Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-11-28
THE CITY.
Tuesday Evening, Nov. rs, 1879
LEDGER LINES.

Aue chaIity jail VIII LAKE place ~ TUG
Peabody on Thursday night.
At the thester to night Divorce will
again be the dramatic attraction.
The slaugbtering Of innocent turkeys
commenced to day for the Thanksgiving
feast Of Thursday.
Our Congressman will have to be at
Washington on Monday next, as Con-
1rels will reasonable on that day.
Howes' London Circus will camp on
lhebluf tomorrow, to the great delight
# young Memphis, if not of older people
There was a fire out on Quimby street
at 5 o'clock this morning a church
and twelve negro dwellings were de-
stroyed.
Numbers Of people are suffering from
colds and chills, owing to the c~hangeable
weather which has been prevailing in
this latitude.
At Assembly Hall to night a number
Of citizsns giil talk over the BaratariA
canal matter. The meeting will be free
to all aud no collection will be taken up.
This should insure a good attendance; it
usually does.
To day the lady friends and managers
o. the Bethel begin q dining in the room
No. 81 Madison street, Persons who
want an excellent meal would do well to
visit the Bethel dining-room, which will
be attended by fair and beautiful ladies,
Q During the hearing Of a criminal
case to-day the defendants lawyer in
closing his address to the jury said;
"Genilsmen Of the jury, you are a Re-
turning Board in this particular case,
AMI l will not object it you count my
I client out" The jury acquitted the
n prisoner.
The Jacksonville (Fla.) Press says
woman suffrage was practiced by negro
women in that State at TIE last election
= az information has been received thai
forty.two women dressed in male attire
voted the Radical ticket a; the preciucI
knewn as Barnes Store, in Aladin'
q county, and several Ct them we're ar
n rested.
Tbeater goers who attended the thea
ter last night missed from the FurbisI
, troupe the familiar faces of Miss Geugi
Langley (Mrs. Furbisb) Miss AID
an Monk, Miss Maggie Newton MRS. Bon.
face), Miss Amelia Harris, Mr.. Bonifac
% and Mr., Farran. Their places hay
BEEN supplied, however, by very cleve
Us people, who made quite a favorable in
~ = preston.
At the Criminal Court on yesterda
\ ahernoo Jacob Clark, negro, was CO.
j. victed of larceny, and was sentenced
three years imprisonment in the pen
Tertiary. To-day Elias Rsdding, neer
is on trial on charge OF stealing a peck
knife. This afternoon Thomas Man
field, white, will be tried on the char
of hcrse-s,ealing and bringing stOl'
properly into the State.
IL. If you want to insult a tramping BE-
gar just offer him a job of work. tt
wandering Ishmaelite has q soul (
3Iy above work and a hand ready to pi
9 of up anything Of value left lying loo
around the house. The American trar
has evoluted with gigantic Hroportio
within a few years, and may soon
IT, Offering himself for the Office Ct Pre-
dent Of the United States, provided
Grant will permit that office to be aga
filled.
During the trial of a case 10 the c
}. cult Court a few days since, the questj
in issue was one Ringing upon the val
IL ity of a tax sale aud the entry on t
IS record Of the condemnation Of the pre-
erty. The minutes of the Circuit Coz
for July, 1871, we're exhibited in cot
in order to prove the condemnation /
it wa then discovered that an emit
page of the record book had been cut
and stolen.
Governor Porter in his Thanksgivi
- proclamation recommends that all Sc
llr pursuits b. suspended on Thursd
next, and that all render thanks to G
for the blessings and protection graal
them the past year, and invoke
run guidance in the future. 10 this C
AN there will be q partial suspension
business, and a considerable amoant
= Gov ciurca.going on that day, while the b
rived OF the period will be prosecuted by go
monds, provided they get a chance ct
The Tennessee Club, q social org
- za,iou WHICH embraces within its
numbers Of our leading business n
Aa6Me39 and other prominent o%itisens, is fit
up a club house on South Court STR
over Converse's billiard hall. The es
ST. lishment comprises parlors, read
room, billiard.rosm, bar room, etc.
49, eoyered way across Second alley exte
to the second story q Gaston's Res'
IN rant, the Tenuagsee Club intending
G@s rse Gaston's dining rooms on sps
occasions.
new At tho ,bas!er lest night the de2I
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