Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-20

THE CITY.
MEMPHIS:
Wednesday Evening", March 20, 1878
LEDGER LINES.

And the weather is still bright.
Chaucery Court has adjourned.
Sweet creamery butter at Oliver, Fin.
ME & Co.'s.
Last appearance OF Emerson's min.
strels tonight.
Small sugsr.cured jowls at Oliver,
Finnie 4 Co.'s.
Sweet cider by the gallon at Oliver,
Finnie & Co.'S.
Van Amburgh's circus will exhibit on
the bluff April LIST and I'd.
After tonight the Memphis Theater
will be closed till April lst.
The proposed meeting at the City Hall
in favor of the Southern Pacific railroad
was not a success.
There lie increasing interest in the
series o. meetings held nightly 10 the
Central Baptist church.
We are indebted to David FraySer,
Esq, for q late number Of the Daily
Chronicle, published at Newcastle.upon.
Tyne, England. .
The short dress enterprise ia q deserved
failure. If women dislike long dresses,
and would adopt short ones, they might
w,ar the brseches and have no more to
say about it.
Recorder Quigley disposed Of the fol.
lowing business this morning: W. @.
johnson, larceny, chse continued; Lewis
Williams (coloredl, sleeping out, fined
IS; CHARLES COify (cOlored). %misdomsau
or, discharged.
The police made the following arrests
this morning: VIM. Taylor (colored,
and Sidney Jotason (colcred), fghtisg.
W. d. Broadus. abusive language and
d~isorderly conduct; Fortune Duke, (col
ored), carrying concealed weapons.
1t is understood that q joint meeting o
the chamber Of commerce and cottor
men's association will be held next Tues
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, to consider
the propriety Of encouraging and aidipl
the extension of the Kentucky, RIPPLE!
aud Ship Island railroad.
The failure Of the futile effort to intro
duce short dresses is q subject Of congrat
u%latien among all admirers Of wouanl]
modesty and delicscy. There Is no reason
why q should display her feet
If she can afford a abort dress, why
not give the public a sight Of the calf2
Tonight there will te q meeting o
citizens at the Linden street school
house to consider the subj sct Of q public
sewer. This sewer is to connect Vance
Linden and Poptotoc streets as we'll a
the cross streets with the river, and woulc
prove a great benefit. 1t is hoped tina
there will be a large attendance.
Yesterday afternoon Deputy Constable
Britt and Deputy Constable Clere hat
some difficulty in arresting an escaped
prisoner on the steamer Illinois. The
fugitive offered resistance and compelled
the officers to FIRE their pistols in order
to scare him into obedience. The pris
oner tried 10 escape upon reaching tn,
jsil.
LippincOs!'s, for April, has made it
appearance, and 10 by far one Of the bes
and most interesting aud instructive yei
Issued. The number is replets with
variety of Wsll.Selected subjects, which
are treated in the excsllent style cbarac
t%eristic of the literary and scientific
reputation Of this pleasing and popular
ma Gsziue. L%ippincott's should find q
welcome in every home.
Yesterday The least of Purim was cele
bratei by the Jews, whose devotion to
religion is as c~ommendOble as it is gen.
eral. Thi. feas, commentaries the sal
vatiOn of the Children Of Israel by Queer
Esther, when their destruction was in
tended by HsmSn, who was subsequent
ly hanged by the neck until dead. Many
of our Jewish fellow citizens kept oper
house and received the company Of theiI
fiends. Many of the young people w,rl
in masque, ana made merry With music
aud ieastiDg.