Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-11-09
LINES.

ing that cotton is rotting on the stalks.
The Arbitration Court stands ad.
.iourned over to next Monday morning.
A female minstrel troupe will appear
at the Greenlaw Opera House next week.
The coroners and the county under
taker are %lamenting over the scarcity Of
"stifs."
Acting Chancellor E. s. Hammond is
hearing motions at the Chaucery Court
to-day.
The Hayes cocktail is a new drink OF
the bars, 1t is popular with ofice.seek.
ers only.
As a business man stated to our re
porter, Business is somewhat dormant
at present"
The cloudy and damp weather has a
depressing effect upon humanity and
upon trade.
The trouble with the police force q
present is, that there is too much locaI
politics in the air.
Tonight the general council will as
semble at the city hall and attend to uu
finished business.
Next week George S. Knight ("Otto"'
and the Worrell Sisters will commenc,
an engagement at the theatsr.
Many a Memphian who, when he go
married in church took a bold position il
front Of the altar, now takes a back sea
near the door.
In order to talk through a telephone
you must have o clear information and /,
good ear In fact, it would be wei
enough to have two good ears.
Public pounds have been established
again by the board of health, and th,
police are invited to enforce the ordi
nance against prowling cattle, goats ant
hogs.
Touch Ne Gently, Father Time" new
music; words by Sam N. Mitchell, must,
by Charles Baker. Published by F. W
Helmick, so West Fourth street, Cincin
natl. Price forty cents.
We are having fires daily and night,
just now. The principal cause is owinl
to cool weather, the lighting of fires ID
stoves and CRATES which connec witt
defective and dirty aues and chimneys.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that the clause in life
insurance policies f~orbidding residence
in certain sections, is valid; the insured
died of yellow fever within the prohibit
ed section, and the insurance is void.
Our cotton exchange has been q med
aled because of its ins display of the
aeecy staple at the philadelphia Centen
NAL Exposition. Memphis took the pre-
MUM over the rest of the world, and tina
is glory enough for one cotton season.
The Granger announces to the dwelle.
Of the upper attic that if he suspends
sweet potato in q jar of water 90 tina
half the potato is in the water, it viii
sprout luxuriantly, and he can train thl
vines about the windows during the win
ter season.
The Criminal Court jury in the Drury
Gibson case has not been able TO agree
upon O verdict as yet. 1t is rumoret
among the wise men at the court.housr
that the jury iavors an scquittal of tht
defendant Robert Drury, by q large ma
jOrity.
The word "skullduggery" is popular
in Washington City at present, and al
effort is making to discover its deriva
ton and meaning. 1t is of Western orr
gin and is equivalent and probably syn
onimous to the words "shenanagin" anC
"horswoggling."
Ia to'day's LEDGER appears an inter
esting letter from George W. Gift, o
Napa, California, but formerly Of oul
city, While we do not indorse Captain
Gifts views on the narrow gauge bust
ness, yet we take pleasure in presenting
them to the public.
In Boston the question of classica
education in the free school is under dis
o%ussion. Mayor Prince, Charles Francis
Oliver Wendell Holmes, and many 9th
era, publish q remembrance against Oh,
entire public being taxed for the exclu
sive benefit Of the few.
When yeu meet a friend and be ap
pears glad to see you do not bore bin
with tales of your domestic or persona
troubles, your bodily in6rmities, etc. l
you do the next time he sees you he vii
try to avoid you, Seek fer sympathy
in the unabridged dictionary ss writer
by Webster or Worcester,
Newspaper correspondents and adver
Users should always write proper name