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

No@Nl0i Noonctt necung 81 INC Ohy
Hall to night.
Arctic and tidal waves waived around
the city last night.
Ex-Recorder P. NJ. Winters leaves this
afternoon on a trip North.
City Register Beleher has taken charge
VI his office at the City Hall.
The cold weather last night drove
many tramps to the station house in
search Of lodging.
Going into bankruptcy and making
assignments are not infrequent acts in
this city at present.
Thousands Of persons are most anx-
ions TO procure invitations to the
Memphi Mardi.Gras ball.
The C~hickasaw Guards and their lacy
friends INDUCED 10 a leap year hop at
the Guards armory last night.
There is trouble among the spirits in
Memphis since Millerism has been ex-
posed as o piece OF charlatsnism.
The new city government is getting in
complete working order rapidly; al Il Q
departments are being thoroughly orgs n
ICED under the new municipal regime.
But few arrests we're made by the 20
lice last night, the intensely cold weather
having induced all roysterers and viii @
bibberS TO get home as early as possible.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany have established an office in tn
store OF s. E. Gather. at Willisten,
Tenn, Mr.. T. T. Humphreys being the
operator.
The Grand Lodge Of Knights Of Pyth-
las will convene at Nashville on Tuesday
next, Grand Chancellor W. P. Robinson
presiding. There are now twenty lodges
Of the order in Tennessee.
Business continues dull throughou.the
city, owing TO the low price of cotton.
In Memphis everything has cotton for q
foundation, and when that tumbles all
above it follows the example.
Captain George PhelaD's company Of
Irish Volunteers elected officers last
night as follows: Lieutenants, j. s.
Sullivan, P. c. Rogers, Paul Kingston;
Orderly Sergeant, John Russell.
The mission being preached by the
Dominican Fathers of New York at st.
Peters church nightly attracts large
crowds o. worshippers. The interesting
r%evivals Of religion will continue during
the remainder Of the week.
Ice formed in the street gutters and
pools in the suburbs yesterday afternoon
and last night. Yesterday was the cold
est day OF the season, the intense cold.
ness being increased by the high winds
that blew steadily from the North.
The Board of Trade met yesterday to
consider the city weighing trouble.
After considerable discussion the Board
concluded to p~stronize Mr.. Lefingwell,
"a
the City Weigher, instead of q defeated
candidate, who wishes to run private
scales.
A different condition is clearly appa-
rent IN the Recorders Court since Re-
corder Duf took his seat. 1t looks now
like o court Of record where business is
conducted in the regular legal nanner
Instead OF the slip she'd and free ard
easy style of former days.
There is quite a rivalry in Memphis
Terpsicborean circles as to who is the
most competent young man to "boss"
the German. The distinguished light
heeled official will have to be selected by
a vote Of the ladies and should be pre-
scented with a badge or other insignia of
ofice-for instance, a cap and bells.
A LEDGER newsboy visited a dentist a
few days since and asked the operator to
pull a tooth for him free OF charge, stat
ing that he would give him q copy Of the
LEDGER for his trouble. The good.na-
tured dentist agreed TO the proposition,
placed the boy in q chair and got bis
instruments ready. Amt yer goin' TO
GIN ma gas2' NO" replied the dent.
isti 81 will pull It without" you
don't get the job, then" replied the en-
5ryo journalist, for | Amt goin' to have
it pulled out raw" and hopping oit Of
the chair he walked out to hunt for q
more accommodating extractor Of teeth.
Brother Watson in q mcst unkind man.
ner ISLANDERS the reporters Of the LEDaER
aud Appeal, who published exposures Of
the Miller business some weeks since
he invites the heavy men or leading
editors Of the LEDGER, Avalanche and
Appeal (Mathes. Kellar aud Keating) to
act as a committee of investigation on
tho grounds that he wants sober, sensi.
BILE and truthful men," The reporters so
slandered beg leave to inform Brother
Watson that they are too sober and
sensible to kiss, hug and slobber over
Mrs. Miller, as she appeared at the
seauces playing the role Of ghosts of
dead wives.