Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-10
LEDGER LINES.

day on the charge of driving loose stock
through the streets of the city.
The courthouse repairs are progress
ing rapidly, and soon all vestiges of the
late fire will cease to be observable.
The Masonic Grand Lodge is in SEES
sion at Nashville, and is presided over
by Grand Master Wheeler, Of this city.
At the theater matinee to-day Honey
moon, and tonight DeBar will appear as
" Falstaf" in Merry Wives of Windsor.
Dan Rice has a lot of wonderfully
trained horses and goats on the bluff.
He will exhibit them each afternoon and
night.
The Recorder sent Evelina Kimball
(nig) to jail this morning on the charge
Of larceny, and in default of $1,000
bonds.
The Sodality Dramatic Association
will give IN entertainment next Friday
evening at their hall on Washington
street, near Third.
-Four negro dray drivers were arrested
this morning on the charge of driving
recklessly and furiOusly through the
streets and around corners.
The bellies who promenade the streets
burdened with clanking chains and
bracelets are not %convicts, of course, but
they do belong to The chain.gang."
The Southern Pacific Railroad Con.
vention will be held here on next Friday
week. The different committees are
hard at work, and the Convention will
be a big success.
1t is reported that on the question oil
abolishing our Courts, the Supreme
Court stood FIVE to one in favor of the
consttutionality of the act which settled
two Courts ~effectually.
Should people keep on naming can.
didates for Mayor, and should all the
candidates run, every citizen will have
to vote for himself in order to keep from
voting for an opponent.
The LEDGER job Office, l3 Madison
street, is prepared to execute any KIND
Of job printing in a neat and tasteful
manner and at as low rates as any other
establishment in the city. t
Several gentlemen, prOprietors Of little
shan ties on the landing, we're arrested
yesterday afternoon because they die
not comply With the order i%nstruetinG
them to remove such buildings.
We are in receipt Of a new and yer,
sweet piece of music, There's a Beau
tiful Song music by Miss Ida Moore
formerly Of this. city; published by Tur
ner 4 Braumuller, Of Atlanta.
The records Of the Second Circni
Court have not been transferred to tn,
First Circuit Court as yet, nor have thos,
of the Second Chancery Court beef
transferred to the First Chancery.
The prospect for social Amusement
during the winter is said to be yer,
promising. from a society standpoint
The Memphis Beau Brummel predict
fifty marriages here between now an,
New Year.
Mississippians continue to arrive il
town daily, but they have not yet cease,
to receive congratulations over the sue
cess of the Democracy in the late cleo
tion. Mississippi was carried agains
cNrpet-bsg Radicalism by nearly $4,000
majority.
This forenoon Justice Spelman csm
mitted Kate jackson (nig to Jail il
default of $4,000 bonds on the charge o
setting fire to a stable on Hernand,
street a few nights since and burning t,
death two mules. 1t was proven tina
Jus. before the fire broke out she was seer
e the sable dressed in male apparel
Two negroes are to be hung for murde.
in the Shelby county jail yard on Christ
MAJ Eve, the Oath proximo. To use the
facetious expression of an Arkansal
contemporary over a like occurrence
which will come off at Forrest City OF
the same day: $50 Old Nick get
something in his stocking for Christmas
after ALL"
The Two Orphans is presented thil
week in st. Louis at different theateri
by the Kurdish people and by Mckee
Rankin's company. Vicksburg has III
Two Orphans at present, and Nashville
has it also, as presented by the St, Louil
Olympic Theater Company. Next week
Memphis will look at Furbish's Two Or
phans at the theater.
Chief of Police Athy has issued an or
der to Captains Weathertord and Braun
to instruct their men to arrest all drivers
of hacks, drays, wagons or other vehi
Giles for violations Of the ordinance pro
hibiting too rapid and, reckless driving
through the streets and in turning cor
ners. This has become a necessary order
and it should be strictly enforced.
1t is said that a petition is circulating
for the purpose of calling upon Judge
Flippin, of the Criminal Court, to run
for the Mayoralty. Other petitions as to
other parties are also spoken of. So il
is apparent that the petition business