Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-01-04

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etc., captured from sneak.thieves.
Sl~ore.keepers and other property
holders are having the ice removed from
their sidewalks by means of a Ratchet.
The street cara continue to slide
around all over the streets, the tack be-
ing yet beneath the frozen ice and SNOW
Wednesday next will be the last day
on which writs will be issued made re.
turnable to the next term Of the Circuit
Court.
At the theater tomorrow night the
Romance Of a Poor Young Mar will be
presented by the amateur dramatic men
Of the Chickaeaw Guards.
The Mississippi river is gorged with
ice below White river at Island Is, which
gorge materially interferes with local and
through packet navigation.
During the past month (December)
eleven fires broke out in the city. The
loss amounted to over Eve thousand dol.
lars-f-lly covered by insurance.
Yesterday the dummy engine, Mayor
Flippin," was at work, e~ndeavoriug to
run over the Washington street railroad
track so as to open up business again.
Over one hundred homeless wanderers
secured lodging at the station.house last
night. If you want to see humao
wrecks visit the station.house at night
You can hear of square meals and
square drinks" but the time has come
when you can get a square wash every
morning, provided you cut the water out
of a bucket.
At the Chancery Court to-day a petit
ton for divorce was fled by Mrs. Henri.
eta Simon against Joseph Simon, on the
grounds of cruelty, inhuman treatment
and abandonment.
The ice continues to run in a heavy
manner in the river. The grinding of
the running ice against the stationary
ice along the landing can be heard many
hundred yards away.
The knowledge that the holidays are
over is rendered more agreeable from
the fact that it will not again be fashion
able to get intoxicated until the glo-
rious Fourth of July.
Between the acts of the Romance of
a Poor Young Man, at the theater to-
morrow night, a quartette will be sung
by Messrs Perring aud Refs, and Mes.
danes Chspsky and Miles.
Numbers of pedestrians slipped up
and sat down on the slippery sidewalks
yesterday and today. The men who
fell swore, while the ladies who met with
a like disaster only smiled.
The Criminal Court Grand Jury has
found a large number of true bills against
persons for selling liquor without license,
for selling liquor on Sundays, and for
keeping houses of ill-fame.
1t may as well be admitted hat good
sleighiug is played out on Main and
other streets. Many of the crossings are
dangerous and deep, the dray wheels
having broken through the ice.
Quite a number of citizens have gotten
into trouble on account Of renting houses
to women for purposes Of prostitution.
The Grand Jury has indicted quite q
number Of the former for the o%ffense.
Chancellor Morgan is presiding in the
Probate Court room to-day. We did not
know that the Probate Court had Chan
Gerry jurisdiction so as to hear divorce
cases as Chancellor Morgan is doing to.
day.
Governor Porter has offered a reward
of FIVE hundred dollars for the arrest of
"Golly' or A. NJ. Bond, the murderer OF
Mr., L, s. Hill, of Shelby county. Bond
is in Arkansas and will probably 20 to
Texas.
Why cannot those who render sneak
thievinE profitable by purchasing Its pro-
ceelS be punished as well as the thief
whom they encourage aud ~patronize2
The fences" ought to be sent to prison
with the thieves.
Thousands OF rabbits are for sale in
the markets st twenty-five cents per pair;
consequently eVerY other man yau meet
on the streets has a string Of rabbits in
his possession, which is DESTINED for
home consumption.
The Recorder disposed of the follow.
ing cases to-day: Ed 0'BrieD, larceny
committed to Jail. Ella Dunlap, col
ored prostitute, shooting at another ne
gress with intent to kill; committed tc
/. await investigation.
Aldermen will have to. be elected in
the FIRST, Third ,SiEth, Eighth and TentF
wards, to GIL the vacancies caused By
the expiration Of the terms Of Aldermen
Zent, Elder, Harvey, Cochran and Nor
rison, respectively.
t The late sleigh-riding mania it is sale
| has caused q number Of engagements to
, be entered into by tie young people o.
3 the city, and the results will be mar
riayes e'e lorg. Evep the ice.cold snow
h. ignited the torch of Hymen.
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