Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-03
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MEMPHIS:
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Flowers and ribbons at Lavigne's.
Lake Erie salmon at Victor D. Fuchs
Al Jefferson.
Spring races are progressing at Nah.
vile this week.
Horses and buggies and sad lie horses
for hire at Al Court street. T571
The opera entitled Martha will be re.
peated at the Memphis Theater tonight.
Five fires took place during last
month. Total loss, 1929; insurance,
$l5,0
Sunset Cox has a poor opinion Of
carpet'baggers, at least in his lecture be
so expressed himself.
The Criminal Court this morsing took
a recess until 2 o'clock this afternoon OBJ
account Of lack OF business.
The Shelby County Circuit Court this
morning, owing to the lack of business,
adjourned to uext Monday morning.
Thirty-seven carloads of lager were
received in this city during the month Of
April, and yet it was mol a good month
for beer-drinking.
At the Shelby County Circuit Court to.
day Mrs. Bette Lumkins fled a petition
for divorce against Dave Lumkins on
the grounds of,abandonment, adultery,
etc.
On tomorrow the ordinance authoriz.
ing the impoundiDg of hogs and goats
found running at large throughout the
city will be strictly enforced by the
police.
The general council met on yesterday
afternoon, and after t~ransacting quite d
large amount Of regular business an ad.
%journment was bad over to next Monday
afternoon.
A Louisville railroad train got of the
track yesterday, near Humboldt, and
the passengers came to Memphis in the
baggage.car. No one was injured so faI
as heard Of.
Elder Knowles Shaw, the Chicago re.
v%ivalist and singing evangelist, has re
turned to our city and will conduct the
first Of a series of meetings tonight a
the Linden street Christian church.
Memphis turned ont two large and
fashionable audiences last night, one tC
the theater where the opera Martha wa
rendered, and the other to the Greenlaw
Opera House where Sunset Cox deliver
ed a lecture on Irish Humor."
The annual mad dog season has ar
rived, and killing mad dogs on suspicion
will soon become fashionable. 1t is moi
every mad, sick or enraged dog that ha,
the rabies" but an ounce of proven.
tive is worth a pound Of cure.
The Knights Templar took possession
Of the city to day. Tonight the Knights
will banquet at the Peabody, aud to.mor
row they will engage in a competitive
drill at the Charleston depot and taker
on a river excursion on board tht
steamer Coshoms,
The street car company has appealed
from Judge Heiskells decision, and las.
night a transcript Of the record of the
agreed case which was decided againsl
the company was sent up to Jackson
and the case will be argued over AGAR
in a few days before the Supreme Court
At tie police court this morning Re
corder Duff disposed Of cases as fol
lows: Mrs, Curry, drunk, fined IS; Et
Mitchell, drunk, fined s.; W. Irwin
drunk, fined IS; Ben Smith, sleeping OF
the sidewalk, fined s.; Mike Walsh,
drunk, fined S.; Peter Brown, exposure
Of person, fined $50.
At the meeting Of the board OF alder
men on yesterday the special committe,
presented a report to the effect that th,
city railway company should be granted
sixty days wherein to repair their tracks
etc, or on failure so to do that the track
should be torn up as a nuisance by thu
city authorities, in accordance with tn
opinion Of the city attorney and the off
cial report Of the city engineer.
The religious exercises or church sci
Vics Of the Knights Templar at the Gun
berlaud Presbyterian church this morn
ing, was witnessed by a very large aud
enca Of ladies and gentlemen, Til