Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-26
LEDGER LINES.

Even Huntsville, Alabama, viii hold a
carnival on Mardi.Gr day.
The Board of Equalization will meet
tonight at the hall Of the School Board.
To. morrow night the Berger Family of
Bell Ringers will appear at the theater.
Seyenty.iive wanderers applied for
lodging at the Adams street station.
house last night.
Already the news.stands have received
valentines, both comic aud sentimental,
for Valentines day-the l4th Of Febru-
airy.
The Butchers Union ball at Cochran
Hall last night was largely attended and
a good time was INDUCED in and enjoyed
by the dancers.
Nothing Of interest at the Recorders
Court, except the fact that six draymen
were fined ten dollars each for fast driv.
ing on the streets.
Jackson, Tennessee. will celebrate
Mardi.Gras this year, and the King of
Carnival will hold high court and give a
masquerade oall at Tonllin Hall.
The members of St. Andrew Society
celebrated the anniversary Of the natal
day Of Burns last night at the rooms of
Harry Tomlinson, President Of the So
ciety.
We are to have some music at last.
The Adelaide Phillips opera troupe will
appear at the Greenlaw Opera House on
the nights of the 9th and 9th of Feb.
ruary.
Street corner discussions as TO the
relative merits Of Andy Johnson and
other candidates for the Office of United
States Senator are freely INDUCED in by
Memphiaus.
Nearly one thousand copies o! the
LEDGER were sold over the counter
within two hours yesterday, so great was
the anxiety Of people to read the news
from Nashville.
The fast driving ordinance is not
enforced. Why? Not a day passes but
some pedestrian is in danger of losing
his life at the hands of reckless draymen
and hack drivers.
The sale OF reserved seats for the
~Janauschek engagement next week will
commence on Thursday next. The
price of reserved seats has been placed
at one dollar and a quarter.
Joseph Barber %(negro), for some time
past mail agent on the Memphis and
Little Rock railroad, has been removed
by the Postmaster General, and James
W. jackson %(negro), a Third ward poll.
tician, appointed in his stead.
The Avalanche comes t. the front THU
morning t defend itself from the charge
made by the LEDGER that the Ava
lanohe can see nothing good in a gallant
Confederate record" Will the Avalanch,
now explain its explanation
We are authorized by the representa-
tives of the Phoenix Insurance COMPANY
to state that the suspicion Of embezzle
ment or defalcation existed not prior t.
the discovery of the mysterious mutila
. ton of the books Of the company. which
led to the investigation now progressing
Several serious accidents having takeI
place of late, resulting from the danger
Gus habit Of carrying pistols in pants
pockets, our ordnance man advises CUR
toters to sling their weapons on the hiI
or leave them at home securely locked
up in a bureau drawer.
On Thursday a lively little contest fol
the Offices of magistrate and constable
will be had in the uptown wards. Happy
people who live there, but unhappy are
those who reside outside OF the Fifth
civil district, as they can take nopart in
ballot singing.
The synopsized report of the com
mittee Of experts selected by the PEG.
pies Protective Union, which report was
published in the LEDGER yesterday, wa
read with interest by the taxpayers
who should insist that a better system o.
bookkeeping be adopted at the City
Hall.
A free and lively fight was INDUCED il
by two young men last night on MAR
street, zeal the Peabody. Several rounds
were fought, and at last the matter wa:
settled by one Of them taking back an
offensive expression which cast a redec
ton upon the maternal ancestor Of the
other. No arrests were made.
The FIRST lodge of Odd Fellows or
ganized in Tennessee was Tennessee
Lodge No. /, chartered April 10, 1899
, the charter members being George
Wilson, formerly Of Philadelphia Lodge;
L. G. Lishy, previously of Chosen
Friends Lodge Of Louisville; Mr.. Nye
of the Nashville Banner office, and
George p. FoFqytAe.
Why should a single Memphian worry
over the protracted Senatorial. contest
. Eight days balloting is a mere circum
STANCE eompaFed With the Rhode ISLAND
style Of a contest. She wrestied oyel
! the election Of a Senator all last winter
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