Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-11
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Mrs. E. a. Meriwether will lecture this
week at Little Rock, Ark, on the allegor-
ical subject Of "Ths Oak and the Vine"
Tonight Lawrence Barrett and stock
company will appear at the theatsr in
that ~well-known drama, Bulwer's fine
play, entitled Richelieu.
G. W. Potter has succeeded in intro.
ducing the Rumford yeast powder in
most Of the Wholesale and retail stores
here. 1t received the Centenpisl medal
at Philadelphia.
The Memphis Reds again surrendered
on yesterday. the St. Louis Browns beat
ing them by a score OF 5 tod Another
contest will be iraugurated this after.
noon at Central Park.
The Cbickasaw Guards have COM
menced drilling for the contest with the
Porter Rifles at Huntsville, Ala, in June
next. 1t will be a fine struggle, in which
the Chicks" will win the honors.
Mr.. D. s Ross has been invited to re.
peat his lecture delivered last Monday
night at the Memphis Bethel on Novel
Reading" before a CollieryilIe audience
on Friday night Of next week, and will
accept.
Five cents is the legal street-car fare,
made so by the act Of the legislature,
and no citizen should pay more, unless
he intends the surplus fare as a present
to the poor old street car company and
s%oulleSs corporation.
Yesterday a number Of onnibuses
carried large numbers of passengers to
the base ball park for ten cents q head.
The passengers preferred to ride out in
that style rather than patronize the in
sect-haunted mule-bSxes Of the teu-cent
monopoly.
That architectural tin tower on the
city hall, which tower was once the pride
Of the city, and was certainly the chef.
d'elvre Of the builder, will be taken
down in a few days and the building will
be prepared for the return of the city
government.
At the meeting of the Confederate
monumental association, to be held on
next Monday night at the Planters In.
surance building, it will be determined
en- what day the annual floral decoration
of the Confederate graves at Elmwood
will take place.
The fire at Gabay's rag and junk store
last night was a hot one. The DlacE
heavens we're all aglow, which presented
a charming picture to those who admire
such things from an artistic standpoint.
Those who lost BY the fire are of coursr
no, expected to erj ~ a FIRE in that light
The police force has gotten up a me
mortal praying the general council t.
devise a plan SO that the police may b
paid their wages. The police and fire
men and all other employees Of the cit,
ought to be paid. The labOrer is worth.
Of his hire, and people cannot exist o.
air.
No business was transacted before tn
general council last night, q quorum c
members not being present. The gene
raj council will meet at the COURTEOUS
to morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. th
season for afternoon sessions having a
~rived-nigbt sessions being peculiar t
the winter season.
. Superintendent Barrett continues t
assert hat he has been and is now i
favor Of receiving the five cents fare, b
believing that the mule-box compan
S would realize more money from that raj
than the ten cents illegal imposition, bJ
: he says that Messrs. F. S. Davis, pres
\ dent, and R, V. Vredenburgh, secretar
Of the company, insist upon the tee Gel
fare, and he is outvoted on the issue.
The regular co~nstables, who give bon
as required by law, complain of til
: number of deputy coustables that man
magistrates permit to hang around the
Offices. The regulars say hat the am
teur constables get up law suits, incit
, trouble and contentious between either
and citizenesses sothey may secure dep,
%tations from the magistrates to serve wri
aud make costs, which costs the regular
claim are their legitimate perquisites.