Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-14
PUBLIC LEDGER.
once, IL Madison Street.
ARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
THE CITY.
MEMPHIS,
LEDGER LINES,
The city council meets tonight.

Choice lemons l24c per dozen at Oil
yer, Finnie 4 Co.'s.
One thousand pounds Of fresh lake
hsh received to day by S. Clement, Sc
Beal street.
The Phoenix club celebrates it's ami.
versary, the 26th inst by a fancy ball at
the Maennerchor Hall.
Last night Kern's butcher shop, Vance
street, accidentally caught FIRE, but the
names were suppressed before much
damage resulted.
According to the Appeal, "our theater
amusement season will soon close for
repairs" We hope that the season will
be properly repaired.
The Memphis law class holds its usual
weekly meeting tonight. Judge Hois.
keil will preside aud lecture from Caruth.
ers History of a Lawsuit, chapter 2.
Il. h. Douglass. of Big Greek, has
identified as his property the yoke Of
oxen found in possession Of Henry vii.
son (colered), who was arrested By de.
t%ectives Pryde and Mcclure.
Yesterday Mr.. Michales' residence.
NO. l56 Carroll avenue, caught FIRE and
was damaged to the extent of five or ten
dollars, which is covered by a policy in
the Peoples Insurance Company.
A dead dog on fernando street, south
of Beal, should be removed. Although
this carcass has been there FIVE weeks the
sanitary police failed to remove it. This
may have induced the mayor to abolish
the sanitary police.
The HiberniAn Mutual Relief Society
has elected the following officers: John
Lilly, president; James Reilly, vice.
presideRt; M, Gavin, treasurer; Dennis
Smith, recording secretary; VIM Dean,
hnaucial secretary; Bernard Smith, ser.
geant' alarms.
George Dessinger, of the Fourth ar
tillery, and Vim, Jones, Of Clusters
Seventh cavalry, arrested at Little Rock
for desertion, we're last night put 10 the
Adams street station by United States
soldiers, and will be taken this afternoon
to New Orleans.
Yesterday afternoon a spring wagon
contfining two drunken men collided
with a rocksway at the corner of Jefer.
son and Third streets. One of the rock.
away wheels was torn off, and two ladies
were thrown from the rockaway, but Sus.
tanned no injury.
The Irish Literary Association meets
this evening at their hall on POPLAR
street, below Main. The question under
debate ia one Of much locnl interest.
This is n of our leading societies, and
embraces within its membership many
of our leading citizens, The public gen.
orally is invited.
George Mathes, Of the Mississippi
penitentiary, reached here to-day with a
negro convict, Alfred Nicely, whom be
captured in Brownsville, where the pris.
oner went after escaping from prison.
Mathes also takes with him this
afternoon a colored convict who escaped
from tie Mississippi ~penitentiary and
was arrested here by detectives Pryde
and Mcclure. The latter was convicted
Of attempt at rape 10 Lee county.
The town Of Columbus, Ky was Wis.
tied by an earthquake last Monday
morning, which was so violent as to rock
The houses. roll beds across the floor,
throw down wardrobes, bureaus and
other articles Of furniture, aud play gen.
oral havoc with qaeensware. Even the
locomotive bells were rung. The people
we're suddenly awakened, and for a time
oewildered. A portion Of the bank Of
he Mississippi river foil in, leaving a
house hanging over the bluff and threat.
to start on a voyage to the Gulf.
The Appeal says: Memphis contains
many learned and eloquent men who
'onld entertain audiences with public
ecturss on the live topics OF the day.
Dur literary societies should get these
gentlemen to deliver lectures, say weekly,
1t some hall. Let a home lecture bureau
'e organized. Among the lecturers who !
'ould entertain audiences may be mem. /
Toned Colonel George CAN'T, Hon. EN-. ,
Etheridge, General Luke E !
Judge Archibald Wright, Mr.. !
Henry Craft, Mr.. G. P. NJ. Turner, Capt. ,
|. Harvey Ns'hes, Judge Henry G. .
'mith, Colonel George R. PhelsB, Mrs. !
J. A. Meriwether, and q score Of others. :
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