Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-17
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- 49, 1880 1917 1@
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Fresh lot of North Carolina roe shsd,
red snappers and perch received this
morning by V. D. Fuchs, Al Jefferson.
Sheriff Anderson returned home this
morning from Nashville, whittier he had
been conducting persons to the %peniten.
tiary.
The vast majority of cit.z,ns, especi-
ally those who pay taxes, favor the
placing Of Memphis in the hands Of a
receiver.
To-day, tomorrow and Monday the
Indianapolis club and the Memphis Reds
will engage in base ball contests ct Cen
trail Park.
A little tornado swept over Memphi:
lest hight, bu, did no other damage than
blowing down a few swinging and creak.
ing signs,
The Nashville American says o nun
Der Of Memphians are in that city lobby.
Ing for and against the passage of th'
receivers bill.
The trial Of the DeMalmaison Ring
valid seduction and damage suit will b,
continued al thu Shelby County Circui
Court GA Monday morning.
No one was arrested by the police pa
troll last night. The cold aud buster!
weather drove all criminals and report
ers to their homes at an early hour.
Nothing but four persons, charged will
drunkenness. appeared at the Recorder
Court this morning, and these cases wer
disposed of in the usual manner, by fine
The closing argument of counsel i
the insurance cases Of Martin ct al. wi
be heard by Judge TriGg and q jury i
the United States Court on Monda
morning next.
Gentlemen and ladies in a delicat
state Of health have often been advise
by physicians 10 refrain from riding j
the street cars, the rough tracks ard tn
l%joltiLg Of the Roman chariots bein
regarded Es a most unhealthy sort {
exercise for sick people.
The sensations on the streets ore tb,
Michael j.. Waldran has been sppointe
United States marshal for this distrio
an Office worth $4,000 per annuw, an
that General A, j, Vaughan has bee
appointed postmaster of Memphis, a
office worth $4,000 per snnum.
On St. Patrick's day in the morrin
in the year ITS, the Americans undr
Washington we're in possession Of Il
nights of Dorchester, aud the EugliI
evacuated the town Of Boston, while
was Immediately taken possession of
the American soldiery amid the wilde
rejoicing of the citizens.
Sol Coleman, the whole.souled oil
-. generous cigar merchant Of our city, b
again showed his liberal spirit in L
!. form Of q unique and applicable bal
ball score book, which be has now rea,
for distribution. Sol does not aece
any pay, but hands them to you with
usual good grace whenever a requisite,
: is made.
The London Lancet defines "modera
drinking" as that which consists with
clean tongue, q good appetite, q slC
/, pulse, cool skin, q clear head, stea
I hand, good walking power, and light,
freshing sleep, and asserts that 20
glasses of beer and spirits in a foreno
IS do not come within the range Of mod,
r, ate drinking"
J At the Criminal Court on yesterd
4 afternoon George X. Lambeth, charg
b with appropriating the funds of t
y Southern Express Company while acti
y as express messenger temporarily duri
! the yellow fever epidemic of 1873, "
'e tried and convicted, and was sentenc
ie to serve out a term Of eight years in
penitentiary. When sentenced he {
" nounced the judge, jury and counsel
: unmessursd terms.
The LEDGER articles yesterday on I
:, street car company charter and mana
:. ment created o commotion among
boys, and early this morning mules vi
whipped up ard cars ran rapidly o'
the rough old trsmways, The LEDG
was generously and freely cursed by
hands, from the head of tho ten CT
monopoly down to the boy who feeds
mules. There is nothing like a live
newspaper article for galvanizing il
life a pursa-proud corporation.
~ EVERYBODY KNOWS 1T.
100 good cigars from 81 and upwa.
10 Acme cigars, sc.