Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-04-03
LEDGER LINES.


General Council meeting next wednes-
day evening.
Josh Billings lectures at a matinee to-
day on what he knows about hotels.
Last night was steam packet night and
to-day lots Of bunting floats along the
landing.
The Chickasaw Guards will engage in
a drill at their armory on Adams street
tonight.
The Chancery Court met for the April
term this morning, So did the County
Quarterly Court.
The mortuary report Of last week
shows the total deaths to have been l6;
whites, 8; blacks, s.
The river is still rising rapidly and is
stopping yer on all sides. 1t will go
over the high water mark Of 1867.
For the German opera at Cochran
Hall on Wednesday night tickets can be
secured at the book and music stores Of
the city.
Victor Fuchs, the great game man, on
Jefferson street, has received game of all
kinds and also fish from the Gulf and
Northern lakes.
1--WE have lived q hundred years. said
Ex-Governor John T. Hoffman, Of New
York, and have not learned how to
govern cities u E
Old Dan Rice is on the bluff with new
canvas and a number Of additional at
fractions. he has a larger show than
he had when here some months since.
The baseball epidemic will break forth
in this city on Wednesday next, when
the Memphis club will test the strength
Of the professional nine Of Louisville.
In the United States District Court to
day a petition in bankruptcy was flee
by Richard I. Rroadnsx, jr,, a merchant
doing business at Masen Depot, in thil
county.
A West Tennessee planter writes II
his county journal stating that in thiI
centennial year every farmer should say
4" l will grow my W corn and raise my
own hogs"
But one arrest was made by the police
last night, and but nineteen we're mad
between Saturday morning and thi
morning, and these were principally foi
drunkenness.
A Mississippi exchange insists hat thI
greatest prerogative Of a Memphis mack
erel is to hang ON the rear Of a street
car, to the great annoyance of passen
gers and drivers.
Captain Horace E. Andrews, Clerk O
the United States Court, has so far II
covered from his late illness as to b
able to appear in his Office to day an
attend to business.
1t will soon be time for the disciple
of old Isaac Walton to 90 forth with pol
in hand and spit on the bate, With a vie
to catch unwary perch and catfish tbs
will wabble on the hook.
Wednesday-next a delegation Of blac
men from Memphis will attend the negr
I convention at Nashville for the purpot
Of settling the affairs of the nation an
indorsing Grant, Belknap & Co.
T The sacred concert given at the thet
ter last night by Arnold's band was nc
as largely attended as the attraction d.
served. The music both by the bras
a band and orchestra was excellent.
A. W. Lilly (white), arrested on th
charge Of forgery, was to-day committe
by the Recorder in default of two thot
sand dollars bonds. David Jackse
Q (negro), arrested for larceny, was ais
a committed to await an examination.
:, The levee on the Mississippi sic
u broke at Davis Landing, half a mi
this side of Napoleon, on Saturdt
u night and the waters run in rapidly {
the back country and may partially foo
lands all the way toward the Yazoo rive
For some time miscreants have bee
: throwing rocks and firing into trains Q
the Mississippi and Tennessee railroa
: near Como, Pamela county, Mississipr
; and in consequence the railroad col
;, pany has offered a reward for their a
" pgohension.
Yesterday was the anniversary Of Il
birth Of Thomas Jefferson, in l743,
n Shadwell, Albermarle county, Va. JEFF
. son was of Welsh ancestry. To-day
the anniversary of the evacuation
Richmond by the ~Confederstes, und
General Lee, in 1865.
Weather probabilities from an amin
standpoint can also be discovered in q
vance by watching the tip Of a topei
n nose. 1t becomes q color baromett
3 and twenty-four hours before a north
sweeps down upon US it assumed a rud,
i, hue, and hangs more affectionateiy tn
ever over some convenient bar.
"a In another column will be found I
+ annual report of the condition of t
Union and Planters Bank Of Memph