Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-02
LEDGER LINES.


The Era No. 9 will leave this port for
the Arkansas river on Thursday next.
The General Council committee on &C
counts met this forenoon at the City
Hall.
A lot Of the celebrated TripOli stone
filters and coolers just received by G. N.
Erich.
William Johnson, a negro hat thief,
was committed to jail by the acting Re.
corder this morning.
The misdemeanor docket was taken
up by Judge Adams in the Criminal
Court this forenoon.
The stone base or cap upon which the
Court Square fountain will rest, will be
placed in position to day.
John Smith (white) was arrested BY the
police this forenoon on the charge Of
stealing eggs at the Besl street market.
Nov is the time to organize, as has
been done in other cities, rigid sanitary
discipline and keep it up throughout the
summer.
The impeachment case of the Re-
corder will be taken up by the General
Council at the City Hall this afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
BurglarieS are frequently committedin
the city at present. DR.. Nuttalrs room
was entered last night and ~plundersd by
thieves. What's the matter2
Mr.. P. Flanagan, librarian Of the Law
Library, is lying dangerously ill Of men,
nights at his residence, and fears are en-.
tertained that he will not recover.
Next Wednesday evening an amateur
entertainment will be given at the thea
ter by the Bluff City Minstrels for the
benefit Of the theater treasurer and
ushers.
Silver coin is in circulation, and many
MemphianS go around clinking a few
half dollars in their pockets BY way of
suggesting the idea that they are mil
~lionaires in disguise.
The only place Of amusement open in
town at present is at the City Hall each
afternoon, where a matinee is given, the
play being that wellknown political
comedy entitled Impeachment"
An exchange says women do more
head work than men; that is, it takes a
woman four hours to do up her hair for
an evening party, while q man a part
his back hair in the middle in as many
minutes"
At the Criminal Court this forenoon
AnSel Partee, Henry Harrison and Clay.
borne Brooks, negroes, we're convicted of
breaking into a store at Collierville, and
were sentenced to Imprisonment in the
State penitentiary for fifteen years each.
The German Maifest has been post
poned until tomorrow on account Of the
weather, and unless it clears up and be-
comes pleasant another postponement
will have to take place. Last season the
Maifest was postponed twice on account
Of rain.
The white and black "Rads" meet in
convention at the Assembly Hall on to-
morrow. The party in this county is al.
most played out, and tits only galvanized
into life by the Federal ofice-holders,
who form its nucleus and must keep up
the organization.
Steamboat whisky bsr-men are in a
state of excitement over q recent order
of the Commissioner of Revenue at
Washington, prohibiting the Collector
from issuing stamps or Licenses on or
after the first of May, when all bar Ii
censes had to be renewed.
Messrs. CAN'T aud Lowe, attorneys,
have been specially employed by the i'm
parchment managers to conduct the
prosecution of the Recorder, who has
employed in his defense Messrs. Clapp,
Fowlkes and Horrigan. City Attorney
Walker was, by vote of the Council, ad.
ded to the prosecuting counsel. The
trial Of the case attracts crowds Of peo-
pie to the City Hall.
Secretary Jones, of the Board Of
Health, has published the mortality re-
port for the month Of April. The
mortality Of Memphis is given as follows;
Whites, "A; colored, 80; total, 70. Rate
of mortality, Is Sc per 1000 per annum
The rate Of mortality Of the white popu,
lation was 10 0s per 1000 per annum.
Rate Of mortality Of the colored popula-
ton was ~ per l0OO Tor the same period.
0uida, in her last novel, just published,
utters the following horribly suggestive
sentiment or opinion: Virtue is after
all as Nine DeMontespsn says, 'Une
chase tout purement gs~Ographique 1t
varies with the hemisphere, like the hu.
man skin and the human hair, What is
vile in one latitude is harmless in an.
other. No philosophical person can put
trust in anything which merely depends
on climate"
In the case of Waddy Thompson, the
defendant having been refused a change
of venue and being unable to give bond
far his release, his counsel, Judge Brown
and othara have asked the Crimina