Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-16
THE CITY.
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Tuesday Evening, March I6, 1875.
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riunle q 20 &.
clustering March winds prevail at
present.
Sneak thieving is a Aourishing branch
of business at present throughout the
city.
A we'll known livery stable man near
Poplar and Main marries in North Mem.
phis tonight.
The picnic season will soon be here, as
will also the strawberry and blackberry
festival seasons.
Mr.. Lewis P. Meyers, Of the Hum
boldt Herald, is in the city on business
connected with his valuable journal.
Joseph Murphy, the Irish comedian
and Dutch specially performer, will ap-
pear in Help at the theater tonight.
Memphis will 1901 have a new charter,
and next week she can put on as many
airs as a boy with a new undergarment.
The dragging of the Bayou Gayoso
near Market street for the body OF an
infant was not successful, and the search
has been given up.
A charity ball for the benefit of the
: orphans Of the Church Home will be
| given at the Peabody Hotel on the night
@. the first of April.
The latest phase Of society life is a
tiny d~rab.colored card with the startling
announcement: Compliments of Mr..
and Mrs. Blank and son, March l6, 5 Jam"
The funeral of Will O. Woodson, jr.,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. viii O. Woodson,
will take place this afternoon at4 o'clock
from the residence, No. 365 Pontotoc
street.
Mr.. Christian Muller, who was a resi-
dent Of Memphis some years since, now
has the largest eye glass and spectacle
establishment in the United States on
Montgomery street, San Francisco.
That novel aud impregnable cast-iron
Jail invented by architect Cook aud man
ufactured by Messrs. Randle, Heath &
Livermore is creating a sensation in this
and adjoining States, as we'll as in States
more distant.
To-morrow-St. Patrick's Day--ser-
vices will be held at the Catholic
! Churches, a parade will take place, and
at hight Company A., Irish Volunteers,
will give q ball and supper at the Club
Hall, corner Union and Second streets.
Mrs. solari, one Of the parties arrested
on suspicion with reference to the al
legged abortion cAss on st. Martin street,
was discharged from custody yesterday.
The grand jury is still Investigating the
case with reference TO DIR. Pool.
De Murska will not be here for some
time yet. She is gathering in ducats at
New Orleans, and so long as the golden
shower lasts DeMurska will Ssmsin there,
as indeed would any sensible man Or
woman who proposes TO discount notes
for cash.
The rains on Sunday night washed OIL
the track of the Charleston railroad in
several places. The bed of this road is
principally sand, which often washes out,
leaving the cross-lies and rails standing
by way Of inviting the next train into a
pit of destruction.
A bar meeting was held in the Law
Library rooms to-day for the purpose Of
advocating the removal Of the United
States Court, etc, to the new court
! house. Several committees were ap.
pointed aRd the meeting adjourned over
IT, next Thursday.
The Avalanche has nov q man on lis
staff cailed the Terpsiehorean editor
whose business it is to attend all balls
and hops and display his agility as vel
as write mp the affairs. AS dancer he
will never make his bonanza, bis move.
ments resembling those Of an pnshod
mule on a frozen street.
The special Arbitration Court adj
journed at jackson on Saturday and
met this morning in the Second Chan.
Gerry Courtroom. A number Of cases
from Shelby county have been submit.
tod. The court, without hearing any
case to-day, adjourned until 3 O'Clock
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