Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-06
LEDGER LINES.

fresn oysters dally a. mum. fihcen'o
Beautiful bouquets at thester tonight.
Eggs, 400 dozen, at 2s7 Main street.
The city Offices were moved today
into the Courthouse.
Our electors meet at Nashville today
to vote for President and Vice President
Of the United States.
At the theater tonight Ingomar will be
put on the boards, with Miss Anderson
in the role of "Parthenia."
The fire bells rang out an alarm at 2
0 clock this morning, and the steamers
chased each other around town.
During the cold snap numerous water
pipes iroze, and many an oath was utter
ed in consequence by occupants Of build
ings.
, The wind shifted around from the
! northwest 10 southwest yesterday, and
consequently mild and balmy weather
! was the result.
h Another large ard fashionable audi.
ence greeted Miss Anderson at the thea
q ter last night and enjoyed her imperson-
alton Of Meg Merrilies."
The Cotton Exchange ia electing off
GERS to-day. Balloting is progressing
but there will be no counting-in or bull
doing permitted after the polls close.
Candidates for the Offices of Aldermen
Councilman and School Visitors arr
beginning to move around and feel th'
. municipal pulse, in order to discover hoV
it will beat in January next.
+ The poor man c lnnot afford by his votl
} to increase the tsxesof the rich man VIII.
rents him the cottage 10 which he lives
ID The rich man will increase the MONTH.
rent to pay the increased taxation.
The Market Square keepers Of bagnio
were arrested on warrants yesterds
nv ct the ~instigatiou of their ~Deighbors, VIII
desire 10 force them to either abandon
wicked life or remove to some other Il
cality.
The General Council will assemble
the Court-house to night in regula
monthly session, and will continue
meet at-the Courthouse until the Gil
Hall is made secure and safe by Il
engineers.
The G~reeuville EAST Tennsssee) Il
te%lligeucer proposes the name Of Judl
/. John NJ. Carmack, of Memphis, as
x candidate for the United States Senat
- We do not believe the Judge desires thi
or any other official position.
How wonderful is the instinct Of To-
r, that even enables the enamored you
from some remote street corner or fro
bis eyrie in the third story to identify /
'N' enslaver's raiments tapping in the fr
-= breezes of heaven from some far
clothes. line.
The Courthouse inspecting commit
will report this afternoon to Charm
Holman, Of the County Court, as to t
IN safety or insecurity of the Court'hou
In building, The committee will rep
iavorably, to the effect that the buildi
foT is allH right and safe.
At the Criminal Court to-day the C;
Of the State Va Paul Cicalla, jr,, is
hearing on an indictment charging tt
said Cicalla was guilty Of fraudult
Nm breach of trust, of ohtaing goods unC
med false pretenses and Of larceny while q
easy ing as Mayor pro tenn. during the yell
fever epidemic Of 1873.
49, Apgerona Lodge Of Masons, the ch
ter of which Lodge was taken away
Deputy Grand Lecturer Bun F. Pri
"A and which charter was restored to
LGS Lodge by TIE Grand Lodge Of the Sta
met on last Monday night for the f
time sincs its suspension as a charte.
body. The members no doubt rejoi'
to meet again, and congratulations W,
y. in order.
Last night the denizens of the h
world INDUCED in a calico ball on
ON. ond street, near Madison. 1t was a
. cberche affair, psrticipatedin by the e
of TIE haltworld and their male frier
: Scores of the fashionable young q
dropped in to see the ball, and indul
in a waltz, schottish, or promenade v
10 the fair and frail ones. The ball
conducted with decorum and with a '
to the proprieties Of life.
Charley Brackets horses, which "
stolen by tvs horse thieves some t
since, have bean recovered at Hel'
Ark, where the thieves we're ARE
aud Jailed. The men AOurished aro1
: this city for several days, aud put OF
49, little styl', but they were suspected
placed under police surveillance. Hi
two saddle nags at Brackets they &
'V' " roia ont of town and failed 10 ret