Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-03
LEDGER LINES.
Chickasaw Guards drill tonight.

Uuhtuo URN tonight.
The question Of the day; Did you see
the can-can last night?
Mrs. Bowers in a new play entitled
Eleanor at the theater this evening.
The Ida Cerito Female Minstrels and
Can. Can dancers at the Greenlaw Opera
House tonight.
The City Fathers will meet tonight
and discuss municipal matters in a most
learned and exhaustive manner.
The "phiz" of johnson, the express
robber, now adorns the rogues' photo
graph gallery at the Office Of Chief of
Police.
The trees in Court Square we're Gov
cred with icicles this morning and pre-
Hented a charming appearance when
rejecting the rays Of the sun.
During the month of February the
mortuary report of the Board Of Health
shows the total number Of deaths to be:
Whites, 45; blacks, 44-of whom the
married whites numbered 81.
The continuous and heavy rains yes
terday afternoon and last night washed
out the streets aud alleys in a style en-.
dersed by the Board of Health from a
sanitary standpoint.
The Nashville Banner says that there
will be a bill introduced in the House of
Representatives to do away with the
common school system, in consequence
Of the passage Of the civil lights bill.
Ed johnson, the Express robber, after
being Toasted for several days by detect
i've Pinkerton with a view, no doubt, to
induce him to give up the money, has
been sent to the county jail to await a
trial before the Criminal Court.
Why news butchers" compel rail.
road passengers to pay ten cents for a
Memphis paper is one Of those things
that should be attended to by railroad
superintendents and the imposition on
the travelling public prevented.
There is a letter in the p~ostoHice from
Falmouth, England, addressed to 1.-THE
High Chief Of the X. X. X, Memphis,
Tennessee, United States Of America"
The postage, thirteen cents, is unpaid,
but the person addressed can get the
letter by paying the amount. 70
Grenada, Mississippi, was raided upon
by Memphis thieves a few nights since.
Several dwellings we're entered, and
about TWO thousand dollars worth of
personal property carried of. A young
thief named Phil Burnett was arrested
in this city yesterday, and in his posses
sion were found a stolen diamond pin, a
lot OF clothing, etc.
Lessee Davey, of the theater, has en-
gagged that oraterical acrobat, humorist
and wit, Professor Barney Hughes, to
deliver a two hours lecture some evening
next week. The subject of the lecture
will be as startling as the cau.can or the
Beecher scandal. The audience will be
searched for deadly weapons and eggs
as they pass in at the door.
City Marshal E. G. Payne and Colonel
Mister, of Grenada, Miss, came to Mem
phis this morning and identified the
property stolen by Phil Burnett and con-
federates from the residence p~Iundered a
few nights since at Grenada. Burnett
will be taken back this afternoon to an.
swer the charge of robbery. He refuses
to give the names Of the other thieves
and burglars.
Esquire Winters made his maiden
speech as an attorney-at law before Es-
quire Spelman yesterday. During the
speech the new attorney said; Your
Honor is mistaken in law" We'll"
replied Esquire Spelman, that may be
your opinion, but this court does not
think SO, but as this is your first case, /
will let the d~efepdant of this time with.
out imposing a fine for the misde.
meanor.".