Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-13
TEN CENTS Pc n WEEK.
THE CITY.
MEMPHIS:
Friday Evening, Dee. Is, ISIS.
LEDGER LINES.

LEDGER LINES.
This morning vas cloudy.
The city council meets tonight.
The Probate Court meets Monday.
Yesterday 34O4 bales Of cotton were re-
The police commissioners meet this at
ternoon.
Motions were heard in the Chancery
Court to-day.
Yesterday Jake Straus, IT, placed a fat
squirrel in Court Square.
Lyle & shields will have a shipment of
fine dressed turkeys tomorrow.
The Bob Drury murder case occupies
the time of the Criminal Court.
The Ryan insurance cases will be heard
tomorrow by Recorder Quigley.
The LEDeER is a great fayorite in Mem
phis. It's circulation il general and daily
increasing.
Every kind OfjOb printing executed at
the PUBLIC LEDGER job printing office
Is Madison street.
Jim Scott, a colored drayman, yesterday
found so and disposed Of the money.
He was arrested.
There will be a grand matinee at the
theater tomorrow afternoon. A Cele-
bratei Case viii be presented.
Recorder Qaigley had . small docket
this morning. there being only four cases
10 command his judicial attention
TrS cents a week for the DAILY PUB
lie LEDsKR delivered in city BY good
carriers. Leave your order .. this Office
In the United States Court the illicit
disdlling ease o. Stacey is adjourned 70.
/ Monday 50 as to allow defendant time to
secure the attendance Of his witnesses.
John Epperson, news agent on the
Memphis and PaducAh and Northern
railroad, will deliver the LEDGER daily on
the line Of his road for SOC per month.
VIM. Station, Of Carroll county, was
yesterday required to give bond for his
appearance before the United States Court
to answer the charge Of illicit distilling.
Sultana and London layer raisins, Patras
currants, oval box and key figs, Naples
walnuts, Leghorn citron, and French
prunes received to-day by Lyle & Shields.
Three of the banks have honored their
faithful officers who remained here during
the epidemic with substantial testimonials
Judging from the Appeals editorial Of
this morning there's yet n to hear from
Yesterday a tramp entered the prem
ises of the late Judge Adams on Union
street, but was beset and severely bitten
by a Newfoundland dog. The unfortu-
nate man was sent to the city hospital fol
treatment.
Justice Caldwell yesterday united il
marriage Mr.. Richards and Miss Fannie
Brown, Of Crittenden county, Arkansas
The lady and gentleman, in order to eyadl
parental wrath, quietly folded up thei
baggage and came to this city, where thel
were made happy. May their life b
prosperous and bright.
The patrons Of the Alabama street schoo
are to be congratulated upon the selection
Of Miss Esther Morgan to a position u
that institution. Miss Morgan is not onll
5 a young lady Of brilliant accomplishment
but possesses a vigorous mind, and is
? patient student who takes true interest II
the cause Of education.
The Appeal this morning says: "Th
Office Of sanitary sergeant should now B
revived by the general council, and e'
Sanitary Sergeant w. S. Rogers, who di
such heroic service during the grei
plague, ought to be elected to I'll IL
: ofiee. Memphis never had a better Of MOI
industrious sanitary officer. He knew h
f duty and always did it in a correct mai
ner.'
This morning four mules attached 20
at country wagon ran on to the payemeI
. in front Of Lowenstein's store, the fro.
iron post being struck by a forewheel
4 the vehicle. Probably it is that mules
IN well as asses like to go shopping, but
: the name Of our merchants, let the orc
nance against careless driving be enforce
q The large glass window in Lowensteil
RS store narrowly escaped wreck.
lie Captain Andy WarReld, Of the Ga
% City, now at the wharf, has just about t
incest trip Of the season. Captain W. /
the Gate City loaded with potatoes, onio
and oats, selected BY himself, and 1
beauty Of it Is he owns boat, cargo and
ID. tire outfit. He proposes to dispose Of
-os cargo in Memphis if the market is fav
able; if not, 10 pursue bis way l%eisurely
, the Gulf. Warfeld combines pleas.
and business in steamboating and nd
stands both from away back. Up in Il
and Illinois, where potatoes, onions
"sich like" grow, Andy Warhcld sta
AL and has unlimited backing, and we
ce, glad to welcome him and his stauneh C
to Memphis. NN1. ffHT Il.
= Smoke HendersOn's
Celebrated j.. q. Cigar,
Under Peabody Hotel.