Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-11
LEDGER LINES.

There was a heavy white frost this
morning.
DeBar as Falstaf in Henry Nv at
the theater tonight.
The fast-driving ordinance is being
strictly enforced by the police.
The General Council stands adjourned
to Thursday night next, the 18th inst.
On Tuesday next old John Robinson
will spread his circus tents on the bluff.
The streets are so muddy that even the
6remen cannot turn out without soiling
their hose.
Quite a number Of strangers are in the
city to-day, and consequently trade is
improving.
Tbs steamer Mary Houston, owing to
low water, will not reach here until II
o'clock tonight.
Dan Rice's wonderful horse show on
the bluffs is n of those attractions that
should be patronized.
Felix Mitchell (negro), charged with
larceny, was committed to-day BY the
Recorder in default of $1,000 bail.
Next Wednesday evening the German
Casino Club will indulge in an anniver.
sary at the Cochran Hall c~lub.rooms.
The Sodality Dramatic Association
will give an entertainment to. morrow
night at their hall on Washington street.
The city is to employ three carts and
nine men on the landing to remove the
paving rock that is now sliding into the
river.
The County Court committee upon
those Raleigh railroad bonds will confer
with the bondholders next Monday
morning.
jim jackson, the negro who assaulted
officer Scott yesterday, was fined fifty
dollars and sent to Jail in default of $4,000
bail by the Recorder to-day.
The ~revivalists, Messrs. White and
Bliss, who appeared here last summer,
r now in Minnesota and drawing large
Audiences to their meetings.
The flag presentation to the Chicks-
saw Guards tonight at the Exposition
building is free to the public. Whatever
else follows is an invitation affair.
Pat T'obin, who shot Dave O'Connor
at Mason's Depot, is well known in this
city as a shootist, he having used his
pistol several times while residing here.
The city assessors elected by the Gen.
eral Council last night; Augu Camp.
bell, 7. N. johnson, Joseph B. Hochens.
Mr.. McLendon vas elected Clerk of the
Board of Equalization.
The LEDGER job Office, IL Madison
street, is prepared to execute any kind
Of job printing in a neat and tasteful
manner aud at as low rates as any other
establishment in the city. /
1t is rumored throughout the city that
the late commander of the Inflated
steamer Pacific, lost a few days since oil
the California coast, was Captain Howell,
brother to Mrs. Jefferson Davis.
The General Council back-salary grab.
bers we're defeated again last night in
their efforts to collect their back pay Tor
several months past. The City Attorney
and the charter say that Aldermen and
Councilm en- are entitled TO no pay"
This evening. the Chickassw Guards
will be presented with a flag by a mum.
Der of young ladies at the Exposition
building, Miss Emma Ethridge will
make the presentation speech, and will
be responded to by Captain Duncan.
After which dancing will be in order.
Several fast d~ray-driyers we're fined
FIVE dollars by the Recorder this morn.
ing. Those who were arrested for driv-
ing wild horses through the streets we're
discharged. The General Council should
pass a special ordinance prohibiting the
driving of wild horses and cattle through
the streets.
A chap, arrested on the charge Of lar
ceny by the police a few nights since, on
being taken to the station.house senten.
tiously remarked: When a poor man
steals anything he is called a thief, and
is prosecuted, but when a rich man steals
anything it is called an irregularity and
the matter is hushed up and compro.
missed"
This morning Jenny Mclean % negro
womanJ and the inmates OF her estab-
lishment on DeSoto street, were arrested
for disorderly conduct and general row.
dyism. Among the inmates was one
unfortunate white woman who is a regu-
lar dweller in this notorious negro den,
which should be abated as n nuisance by
the police authorities.
A countryman was roped into o gam
ing house last night where he lost three
hundred dollars at faro. He complained
to the police authorities, who secured the
money and sent the country gambler to
his home rejoicing, Had the country
sport won three hundred dollars instead
Of losing it his complaint would never
have been heard.