Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-01

feminine gender both In IEugland and
America; but wyh7 is the mystery, unless
it is that she puts on a new and elegant
dress Once ia a while ard has other
feminine weaknesses.
Some apprehension is felt by judges
and lawyers over the supposed danger
Gus condition Of the cOurt-bcus the
walls Of which are bullying in aud out.
We do not believe that any d%aniEer ex-
lists, out yet the building should be thor
oaghly examined by competent tIpgi-
neers and architects.
OF the many social reunions on
Thanksgiving yesterday, perhaps none
we're more enjoyed than that given by
Mr.. s. c. Toof, at his residence, to his
employees. This was the eighth annual
dinner he has given of this kind. There
were seventeen employees of his estab-
lishmeut present, aad all enjoyed it to
the fullest extent.
The total vote Of Tennessee has been
received, officially, at last. Tilden re-
ceived 1915 votes, Hayes 1856, Por-
Ter 1923. TAO, Thomas 70, sos, Yardley 2l65
and Nancy 1896. Tilden beat Porter
1926 votes aud Porter beat Thomas So
045 This shows that nearly ten thousand
sterling Democrats ~repudiated Porter
and the coupon paying ring.
The words " turkey and oysters " we're
heard in the lard on yesterday. We
met a gentleman yesterday afternoon
who said he had eaten a turkey stuffed
With oysters, but meeting the same gen.
tIeman at one o'clock last night he in
: sisted that ho had deyoured an oyster
stuffed with turkeys. He had changed
front, swapped ends and got things mixed
terribly witbia a few short hours.
The Appeal of this morning warns tbs
s public es ius. the supposed unaalety OF
q the courthouse building, and says: in
the event Of o disaster our bands are free
from the result etc. Should the court
a house now tumble down the Appeal
J. would be agsin Endorsed" But, seri-
ousIy speaking, there is no danger of the
i. ooarthouee falling, yet it may be well to
y have a proper examination made of the
G building 10 order to allay apprehension
g created by newspaper sensati oual para
graphs.
. Bill collectors, mounted on aeet Chick
! asaw ponies, skip around Little Rock
Ark, on the lst OF every north. There
. is no necessity for the bill collectors t.
use stesdsi in Memphis they get arount
entirely too fast. To-day being the frs
q Of the mouth, The boys are out on thu
: war path. Treat item kindly, for they
mean 40 harm. Talk to them about th,
u Presidential muddle, the political desC
1 lock, the Turco.Russlan war, if yor
'e have not the change to square the &C
count, The boys will discuss anything
from a disputed bill to the theory o
y " Evolulion."
At the tbeater matinee yesterday a.
%ternoon Divorca was the attraction, con
= sequently the house was filed with Ia6ie
e. and children. The former wept over th
es woes aud sorrows Of the Ten Eyck girls
and the latter made all sorts of noise:
ut over which the men frowned and th
ladies laughed. Male humanity object
ty to the appearance Of children at mat.
nj nees-a very selfish objection on thei
err. part, because the children have a RICH
to to be amused as well as they-provide
he they purchase reserved seats. To-moi
row another matinee will be given, o
which occasion the Kurdish people wi
al play Mons. Alphonse.
on. Among the gayest Thanksgiving cell
of brations of yesterday was hat Of NJ
ur. Wm. Gay, Secretary of the MerchAni
Insurance Company, who celebrated tn
advent of a twelve FOUNDER piece
NY humanity. The Appeal Of this mornir
,"e insists that it was a boy. We do n,
'1V like to differ with our cotemporary abo'
O+1 a small matter. but we have no dou.
w that in the coursa of time the CORE
announcement will be made. We CO
g-atulate the worthy Secretary Of Il
tne Merchants Insurance Company, howsve
the upon his Thanksgiving present, and hol
rs that he or she will become "a thing
on beauty and a Joy forever"