Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-21
LEDGER LINES.

General Council meeting at the City
Hall tonight.
The general opinion is that the fruit
crop has gone.
The Peck family of Bsll-Ringers at
the theater on Thursday night.
Oyster and liquor saloons made money
last night, owing to the sleigh.riders.
Sleighs rented at from FIVE to ten dol
lars an hour yesterday and last night.
Barrett's snow.plov caused a sensa.
ton on the street railroad tracks ysster.
day.
Should the frost and snow continue q
few days Memphis can gather her own
ice crop from Hopefeld lake.
Several cases involving difficulties
which took place yesterday will be heard
by the Recorder this afternoon.
A hundred sleighs and sleds we're
whirling around town last night. The
boys and girls had q jolly time.
The incoming train over the Louisville
road ran over and killed a steer, near
the corporation line, this morning.
Five dollars ine was the order Of the
Recorder this morning in the cases Of
those who we're drunk and d~isorderly les.
night.
Hundreds of negroes from the middle
section Of the State are preparing to emf
CRATE to Kansas aud leave good old Ten.
nessee.
Several North Mississippi journals
state that a slight shock Of earthquake
was felt last Friday night in that section
Of country.
Silk plug hats had a downward ten
dency yesterday afternoon, owing to the
snow-balling. Shoot that hat" was the
motto with the boys.
In the Chancsry Court a bill has been
filed by Jane Lallemand against John R,
Lallemand on the grounds of i'll treat
ment, failure TO support, etc.
The negro Wheeler, who killed Mr..
Blumenstein on Beal street last night,
had not been captured by the police au-
thorities up to one o'clock to-day.
Pea blossoms Of the early English va
riety have appeared in gardens at Sena-
tobia, Miss, but the late snow storm in
vited the blossomssio retire for a few
weeks.
1t took one hour for q mule.box to 20
from Court Square to Brinkley avenue
last evening on the Poplar street track.
The fast schedule time was discarded
yesterday.
The Cicalla vs.. Cicalla damage and
SANDER suit is progressing in the Circuit
Court. The lawyers engaged in the
cause were fighting over the admissa
bility of testimony all day.
The sun shone out of the west as i
sank to rest last evening. 1t was a blazl
Of glory, the light being reflected in
charming manner by the snow crystal
that covered the face OF mother earth.
: A Mexican named Thomas Rosse at
tempted to commit a burglary at a bous,
on Center alley, North Memphis, las
night. He was arrested, and this morn
ing was committed to jail by the Re
, corder in default of $500 bail.
, In the Criminal Court to-day Judgl
. Ray, of the Probate Court, was presid
' ing by interchange with Judge Adams
who has gone to preside over the Bart
? lett Circuit Court during the remaindet
} of the week and during the calling of th'
felony docket.
United States Marshal Pagan, Of Ar
{ kansas, and formerly a general officer il
the Confederate service, is in the city
stopping at the Peabody. On Meir
street yesterday he, in common viii
hundreds of others, had his hat knocket
D off by the snow.ballers.
Mayor Flippin had to run the gauntle
of the boys yesterday afternoon. As on
Of them remarked: He is u Mayor,
public officer; give it to him." and tn
t snowballs few around the Head Of tn
8 Commune in a war-like manner as hi
silk hat rolled on the sidewalk.
To-day a peremptory writ Of mandam
US was issued from the United State
Court on a judgment obtained by ]. j
Busby VS.. Lauderdale county. The wri
r of mandamuS is to compel the county Q
2 Lauderdale to levy a special tax to pa.
some seven hundred dollars in bond
|" issued by said county.
How to improve the river front is
question BOW attracting general after
ton, but the best minds insist that n
permanent improvement can be mad
without the aid Of the United State
government, the expense of the undeI
taking being far too heavy for the co.
porNtion Of Memphis to bear.
Quite a number Of men and wome
were arrested by the police last night fc
being too disorderly as they traverse
the streets in sleighs. This morning
however, the Recorder imposed ligl