Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-20
LEDGER LINES.

month.
At the Calvary church this morning
Mr.. Ed Carr was married to Miss Rosa
Knapp.
The Grand Lodge 1. O. o. F. Of the
United States convenes at Indianapolis,
Indiana, to-day.
The mortuary report for the past week
shows the total deaths to have been 81
whites Is, blacks 10.
The late cold spell gave an impetus to
the oyster trade and the hot whisky
punch ENHANCEMENT.
There was a white frost at Brownsville
this morning and the sharp, nipping air
here was suggestive of the same.
The Exposition Directors win meet to-
night and decide whether or not an Elk.
position will be held here this fall.
Not an arrest was made by the police
yesterday up to 10 o'clock last night,
all of which speaks we'll for the morality
Of Memphis on Sundays.
Lawyers, witnesses, jurors, spectators
and others are attending the courthouse
to-day, thereby making the locality pre-.
sent a lively appearance.
The second Presbyterian church will
soon be placed in a complete state of re-
pair and become one of the most com
modious and tasteful houses of worship
in the city.
An agreed case will be heard in the
Second Circuit Court to-day or to.mor'
row, testing the constitutionality of the
act of the Legislature abolishing the Sec
ond Circuit Court.
Station-house keeper Forrestis putting
on airs over the fine meerschaum pipe
brought to him from Leipzig, Germany,
by Mrs. Fearn, who returned a few days
since from q prolonged tour in that land.
The pavement on South street, west Of
Main, has been removed and the mud
and slush in consequence make walking
on hat street very disagreeable. Seri
GUS complaints in regard to the matter
are made by people in that neighbor'
hood.
On Saturday night thieves entered
the residence of George Shilly, OF
Causey street, and carried off abou.
twenty dollars in money. Mr.. Shilly
woke up during the night and heard g
7 noise, but thinking it was made by ratl
instead of thieves went to sleep again.
The magistrates Of the County CourI
have received postal cards from the Office
of County Court Clerk Reilly informing
them that when the Quarterly Cour
meets on the first Monday in October
!, next an election will be held for County
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ranger, Public Administrators and Pub
lie Guardian.
Judge Flippin being sick, Judge Ray
: Of the Probate Court, sat on the Crimi
nal Court bench this morning and open
ed court.for the September term. TIL
' Grand Jury will Be impaneled at
o'clock this afternoon and will receiyI
the charge Of the Court. On tomorrow
the regular business of the court vii
n commence.
I A gentleman who got into bis overcoa
on Saturday found in one Of the pocket
a copy Of the LEDGER Of date April q
~ 1873. At that time we were having tb
celebrated Vaughan. Hindman murde
case sensatioR; races over the Chickasal
Jockey Club course; the Esther Cantats
and Lawrence Barrett. The gentlema
hung his overcoat up on a peg about th
above date aud it remained on the pc
until Saturday last.
There is some talk of getting up a II
union of Cheatham's division, to be hel
in Memphis this fall. The division, W
believe, was composed Of Nanny
Strahps, Bells and Preston Smiths fl
nous brigades of infantry. The surv
NJ vors of these brigades live in West an
Middle Tennessee and a reunion woul
be a most pleasant affair that would a
tract several thousand people to cure cit
Three young negroes, arrested fC
light larcenies and confined in the ST.
. %tion-house, agreed to take fifty lasht
each on Saturday and get out. The
:. did not want to 60 10 the Presider
Island workhouse. Uncle Mitch, p" th
negro cook, got his strap ready, and th
way he measured out the ffties was
i caution to all wrong doors. The tire
% negroes are now standing up, and hav
A. been ever since the above event too
place, as they have not had any desiI
to sit down.
. Yesterday a negro was arrested on th
arrival of the train, near the Mississippi
Of and Tennessee railroad, on the charge
Oh stealing d watch at fernando, Miss. Th
It. negro was searched at the station-hous
and discharged for want of proof. Il
had a valise full OF law, medical and edl