Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-15
LEDGER LINES.
Fresh oysters daily at Mdm. Vincer

les is in session at Nashville.
The educational board will assemble
at the Odd Fellows Hall next next Mon.
day night.
The grass IS assuming a deep rich hue,
and violets are blooming as il spring YVES
ready to burst upon us.
At the theAter matinee on Saturday
next Nerves pretty opera Poulet aud
Poulette will be the musical attraction
This morning JEFF Park and Alexander
Dudley (negroes) were committed to Jail
by the Recorder on the charge O. larceny.
This afternoon the Recorder will in
vestigate the cases Of halt a dozen "ro-
pers" who were arrested on Mardi.G rss
eve.
At the First Methodist Church tonight
at 8 o'clock the wedding bells will ring
out in honor Of the union of two Mem.
phisns.
A wedding ceremony will take place
to. night at the First Methodist church,
the contracting parties being Mr.. Lewis
Harrison aAd Miss Evelyn R. Harris.
Our own legislators who came home
from Nashville to witness and enjoy the
Msrdi-Gras carnival returned to Nash.
vile yesterday to resume the business Of
law.making or law-patching.
Thomas Connolly, who was arrested
yesterday on the charge of stealing a
key Of tobacco, was this morning brought
before the recorder, and was committed
to ieil in default Of one thousand dollars
bail.
The mar who celebrated the carnival
yet complains Of a headache and insists
that be hos had a chill, which weak sub.
terfuge is not generally believed by his
friends, who smile complacently at the
tale.
The city parliamentarisns will meet a
the courthouse tonight, and will con,
slider the contested election case Of Jacl
Walsh VI. P. ]. Kelly. viii the general
council 90 behind the returns2 is thu
%conundrum.
The thousands who througed thu
streeta OF Memphis on Tuesday hav,
departed homeward. The strangers wit
came from a distance to see the carnisa
were delighted, and spoke in glowing
terms Of the procession Of the Mempbi
The Gre steamers were called out los
night by a false alarm Of ERE. It cost
several dollars to call out the FIRE depart
ment, and it puts all hands to consider
able trouble. Memphis badly needs
f;e alarm telegraph OF some sort.
At the thester tonight Soldene an
her G 'rls will sing Madame LArchiduc
in Bkich the famous duet $50 Tenderly
is always encored by the gods in the ga
lery, they appreciating a little bit of tel
der sentiment quite Gs well as the el
c%uisites in the dress circle.
On Mardi Gras day, when eyerybod
expected rain, a German citizen locke
up at the murky sky and remarked: A."
guess a leedle it will rain sometime pul
dy queek." "Yees do, ehf' replied a
Irish citizen; IAN what business hay
yses to purtend to know about Ameriki.
weather, ye furriner."
Should Colonel ~Simonton, the ma
who stole the oVereOats of the LEDGE
editors, be sent BY a Jury of his peers t
the %peniteRtiary, and should Governo
Porter extend to him the pardonin
game, we will lose all faitA in the doc
trine Of retributiVe justice, or that g
rewards and punishments.
The dog law is all right yet, and nov
sheep can prowl around town with iu
punity. Those legislators who attempte,
TO repeal the dog law have signslly failed
and now the dogs will have to stand
tax until another legislature gets
chance Al II, or until the Supreme COur
decides it unconstitutional.
At the Criminal Court to-day misde
meanor and light felony cases are O
hearing. The League contempt case re
mains in the same condition, Mr., Loagu
being yet in the custody Of the sheriI
for contempt. The jurors impanGled il
the q. Z. League case are at large, bu
have to report 10 court from day to day
At the United States Court this morn
ing the following order wal made b
Judge Trigg: THE call OF the motto
docket will be resumed this mornin On
continued until the adjournment of th
court on Moudsy next (the regular mt
ton day. unless the business on the
docket shall be disposed OF before tbs
time"
Mr.. P. D. Gslly, Grand Dictator Of 4
Knights of Honor Of Tennessee, reache
the city yesterday, and last night visite
Unity Lodge No. 2OS. He assisted i
comforting the degrees on eight nev
members aud himself grati6e
and pleased at the workings sud pre-
gress Of the order in this city and elst
where.
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