Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-21

Still Waters Run Deep u Romeo
JaGier jenkins will be tie attractions.
"Iho Radicals flung out their banner
And shouted we've got Indiana,
But all of their gains
We're scooped by Blue Jeans;
And that's what's tho matter with Han
naA."
Quite a number of bellies and besux
attended the :heater last evening and
enjoyed the presentation Of London
Assurance" by the Stevens Comedy
Combination.
The attendance ct the Second Presby-
terrain church last night was very large,
it being the occasion of DR.. Wither-
spoons lecture on his Alpine Trip"
while in Europe.
The members Of the German Maenner-
cSor will indulge in a dramatic enter
tainment at Cochran Hall tomorrow
night. None but members and invited
guests will be in attendance.
Sol Coleman has located in the midst
Of business. You can find the finest
cigars at his house, S26 Main street. Call
tomorrow aud Monday and get a unique
score book for the match game, free Of
charge.
The officers of the police force were
photographed in group on yesterday, but
the picture was not placed in the rogues'
gallery, as is usually done with those
faces photographed from a station house
standpoint.
Senator D. NJ. Key and Hon. L s.
Narye, of Chattanooga, arrived in the
city yesterday, aud are stopping at the
Peabody. II is more than probable that
Senator Key will make a speech in this
city during his %sojourn.
The competitive drill between the
"Chieks" and the Porter Rifles will come
off next week. The Chicks" will give
a grand ball to their military friends,
and already the proposed ball is creating
q sensation in society circles.
. Several Memphians have been made
. {" paternals during the past ten days
and they 60 around looking happy as
they receive the congratulations of their
friends. They smile and take q suilt
over the new arrival on the bluff,
There will be no services in the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church, corner Main
and Besl streets, tomorrow morning, il
consequence of the dedication Of tn,
Lauderdale street church; but at night
at halfpast seven o'clock, Rev. DR.. 7. D
Witherspoon will preach at the Secont
7 Presbyterian Church.
1t is quite common now when half
dozen men meet on the street corno t
start up the Porter coupon-paying issue
and it generally turns out that the crow.
stands about half and halt, or a majorit.
against Porter; and nearly all those VIII
are for Porter do not hesitate to condem
:. the coupon-purchasiug transaction.
5. Eightara sts for drunkenness mixed an
t plain, we're made by the police last nigh
IN It was a good night for rows-one ma
bo SHOT, another man was arrested for cha
k. ing a lot of girls out of a bagnio at th
%muzzle of a pistol, while others wsr
pulled" for fighting. Take it all t
n. gether it was a lively night for the boy
Ie- There ore several hundred fish in tn
Court Square fountain, yet they are nj
on often seen by visitors owing to the darl
ness and depth of the water. Occasion
j. ally, however, q perch or trout tumble
up on the surface while making a das
at a fly or piece of cracker. 1t wou'
.ay be a fine place to go fishing, but it mig
$50 turn out a costly affair.
General Forrest took down to II
zen Island Home to day the following namt
m prisoners, convicted and sentenced
I'm confinement in the Work-house: r.
,tb Crittenden, malicious cutting, lO4S day
by John Brown, vsgrsncy and petit larcen
twelve months; Roush Taylor, vagrau
ara six months; Geo. Walker, petit larcen
-, six months. In the above cases the fin
and costs have also to be worked out.
son The el~ectioneering business is imprc
ing slightly, a%tleast the saloon.keepers
report. Local and national politics a
discussed on the sidewalks and sire
corners, and occasional adjournmer
are had to adjacent saloons where
" spirit and the body are refreshed fec
the fatigue brought about by listining
nic. a political disquisition from the ell
he tioneering platform Of a low tax aspe
the During a personal difficulty which
low cured on Union street early this MOI
be. ing, Mr.. James Dowlilg received a b
ing in the right breast. The ball entered I
ain breast above the nipple and was cut {
eed of the back near the spine. The wound
i man is suffering considerably and
condition is somewhat critical, the weu
9ot being severe and dangerous. The r
took place in a building inhabited by
). lively lot Of young gentlemen, and
me, building is known among the boys as