Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-16
LEDGER LILIES.
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the City Hall on next Thursday evening.
The Police and Fire Commissioners
will hold a business meeting this after.
noon.
Dorsey Thomas will speak in this city
next Saturday evening in reply to Gov.
Porter.
We call the attention of the ladies to
the advertisement of Misses G. & A.
Tiensch.
Yesterday was the anniversary Of the
birth of Father Mathews, the Irish apos-
tie Of temperance.
The mortuary report for the past week
shows the total deaths to have been 20;
or whites, Is; blacks, IL.
The Louisville League nine defeated
the. Memphis Reds at Central Park yes.
terday by q score Of 8 to 3.
The Louisvilles aud Memphis Reds
will play a concluding or farewell game
at Central Park this afternoon.
The Hard Cash telegraped from Helena
that she would arrive here at 9 pm. with
a big trip Of cotton and other freight.
The cold weather last night induced a
number of trampS and bouseles5 wander
ers to seek the station-houss in search oil
shelter.
The Grand Encampment OF Odd Eel
lows meet at Nashville to-day, aud OF
Wednesday next the Grand Lodge viii
assemble.
Stevens Dramatic Combination vii
appear in Led Astray at the tbeater to
sight, and before a large and fsshionabl,
audience.
Thursday evening uext, the 10Th inst.
Hon. Harry s. Foote and Hon. E. A
James will engage in a political discut
sion in this city.
The Phil Allin car IN at one ooloo
with $50 bales and IL Gags Of cotton an
81 sacks of seed. She returns this ever
i1b to Arkansas City.
At the corner of Main and Court street
this morning a child was accidental
run over by a street car and was ser
, ously but not fatally injured.
, Many of our Tennessee exchanges ar
still discussing the respective merits, {
t. short range, OF Governor Porter's pistt
.s aud Dorsey Thomas hickory stick.
= There is q terrible growing of rooster
among our Democratic exchanges, an
even cur Radical exchange list develoI
y the rooster mania TO q high degree ov'
the result in Ohio.
" Political excitement was fatal to publ
- amusement last week, consequently Il
Troubadours drew slim houses at Il
theater, but this week the theater W
present another appearance.
In the Circuit Court to-day it W
agreed By counsel and parties to rel
the SANDER suit Of Cicalla vs.. Cicalls
Thomas B. Turley, Esq, as special jud
= and Jury to hear and determine the ca
\. Mr.. Thomas Adams, brother of Jud
Adams, OF this city, died Of malar
fever in Washington county, Mississip
N last week. He was well known in h
city, ~raving resided here some mon
since.
The C~hickassw Guards have invit
all the military companies in the ST.
to be present in this city at the comp,
tive drill to come off on the 9th insta
between the Chicks and the PorI
Rife.
+ Captain Joseph Jacques has .resigr
his position Of Vice President and
Of perintendent of the East Tenness
sr- Virginia and Georgia railroad, and C
i'll G.. NJ. McGhee, of Knoxville, has b:
w. elected to fill the vacancy.
re- Mayor pro tenn. Williamson paid
the police and 6remen for the month
June on Saturday last. The city OF
ne the Toys nearly four months pay,
ma the city officials are doing the best Il
3 can under the circumstances.
Y The Knoxville Tribune Gays we fea
D the LEDGER and Appeal had done
7 Etheridge injustice in their notice;
his Radical efforts. They certainly
not do him justice" and the Tribune T
ceeds to criticise Mr.. Etheridgs in sew
BE terms.
20. The nomination OF Vim. M. Rando
i'm as Radical candidate for Congress fir
I this district has created no enthusiasm
black Radical ranks, n 1t Is now
lno dent that q large number OF negroes
vote for Casey Young in the com
Ihg election.
Yesterday morningthe snow OF QueS
lily Canada, stopped streetcars, and
%. Ottawa it was six inches in depth. ,
polar wave was felt re on Satur
has night, the bowling bl.sts of wilt
eat winds being heard, and last night O.
coats and tires were in order.
ing The Courier Journal says that in Il
gc.' ana even church members bet on l
Jeans and Ben Harrison by giving
! money to outside parties. In Menu
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