Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-11
LEDGER LINES.

shtentiue parties are lhanlOnhOie.
The Board Of Education meets to-
night.
There we're q few falling snovaAkes
Sunday.
There was vain effort to snow this
morning.
Janauschek begins an engagement in
st. Louis tonight.
There will be no entertainment al the
Memphis Theater tonight.
Several masquerade balls are an.
nonnced for this and mex week.
The city council meets Wednesday
night to act on the mayors nominations.
The inelement weather only adds to
the difficulty of getting cotton ready for
the market.
The attendance at the approaching
carnival will far surpass that of any pre-.
vious occasion of the kind.
Nine. Jauauschek's Deborah matinee
at the Memphis Theater, Saturday alter
noon, was largely attended.
The Adams street engine was uuusu.
ally fast yesterday, as it came out ahead
of the hook and ladder truck.
The approaching Mardi Gras has al
ready inaugurated a series of pleasant
and brilliant masquerade balls.
John Murphy and Wade Hampton
(colored), indicted for larceny, were dis
charged by the Criminal Court.
The Fsle CT seats for Manager Ricka.
by's benefit commenced this morning.
The sale so far indicates a large house.
Rev. DR.. Parsons held ser vices at
Grace church Sunday for the consolida-
ted congregation Of St, Lazarus and
Grace parish.
The suburban and other uupaved
streets are almost impossible. The mud
is axle deep, aud there is no indication
Of immediate improvement.
The weather for the past twenty four
hours has been quite cold arr disagree.
able. The streets are frozsn and walk,
ing is now comparatively good.
The different cotton congresses are
in full work, and should he inspected by
visitors to MardtGras. Memphis has
the largest compress in the world.
Justice Mason has fled proceedings il
the County Court clerks Office to the
effect that Mrs. Irene Avant is a fit sub
ject to be sent to the insane asylum.
1t is rumored that the saloon.keepers
indicted for selling liquor on Sunday viii
not submit their cases az heretofore, buI
will fight the same in the Criminal Court
The grand stand in front Of Cour
Square on Main street will he the genera
Mardi. Grss rendezvous, The stand viii
accommodate from 100 to 1000 persons.
One case 10 the Probate Court ~involvei
four funerals, but engages the services o
only two lawyers. Wa do not mean t
say that these lawyers are doing double
duty.
Persons living in the unpaved dis
tricts of the city are now without pro
lection from the fiery iend, as the en-
gines cannot get through the mud on the
streets.
Mes. DR.. Gutter lectures tonight a
Harmonial Hall, her subject being
Marriage as it is and as it ought tc
be-" This lecture is for the benefit o
men only.
G. G. Rogsn, the alleged accompliee O.
Wise, the detaulting clerk that ~speculatec
ia railroad tickets, was arrested at St
Louis last week aud carried back to Lit
tie Rock.
The competition between magistrates
in the jury business is undated. Thi:
is not quite so bad as the old saying o
stealing coppers from the lids Of a deaC
mans eyes.
Sheriff Furbusb (cslored), of Arkan
sas, has given $1,000 recognizance il
each of the four indictments. Judg,
Archibald Wright and Mr. Eastman or,
bis sureties.
Thore was q false alarm Of FIRE yester
day afternoon. A workman in attach
ing the wire connection at the north en-
gine-house, on Main street, accidentally
, sounded an alarm.
This morning the stable Of Mr.. Pau
Cicalll, ST., located on Georgia street
between Main and Shelby, caught FIR,
and was damaged to some extent. Their
was no Insurance..
Detective Oounel left, Saturday night
for Paris, Texas, TO investigate the rob
berry of the Texas Express Company
office at that place Thursday, wher
$4,000 we're stolen.
Mayor Flippin has not yet decided
when he will make nominations for cit
offices. He may have a called meeting
before Wednes lay night, or he ma!
await until after that before makinI
nominations.
The attention Of III, authorities il