Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-04
LEDGER LINES.
Nothing new in the courts.

The overcoat business is still flourish
ing.
DR.. StOlz will lecture at Assembly
Hall tonight.
The days are getting long again, and
the nights comparatively shorter.
Sol Coleman has reduced prices Of
his cigars. See advertisement.
The office of the Board of Health isto
be removed to the City building.
Who will crate on Decoration dayP
1t is about time to announce the name.
General Council meeting tomorrow
night for the purpose Of adapting the old
ordinances to the new charter.
The postponed German Maifest will
be held on Thursday next at James
Park, wind and weather permitting.
The city budget of 1911 900 has passed
a second reading and bids fair to become
a law. Itcuts down expenses generally.
Patrolman W. @. Davis has been az
pointed turnkey Of the Adams street
station house, vice John Mulroy, re.
signed.
The following song Of a crowd Of pc
titioners is heard at all General Council
meetings, Sweet spirits, hear my
prayer"
The City Engineer has Seen instructed
to protect the dead at Winchester Gene
terry and to remove those exposed cofins.
Let the City Engineer do this immedi-
ately,
Next week the spelling mania will
break loose again at the theater; the
novelty of the thing will wear off after a
while, even from a charitable stand.
point.
Fine strawberries, the first of the sea-
son, were received at the LEDGER office
yesterday from J. E. Spicer, manager Of
Waverly Hall Fruit Farm, on Kerr ave
nue..
Many citizens put up their stoves
again to-day, having become convinced
that the beautiful spring is still lettering
and lingering for no good purpose in the
lap of winter.
The spelling bee will be repeated at
the Brick church, Chelsea, tonight, with
additional attractions, as the contest
will be between the young ladies and
young gentlemen.
But two cases appeared on the Re
corder's docket this morning and court
was in session exactly two minutes,
which at a salary Of $4,000 per annum
would be Sc 333 per day OF SO l63 per
minute.
Those season-anticipating citizens who
threw of their winter garments and don.
ned spring gear are now convinced that
the change of garments was not freely
and frankly met by a corresponding
change of weather.
1t is rumored that a well known banker
and a Mississippi belle will soon be
united in wedlock. Other fashionable
marriages are spoken of to come off SO
soon as the spring season makes its ap-
pearance in this latitude.
The General Councilmen have turned
their attention to Barrett's great one.
mule, grand trunk railroad line on the
question of its liability Tor street paving.
The old mule-box company should re.
pair between its tracks and for two feet
on either side, as provided by its charter.
The members Of the Bluff City Greys,
Co. "a" Forests old regiment Of cav
airy, will hold a meeting at Forrest s
stable, on Monroe street, at u m. on
Friday for the purpose of making ar.
rangemsnts to turn out on horseback on
Decoration day. About thirty of the
boys are in and about Memphis.
jim Lanigan, q notorious rough and
the husband Of the equally notorious
Annie Gallagher, was shot and killed at
Helena g few days since while be was
indulging in the game of "bluff" with
the police. 1t is said that Mrs. Lanigan
will return to Memphis and again open
up a den, provided the police authorities
do not place her under the ban.
The author Of the late humorous and
satirical Grand Jury report is Mr.. Will
bur F. Simmons. The report formed a
pleasing contrast to those dreary docu.
ments heretofore issued as political
pamphlets and electioneering lodges by
grand juries of other days. Mr.. Sim
mons deserves credit for opening out a
new road into the domain of grand jury
literature.
An effort was made in the Council last
night to move the city offices, etc., TO
the old oonrt, honoa bu;1d;nn