Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-13
once, Is Madison Street.
CITY CIRCULATION.
THE CITY.
Wednesday Evening, March Is, 1873.
LEDGER LINES.
The bright weather continues.

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theater matinee Saturday.
The regular season Of the Memphis
Theater closes Saturday night.
Cooks favOrits three pound tomatoes
l23c per a at Duffy & Carey's.
Revival meetings at the Central Bap-
fist church every night this week.
1t iS not yet known who will mansg
the Memphis Theater next season.
The new visiting cards done by Tracy
are taking the place Of engraved n
One thousand pounds Of fresh lake
fish received to-day BY s. Clement, sc
Besl street.
The case of the Freedman's Saving
and Trust Company vs.. Marsh is on trial
in the Circuit Court.
Mr.. Mccullough was so attractive last
night that the uahers took front seats
and we're spell'bOund.
Mrs. Caroline Duke. who was burned
BY coal oil at her residence, No. IA
Poplar street, died yesterday.
The present style of dress does not
add to the grace Of the female who has
to walk along rugged pavements.
There will be a meeting to night of
the Mechanics Building and Loan Asso-
citation for the purpose of loaning money.
The mandamus tax is to be increased
inasmuch as additional writs have been
served On the city council. More writs
will issue.
A peripAtetic female of eleven or
twelve years is playing the fiddle and
ringing door bells with the hope Of get.
ting a nickel.
Billy Emerson, the famous negro min.
strel, With a large troupe, will be at the
Memphis Theater three nights next week,
commencing Monday.
Work on the custom.houss will not be
resumed until congress takes final action
upon the bill relating to the subject of
stone and material for the building.
Major Nicholson, Colsnel Cruise, ]. E.
France and Arthur Wheatley are bag.
ging snipe in Arkansas. They will re.
turn with full bags of these delicious
birds.
Yesterday aftern ,op a FIRE broke out
in Cubbins Il Gums foundry on Adams
street, nea Charleston avenue The
FIRE was extinguish ID with a few buckets
of water.
In a personal notica of the candidacy
of General Vaughan in this ape the
other day, the types made US give his in.
itialS as A. G. when every one knows
they are A. J.,
Yesterday Joe Cook (colored) fell on
the circular saw at the Bartlett mill, and
had his left hand severed. Owing to
other injuries the lett arm Of Cook had
to be amputated.
Emerson Ethsridge on Drunkenness"
Judge Archibald Wright on Social Vice
and Modern Civilization" and Bob In.
gersoll on Hell and DsmnAtion," would
draw full houses.
There was a large attendance at the
temperance meeting in the Jefferson
street Opera House last night. Speeches
we're made by Messrs. Turner and Yer
ger. Meetings will be held every night
this week at the Jefferson street Opera
House.
The arrest Of merchants for doing
business without license continues upon
warrants sworn out by the sergeant,at.
arms. The merchants are invariably re.
leased on payment Of the required
license, as this is the object in having
them arrested.
Mayor Flippin has discharged the
three sanitary men employed BY the city.
OF course Mayor Flippin can afford to
do this, for if an epidemic befall Mem
phis he can again fee the place, but this
time he will have no power to abolish or
enjoin city inirmaries.
Colonel Chris Steinkuhl celebrated the
return of his prodigal cat Peter with
peach blossom mint juleps. The peach
blossom in a mint julsp represents the
auti'Murphy cause, for it has reference
to the scarlet more Of tho man who dc.
lights to drink good things.
Anew days AGO escaped %conviets from
the Ensley farm met Huse Wallace on
the Horn Lake road, near McEaehern's
store, and robbed him Of ell his clothing.
Wallace was made TO feel like Adam in
the Garden Of Paradise, but alas the
trees were not 10 bloom, and there was
not a fg.leaf to be had.
Marshal Hoskins, Of 0sceOla, Ark,
leaves this afternoon for home with two
prisoners, Jesse Carter and R. Gates,
charged witt robbery and murder. Car.
ter was arrested by detective McCuns