Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-25

terday out OF respect to the memory OF
the late Chief Justice Nicholson Of this
State.
A lawyer was arrested yesterday Oh
the charge Of larceny, but it turns out
that be took the things while in a drunken
condition.
Several of the awnings on Main street
present dangerous locking appearance,
the weight Of the sno having warped
them out OF shape.
Flocks OF wild geese dy over the city
nightly On their way aorthward. This
is one Of the never.iailiDg signs of the
approach of spring.
Saturday mex will be the first Of April,
or All Fools Day. 1t viii be duly eele.
brated in Memphis, where the order con-
tsins quite a large membership.
One thousand and eighteen c%onvicts
have their abiding place in the Tennessee
~peuitentiary. Memphis and Shelby
county are we'll represented therein.
In the Chancary Court yesterday after
noon a petition for divorce was fled by
Harriet Shute VS.. James Shute, on the
ground Of failure to support, cruel treat
ment, etc.
At the Turaer Hall tomorrow night
there will be q sacred concert given by
Mile Elisa Devrient, who will sing La
Marseillaise, and will be assisted by
other artists.
A picture frame full OF specimens Of
photography, aud belonging to some gal
lery, was found in an alley by the police
this morning. 1t is at the s~tation.house
awaiting an owner.
The merchants who desire to resist the
payment Of the Nicolsou pavement tax
on merchants capital are requested to
leave their names with the Secretary OF
the Cotton Exchange.
A golden wedding will take place in
the suburbs of the city tomorrow. The
old couple have been married City years,
and their friends intend celebrating the
event in an appropriate manner
During TIE sleigh riding on last Mon
day night one Of the leaders Of the demi
monde lost a valuable turquoise ant
+, diamond earring, thereby spelling q jew
| eled set worth hundreds Of dollars.
This afternoon the General Council
will meet at the City Hall for the purpose
. Of passing, on its third and final read
1 ing, the ordinance appropriating the nee
I essary amount to have a survey Of thu
river front made.
The Grand Jury Of Marshall county
Miss has indicted the Board Of Mayo
and Aldermen Of Holly Springs for no
e keeping up the streets, as required By
e law, and the people Of the city ant
county all join in a grand hurrah il
honor OF the Grand Jury. Strange
$ country that.
The late cold snap is said to have beer
b caused by the existence Of that Mothei
Goose bone 10 kentucky. We knew tina
o some cause existed for all this in lati
tudes farther north than the thirty.6ftl
/. parallel, which is situated ten miles soutl
Of this city, aud is the dividing line be
t tween this State and Mississippi.
. The Mississippi river is rising rapidly
: Its tawny breast is heaying up towart
: the top of its banks. 1t is within abou
four feet OF high water mark, and ha
. already flooded the lower bottoms. A bi
river, If not a dangerous overflow, ma,
: be expected by those planting down Oh
, the coast between here and Vicksburg.
The merchants have concluded to en-
ploy counsel and resist the collection O
= the Gfty.four cents levy Of Nicolso
pavement tax on their capital. MesSrl
McKissick, Turley, Harris, Estes, Ellie
aud Graft, we'll known lawyers, have bee
" engaged to resist the tax and hle bills {
u injunction against the City Tax Co
lector.
y The s%nnulsr eclipse of the sun wi
occur about four o'clock this Afternoon
e Iu this latitude it will be visible only 9
. a partial eclipse. The sun will b
g eclipsed three and a half digits, or owe
s ~one.fourth, on the northern part. Thol
d who desire witnessing the phenomena
e in Its perfection will have to transpol
Ie themselves to Vaucouver's Island or III
northwestern shore Of Hudson Bay.
r, Were it not for the Adams street Ell
gine.house midnight bell numbers
q Memphians would forget to 20 to be-
Like the bell in the fairy tale, its sonO
GUS sounds make all bslated citizens fee
= drowsy, and they at one seek the
couches. Many women in this Gil
should bless that bell, because it send
n their husbands home at midnigh
whereas, were it not for its pealings, th
boys might stay out until morning.
At an adjourned meeting of the men
W bers Of the bar to receive the resolution
" adopted in reference TO the death Of Va
A. W. Anderson, the chairman, Hon.
W, Heiskell, appointed the following &c
tlemen to present the resolutions to Il
4 several courts: Cbapcery Court, T.
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