Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-02-14

Mr.. Paul c. Kay and bride and Mr..
Glenn and bride left on a bridal tour to-
day IN board the 0sceols Belle, Captain
o. K. Joplin commanding. The party
will come back on the return trip Of the
boat.
Casey Young. our Congressman, is en-
deavoring to secure an appropriation for
the erection Of a marine hospital at this
point. This. with the Custom-house
building, will give Memphis some ma
tioRal prominence.
Martin Casey, e hospital patient. was
arrested yesterday morning in a state Of
i~nto3ication, and on q charge Of steal.
ing forty dollars from another patient at
the City Hospital. Five dollars we're
found on his person.
Complaint is made that very fashion
able young gentlemen and ladies who
visit our churches at night indulge in too
much conversation during the progress
Of the divine services. Such conduct
savorS Of i'll mAnners at least.
Patrelman Clark on Saturday after
noon arrested a negro. John h. Wilker-
SOD, as he was in the act OF selling two
stolen bales Of cotton to a rag merchant,
The cotton was stolen from a planter re.
siding some ten miles out on the Pigeon
roost road.
Little Joe Brooks, the manager Of the
theater, will take a benefit next Satur-
day, at the matinee and at night, on
which occasion both professionals and
amateurs will appear in the support. 1t
is whispered that a well. known theatrical
critic of the morning press will appear
on the stage in one OF the minor roles.
Owing to suits brought in the Federal
Courts for damages against General
Gideon J. Pillow, for seizures Of coal.
boats and tugs during the war, while he
was in command Of the forces Of Ten.
nessee, at Memphis. in 1861, he was
forced to file a petition Of bankruptcy
in the United States Court on last Sat.
urday.
James Schools was arrested yesterday
BY Sergeant McElroy on the charge Of
committing an assault and battery With
a brass faucet and With intent to kill
upon Sporting Dick. The pleasant
affair was owing to a difference of
opinion as to the ownership of a beer
saloon on the corner Of Second and
South Court streets.
The days of orange Feelings have come
again, If we can judge by the action Of a
gentleman on Madison street yesterday,
who, stepping on the golden rind Of the
tropical fruit, rapidly glided into the gut
ter and sat down more violently than
gracefully. he says 1.-THE stars in the
armament are clearly discernible to the
naked eye from a curbstone setting
point"
To-day is the anniversary of the dis
covery Of gold near Sacramento, Cali
fOruia, by General Suffer, in lS48. Cal.
%ifornia had then a white population of
about fifteen thousand, but within two
years it ran up to a quarter of a million,
aud the State was admitted into the
Union. There are quite a number of
California "forty.niners" in this city,
and the way they can tell long yarns
about the golden California days is a
caution to even Baron Munchausen.
A row among the aristocratic soiled
doves last night caused the arrest and
Imprisonment Of one Of the demi.monde
on the charge Of drunk and disorderly.
She appeared at the station.house in
satin aud in tears and was locked up to
await a ten dollar forfeit and to sober up
for a few hours. The row was caused BY
jealousy aud champagne mixed with
lager beer, a cause amply sufficient to
bring about the melancholy results.
A correspondent asks: Is it the most
healthy position to sleep with your head
to the northf and why2 Scientists say
the magnetic currents Of the earth run
north aud south, or nearly SO, and it is
more healthy that they should traverse
the body from head to foot than at right
angles or from'foot to head. We have
tried every way Of sleeping, and could
discover but little diSerence; as a gene.
raj rule, however, the sleeper should, il
convenient, lay his head near the head
OF the bed, as the pillows are usually 10.
Gated there, without reference to the
points of the compass.
We have written a score of articles
during the present season on the weather,
cOmplimenting it on its sunny face and
ETHEREAL milduesS, but the weather sylph
is q coquette and changed as many times
on US from smiles to cold looks, frowns
and tears, before the LEDGER could 90 to
press, and the articles above referred to
had to be suppressed and destroyed. To
predict, six hours in advance, the mood
of a weather or any other coquette is be-
yond the power Of man and is a thing
which we give up as We would any other
conundrum. At present the weather is
in a state Of rapid changes, with sun.
shine and shadow chasing each other
across the heavens; and rs for sunshine,