Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-02-09

trate q grand t~heme-India under the
Hindu civilization.
Next Monday night Soldeqe will sp
per at the Memphis Theater as La
Grsnde Duchesse,"
Numbers Of advertising sheets are
making their appearance 10 the city as
Mardi-Gras schemes
Already numbers Of strangers have
arrived in the city, Intending to witness
the great Mardi-G ras carnival
The Haywood Brothers coordination
of athletes, gymnasts aud specially art
lists will appear at the theater to morrow
night.
1t is rumored that a well known Mem.
p1is belle has volunteered to 60 up in
Tracy'T balloon on rex Monday at the
Olympic Park.
An the courIs W Il probably adjourn on
tomorrow until Wednesday morning, so
as to give ali parties a chance 10 ceIe
brate the carnival.
Counterfeit currency, greenbacks al d
silver coin are in circulation throughout
the city. We have many showers of the
querr" among US at present.
Thieves continue to break in and
steal throughout the city. The chicken.
coop robber still remains of his reserva
ton aud out on the nightly war path.
The Mardi Gras committee of arrange
ments should make some arrangement
for the purpose Of directing strangers to
places where bSard and lodging can be
secured.
Menus Rex Car~nivalli, through
secretary Of State, Count Lou de Noses,
should order the street car company to
reduce its fare to five cents during the
carnival,
In view Of Mardi. Gras a number Of
kids, cappers and sports arrive in the
city daily from up country cities. They
expect to reap a rich harvest during the
carnival.
The Sodality dramatic association will
give an entertainment at their Washing.
ton street hall this evening, when His
Last Legs aud Wandering Minstrel will
be produced.
On Mardi Gra' day the Ulks will illus
trate q theme depicting the amusing
eide Of American politics, social life, etc
with a few hits at Memphis vagaries aud
idiosyncracies.
Sam Mullins, an escaped penitentiary
convict, who cut out the iron bars Of his
cell at the station-house a few nights
since. was recaptured en- yesterday by
Deputy Sheriff Powell.
Next Tuesday, Mardi. Gras night, there
will be = grand masquerade ball given at
Cochran Hall. The best order will be
preserved, and the managers will do their
utmost to entertain all guests.
Strangers who are now visiting Mem.
pbis for the first time express their sur.
prise at its cosmopolitan appearance
and the general air of business which
pervade, all persons and things.
The test case Of Joha w. Phillips
against W. G. Lewis, revenus collector
of Giles comfy, t. determine the legality
Of the law taxing dogs, will be taken up
in The Supreme COHrt next Monday.
Miss Mary Anderson appears tonight
in Nashville in the character Of Juliet"
supported by Geo. Boniface, who, it will
be remembered, was the leading actor
last season in Furbish's eombinatiop.
But nine cAses appeared OF the Re-
corder's docket this morning, and these
were cares Of drunkenness and disorderly
conduct. The upforIunates contributed
The usual amount Of iueI 10 the city.
The Irish Literary AssooIstian cpenel
up last night the discussion of the propo
silion: Resolved, That the charter Of
The city of Memphis should be abol
ishedi'' TO be continued next Thursday
night.
Yesterday at the United States Court,
in the Gaze OF Caldwell vs.. the Southern
Express Company, the jury returned a
verdict Tor the plaintiff, and gave q
Judgment against the Express company
for $500.
Twenty-Five men owe one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars taxes to the city
and county for the year 1876. The
amount Of delinquent taxes due the city
for the past year is about one ana n quar-
ter million Of dollars.
An irate correspondent asks: rs
there any way Of arranging seats in
street cars, so that it will require more
than thr,e ladies 10 monopolizs ono side
Of a car Business men who are n,tu.
rally tired IN the evening have ofttu t.