Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-31
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is picking up considerably.
Already wire-pulIing is going on with
reference to the next county election.
Nothing of interest transpired at the
Recorders Court or courts of record to-
day.
Dan Rice with his trained horses,
goats and bears on the bluff on Monday
next. I
1t is understood that Josh Billings will
deliver a matinee lecture tomorrow at
the theater.
Louisiana fruits and vegetables are
arriving in the city in considerable
quantities.
Professor Arnold'S band will give a
sacred concert at the theater on next
Sunday night.
Josh Billings will tell all he knows
about the Pensive Cockroach at the
theatsr tonight.
The police patrol force will swap day
and night duty at IL m. to. morrow and
for three months.
To-day is the last of March, and to-
morrew, 3 day which never comes, will
be the LIST of April.
The jury in the Cicalla Islander case
had not returned q verdict to the Circuit
Court up to l o'clock to-day.
The station.house was almost deserted
by u%nfortunates and criminals last night,
and but few arrests were made.
The b~ase-ballers and their friends went
out to Olympic Park yesterday and en-
joyed the sports of the nine"
Next Sunday will be the fifth Sunday
in Lent, the Sunday following Palm Sun
day, and the next Easter Sunday.
Sneak.thieving is a prosperous BUSH
ness just now. All suspicious character
should be pulled in" by the police.
Yesterday was the anniversary Of the
famous massacre of the French in Sicily
in 1882, known as the Sicilian Vespers.
1t is about time to hear from some
vernal local poet upon the subject Of
april showers bring forth May
flowers"
Mr.. Gilbert Knapp, of Little Rock,
lectured cn temperance at the Assembly
Hall last night. The audience, although
not large, was appreciative.
Mr.. Potter, United States Supervising
Architect, will probably reach here to
morrow to inspect the bluff site donated
by the city for the Custom-house.
There are a number of crazy looking
and dilapidated old tenements around
the city that should be torn down as a
precautionary measure against accident,
The pleasant weather indicates that i
will oon be time for the spring fever
to break out, and dolce far niente vii
be the order Of the day during the warn
months.
: An epidemic Of cold and catarrh i
raging throughout the United State
just now, affecting human beings yer,
; much as the epizootic affected horses
few years since.
That premium Centennial cotton bal
. was exhibited at the Cotton Exchang
= yesterday afternoon, and was examine
and admired by even those who knew nc
: what cotton was and who could not dit
, tinguish long staple from a telegrap.
line.
The map-tracing epidemic which brok
out in u public schools has subside
somewhat, and many of those who ha
the most violent attacks are out of dar
!. ger. Superintendent Pickett and hi
crowd are convalescent, but a return
the malady is expected during the Ger
%tennial Exposition this summer.
a The Little Rock Gazette oil the 29t
says: Dan Mason stage manager {
the Tivoli Theater, was married on ye
tetday to Miss Flora Frawley." Tb
: latter is well known in Memphis, havin
been one of the troupe at the Theate
a Comique on Jefferson street, some week
y since.
Numbers Of people visited the blu
= last evening to enjoy the moonlight, th
g river and the general scenic effect II
: fected from Arkansas. Lovers stoo
! on the bluff, aud while listening 10th
: rolling of the turbid Mississippi aske
10 each other, What are the wild wave
10 sayingY"
Next Wednesday night at Cochra
Hall the German Casino Singing Gu
g. will present the German opera by Julir
N Otto, entitled "Mordgrundbruck." II
A. club will be assisted by a number Of OF
ID best amateur vocalists and by Arnold
u. orchestra, the entertainment to be CO.
as Quoted by Prot. Il. Schulz.
is At the trotting race yesterday owe ii
Chickasaw Jockey Club course, for
purse of $500, best three in five, Lowell
Barney Kelly won the purse, being la
in the first, and winning the followil
three heats and beating General Hoe
Kate Campbell and Annie Collins. tt
time was slow, owing to the heavy track,
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