Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-10


his policy at the time. about 500. Il is
not the frat time that pistols we're recog-
nized as good indorsers" by corporation
officials.
The special COMMITTEES of the County
Quarterly Court has reported in faysr Of
reducing assessments on a number of
petitions presented by citizens. The
amount of reductions made upon the
aggregate assessment was nearly $780,
900. The Quarterly Court met this
this morning, adopted the report of the
committee and adjourned over to court
in course April next.
To the Woodruff inquiry for parents,
Where is u boy to-nightS' it might
be answered that persistent inquiry at
the billiard rooms, keno rooms or sa-
looms might discover the noble young
man, the high-spirited scion around
whom cluster the fOndest affections of
parental hearts, or he might be found
sitting in the Varieties, with bis feet
cooked up, smoking one of his fathers
cigars and looking like a little Charlie
Ross.
In the Ohio Legislature a bill has been
introduced for the protection Of passen-
gers on street railroads. The motto of
the bill and it's text is No seat, no pay"
The bill provides that the street railroad
companies must provide increase Of &C.
commodation for the public, and that a
seat must be provided for every passen-
ger or no fare can be demanded Of or
received from the passenger. Some such
law should be enacted and enforced in
this State. How often have we seen
nearly thirty unfortunate male and fe-
male passengers packed into a Besl
street car like herrings or sardines in
boxes-a growing and living example
OF the disgrace and discomfort OF an
overcrowded mule box.
A subscriber wants to know what per-
sons do those medallion heads represent
that adorn the new building now being
erected on Main street. The heads in
medallion and in relief are those of
ancient Greeks and Romans-the poets,
warriors and sageS Of past days. The
Muses. are also in relief; likewise Aspa-
sis, Sappbo, Phryne, etc, This medal
lion work is Of terra Gotta and is done
but in n place in Europe--Vienna.
Casts of the work and heads we're re-
ceived here by Mr.. Cook, architect, who
had the same work done 10 this city at
the terra Gotta factory. Indeed, the me
dallion heads are pronounced by eompe.
tent judges to be superior to the Vienna
workmanship, all of which speaks we'll
for Memphis enterprise, as such work is
not done in any other portion Of the
United States.
Sig, Nowitzky, the eloquent street
orator, who sells curiosities and novelties
daily on the corner of Main aud Madison,
has discovered the great want of the
world. He now learnedly discourses on
his celebrated vocal stimulauts, a vege-
table remedy for all the ills that flesh is
heir to. They strengthen and make
musical the human voice. After using
them a minister can preach an hour
longer, a lawyer can talk seven times
more %learuedly and faster, q vocalist can
gaup two octaves higher or the same dis.
lance lower, a politician can stump six
counties as easily as one, an actor can
rant twenty mule power better, and an
a~uctioneer a talk a mar to death il no
time. BE swears they cure everything,
from badness on the head to corns on
the feet. We recommend the stimulant
to ambitious amateur actors, C~ouncilmen
and Aldermen, candidates for office, fel.
lows who want to borrow money or ask
. reporter, Whats the newsY"