Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-23
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Next Saturday afternoon the anuular
eclipse Of the sun will occur. Get your
smoked glass ready.
The mercury in the barometer has been
falling all day, which indicates that 4
prolonged rain may be anticipated and
enjoyed.
Quite a member Of rheumatic Mem.
phians are packing their trunks and pre-
pairing to migrate to the Hot Springs Of
Arkansas.
1t is the general opinion in Memphis
that cotton has reached the lowest point.
unless there is in the lowest depths a
lower deep"
Already it is contradicted that the
fruit crop has been destroyed nay, it
is even asserted that it he's not been ma.
terially damaged.
Colonel NJ. C. Galloway, of the Ap.
peal, has been In Washington City for
several weeks taking items concerning
Congressional matters.
A reward Of ten dollars will be paid
for the recovery of a large white muley
COW, with IL. H. branded on the neck.
Strayed from 29s Third street.
John G. Bridges, for a number Of
years Deputy City Tax Collector, died
last night at Rosedale, Tenn, after a
lingering sickness Of over twelve months.
A called meeting Of the General Coun.
Gil will be held at the City Hall tonight,
with reference to the proposed survey Of
the landing, and other important mat.
ters.
In leaving an order at a coal Office
much time may be saved by giving your
name as Brown or Smith. The number
Of your house will be sufficient to pre-.
vent all mistakes, aud will be much more
satisfactory to the coal men than the
name without the address.
To-day Mayor Flippiu affixed his sig
nature to the parchment draft of the
deed conveying the bluff site Of the pro-
posed Customhouse to the United States
government. The deed is elegantly got,
ten up, aud will be filed among the arch.
ives Of the government at Washington
There are several all night saloons
in Memphis where the belated traveller or
homeless tramp can get his drink aud
become a "snoozer' all the night long,
provided he spends a nickel or two semi.
occasionally. A look into place oil this
kind after midnight reveals many odd
specimens of humanity to the curiosity.
seeker.
Ben Wheeler, the negro who murdered
Blumenstein on Beal street, has not as
yet been captured by the police authorl-
ties. He is believed to be either hid
away by his c~onfederates or to have
Jumped the city. If the latter surmise
be true, he may be captured by the DO.
lice officers of some other city and sent
back here on requisition. .1 l
A well-known lawyer was arrested this
morning on the charge of committing an
assault and battery upon a negro woman.
The woman was q servant at his house,
gave his family some ~impudence, and the
irate attorney slapped her face. Yet,
this well.deserved punishment is techni-
cally an assault and battery, and against
the peace and dignity Of the State.
Who wrote that piece of silly versi6ca.
ton called ITO My SweetheartY' Let
his name be published in full, so that the
execrations OF all poetry-loving people
may follow him. A man who would
write such a thing to his sweetheart
would deserve to be exactly what he is
an old bachelor. The lines read as if
they we're measured with a yard.stick.
Hon. John F. House, member of Con.
gress from the Nashville district, has
been appointed a subcommittee BY the
Committee on Expenditures in the De.
partment Of Justice to investigate alleged
irregularities in the Federal Courts of
this State and especially in East Tennes.
see. 1t is to be hoped that there has
been no Belknaping or Grantism carried
on in our Federal Courts.
At last the truth has come out. Bishov
Quintard Of Tennessee was not 'snub
bed by the Bishop Of London. This is
perfectly satisfactory, and there will be
no necessity for the United States to 90
to war with England in order to csptare
the Bishop Of London and make him re.
tract the %"snubbing.' Our contem
porarieS who became so indignant over
the supposed iudiGuiiy can now rise and
explain. rrntavr
In several portions Of the city are To-
Gated some Of the lowest aud vilest
negro drinking dens to be seen on this
continent. From these places, fire..
qusnted by negro thieves and LEVIED
women, the most frightful language can
be heard i%ssuinp nightly Sncb ni.ca,