Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-02
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
THE CITY.
MEMPHIS.
Wednesday EvsninE. May 2, 1877.
LINES.
Spring hats received at Lavigne's.

The weather has opened up spring.like
once again.
Hon. S. S. Cox will lecture tomorrow
night at Brownsville.
Horses and buggies and sad lie horses
tor hire at Al Court street. [57]
The warning song of the mosquito
has already been heard in the land.
The Central Methodist sunday.school
will have a sociable Friday night at the
church.
Tonight the opera entitled Martha
will be rendered in a most musical man
ner at the Memphis Theater.
The city fathers will hold a skuptschina
seance at the courthouse this afternoon
for the transaction of regular business.
Mr.. Peters and Miss Maggie Wool.
bridge will be married at ten o'clock 10
morrow morning at DR.. Walks church.
Major H Fl Benyaurd, of the United
States engineer corps, has returned to
the city from a trip to New Orleans aud
other points South.
The Knights Templar of the State
will hold a Grand CouclAve in this city
on tomorrow. Several of the wishing
Communicates will arrive tonight.
Mr.. Hop" johnson, city editor Of the
Appeal, appeared on the streets yester-
day and received the congratulations Of
bis friends on his improved state of
health.
The Old Folks Of Shelby county held
a meeting IN yesterday, and made up a
centennial box to be opened in 1871.
The box contained newspapers, centen.
NAL relics, coins, etc.
At St. Mary's Catholic Church, on
Second street, last night, the statue of
the Virgin Mary, mother of Christ, was
crowned with Aowers in the presence of
a large congregation.
The Memphis postmastership has not
been settled, very much to the disgust
OF q score Of seekers after the place Of
trust and profit, which pans out about
five thousand dollars per aunum.
The John 0'Brien who was arrested
for disturbance at q ball in the Tenth
ward with Pendergrsst on April 231, is
not the gentleman OF that name who is
connected with the ice company.
Onthe night of Wednesday next,the 9th
instant, the benefit tendered to Treasurer
Gray ard the ushers will come off a. the
theater. An attractive bill will be pre-.
Sented for the entertainment of the pub.
lice
Hon. s. s. Cox will lecture on Irish
Humor" at the Greenlaw Opera House
to night, BE should have a crowded
house. The lecture is to be delivered
for the benefit of the Ladies Christian
Association.
The Memphis custom house still hangs
Gre and aobody seems to know anything
about it, The line, Thou art go near
and yet SO far" applies forcibly to the
custom-house mystery. It has probably
crawled into that hole in the ground out
on the bluff.
Yesterday a change was made in the
duty of the police force. Now The day
force is commanded by Captain Weather.
ford AID Sergeant McRlroy. and the
night force by Captain Atrata aud Ser
g.ant Haggerty. The watches are frcm
IL to IL o'clock.
Messrs. Barbour 4 Co, the great sma
fruit growers of Shelby county, whose
vineyards and fruit farm are on Trivc
avenue, are already putting up the faest
strawberries for market, Their straw.
berries are the very best CT fruit and
their crop is immense,
The police order With reference to the
taking up Of hogs and goats found rum
ming at large and issued by Chief of
Police Athy, appears ia another column
The order will please c~itizsns who have
flower gardens, but will displease wild
goat and hog owners.
It has become fashionable for Mem
phians when arrested for drunkenness,
fighting and other misdemeanors to give
. 6ctiticus name to the stAtion.houoe