Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-04-24

the police authorities.
If you want to know the difference be.
tween a lemon" and q ~"squeezer' you
must visit the theater and witness the
exposition Of the matter as given by the
DAILY comedy company.
Lawyers will rscollect that all suits
brought in the United States Court,
service of process must be had this
week in order to make such suits triable
at the Nay term Of Court,
The Ease Of the Mary Burton rioters is
on trial at the Criminal Cosrt to-day.
About fourteen of the rioters have been
indicted aud have been brought to trial
on the charge of rowdyism.
The ladies have set the fashion Of
changing winter clothing for spring
goods, and the gentlemen are about to
follow suit, or rather to change suits and
pass from flannel into cotton.
The new spring hat worn by fashion
able ladies is just too big for anything,
but the husband or father who pays for
it will rejoice to know that be is at last
getting the worth Of his money.
At the Recorders Court a black pris.
oner, arrested on the charge OF illegal
c~ohabiting, put in a plea that it was a
" spirit bride" and hence the law could
net impose its penalties upon him
From the way base.ballers handle bats
you can imagine what work they could
do with hoe handles or OK helves. But
then there is some unexplained differ
ence between the two kinds of labor
called work and play.
The Rev. Dr.. Landrum delivered a
lecture on Samson at the Bethel last
night, and before q critical audience.
The lecture was replete with biblical and
historical lore, and was full of sound
moral advice and illustration.
Katie Kurch has brought sui! for d.
vorce in the Cbancery Court against her
her husband, c. NJ. Kurch, when she
says has been guilty of cruel treatment
toward her, and has abandoned her to
the cold charity of the world.
On tomorrow evening a grand con.
cert will be given at St. Patrick's church
for the purpose Of rai.ing funds to de.
fray the expenses Of the choir. Many
of our best vocalists have consented to
assist in the musical performance.
The Odd Fellows anniversary cere.
monies will be held at tie Greenlaw
Opera House Thursday evening next, to
be followed with a social hop. Aruold's
orchestra will furnish the music, and q
pleasant evenings entertainment is an.
ticipated BY the invited.
A match game of baseball played
Saturday between the Zepbyrs anC
Chickasaw clubs resulted in a score of {
to 3 in favor of the Zsphyrs, The mali
feature of the game was the catching o
Mr.. Cochran, catcher for the Zephyrs
His catching was excellent.
The Avalanche asserts that at Elm
wood Cemetery people are in the habi
of stealing flowers, bulbose, roots ant
plants from graves in order to plan
them on the graves Of their own friend
and relatives in the same cemetery. Thil
might be called robbing Peter to pay
Paul.
Tomorrow night week the opera O
Martha will be presented at the theater
The cast Of amateur vocalists is yer,
good, and the presentation of the Sper
will 30 doubt draw a crowded house
The largest and finest chsrus ever hear
in this city will be present upon thi
musical occasion.
A lady from the rural districts on Mai
street yesterday was met by a city FRIEND
who evidently was pleased to see her
and, at his extending his dexter hand t
grasp hers warmly, she looked at hir
sternly and said, II never shake hand
B with a man" He asked for the reaso
why, but she refused to tell.
Squads of young ~loafers prowl aroun
the city nightly, to the great annoyanc
OF peaceable citizens. They irequer
} beer saloons, and are always ready I
engage in a row These young bloods
low degree should be pulled in" by til
police occasionally and introduced t
{ the mysteries of the station house.
LET us go a fishing" is a solicitatio
often heard on street corners at presen
/. The spring fever has arrived, aud he diI
inclination to work suggests the incline
ton to play Isaac Walton by sitting o
r a log and angling for the natives of tn
deep. Fishing has been described by
, wit as "a worm at one end, a stick in tn
middle and a fool at the other"
The German Casino Club, through M
Joseph Specht, tentered the use Of tn
club %dsncing.hall, dreSsing-rooms, etc
to the Odd Fellows for their forthcomin
celebration, rec Of charge, hut as Ii
3 anniversary celebration had been 81
o nounced to take place at the Greenla
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