Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-28
LEDGER

Soho"uoE . OeOfBta MINSTREL troupe
at the theater tonight.
Georgia Minstrels matinee tomorrow
afternoon at the theater.
The days are ~pereeptibly getting
longer and the nights shorter.
Fruit trees and flowers are blooming
throughout the city and suburbs.
In the Chancery Court Margaret Mac.
lin filed a bill for divorce against James
F. Maclin.
The members of the German Casino
Club will hold FOOLS meeting" next
Tuesday night.
The ball given in behalf Of the Church
Orphans Home, at the Peabody on
Wednesday night, netted over four hun.
dred dollars to the managers.
The Western Methodist, of this city, in
its issue Of the 10th, says: I'VE are ex
pecting, every week, another expose Of
spiritualism in Memphis" etc.
At St. Peters Church tonight, at u
o'clock, Father McKeRna, of New York
will deliver a discourse on 1.-The Sou
After Death" a most interesting subject
Crooked OF short-weight goods from St
Louis and Cincinnati are causing trouble
in Memphis. A man who manufacture,
short-weight packages of goods vii
steal.
The Aldermen and Councilmen seen
determined to get through with salaries
and ofice-ssekers IS soon as possible
and go to work at the regular municipa
business.
The interesting melo-drama called
Nominations for and Elections t
othce' will be presented at the City Hal
tonight. Admission free, No encorel
permitted.
The General Council will meet agar
at the City Hall tonight, when the sal
airy ordinance will probably be passe;
and nominations for the various Office
will be made.
The original Ulks Of the German
Casino Club will give a masquerade bal
at Cochran Hall, on Mardi-Gras eve, b,
way Of starting the fun and festivities o
the carnival.
If you wish to sell a bale Of cotton 70
one thousand dollars, secure the pre-
MUM offered by the Cotton Exchano,
Tor a Centennial bale. The award of th
premium will be made on the frat O
March.
There is one member of the Genera
Council who says that he does not owI
any person a dollar or a nickel. Thi
cannot be said with truth but by fe,
men in Memphis, be they City Father
or rot.
Yesterday a female property owne
was invited to pay poll-tax, which sh
refused to do unless she could vote.
was a mistake in making out a distres
warrant against a woman for non.pay
ment Of poll-tax, as she is not liable 70
such under the laws of Tennessee.
The Board of Health is one of the al
solute necessities Of our city and car
should be taken how it is tempered with
A few more epidemies will place Mem
phis in a deplorable-condition for the FL
ture financially and otherwise. At pre-
sentit is n of the healthiest cities q
1.-The continent.
4 The black-boards Of the Cotton Ex
change showed the following figures tc
day: Receipts of cotton for the week
1884 balesi for the season, 34,435
shipments for the week, 1886; for III,
season, 279,6l3; stock on hand, 1894
sales for the week, Ia, 900, taken princi
pally by spinners.
Young gentlemen of Memphis who vii
reject a leap year proposition from
young lady should know that a few day
since, at Fairhaven, West Va, Miss Bell
Harper shot a mar because he refused
her offer Of marriage, and that the gran,
jury refused to present an indictment
they being to a man Of the opinion tina
she served him right.
Hundreds of ladies and gentlemen Wis
tied the bluffs yesterday afternoon to wit
ness the floating palace called the Mar,
Bell. The wad from the gun fred from
the bow of the steamer just previous Il
her departure fell in the midst of a crow,
OF ladies who screamed as if they ex
peeted a shell to burst or a dynamite ex
plosion'to take place.
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OmciaI Notice..
To my friends and the public in rene
raj; If you wish to buy a box of cigar