Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-23
LEDGER LINES.

tor II. rucns Al JEFFERSON.
There is a considerable amount Of
scarlet fever prevailing among the child,
rem in the city and suburbs.
Several brilliant meteors shot athwart
the heavens last night to the great ad-
miratiOn Of many beholders.
Governor Porter has vetoed the assess
ment bill on the grouad that tax payers
would not be benefited thereby.
Mr.. M. j. Waldran has received the
appointment OF United States marshal
for the district of West Tennessee.
1t has not as yet been settled as to who
will be postmaster OF Memphis. 1t will
either be Messrs. Knowlton, Kortrecht
or Gates.
Clouds of dust filed the air to-day,
especially on Washington street. where
the Tishomiugo gravel is ground up into
fine particles by travel.
Active preparations are being made by
Me-. Cole for the opening up Of bis circus
asd menagerie on the bluff on the I'd Of
April, next Monday week.
One hundred and thirty convicts earn
a living at Presidents Island work.house
They indulge in farming instead Of steal.
ing, and now are producers instead Of
be ng consumers.
Colonel Billy Ryder, who some years
ag1 figured here as Adjective, and wi O
some time since was sent to the Missouri
penitentiary from st. Louis for larceny,
has beel pGrdoned.
Yesterday morning the residence Of
Ms, Paxton, on Big creek, was de-
stroyed by fire caused by i~ncendiaries
who are believed to belong to the gang
Of horse thieves that has been operating
for some time 10 West tennessee.
The United States Court has really
adjourned, Judge Trigg remaining in
the city for the purpose of signing the
minutes Of court. The next term will
commence on the fourth Monday IN May
next, when Judge Trigg will preside.
Now that spring has come the warm
weather has a ~somnolent effect upon bu.
manity. At the Criminal Court daily
you e see some lsw-loving negro or
nsJress gracefully reclining back in q
Sc It and taking a Post prandial nap.
That fine comedian John E. Ovens,
supported by a good troupe, will com
mance an engagement at the theater
next Wednesday night, and will present.
Our Boys, and on the following night The
Rivals will be the dramatic attraction.
Those who in the early part of the
season predicted that the peach crop was
ruined we're mistaken, as now the peach
trees are covered with blooms. Even an
uncared for peach tree which stands out
on the bluff at the foot of Madison street
is in the bud and bloom Of life and sheds
q fragrance sll around.
L. N. Sherman, who was arrested last
evening on a warrant charging the steal
ing Of watches and %jewelry from v B.
Thayer, jeweler, was brought before the
recorder this morning, and on waving
examination vas committed to jail.
The grand jury of the Criminal Court
will investigate the affair.
The annual report of the board Of
education for the year 1856 has just
been published, IT contains the report
of President Mitchell, the report of the
superintendent and the rules aud regu.
%latious Of the city schools, altogether
embracing a large and valuable amount
of information upon Q most important
subject.
A. the Criminal Court this afternoon
JsmeI Corners and Charles Williams
we're placed on trial on the charge oil
stealing treasury end Uuited States
notes and a lot of fraetionsl currency,
the property Of one James Longinetti,
tho said larceny being committed on
tia 18th Of March, 1877, and against the
peace aud dignity of the State.
The rece ver's bill is generally dis.
Gu lsed and is generally Endorsed, with
the exception of the section providing
for the election OF a number of the off.
GERS by tie people, many Of the Offices
being minor ones and others of them OF
little or no Importance to the general
public 60 far as the filling Of them by
appointment or election is concerned.
Candidates have already come to the
front for the Office of recorder, the filling
of which by election is provided for in
the rece vers bill. The ring made a
big fight on the receivers bill, as its
members wanted to Gil the offices of re.
corder and chiefs Of the fire and police
departments. The discovery made by
the LEDGER that the two latter positions
are not offices but appointments and will
be under the control Of the commits
s%ioners, caused the boys Of the ring" to
weep and swear.
Just Received,
Caporal cigarettes, one.hAlf and whole,
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