Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-09
LEDGER LINES.

Weet Tennessee. Issef
Fresh shsd. received this morning. by
Victor D. Fuchs.
As an exchange puts II, COW is the
time to get your work in on your garden.
Bishop Pierce will oHiciate in St.
Mary's Cathedral next Sunday morning.
Strawberries from New Orleans have
appeared in town. They are worth SOC
a box.
The City Fathers will assemble at the
City Hall tomorrow night and consider
municipal affairs.
Quite a supply Of QuAils. snipe and
rail appears in the Memphis game
markets from the Arkansas prairiss.
At the theater tonight Katie Putnam
will appear as Little Eell' and the
"Marchioness,' 10 Old Curiosity Shop.
Now that the river is falling rapidly
large sections Of the upper landing and
sections Of the bluff near Fort Pickering
are tumbling into the river.
All over town you can hear grumbling
on account Of the low price Of cotton.
Even the man who has no cotton to buy
or sell grumbles as loud as any other
man.
The German Casino singing club pre-
sented a concert aud comic opera at the
Greenlaw Opera House last night with
fine effect in a musical, if not in q pecu-
MARY, poin. of view.
The Graphic says: The Mardi.G ras
is the work Of Memphis-tOpheles,' or in
other words, it's a deyilish 6ne show
the best in the world, according to a
wellknown old Memphian.
The statistics Of the death rate of
Memphis, as published monthly in the
S~anitarium, a leading medical periodical,
show that Memphis is one Of the health.
iest cities on this continent.
Thomas Gibson (negrol was found
guilty Of kidnapping, OF larceny, at the
Criminal Court this forenoon. and was
sentenced to two years imprisonment in
the Presidents Island W~Ork.bouse.
James Chsnnell (wbite) was sent 10
jail without bail BY the Recorder this
morning on the charge Of Belkneppiug
a negro on board the steamer Glencoe,
by robbiDg him Of twenty-five dollars.
Recorder duff disposed Of eight mis-.
demeauor cases by fine this morning.
Hans Margerum, q well.kuown boarder
at the staticn-house, was 6ued and
bonded on a charge Of assault aud bat.
terry.
The Colorad National Convention will
assemble at Nashville on the 5th of next
April. The delegates from Memphis are
Ed Shaw, T. r. Cassells, ALI Froman;
alternstes, j. A. Thompson and ". A.
Kennedy.
The completion and ironing Of the
6fty.mile gap in the Memphis aud Padu
cab railroad from C~ovington westward il
among the things that will occur shortly
Then there will be unbroken communi
cation by rail between Memphis AMI
Paducah.
The building once occupied at 5.
Union street, Nashville, by Genera
Jackson as q law Office has been tori
down, and in its place has been erectet
q new structure used as q cigar stanC
and a whisky saloon. ITO what basI
uses may we return, HOrstiO."
!, OF late several pairs Of black peopl,
have been arrested by the police for lille
gal c~ohsbitng, or living together as mar
aud wife without proper authority
Quite a large number Of white people
are guilty Of the same %offense, and These
offenders are well.knoWn t. the police.
Ead's %ietties at the Passes have been
successful ever beyond the hopes Of the
strongest advocates Of the system. 1t il
not bsyend the domain OF probability t
expect within the next few years tina
foreign steamships will be found lying a
the Memphis llnding engaged in the en-
tsrprise known as direct trade.
Shippers OF goods will Veoollect ths.
the name Of the station known hereto
fore as Lafayette on the Charleston rail
road has been changed to Rossville
which is also the name Of the postofice
II any man marks q box. barrel or pack
age Of goods Lafayette" after thil
notice, shoot him on tie spot
Many citizens stay out later a; nigh
than usual, owing TO the charming
weather, which comes when the sun hSi
gone to rest and when pale Lana she'd
her softened light down upon the world
at least this 10 the excuse given US BY be
lated citizens as they plod their wal
~hOmeward, about midnight, along Mair
street.
The dramatic season at the MempbiI
Theater closes at the end Of next week,
during which the boards of the thsatei
will be occupied BY Maggie Mitchell anC
troupe, At tbs close Of the season Man
ager Brooks Of the theAter will leave foI
Detroit, Michigan, to take charge Of th'
J operQ.house controlled BY Lessee T. W
Dsyey.
, The C~hickssaw Guards indulge 10