Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-09
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION,
THE CITY.
Tuesday Evening, April 0, 1878
LEDGER LINES.

april enGs the oyster season.
BOllinger. Dry, extra quality.
The weather is fair and bright to-day.
3. h. Dare was arrested this morning
for being drunk.
There was a heavy rain yesterday Of.
ternoon and last night.
One thousand pounds fresh lake perch
at s. Clements, Sc Besl street.
TIE Julia Higgins case was on trial in
the Criminal Court this morning.
The grand jury has indicted G.. W.
Murphy for personating an officer"
The police chief this morning arrested
Bette Ray on the charge Of VAgrancy.
The very best improvement in ice.
cream ireezsrs. Wheeler, Pickens & Co.
A. X. Bobo, Of Coahoma county, Miss.
has fifteen acres Of wheat FIVE feet high.
There is no hope Of decreasing the
already large number of candidates for
Office.
R. D. Wilson aud G. S. Mitchell, Of
Gibson county, yesterday filed petitions
Of bankruptcy.
There was no quorum of the city
council last night. The council meets
tomorrow night.
Willis Wright, convicted of robbing
Ulman's tailor shep, is to remain in the
penitentiary seven years.
The benefit Of the Memphis Thester
stage employees tomorrow night will be
attractive and entertaining,
Strawberries from the Suburban gar
dsns ore ~ripening and will be on the
market in q day or two. The yield Of
strawberries this season will be unusually
large.
The rain yesterday and last night was
general and steady, much to the delight
OF farmers, who are now enabled to plant
crops in the districts hitherto too dry for
blowing.
Colonel W. II. Randolph will probably
be the Republican candidate for con.
gress from this district. This gentleman
is silent upon the subject, and hence the
inference.
The Murphy men, women and chill
dren, have returned to the Jefferson street
Opera House. Colonel Turner and 9th.
er converts to the cause Of total Austen
ence speak every night.
One Of the largest and most interest
ing Geek mains ever fought in the State
Of Tennessee will come off at Humbold,
Park on Wednesday and Thursday o.
this week. Rare sport may be looked for.
At twenty minutes past nine o'clock
last night a lamp in the Whitemore
Honse, on Adams street, heal Third, ex.
ploded and set the room on fire. The
flames were extinguisbed before much
damage resulted.
Notwithstanding the heavy rain.storm
last night a Gooily number Of the lovers
Of roller-sk0ting assembled at the rink
to enjoy their fsvorite sport. The rink
is becoming popular under the skilful
management OF Mr.. Levi.
The strawberry festivals for religious
societies, churches and orphans, anna.
teur operas and dramatic entertain.
ments, springtime auctions, river excur,
sions, boat races, mosquitoes. flies and
spring chicken will soon be in vogue.
Judge A. II. DOr glass was this morn.
ing holding a brapch Of the Circuit Court
aud trying the replevin case of Susan
Nowland VS.. Youngers, wherein the
ownership Of a COW is involved. There
are eight or tea witnesses on each side
Of the case.
The Appeal says; Several gambling
house 'ropers' and 'cappers' yet loiteI
around town, but they pretend to be en-
gagged in sons business, which business
is, however, of a very sbsdowy char
acter." They will continue to %loitsr, fol
who is there to disturb their reroseP
W. H. Todd, the gambler indicted fol
vagranc7, was yesterday fined SIS BY
the Criminal Corr., TIE fine is sus