Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-13
LEDGER LINES.

Chamber Of Commerce meeting this
afternoon.
The School Board will meet on Mon.
day evening.
A meeting Of the workingmen will be
held at the City Hall tonight.
That stand Of seats erected in front Of
Court Square for Mardi Gras is being
removed.
The Jefferson street Opera House
lvarieties) closed last night, but will be
reOpened in a few days.
Seven thousand people attended the
ball Of the Ulks at the Exposition
building on Mardi Gras night.
The LEDGER is the only daily journal
publishedin Memphis on Mondays, a fact
which advertisers will not fail to notice.
The police authorities are hard at
work in pursuit OF the robbers Of the
express company, and with every hope
of success.
Sol Coleman, the Rosa Concha cigar
man on Main street, near Washington,
has just received q fresh lot Of imported
cigars from Cuba.
The celored Memphian, when annoyed
by a summer fly, mosquito or ether
winged insect, don't say shoe fly" but
utters the word, "Gwoffamdah."
The Marble Heart is the attraction at
the theater matinee to day, and tonight
Mr.. Barrett will appear as Richard
Ill" the terrible Duke of Gloster.
A number of ladies request the
LEDGER to suggest that Mr.. Barrett
appear either as Hamlet" or "Shy-
lock at the matinee on Saturday next.
Next Thursday the German Casino
Club will give a masquerade ball at
Cochran Hall. None but members will
be admitted. 1t will be a brilliant
affair.
The Southern Dental Association
which has been in session here for seve-
raj days, adjourned sine die yesterday.
DR.. W. 7. Arlington was elected Presi-
dent Of the Association.
The Indications are that the Legisla-
ture will not aid or assist in the erection
Of An insane asylum in West Tennessee.
This is sad news for either Brownsville.
Humboldt, Jackson or Memphis.
Is the modern Church entitled to the
of the World"Y DR.. Walk will
discourse on this theme in his pulpit to-
morrow morning. At night his subject
will be: The True Sacrifice, and How
to Make it,"
Our Legislative Representatives at
Nashville are not distinguishing them
selves either as parliamentary iacticians
or impressive orators. Their forte is
probably working on committees and
voting aye or no.
The Mission at st. Mary's, under the
direction Of the Evangelist, Mr.. Morgan,
increases in interest daily. Services to-
night at u o'clock and tomorrow (Sun-
day at II o'clock, in both Of which Mr..
Morgan will be the preacher.
The report published in the Appeal of
this morning as 10 the alleged murder Of
Furbush, the negro Sheriff of Lee
county, Arkansas, is pronounced an
error by those who left Peters Landing
and Marianne since the time stated.
The executed marriage licenses re-
turned TO the County Court Clerk during
the week are as follows: Charles l.
Byrd and Miss Alice B. Bruce, Charles
A. Hildebrand and Miss Mollie Il. Dial.
ton, j. W. Armstead and Miss Fl. A.
Already the selection of some first
class business man for Mayor in 1875 is
Of. The little politicians and
chaps Of small caliber have been tried
and found wanting, and it is about time
to select a Mayor from a business
standpoint.
John McCarty, the man who burned
Louisville railroad shops and who
escaped from the county Jail, was not
arrested at Indianapolis, as stated a day
or two ago. He Jumped the capital
Of Indiana before the officers Of the law
could lay their rude hands upon him.
Many sympathetic ladies' and gentle
men who attend the theater weep over
story Of The Marble Heart as de-
picted in the play Of hat name, Just as
the play vas Iulins Cesar, and
Antony appeared, saying: "lf ye have
to shed, prepare to shed them
now
Joe Hyatt, who was slung-shotted by a
party Of four rowdies a few nights since
on Monroe street, between Main and
Second streets, is pronounced by the at
tending physician to be in q critical con.
dition. His skull was badly fractured,
and the symptoms are most dangerous.
AS yet no arrests have been made.
Our Congressman, Barbour Lewis, is
denounced by his constituents of this
and other counties for voting for the
Infamous civil rights bill. If there are
any decent people left who still cling to
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