Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-16
LEDGER LINES.
,ssoto lodge meets tonight.

crop VIII introduce the Julep mania.
The Memphis and Charleston railroad
directory holds a meeting in this city to.
day.
There are several people in Memphis
who aspire to foreign missions and con-
sulships.
Ninety and four prosecuted individu.
ais pass away the weary hours OF the
county Jail.
The case Of Martin ct al. VS.. insurance
companies is still under argument ia the
United States Court.
The legal rate of interest al present is
six per cent but unfortunately no per.
son can borrow a dollar at that rate.
Fresh lot Of North Carolina roe shad
red snappers and perch received this
morning by v. D. Fuchs, Al Jefferson.
The Indianapolis club aud the Mem.
phis Reds will engage ia a ball aud bat
contest at Central Park tomorrow after
noon.
To morrow night the Knights Of Innis-
fail will indulge in a social reunion at
their hall on Second street, in honor Of
St. Patrick's Day.
Last night Judge Heiskell, Of the Shell.
by Circuit Court, delivered a lecture on
Evidence, before a school Of young law.
yers and law students.
The Memphis bill to authorizs munich.
pal corporations to settle their indebted
ness has been signed by Governor Porter
and is in full force and effect.
Tomorrow morning you can say.
Good morning, St. Patriek's day
The wearing Of the green will be in order
among our Irish fellow.citizens.
Last night John Kelly, night watch
man at the Peabody, was arrested on the
charge of numbering the old Poplar
street huckster woman, Mrs. Mary Con.
ners.
About the middle OF next month the
opera entitled Martha will be rendered
at the theater by a number Of accom-
plished musical amateurs, headed by
Mrs. Czlpski.
The legislature will djsurn on next
Monday week, and then our Legislators
will come home to receive either the con.
gratulations or condemuations Of the
people, their constituents
DR., J. B. Mallory, an old and promi.
neat physician Of this city, died at 10
o'clock to-day. The physicians Of the
city are requested to meet at DR.. W. Il
Rogers Office at 8 o'clock p N.
On the night of Tuesday, the 10th, the
storehouse occupied by B S. Carleton.
at Commerce, Miss, was destroyed by
fire, the stock and building being a totaI
loss. The origin Of the FIRE is unknown.
The residence known as the Trigg
hou e, on Walker avenue, some distance
south Of the city, was burned to the
ground yesterday afternoon. A deiec
tive hle was the cause of the FIRE. The
loss was some $4,000; no insurance.
The Nashville American says one hun
bred letters from points within the State
all asking either i~ntroductions or recon
mendations to Postmaster General Key.
have been received by prominen: official;
Of Nashville.
The sudden rise Of the river at this
point has completely submerged the biz
Ho2eield sandOar, which gave to thos,
LOOKING at it from the bluff a fine idea
of the desert Of Sahara, or the sane
pllins Of the West.
a petition is in circulation today, ant
has been largely signed, the purport o
which petition is praying the genera
assembly TO pass the receivers bill, O
some other bill calculated 10 reliev,
Me nphis from her financial embarrass
ments.
Tie people are a%nxiously waiting TO
the Inauguration of the FIVE cent street
Car fare, and the enforcement of tn.
charter, which provides that the street-ca
corporation must repair the streets be
tween tie tracks aud for two feet outsid,
its tracks.
The crowds Of negroes who haunt the
Criminal Courtroom daily produce a
most offensive e%fluvia, to the great an
noyance of the judge, lawyers, officers
of court, etc. Why do net the proper
officials make a score Of arrests under
the vlg'ant act2
The advocacy Of the receivers bill fol
the city which appeared in the LEDGER
on yesterday created a sensation among
the o~fice-holders and was interesting
reading for the people. The greatest
good to the greatest number should bt
the object Of Legislators.
1t was a current m on the street,
last evening that Generel A. ]. Vaughan
had received the appointment of post
master of Memphis, and in consequence
there was considerable excitement il
~poStofice circles and among the numer