Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-19
LEDGER LINES.

anu at myers opera house
this evening.
Memphis Theater matinee at 2 o'clock
tomorrow, when Conrad and Iizzette
will be presented.
The County Quarterly Court was in
session to day, but no business of i'm
p~ortance was transacted.
Coal is advancing in price on account
Of the approaching cold weather and the
anticipated low stage Of water.
The officers Of the Southern Express
Company continue to furnish US with
New York journals of the latest dates,
aud in advance Of the mails.
A polite Msmphian who gave up his
seat TO a female in one of Barrett's
mule-boxes says: "She was not a belle,
because she said, thank you, sirl'"
The mule-box railroad has only been
extended down Main street TO the city
line, a short distance below the Missis.
sippi and Tennessee railroad depot.
The epizootic continues to spread
throughout the city, but the form OF the
disease readily succumbs to treatment.
Even mankind is suffering from cold in
the head.
Two lawyers who practice principally
in the Criminal Court got at loggerheads
over a client, and one Of them Moss
has brought charges of unprofessional
conduct against tee other (Raimey).
1t has become rather difficult of late to
get a quorum Of General Council com.
mittees. The business season has com
menced, and those who have no business
can get no back pay; and that's what's
the matter with committees.
General Council meeting tomorrow
night at the City Hall for the purpose Of
winding up unfinished business and hav-
ing another row over the selection of an
attorney to assist City Attorney Walker
in the bond cases nov before the Su-
preme Court,
Those who attend the theater can find
there for hire the very best opera glasses,
IN fact, the very best that have been
kept at the theater for years. A good
opera glass adds no little to the pleasure
derived from Witnessing a fine piece Of
acting on the stage.
Mayor League and his body guard of
political friends are laying pipe with a
view to a reelection OF the Londonderry
ring" Already his henchmen boldly
proclaim that be is a candidate for re,
election, and that they have formed a
combination which cannot be beaten.
No ~able-bodied laborers need complain
for want Of work and good wages. The
work on the Hot Springs railroad is be.
ing pushed through rapidly. We learn
that Captain Nat Lowe, jr., is forward.
ing laborers to Malvern free Of charge,
where they a get from 81 Is to 50 pei
day.
Quite a number of "shyster" lawyers
in this city, by their style of practice
disgrace the legal profession. Such
fellows should be debarred aud prohib
tied from ~pracicing in any court o.
record, The respectable and learned
members of the profession feel lothe t
try a case with these legal quacks.
Long range rife shooting is becoming
popular in this city. Several adopts car
now make centers and bull's-eyes at five
hundred yards off.hand. Ere long tn,
Memphis shots will be coming to the
front to compete with the Eastern marks
men who have made 20 great a reputa
ton at Creedmoor. The rifle shots o.
this country are Western and Southern
men.
The Little Rock Gazette Of Sunday
says: The sad news OF the death o.
Mr.. j. A. Seawell, at Searcy Springs
shocked his many friends in Little Rocl
yesterday. The deceased was a promi
nent Wholesale liquor and tobacco mer,
chant, well known both in Little Rock
and Memphis, and his untimely demise
is greatly to be regretted. Cougestivt
chill caused his death.
This is the anniversary of the surrsn.
der of Lord CORVALLIS and army al
! Yorktown in 1881. Corvallis took pos
session of Yorktown, Va, in August
aud in October the %allies, Americans
and French, ATTACHED the place. Corn.
wallis surrendered alter a desperat,
fight and an effort to retreat. The allies
captured 1000 men, 23j anG
5000 stand Of small arms.
1t is rumored that a combination i
silently being formed to control the mex.
municipal election by purchasing an in
tersst in newspapers and working up
"ting" to place certain obiectionabl,
parties in power by banking on the Rad
ical negro vote rs. its principal basis
The Democracy or ConseTgptism o
Memphis must keep vide awake in ordeI
to defeat this scheme; but more on ibiI
theme anon