Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-06

LEDGER LINES.

Already you can hear the question,
What will ysu give me as a Christmas
PRESENT.
Large new figs at twelve and a half
cents a pound in Oliver, Finnie & Co.'s.
retail department.
Tonight the Bohemian Girl will again
be preseted at the theater, Miss Hattie
Collins as airline"
1t has been decided by q city judge
up north that it is not nine o'clock until
the clock has ceased to strike.
The Drury. Gibson murder cas- was
given to the Criminal Court jury last
evening for consideration and u verdict.
The city officers are getting up their
monthly reports for the general couuciI
meeting, which will be held tomorrow
evening.
Tomorrow night a troupe Of minstrels
will commence an engagement at the
theater, and will present O most musical
programme.
Owing to the illness Of Chancellor
Morgan Special Chancellor General ".
I. G. Humea occupied the bench and
heard motions to-day.
The case of Sumpter vs.. Mosby ct al.
was heard to-day by the Arbitration
Court, whereupon the court adjourned
till tomorrow morning.
The northerly winds last evening
cooled the atmosphere wonderfully last
night. Quite a heavy frost made its ap.
pearance this morning.
Game fish from the gulf, rivers and
lakes and birds from the praries and
woods, are plentiful in the markets at
present, and are sold at low rates.
The Criminal Court jury in tie Drury-
Gibson murder case had not agreed upon
a verdict up to noon to-day. The jury
will probably report this afternoon.
i has been suggested that the Calvary
church choir and their friends ought to
give q Bohemian Girl matinee on Satur.
day next at the Greenlaw Opera House.
A detachment of the Chickasaw
Guards, dressed as Austrian soldiers,
made a fine military appearance at the
Memphis Theater last night ia the opera
Bohemian Girl.
1t would add to the efficiency of the
police force if the sergeants we're made
captains and the captains sergeants.
The "peeler's" journals will not of course
iudorSe this proposition.
Mr.. Thomas c. Lowe, a well known
lawyer and one Of our State representa-
tivss, owing to i'll health, has gone to
San Antonio, Texas, with a view to locat.
log in that land Of promise.
The wedding fever is breaking out
again in the city among the bellies aud
beaux. IL is becoming epidemic. Un
like all other diseases, it furnishes it's
own cure in the course OF time.
Last night Fire Chief MeFadden dc.
tailed q iquad Of fremen to attend the
theater as a p~recaution against any acct.
dent from FIRE. 1t vas a good deed, ard
will be repeated again tonight.
Many people who had not attended the
heater this season before last night
commented favorably upon its changed
and improved appearance. The change
IS due to the artistic taste of Manager
Rickaby.
The great Tenbroeck Parole race at
New York, which was postponed Satur.
day last on account of the storm, comes
of to-day. In this city several bets
have been made on Tenbroeek being the
victor ia the contest.
You cannot find q M~ississippian in the
city to-day. They are at home voting
for the straight Democratic ticket which
will sweep the State from the Tennessee
line to the guilt, and give Radicals and
Independents a quietus.
Mr.. j. W. Alley has purchased Of Mrs
Charlotte H. Wait the interest in the ice
and coal business Of the late Frank Wat
for the sum Of $l2.645, to seoure which
amount deeds OF trust we're filed in TIE
office Of the county register to-day,
Next Monday week a dramatic treat
will be presented at the iheater. That
fine actress, Miss Fanny Davenport,
supported by a strong company, will
present Pique and Shakspeare's AS You
Like 1t, with Miss Davenport as Rosa.
lind"
Numerous bouquets Of rare flowers and
baskets Of flowers were poured upon the
theater stage last night complimentary
floral offerings to Miss Jennie Magevney,
Miss Jenny Jones, the airline and
Gipsey Queen OF the opera The Bohe.
mian Gill,
There will be a special meeting Of
Banner Lodge 50, l. o. WIN At Knights
of Iunisfail HALL, No. 225 Second street,
at ~ o'clock tonight, for mitigation Of