Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-19
THE CITY.
n HIS
"wednesday Evening. Jan. 10, 1876
LEDGER LINES.

Ing mlsdemeanor cases.
II you have lost anything or want any
thing, advertise for it in the LEDGER.
The denizens Of the village of Ra-
leigh will indulge in a Centennial or leap
year hop tonight.
General Council meeting to-morrow
night for the purpose of swearing in the
new Mayor and swearing out the old one.
The sunny and bracing weather to-day
brought out hundreds of ladies on the
streets to indulge in shopping excur.
sious.
The coal case Of Riddle, Coleman &
Co. VS. Pillow ct al, is on hearing to-day
in the Federal Court before Judge Brown
and a jury.
Citizens from the surrounding country
report that the low lands are flooded, all
the creeks, bayous and streams being
bank full.
Yesterday was the anniversary Of the
birth Of Daniel Webster, which event
took place in 1882, at Salisbury, New
Hampshire.
Tomorrow night week the charity
promenade concert and full dress ball
comes off at the Peabody for the benefit
Of the orphans.
At one of our hotels a negro boy eats
in the same dining hall with the guests,
which is objected to by those who be-
lieve in caste,
Chairman John Gent, of the Common
Council, is spoken of for reelection. He
las made an excellent presiding officer
for two years past.
AT the Recorders Court this morning
there we're nine misdemeanor cases dis
posed of--three DRINKS, five fights and
one case of street walking.
Harrlgan and Hart as the Doyle
Brothers atthe Greenlaw Opera Heuse
tonight, in which they will appear in
twelve different characters.
The wharf and landing repairing bust.
ness has been postponed, or rather trans
ferrei to the new General Council, who
take their seats tomorrow night.
The City Hall begins to present a DESC
late appearance already. Signs of pack
ing up baggage preparatory to getting
up and out are already apparent in that
municipal palace.
Memphis is full of amusemeuts at
present; two legitimate theaters and one
variety show running nightly, besides a
weekly seance of either the General
Council or the School Board.
THE Letter in the Candle" and
Wait Till the Moonlight Falls on the
Water" are still the most popular songs
of the day. Published by Il. G. Hollen-
berg, great Southwestern music house.
The Mayor and General Council elect
will be indicted to office tomorrow
night. Section AZ of the charter SAYS:
The General Council shall assemble
one week after their general election, for
organization" etc.
The meeting of the General Council
last night was largely a%ttendsd-in fact,
better attended than was any place of
amusement. The visitors we're disap-
pointed in not witnessing the Inaugural
tiPn of Flippin and others.
The most popular and the most sought
after man in Memphis is Mayor elect J..
K. Flippin. Those who geek him want
an Office, but unfortunately there are not
quite, a sufficient number of offices in his
gift to go around the circle.
The philanthropists who ran and
robbed the Freedmen's Bank and caused
a remarkable disappearance of the funds
OF negro depositors in this and other
cities are to be thoroughly investigated.
Among the borrowers of the funds of the
poor blacks are many Federal Office.
holders and their friends.
Mayor League meusaged the General
Council last night with an exhaustive re,
sume Of the financial condition of the
city; the total liabilities being S., 1856.
872 81, and the total assets being 81, 1884,
639.O7, leaving the net liabilities at
$S,69o. 1888 60. How to pay the above
amount will be the financial c%onundrum
for years to come.
1t is rumored hat on Mayor Flippin's
library table at his residence there is a
pile Of letters or applications Of i'm.
mense hight. The new Mayor is not
able to look over the top of the pile when
seated in bis chair, and when he desires
to take a survey of the field he has to
stand upon the chair, and from that lofty
pinnacle gaze at and over the spistolary
obstruction,
Since The municipal election hundreds
of citizens have perused the new charter
with a view to information. The char
ter is one Of those finely constructed
mysteries which the more you read the
less you know about it. It contradicls
itself quite often, and its meaning, like
the ancient o%rscleg, is often enyeloped
and hidden in cloud of words. 1t may
be said to keen the word of nromise IN