Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-17

oeOo "SAo uoAcoeCu IN every Warut ana
in January next that part Of the rint
left over" will be disposed Of.
Early yesterday morning a thief en-
tered several rooms at Mrs. Shaw's board
ing house, corner of Second and Poplar
streets, and carried off a lot of clothing
belonging to the boarders. He is SUP
posed to be a suspicious character who
had been seen hanging around the prem.
SEES for several days.
The whereabouts Of Judge Flippin are
objects Of interest and inquiry daily.
At least Eve hundred times per day are
the inquiries made: Where is Mayor
Flippin2 where does he keep himselff
aud echo auswe indefinitely. We I'm.
derstand Mayor Flippiu has been staying
at home with his family.
Puck" the %pursuivant of Rex Carni-
vail, is a lineal descendant Of that sprite
Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, in Shak-
%speare's Midsummer Nights Dream"
who was a merry wanderer of the night,
and who was the inventor of the tele.
graph, because he says in reply to ODE
ron's commands: III put a girdIe
round about the earth in forty minutes. "
Judge Brown, who is at present hold
ing the Federal Court in this city BY in
~terchauge with Judge Emmons, is Cir
cult Judge Of Michigan. He has been
on the bench about six months, and
prior to his appointment was a leading
lawyer at Detroit, Michigan, where be
commanded a large maritime and admit
rally practice. The Detroit journals
speak in the highest terms of his legal
ability aud learning.
A Beal street physician, who is always
losing something, has now lost a white
bull dog. II any person gets bit by the
lost animal and has to slaughter it by
way Of appeasing anger, he will please
report the incident and locality at the
station-house so that the dog can be
found and restored to its bereaved
owner. The description of the animal
is, that it's outrageously ugly and in.
tensely ill-humored.
Read the proclamations of the King
OF the Mardi.Gras Carnival, published in
TIE LEDGER 1t is intended to make the
coming celebration excel anything ever
before attempted in this city. At leas;
twenty thousand strangers are expected
here on that day. Let there be a grand
turnout Of maskers and mummers during
the day, and let those intending to an.
pear in mask make their arrangements
and preparations in due time.
1t is denied that the other indictments
for embezzlement against James A.
Chastaiue will be mol pressed" as the
prosecuting witnesses assert that they
will appear against the defendant. Until
this matter is settled Chastaine will re.
main confined in the county Jail, not
w%ithstanding the Governors pardon on
the forgery case. But the defendant has
a right to give bond for his appearance
before the Criminal Court and be re-
leased from custody.
A good many jokes, practical and
otherwise, appeared in print during the
municipal campaign. Many became
angry at the jokes; others laughed at
them. A ricochet shot fred through the
ranks of the enemy is very apt to bit
somebody, and this thing called shell.
ing the woods" generally discovers the
concealed foe. 0ratorical as we'll as
epistolary Radical politicians came in
for their share of ridicule and exposure.
Today is the anniversary of the battle
of the Cowpens, 1881. The Cowpens is
a village of the %Spartenburg district,
South Carolina. Tarleton's forces we're
defeated by Marion's ri6emen. The
Americans had twelve killed and sixty
wounded. The English lost eight hum
bred killed, wounded and prisoners.
To-day is also the anniversary of the
birth Of Benjamin Franklin, printer,
patriot and philosopher, who was born
in Boston in l706.
The overlooking of street cars so that
the poor mules are unable DO drag them
deserves the attention of the authorities
under the law prohibiting cruelty to
animals. Is there no legal limit to the
number of persons that should be allowed
to rice in Scar2 If not, the General
Council should settle the thing by ordi-
nance. Our reporter counted twenty
four persons in 2 one-mule car O few
evenings since, being an aggregate
weight &c humanity of over 5000 pounds,
to say Dothing as to the weight of the
car and the resistance produced by
friction with the rails and the upgrade
pull on many of the lines.
The neE General Council will have to
consider 4 number of appointments.
The Mayor makes the appointments by
and with The consent of the General
Council. The offices to be filled are;
City Tax-Cellector, Register, Comp
troller, Engipeer, Recorder, Attorney,
Sergeant at Arms, Wharfmaster, two
Matchmaker three members Of Board