Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-22
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HEosh OySeets udlly az MUM, flnceDlb 4.
Magistrates blanks and all kinds Of
leyal blanks for sale at LEDGER office.
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Motto for the holidays, Ladies and
glntlemen keep sober"
The General Council will indulge 10
another seance on Wednesday night. -
There was another gentle rain fell last
night, or rather early this morning.
The hog cholera has broken out in
some Of the North Alabama counties.
Bishop Quintard is in town and will
t%ficiate in st. Mary's Cathedral Sunday
next.
The retail business seems to be -four.
ishing at present from a holiday goods
standpoint.
At the CeotrAl Baptist church tonight
the annual school review and concert
will take place.
Harry Robinseu's Minstrels will give
an initial performance at the Greenlaw
Opera House tonight.
Gou1od's Faust, a romantic opera, with
Mrs. Richings-B Bernard as Marguerite"
will be produced at the theater tonight
Next month the dramatic talent of the
Chickasaw Guards will appear on the
sage and give and amateur performance
Fra Diavolo will be the operate attrac.
ton at the matinee tomorrow. Mrs.
Richings.B Bernard will appear az Ter
lima"
At least fifty noble citizens intend
running for the offices to be made vacant
in January next by the retiring twenty
Councilmen.
At the courthouse and at other places
in this city many a mar receives a uerv.
GUS shock by thoughtlessly sitting down
on a coil Of steam pipes to rest.
The German Benevolent Society will
give an annual ball at Cochran Hall on
next Monday night. For particulars see
advertisement in another column.
Old Prob" promises for to-day
threatening weather, with rains ant
probably snows, and for tonight colder
n%ortherly and westwardly winds.
Miss Genevieve Rogers will make heI
appearance at the theater on Monday
night as Maud Muller" the little hay
maker who fell in love with the Judge
An ice gorge formed in front of Mem
phis 10 1872, and should the floating ict
continue to increase another gorge may
be expected by steambOatmen and coal
men.
At the Police Court this forenoon Johr
Speth, arrested on the charge of till
tapping, was committed to Jail by The
Recorder. John Williams, a negro lar
c%enist, shared the same fate.
The time has come when people who
enter Offices should shut the door after
them when they enter aud depart. /
you obey this injunction strictly you vii
fad that angels in the form Of men will
emile upon you.
At the United States Court the argu'
ment of counsel was being heard on the
admiralty cases of libel as to the Cheei
line of steamers. The clerk is taking al
account, so as to report as to The amount
of liabilities OF the line.
Some days since there appeared in the
LEDGER a notice of the attempted assas
sination Of NJ. s. Long, at Muscle Shoals
Alabama, by a man named Greedy
Since that time >Greely has been cap
tured and committed to Jail.
We regret to learn of the death of Mr..
VIM j. Murray, which occurred in Bos
ton on the 2lst. Mr.. Murray was for g
long time ir the house Of B. Lowensteir
q Bros, and was favorably known in the
social and musical circles of Memphis
The Aldermen whose times expire in
January next, and whose places will have
to be Glled by the voters Of the wards
are Gent, Of the First ward Elder, o
the Third; Morrison, of the Tenth Coch
ran, of the Eighth; aud Harvey, Of thu
Sixth.
For the opera matinee at the theateF 10
morrow reserved seats will be ssld a
Hollenberg's, prior to the opening Of tn,
theater, at 75c each. No reserved seat
will be sold at the theater box Office
General admission fifty cents; children
twenty FIVE cents.
Twelve good aud legal Jurors who ha'
not formed or expressed an opinion as tt
the guilt or innocence Of the accused
from reading newspapers or from an,
other cause, have been secured in thI
Criminal Court to hear and determin,
the ReesnoVer.E Ellis homicide case.
In another column will be found al
article showing that candidates for th0
: Office Of School Boarder or School Wis
: itor must have some literary qualifca
tions, and must pass en- examination be
fore they can sit around the edueationa
board and tickle each other with intel
lectpal stFaws.