Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-11-15
THE CITY.
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Monday Evening, Nov. 10. 1875.
LEDGER LINES.

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Robinson's circus and menagerie will
be here tomorrow.
The Avalanchians have moved Into
their new building, No. 298 Main street,
near Madison.
Sneak-thieving is not i~nfrequent at pre-
seat. Keep your doors fastened and
your powder dry.
The Centennial masquerade ball comes
off on next Thursday night week, the
10Th instant, at the Exposition.
General Wade Hampton and family, OF
South Carolina, were at the Peabody
yesterday en- route down the river.
The feeling in favor of a convention
to nominate a Conservative candidate
for Mayor is growing stronger daily.
Sol Coleman continues to. keep the
cheapest and best cigars at his Main
street depot, near Washington street.
II. Johnson, a stealer of socks, was
interviewed by the Recorder to-day and
was sent to jail in default of $1,000 bail.
The Two Orphans will be presented
before a Memphis audience at the thea
ter tonight by the Kurdish Fifth avenue
company.
The mortuary report Of the Board OF
Health for the past week shows the total
deaths to have been 20; whites, IL;
blacks, 9.
Major Will 0. Woodson, Associated
Press agent at this point, returned to
the city yesterday with his family from
a weeks trip to Michigan and Canada.
Yesterday was one of the dullest of
days in police circles, but three arrests
having been made up to II o'clock last
night, and these were for Drunkenness.
The body of Captain Ike A. Hood has
not as yet been recovered, but a watch
is kept out for his remains along the
river from the slanding to Presidents
Island.
The County Court committee on the
Raleigh railroad bonds is in session at
the courthouse to day for the purpose of
effecting a compromise with the bond
judgment creditors.
Olive Logan says: while on earth,
give me the com~panionship of men; wo-
men are only tolerable in heaven" but
Olive can get no Memphis man to agree
with her on that point.
The LEDGER job Office, l3 Madison
street, is prepared to execute any kind
Of job printing in a neat and tasteful
manner and at as low rates as any other
establishment in the city. t
Pat Short, formerly treasurer of the
Memphis Theater, but now treasurer of
the st. Louis Olympic, exhibited the Two
Orphans at Nashville during the past
week with his stock company.
II is now about sixty days until the
Mayoralty election on the 18th of Janu-
airy, and we fear many "nags" now
trotting out on the track will break down
as they go around the turn or in coming
down the home stretch.
In the Criminal Court on Saturday a
we'll known Memphian, but not Of very
good repute, James Creighton, was SEN
fenced to ten years Imprisonment in
the peritentiary for burglarizing a dwell
ing on Linden street q few weeks since.
The Memphis Southern Pacific Rail
road Convention will meet at the Green.
law Opera House on the 10Th instant,
next Friday. The st. Louis Southern
Railroad Convention comes off on the
23d.% instant, tomorrow week Tuesday.
Mr.. George Campbell, late clerk of the
late Second Circuit Court, was to-day
appointed deputy Clerk Of the First Cir
cult Court by the Clerk, Ben Coleman.
It was a good appointment ndwill give
general satisfaction to lawyers and 9th
ers,
Several Of the Washington street
social evil cases were before Judge Flip
pin on a magistrates warrant Saturday
sworn outby Mr.. Truehart. Judge Flip
pin ruled that the defendants be placed
under a one thousand dollar bond each
for good behavior for six months. The
defendants will take the cases to the Su