Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-12-18
LEDGER LINES.


ton. with Morlaechi, the famous Italian
vocalist and danseuse. at the theateI
next Monday night.
The unfortunate Msyoralty candidates
who we're tied out in the bushes cam in
last night. The weather was too cold,
aud the convention adjourned sine die.
There being no quorum at the General
Council meeting last night. that distin.
guished body Of municipal lay-makers
adjourned over to next Monday evening.
Mr.. John c. Harrington has been ap-
pointed Judge Of the Criminal Court,
vice John r. Flippin, resigned, and vice
the other applicants for the important
Judicial office.
AT the matinee to-day Mrs. Bowers will
appear in MART, or the Estranged, and
tonight she will present her adieus to
the theater-going people Of Memphis in
Lucretia Borgia
DsSOto Lodge No. 299, F. and A. NJ.
elected officers last night as follows:
John ". Graham, W. NJ; f. C. Marsh,
s. W.; b. A. Tatum, J. W. H. j.
Lynn, Treasurer A. H. White, Score.
tary.
Jldge John R. Flippin is tie nominee
OF the Democratic and Conservative
party for the Office Of Mayor of Memphis.
He will be elected on the 18th of Janu-
airy over any and all opponents who may
be induced to run against him.
The most complete assortment of
cigars in this city is certainly to be
found at Sol Coleman's well-known
Rosa Concha cigar house, You can get
for the sum of five cents a genuine Gu.
ban cigar. Take our word for it, they
are simply immense"
The next thing in order is to select the
best men as candidates for Aldermen.
Councilmen and School Visitors in the
different wards. Already moves are be.
ing made in many wards looking to this
end, and moves are aIso being made in
wards looking toward an opposite end.
Last evening, after the nomination
was made, none congratulated Judge
Flippin more warmly and sincerely than
the delegates who were the steadfast
friends Of ex-Mayor johnson in the CON
venlion. This was right, and was no
more than Judge Flippin's friends in the
convention would have done had Mr..
johnson been the nominee.
A. Woodward, the d~efaulting Trustee
OF Shelby county, has been arrested by
Sheriff Anderson, in San Francisco, on
a requisition issued by Governor Porter
on application made by the county of
Shelby. Woodward has been in San
Francisco for some time, a fact which
was well known in this city, but it seems
that he had no apprehension Of any ar.
rest. He will arrive here in a few DAYS,
1t is rumored that Mayor League will
not offer himself as a candidate for re.
election, but will gracefully withdraw
from the ~mayoralty contest in favor Of
Judge Flippin. This would be exactly
right, and would increase the number Of
his friends, and that, too, not among his
seryile followers or those who have no
use for him except when he can give
them some Office as pay for their support.
But few arrests Of persons for drunk
enneas or disorderly conduct were made
last night and but few tramps applied
for lodging at the station.house. The
former retired homeward, owing to the
extremely cold weather, and the latter
have in numbers left inhospitable Mem.
phis, owing to the order Of arrest for va
grants issued by the Police Commission.
ers and the fears of the Presidents
Island Work.house.