Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-01-31
PU BLIC LEDGER.
ONCE, 10 Madison Street.
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
THE CITY.
"a h M II HIS
Monday evening, Jan. 81, 1875.
LEDGER


Judge Brown, Of The United States
Court, ia hearing motions to-day.
Misdemesnors and light felony cases
are up for trial to-day in the Crimiaal
Court.
The Tennessee State Grange will meet
at jackson on Friday, the 18Th of Feb
ruary.
The ferry case of Ogden va. Overton
and Claybrook is still on trial in the Cir.
cult Court.
There is trouble brewing in the camp
of King Caucus" who has been holding
court at the City Hall.
"Bossing" the German, is what the
leadership of the dance is now called in
Memphis Terpsichorean circles.
The mortuary report of the Board of
Health fo5 last week vas as follows: To.
tai deaths 23-whites Ii, blacks IL.
The receipts Of cotton at this port up
to to-day are but a few bales in excess OF
the number received up to the same date
last season.
The recently appointed and elected
city officials are fixing up their bonds
with a view to take charge Of their re.
spective o%fiOes.
The musical and dramatic entertain
ment given by the Mapnoechor at Coch-
ran Hall last night was largely attended
by u German fellow-citizens.
In the Chancery Court to-day Bette
Ferguson (black) filed a petition for d..
vorce against Joseph Ferguson, whom
she charges with general "c~ussedness"
and other offenses.
The planets Mercury and Saturn now
adorn the western heavens, and can be
readily distinguished, as no other stars
of any magnitude appear 10 that section
of the fFmament et present.
b.. j. Reynolds was committed by the
Recorder this morning on the charge Of
stealing a railroad ticket from a fellow
boarder up town. By SO doing Reynolds
secured transportation to Nashville.
Next week we will have Edwin Adams
in a round Of Shakspearean and other
characters, at the theater. He will be
supported by the veteran actor, Coul.
dock, and the Abbey Dramatic Company.
Frank Davis tnegrol slashed and cut
a negro girl with a razor on jefferson
street, below Third, last night. The girl
is badly wounded. and Davis was com
mitted to Jail this morning in default of
$1,000 bonds.
The back strpets spd dirt roads are in
an almost impossible condition. 1t is
unnecessary 10 comment upon the con.
dition OF the streets until our new City
Engineer, Colonel Meigs, takes his seat
and is heard from on this melancholy
topic.
The sacred concert rendered by the
Georgia Minstrels at the thester last
night was highly enjoyed by the large
audiences 10 attendance. Sunday the
a~trlcals seem t. have become popular
in our city with D largs and respectable
class Of residents.
Oar reporter walked into the Office Of
the County Court Chairman to-day, and
asked ANY news, developments or
scandals from the Poor.houseg' mot
this morning" a the laconic answer of
the head of the County Court, just as il
such news was expected daily,
The c~hapgeable weather has increased
the demand for overooats, blankets, coal,
hot toddies and other things deemed ne
cessary as a preventive to freezing.
Rheumatic people complain considerable
and nearly every citizen boasts Of a cold
iH the head, a very unromantic state Of
sHaira.
Tomorrow evening, at Cochran Hall
there will be a FOOLS meeting, or the