Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-03-09
LEDGER LINES.

raging.
A black frost and any amount Of thick
ice appeared in the city and suburbs this
morning.
The LEDGER continues to be under
obligations to the Southern Express
Company for late New York papers.
The Avalanche is called the greet
and good" the Appeal the old family
journal" and the LEDGER the old reli-
able"
Eggs are the cheapest article of food
now to be found in the Memphis mar
ket. They sell from 10 to IL cents per
dozen.
The cas- of Martin ct al. VS.. several
insurance companies is still on hearing
before Judge Trigg, of the United States
Court.
Several citizens were arrested to day
on the charge Of not laying sidewalks,
aHd the indignant citizens had to put up
q ten dollar forfeit.
To-day Charles Welsh. who was indict.
ed for stealing a hat from the store Of
Martin Cohen, was acquitted by the jury
in the Crimial Court.
Keeper Heating of Court Square has
been authorized to purchase s~hrubbefy
and plant it out in our charming little
park, and in Market Square.
At the Circuit Court to DAY the case
of RoMalmaison VS.. Ringwald, suit for
damages and for seduction, is still on
hearing and will be for several days yet.
At the aIdermanic meeting held last
night Alderman Cochran was elected
chairman of the board by reclamation,
NJ opposition having any. chance of sue
C 'ss.
The Mississippi river is getting very
low again and the HopeGeld ssnd.bar is
becoming IN immense desert, extending
from point to point a distance of nearly
two miles.
To-day is the anniversary Of the fight
between the Confederate vessel Merrimac
and the Federal Monitor il Hampton
Roads 10 1862, and in which fight the
Merrimac got the worst OF it.
At the Criminal Court to-day the case
Of the State VS.. Jack Williams (uegro)
was called for trial. II will he remem.
bered that Williams robbed Kaufman's
house and afterward shot detective Pryde
who attempted to arrest him.
The Rockville Tribune says: Mr.. A.
]. Kellar, of the Memphis Avalanche,
may be postmaster yet. lie is liable to
be-" On the streets it is rumored that
Mr.. Thompson, of the Avalanche, is the
Stroag candidate for the position.
Alderman land chairman Of the board
Of aldermen Zent sent in his resigra.
ton last night at the meeting of the
board, and Mr.. W, j.. Chase was elected
to fill the vacancy thus made in the rep.
resentation of the First ward. The re.
lection is q good one.
A LEDGER correspondent says: ut is
exceedingly disagreeable to find ones
self seated Immediately in front or be.
hind a bevy of young ladies' aud gentle.
men who are continually laughing and
talking during the whole'of 9 sermon in
which you are much interested"
The leading editorial of the Avalanche
this morning is condensed wit: 1.-THE
President seems determined to keep his
Schurz on" The Avalanche should
have said something, editorially, about
the Presidents Key to the Southern cit.
ustiOn.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Pres.
idential question is settled for four years
no appreciate increase in trade is dis
coverabls as yet 10 this city. Everybody
is complaining Of the scarcity Of money
and the ligbtuess Of business, yet this is
about the middle of the business season.
The LEDGER Of yesterday afternoon
said that Mr.. W. j. Chase would be
elected alderman from the First ward to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigua.
tion of Alderman Gent, and also that
Alderman Cochran would be elected
chairman Of the aldermsuic board, and
it came to pass last night that these pro
phesies we're fulfilled to the letter.
Yesterday afternoon, on board the
steamer A. j. White, a desperate negro
roustabout, Alexander Taylor, stabbed a
negro woman named Sophia Smith, and,
dropping his knife, Sophia picked it up
and cut and stabbed Taylor. The latter
was sent 10 the city hospital, and the
woman was sent to the house of her rela-
tives on Vancs street. 1t is believed tha,
both will die