Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-04

Circult Nour 20 recover p0UOO as DAM
ages from said Furbush.
Eichhorn's orchestra, one of The best
in the country. will give = grand concert
Sunday, March Sd. at the Memphis The
alter. This organization numbers thirty
pieces, under the management Of q. d.
Gerstle.
Deputy Marshal Harris reached the
city Saturday night, having in charge W.
P. Abbot, Jasper NJ. Adams and Wyatt
d ,use, indicted by the United States
court. The parties were arrested in
Henry county.
Last night Rev. Mr.. Thomas, Of the
Third street Germsn-P Protestant church,
delivered an interesting lecture on the
value of Lille" This was a ine effort
and one that instructed as we'll enter
tanned the interested audience.
mrs. Chanfrau's short engagement at
the Memphis Theater was pa%cuniarily a
failure. This is to be regretted, as Mrs.
Chanfrau is a pleasing actress aud APP
pears to good advantage in such plays as
Parted, Miss Mutton. Was She Right2
etc.. etc.
George 7. Tweedy's plumbing and
gas fitting establishment on Second
street, near Madison, was closed this
morning by service of an execution in
favor of St. Louis creditors. The amount
due is not large, and it is probable that
Mr.. Tweedy will resume business to-day.
Vagsbond Goals from a red-hot stove
Saturday night set FIRE to Abram Rosch-
urt'zs store, No. $50 Main street. But
little damage was done, the FIRE being
extinguished by q few buckets of water.
Mrs. Kate Burke's millinery establish.
ment on the second floor was slightly
damaged by smoke.
There is weeping and wailing, and
shedding Of tears" among certain csn.
didates for municipal Offices, because the
city council will make a general reduc
ton of salaries. Before some of the
aspirants get elected there will also be a
guashing Of teeth. This ia a case where
history repeats itself"
The Ulks will spend about fifteen thou.
sand dollars for their street pageant and
Msrdi-Gras balls. The Ulks give a select
ball at the GreenIaw Opera House Mon
day and a grand public ball at the Expo.
sition building Monday night. March
All. They also give a grand public ball
at the Exposition the next night.
Quite a number Of candidates are
already spoken Of for the August cleo.
tons. Ualess the Democratic party
u%nitize in sentiment and act in concert
a Republican will be elected 70 congress
from this (the Tenth) district. Among
the Democrats whose names ara men,
toned as probable candidates for con.
greSs are Attorney General Wright, Cen.
eral Gordon, Hon. George B. Peters,
Colonel Dudley Frayser, Colonel Rober
LoOney, Colonel Tom Avery and Hon
Casey Young, the present incumbent.
Hon. Emerson Etheridge, the mos
daring genius of TennesBee's most bril-
liant orators, is unusually original. A
day or two ago be gave it out as trutI
that the Mississippi Legislature had a
last recognized the fact that a negro i
smarter than a white Democrat. In sup
port of this Mr. Etheridge would refer t,
the opposite course Of Senators Bruce
(colored) and Lamar relative to thu
money question 1t Is true that the Mis-
sissippi Democracy repudistes Lamar
course ans is more in harmony with
Bruce upon this subject.
Saturday afternoon a colored prisoner
named JEFF Logan tried to escape Will,
going from the courthouse to the Jail
The might've was stopped by two pistO
shots which Deputy Sheriff McMahor
fired. 0Ae ball struck Logan in the
back, producing a severe wound. Th,
other ball made flesh wound in the leg
Logan was convicted of robbery, and il
now awaiting trial by the Supreme Court
he was engaged with Hans Margerum il
the attempt to rob Martin Curry on the
Louisville train near this city, April Both
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