Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-23
THE CITY.
NJ ~ M II HIS.
Tuesday Evening, March %, 1876.
LEDGER LINES.

The hens of the suburbs are laying
Easter eggs.
The Hebrew Purim last night was
largely attended.
Nothing new in police circles or in
the courts Of record to-day.
Organ grinders are beginning TO fur.
nish street music on every corner.
Nature will give us volumes of fruit
this season, and prefaces the gift with
flowers.
The West Tennessee Arbitration
Court is in session to-day hearing agreed
appeal cases.
Prof. Barney Hughes lectured before
a crowded and fashionable house at the
theater last night.
The WEEKLY LEDGER is published 10.
day it a be found at all the leading
news depots in the city,
A number of St. Louis people, passen.
gers on the steamer Great Republic,
%promenaded throughout the city yester.
day.
1t is a question of some importance
with a Memphis bachelor whether to fur.
nish a rented room or rent a furnished
one.
Judge John M. Carmack has been
appointed one of the State directors of
the Charleston railroad by Governor
Porter.
Everybody wants TO read the new city
charter. 1t will be here in a day or two
and then each citizen caa peruse it at
leisure.
The next attraction at the theater will
appear next Monday evening in the
shape of Robert McWade, in the role
of rip Van Wrinkle"
The new City Charter will go into OPP
peration when signed by the Governor,
but the present officials hold over until
the election in January next.
The meeting with reference to the
Christian Brothers' College, which was
to have been held this evening at the
County Courtroom, has been postponed
until tomorrow night.
Our mine" will leave Nashville for
Memphis tomorrow night and will arrive
here on Thursday. Efforts are making
to give them a warm reception and with
every chance Of success.
The steady advance In cotton is Great
ing no little sensation in cotton circles.
Several Mehphians hold large amounts
of the Aeecy staple, end each advance
rolls hundreds of dollars into their
Golfers.
A w%ell-known Memphian says that
Gibson, the Radical leader in the State
House of Representatives, completely
controlled the Democratic members and
hoodooed" the immortal nine from
Shelby county.
Gen. James d. RuAin, has returned
rom an extended and prolonged tour
through California. He visited nearly
every portion of the Golden State and
gives valuable and interesting ipforma-
ton concerning it.
A humorist suggests that Judge En-.
mons, under his OWL ruling, should be
indicted before the State courts for the
murder of Civil Rights Bill, but that, as
he suggested, it would be difficult to find
a jury to convict in Tennessee.
The citizens of Memphis, and especi-
ally those Of Irish birth, will assemble at
the theater this evening for the purpose
OF giving expression to regret and pay
ing a tribute to the memory of toe late
John Mitchell. A number Of our lead
ing speakers will address the meeting.
An effort is making to provide perma.
nent rooms for the Cotton Exchange.
A building association has been organ.
lied and nearly eight thousand dollars
have been subscribed. Twenty-one
thousand dollars will be necessary for
the purchase of suitable property, A
committee has been appointed to secure
further subscriptions.
The wheel Of fortune often produces
strange results. We know of a gentle
man in this city who some years since
employed a clerk, and now that same