Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-20
LEDGER LINES.

house.
The cold north wind carried the mer-
curry in the thermometer down below
freezing point last, night.
A number of citizens are sick with
pneumonia at present. Avoid sudden
changes, exposure and colds.
Squire NJ. Hoist died at his residence
this morning at 9o'clock, after an illness
Of several months from abscess of the
liver.
Ed Worsham has been appointed
clerk of the Board of Equalization by
the General Council, vice Angus Camp
bell resigned.
Green ?, Foute, one of our we'll known
lawyers, is spoken Of by his friends as a
candidate for magistrate of the Fifth
civil district.
Iwenty'three cases we're disposed of
at the Recorders court this morning.
B. M. Butler, an alleged wife whipper
was discharged.
Tomorrow Chancellors Morgan. and
Walker will sit together and hear the tax
injunction cases of the First National
Bank and the German National Bank
vs.. the City Of Memphis.
An alleged larcenist named McCleary,
who escaped froma Deputy Sheriff some
months ago by throwing a handful of
snuff in the eyes of that officer, was
yesterday rearrested and locked up by
Deputy Sheriff Martin.
In this mornings Appeal and Ava.
lanche the published list of the Alder.
manic committee on "Finance, Ways
and Means was incorrect, and the
Accounts" committee was lett out. The
LEDGER contains the official and correct
of committees and committeeman.
Fassman, a boot and shoe maker at
No. 1863 Main street, was yesterday. ar
rested by the Sheriff on the charge of
and assisting the escaped muir
ierer Henry Bender to escape from the
city and elude the officers OF the law.
Other arrests will follow for the same
reasons.
Why cannot Memphis be visited by a
concert or opera troupe this season.
New Orleans, st. Louis and Louisville
aud all other cities have had plenty of
music, bit it seems the Memphis Theater
managers have been unable to make ar
engagements with any company of musical
Yesterday a negro, Henry Stovall alias
stole five cows from a farmer re-
a few miles from the city. Stovall
sold the animals to Rogers Brothers, in
whose possession the owner found them.
This morning Stovall was arrested on
Adams street, and was committed on the
Of larceny.
Tomorrow night the Eureka Club will
give a skating carnival and ball at the
building. Dancing with and
making hve to q girl on skates would
undoubtedly create a new sensation in
the human heart, a thing which the En-
peror Nero offered an immense reward
for but found not.
Yesterday Judge Walker, of the Sec
Dnd Chancery Court, on bill aud answer
and on motion to dissolve the injunction
the case Of Harrington VS.. Union and
Planters Bank. decided to override the
motion to dissolve the injunction hereto
ore granted in this cause, restraining
said bank from paying certain dividend,
The friends Of AnGy Johnson, aston.
at the small vote polled by him,
Iay that it is no criterion of the final
'esult. Had the vote been up among
he thirties or forties on the first ballot
he same men would claim it as a true
Of the result. In politics and
among strong partisans too often "the
wish is father to the thought"
Chelsea has mite harties weekly for
he benefit Of some church. Last night
.wo young men quarreled at a mite
party, and on their way honeward
to eight il out. They repaired to
yac:Hpt lot and INDUCED in one sound
Inder the rules of the English prize
ing. After the combat they shook
lands and proceeded homeward to-
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King Kai is ia ST. Louis doing the
ity. His Majesty 10 of q pleasing exte.
Tor, medium hight and of an Ethiopian
.ast. He admires the girls, drinks
ana lager and shakes hands with
IL, both white and black. He knows no
distinction of color, and if a man hap
,eus to be white, Kal regards it as the
misfortune, not his fault. 1t is
umored that the King will visit New
orleans and take in Memphis on route.
The courthouse is a peculiar insttu.
ion; it always gives birth to a magis-
If it is removed from one civil
to smother a new oficeis created
n consequence, &s the civil district in
which it is located is entitled 70 Gu adj
ional magistrate, By moving it around
through all the districts seventeen new
magistrates would be born. This is a