Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-24
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sing rapidly toward an organization.
The Mysteries Of Paris, by Eugene
Sue, zoe, at Spangler's, 376 Main street.
Police and 6remeu received twenty
dollars each Oh their back pay on yester.
day.
Baby will be the attraction at the
theatre matinee to-day and again to-
night.
The voice Of the busted " gas and
meter pipe and the plumber will soon be
heard in the land.
On tomorrow night George Knight
and the Worrell Sisters will commence
an engagement at the theatre.
At the Criminal Court to-day the Ease
of Bob Drury, indictment for the murder
of Mr.. Gibson, his maternal uncle, is on
trial.
The rise in the price Of coal is creating
no little talk around town, and number
less hard things are said about monop-
olies.
Mayor Flippin has returned, but will
not take the mayoralty chair until to-
morrow, when be will relieve acting
Mayor Williamson.
At the Arbitration Court to-day the
hearing of the case of Murphy VS.. Tighe
was concluded and the case Of CIason
VS.. Jefferson was taken up.
The United States Court headquarters
at the courthouse is being re6tted and
brushed up preparatory for the next SEES.
sion of the United States Court.
Old westher.wise men tell US that the
fog which hangs below the house tops
nightly is suggestive Of Indian summer,
a delightful season known only in the
West.
Now that cool weather has appeared
the station.house has numerous applica.
tons nightly from would.be boArders.
The impecuneous applicants are re.
ceived aud entertained.
Telephone parties have sprung into
existence suddenly in this city. An ar
ticle on our first page on the subject OF
the telephone business will be read with
pleasure and interest.
The religious iend has come at last
He begs his friends to take him to the
church festivals so that he a talk TO
the girls and get a supper free of cost.
Send him to the island.
The Chickasaw Guards we're out in
force last night and made a night attack
on the Peabody Hotel, which they gal
lantly captured by serenading their re.
firing commander, Captain Duncan.
Sprague & Blodgetts Georgia min.
strels appeared at the Greenlaw Opera
House last night before a medium sized
audience. The entertainment was very
good and was highly enjoyed by those
present.
A correspondent condemns the prac.
tice of tying saddle horses along the
curbstones on our principal streets. he
says: The critters constantly wheel
Themselves upon the sidewalks and oc.
cupy the whole OF them"
At the Circuit Court to-day the divorce
case of Asberry VS.. Asberry ia on trial.
The complainant, a coIored woman,
charges Parson Asberry, her husband,
with acts Of in6delity and too much
a miliarity with the female members oil
his flock.
November days are damp and chill
yet a greater number of marriages. take
place in that month than in any other.
Pairing off seems to be the rule in so.
ciety. Some philosopher or s%cientis,
like Michelet, should rise and explain
this phenomenon.
Our amiable contemporary, the Cleve.
land Banner, is authority for the state
ment that the girls would rather smell
the pure, unadulterated extract of corn,
than to have a fellow f%ooling around
his breath half disguised with Gin.
namou aud spice.
Last night the peStiferous MOSQUITO
out, it failing to come to time and
present its bill like any other blood
sucking ere litor. The cool weather and
the appearance Of frost demoralized the
Basbi. Bazouk of an insect, and
it returned to its Notifications, conclud.
ing not to make any reconnaissance.
A new drink has been started in this
city at the leading saloons; it is called
telephone" The effect produced
By throwing yourself outside of one of
them is described as startling and cleo
trie, creating a shock which extends
the tips Of your fingers to the tips
of your toes, and thea in ell other direc-
Don't fail to hear
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