in this city on Friday,
the 10Th Of November, and that Presi-
dent Petit be authorized to appoint a
committee to issue an address to The
people Of the United States inviting
them to send delegates, etc.
The new palatial steamer Mary Bell,
OF the Memphis and New Orleans line,
arrived at 1.-THE landing yesterday after.
noon. AS she passed the landing and
rounded to hundreds of people hailed
her from the bluff and crowded on board
when she reached the bank. The Mary
Bell is a fine specimen of marine archi-
tecture-one of the finest boats that
floats on the river.
The case involving the constitution.
atty of the act of the Legislature aboL-
the First Chancery and First Cir
cult Courts Of Memphis will be decided
by the Supreme Court on Saturday next,
unless a re.argument CT the case is de-
sired or ordered before a full bench.
The case was deliberately argued before
the section Of the Court which took
charge of the Shelby county docket,
which section is composed of Judges
Mcfarland, Nicholson and Freeman.
Numbers Of our German fellow.citi-
zens assembled al the Turner Hall on
Poplar street last night and enjoyed an
entertainment of a pleasing character.
Manager Myers, Of the Jefferson street
House, presented " Baby" Nc
Donald, who gave her wonderful song
and dance changes. Mr.. Mcdonald
performed his great feat Of dancing with
skates and Annie de Lorme sang several
of her best selections. The entertain
ment wound up with a dance, in which
the German youths and maidens partici-
pated aud kept up until a late hour.
A joke is told on a w%ell-known street
railroad official who went out into the
suburbs in a special car on a counting
expedition. He remained until eleven
o o'clock, he not being able to tear himself
away from his inamorata, but when be
arrived at the crossing he found the
street car gone; so he walked home, a
distance Of RboRt two miles, and as he
walked he sworei he had brought home
to him the inconvenience that the public
too often labor under in consequence of
the irregularity Of street cars and bad
management generally.
SHELL oysters from Norfolk at Mad.
anne YiDcent's Crystal Palace Saloon
served mn in eyert styIe. Families sun.