Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-17
THE CITY.
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"Wednesday Evening. March IL, 1875
LEDGER LINES.

An overflow is generally expected.
Itis needless to state that this is st..
Patrick's day.
Joe Murphy in Help at the theater
again tonight.
The feast of Purim begins tomorrow,
and will last three days.
Ball of the Irish Volunteers at the
Memphis Club Hall this evening.
Professor Mueller will give a dance at
the Club Hall tomorrow evening.
The local option bill of the Changers
was tabled in the House of Representa-
tives yesterday.
The Chancery Court will adjourn in a
day or two. The next term commences
on the first Monday in April.
The civil rights bill only includes inns,
public c%onveyances on land or water,
theaters and other places Of public
amusement.
Mr.. s. K. Tigart, an eloquent divine
at Dyersburg, Tennessee, has been
called to preside over one of the Baptist
churches Of this city.
Yesterday Mr.. Ernest c. Cleaves be-
came the recipient of what is usually
regarded as a charming present-a fe-
male nine and a half FOUNDER.
The bellies did not promenade on Main
street yesterday to any great extent; the
wind was too high, it rendering pedes.
trian exercise even disagreeable for men.
Tomorrow night Manager Pennoyer
of the theater takes a benefit, on which
occasion Mr.. Joseph Murphy will appear
in his great Irish,American drama emit.
tied Help.
Sadie Darling" a beautiful song and
chorus, the music by Charles Baker and
the words by John T. Rutledge, is a new
piece received from F. W. Hslmick,
Cincinnati.
A movement has been started toward
establishing an Odd Fellows library in
this city. This is a c~reditable move
ment, aud should be carried out to a
literary conclusion.
There will be no meeting over the
C~hickasaw Jockey Club Course this
spring, so horsemen will HAYS to 90 to
Nashville and attend the spring meeting,
which will open on the 4th o. May.
To-day Mollie A. Stafford filed a bill
for divorce in the Second Circuit Court
against ]. W. Stafford, charging deser-
ton and cruelty, the defendant having
without cause grown tired and weary of
living with and supporting her.
In the New Orleans Times matter,
charging bribery and corruption, the
sfidavits Of Colonel Tom Logwood and
others we're taken this morning, and for.
warded to the Legislative Committee Of
Investigation now in session at Nashville.
Easter day is always on the first Sun.
day after the FIRST Monday which hap.
pens upon or after the Dist Of March.
This year the loon fulls on the Dist of
March, which also happens to be Sun
day. Therefore. Easter falls on the fol.
lowing Sunday, the 18th Of March.
Babies appear to be lying around
loose in Memphis. Last night Mr.. Hol.
land, doorkeeper at the thealer, found a
Dutch baby wandering about on Jeffer-
son street. Mr.. Holland played nurse
for awhile, and carried the infant to the
statiou-house, where il was soon restored
10 the arms Of its parents.
A case Of outrage upon the person Of
a little girl on board a aaiboat at the
mouth Of Wolf river was reported at po-
lice headquarters this morning and pc.
licemen were at once put in motion to
arrest the alleged criminals. The mat
ter will DO fully Investigated this after
noon.
The banks of this city have been noti'
fed to keep a lookout for "a female forger
whoraises drafts and succeeded in getting
the money on them in other cities. The
description of the fair operator ia inter.
eating, "A woman Of medium size, dark
complexion, hair and (itis though) eyes,
OF doubtful age-anywhero from IS to