Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-26
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION
THE CITY.
MEMPHIS:
tuesday Evening, March rs, 1878.
LEDGER LINES.

Bartlett Circuit Court is in session.
The Shelby County Court meets next
Monday.
Sweet creamery butter at Oliver, Fin
ME & Co.'S.
Small sugar-cured jowls at Oliver,
Finnie & Co.'S.
The loss by the Peabody Hotel FIRE
amounted to $l8 1000.
Tie Southern Pacific railroad question
commands general attention.
Despite that fearful howl no special
constable has been indicted.
A large number Of persons visited
Elmwood Cemetery yesterday.
Hold the Fort" savings banks; every
boy wants it, at c. N. EricA's.
Sugar.eured hams, Magnolia brand,
Sic per pound at Lyle & Shields.
Two pound size canned fruits, ETC., one
dollar per dozen at Lyle 4 Shields.
Rogers Brothers iple.plated silver
knives 81 SO per dozen at C. N. Erich's.
Magnolia hams, finest quality, 81
cents per pound, at Oliver, Finnie & Co. 8.
Sneak thieving, ~burglaries, robberies
and other crimes prevail to an alarming
extent.
We are indebted to Billy Lieben, of
No, 1861 Main street, for late Eastern
papers.
Lyle & Shields are selling the best
-four, Ocean Foam" brand, for 81 per
barrel.
William Bowles (colored) indicted for
l%arceNy, has been acquitted by the Grim
inal Court.
The best relrigerators, ice cream
freezers and water coolers very low, at
C. N. Erich's,
The stage employees of the Memphis
Theater will have a benefit on the 10th
of next month.
The girl with big feet and q short dress
is the late; It sensation. Trot her out, and
let her show her foot.
The benefit for the treasurer aud ush.
ers of the Memphis Theater will be given
on the Oath of next month.
Some of the magistrates say that spe.
cial constables are more active and vigi'
liant than regular" constables.
Choice lemons, l23 cents per dozen;
single dozen, ID cents-exsct change
made-at Oliver, Finnie & Co.'s.
Owing to Lent the matrimonial mar
ket is comparatively dull. Lent does
not affect deaths, divorce or birth.
The Strasburg clock model will be on
exhibition Tomorrow in the Storehouse
northeast corner of Main and Madison
streets.
In the Criminal Court to day Dudley
Brennan was convicted of larceny and
his Imprisonment in the penitentiary
fixed at one year.
There is a rumor aAoat that a citizen
while driving in the suburbs last nigh
wss accOsted by h%ighwaymen, who failed
to attain their prize.
The interest in the temperance meet
ings has not abated. The nightly at
tendance at tn, Jefferson street Opera
House is quite large.
Five dollar counterfeit bills, letter c
dated January 2, 1866, on the PocssseI
National Bank, Fall River, Massachu
sets, are in circulation.
About ten new members will join tht
Chickasaw Guards tonight. The com
pany has about eighty.6ve members, ant
is in q prosperous condition.
. Lily Brudell, the woman who fled t
: Little Rock and thereby caused a mum
Der Of friends to believe that she hat
! suicided, returned last night.
There is a good deal of difference be
tween evening" and afternoon"
> fact which visitors, callers and sociaI
. ~loafers are requested TO remember.
Deputy Marshal Gardner has a human
skull in his office. The history Of thl
skull is not known, though it ELECTS espe
Q cial attention from persons who visit thl
: marshal's Office.
The prison buildings on President
Island have been rebuilt, and in ever.
respect are as commodious, convenien
and comfortable os those destroyed b,
FIRE last November.
Yesterday the Bartlett Circuit CoUr
. grand jury indicted a colored MAJ
named Gibson for beating his wife I
:. death with a tick. Gibson two week
: ago beat his wife, who subsequently die