Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-26
LEDGER LIKES.
Fresh oysters daily at Mdm. viuosnts.

Reeltoot lake percn, at ten cents per
pound, at Victor d. Fuchs to day aud
tomorrow.
The Porter Rifles Will arrive in the
city at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning on
the Louisville railroad.
The Fay Templeton Troupe will APP
pear in Barepa Rosa and Prairie Flower
at the theater this evening.
The concert for the benefit Of the
German American school will come off
at Cochran Hall this evening.
1t is proposed to have a Tilden and
Hendricks Democratic rally in this city
on the night of the 4th Of November
next Saturday week.
Tomorrow at the Assembly Hall a
convention Of spiritualists will assemble,
and will regulate intercourse between
this and the other world,
The GreeBlaw Opera House was well
filed last night on the occasion Of sena-
tor Keys speech. Senator Key left late
last night for Chattanooga.
The different candidates for United
States Senate 1.-TWO Tacancies) are max
ing eloquent speeches throughout the
State Tor TiIden and Hendricks.
A dozen arrests for drunkenness we're
made by the police yesterday and last
night. This morning Recorder Duff
imposed the usual fines for such 0fIensss.
Jesse Washington (regro) was to-day
| convicted Of passing counterfeit money,
by a jury of the Criminal Court, and
vas seutenced to three years imprison-
ment IN the penitentiery.
We have a coroner and an assistant
coroner in this city, aud yet no dead
= persons can be found for them TO sit
upon. The clice Of coroner is not a
very profitable one in these days.
Oae Of the loudest howlers for Porter
: and the widest denunciator of Thomas
is a man who generally gets elected
himself by having his name placed on
both the Democratic and Radical tickets
in his ward.
There seems to be a lively fight going
: on in the instrumental musical world o
Memphis, judging from the notes Of bat
lie and sounds Of war heard coming from
pianos. We understand q civil war i
also progressing in the vocal musica
world.
ID Trains will run over the Louisville roa
i. to Olympic Park tomorrow, and a small
. fare will be charged passengers who IL
tend witnessing the competitive drill b.
" tween the Chickassws and the Rifle
Of No admission fee to the park will b
= charged.
At TIE Criminal Court to-day Horat
Colem m, a noted negro aud chicke
. thief, wa convicted Of stealing thrI
chickens, and was sentenced to eighte'
Of months imprisonment in the President
Island w~orkhouse. They we're cost
chickens for Horace. Six months f
each bird.
Mr.. VIM. A. Milligan, Aoterial can.
- date for the State Senate, and Mr.. T.
-S' Lowe, candidate for the Legislature, be
Democratic nominees. will SPEAK
ed. Colicryille on mex Monday, at Germs
town on Tuesday, and at Bartlett
Thursday next. These gentlemen
making a strong canvass in the coun'
districts, aud are doing good service.
\ A gentleman of this city has receiv
~ a letter from a friend at Galvest
Texas, and in answer to the question
the advisability OF migrating to Tex
the letter-writer advises young men
IS stay in Memphis and let well enol
alone. At Galveston wages have b,
cut down, and numbers are out of
sz@ ployment, and so it is all over the ST.
The labor supply is far greater than
demand.
When some years ago fifteen hund
sterling Democrats bolted from the re
lar Democratic ticket, refusing TO- s
' port Mr.. James Reilly, the Democri
nominee for County Court Clerk,
49, voted for the independent candid
Major Strange, the present Porter
u did not say a word about boilers
a-~, Demoorats-breaking up the party,
but now they howl sweetly over De
new cra:s who intend voting for Dol
- Thomas and who will repudiate POI
u. THE OLD WEATHERBEE SALOON
Jefferson street, which was famous q
- bor baaO raooanpd hv /