Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-02-02
LEDGER LINES.
The weather is cold and gloomy.
Nine JanAuschek's engagement will

Mardi-Gras preparations are being
made on an extensive scale.
The long standing Hill-Dean ease still
occupies tbs attention of the URited
States Court.
An entertainment for the benefit of
Mrs. Rose Thompson will be given at the
Memphis Thester soon.
Letter and note heads. Something
new, fine and cheap. Call at LEDGER
Office and see samples aud prices.
VIM. Howard, arrested on the charge
of being a suspicious character, was dis
charged yesterday by the recorder.
S. A. Bishop, 8 merchant of Lrowns.
vile, yesterday fled a petition of bank.
ruptcy in the United States Court.
The word reconciliation" is not in
Webster's Dictionary. The word is
coined by the demands Of the time.
The grand pageants Of the Memphi
and Ulks Mardi Gras will be the most
magnificent ever witnessed in America.
Spangler, news dealer, has a large as
sortment of late illustrated papers, mag
a%zines, l0c and zoe series Of popular
novels.
George Houston (coIOred) has been
convicted Of malicious shooting by the
Criminal Court jury and his punishment
fixed at Two years Imprisonment.
The city council will meet Monday
night, but nominations will net be made
until the salaries are agreed to and de-
te%rniued by the board of aldermen and
common council
Nathan Lewis, a white boy aged twelve
years, was arrested yesterday for stealing
q caddy Of tobacco at the Little Rock
depot. He was sent to jail by the recor-
der this morning.
The complimentary benefit to Mr..
John Rickaby, manager Of the Memphis
Theater, will doubtless be one of the
most brilliant and attractive entertain
ments of the season.
Two bundles of twine for sewing
broomS and a cotton,hook, supposed to
be stolen, we're found by a citizen and
carried to the Adams street ststion-house
where they await Identification.
Chief hthy has received a telegram
from Wyatt Crane (colOred), of Holly
Springs, Miss, asking him to arrest a
colored boy named George Crane, aged
fifteen. The boy has run away from
home.
The different steamboat and railroad
lines will issue excursion tickets, good
for ten days, to all parties that wish to
attend the Memphis Mardi Gras. It is
probable that the number of visitors will
exceed any previous occasion of the
kind.
Mrs. Adelaide Coombs, formerly Of
Boston, and recently Of Pittsburg, the
highly gifted, unconscious trance clair.
voyant, business aud test medium" is
delighting the Spiritualists Of Memphis
with her revelations. They are not hard
to please generally.
A man in the familO circle of the
Memphis Theater last night accidentally
discharged a pistol in his pocket. The
report Of the pistol caused some alarm,
and the owner beat a hasty retreat, the
rear part Of his pants being on fire. The
police captured the pistol, but the of.
frightened owner escaped.
Robert Church has instituted suit
against Sheriff W. Il. Furbush for five
thousand dollars, alleged to be due as
damages sustained at the hands of de-
PENDANT. 1t will be remembered that
Furbush made an effort to kill Church in
this city the 10th of January, and shot
him twice. Hence the suit for damages.
An effort is being made to defeat the
proposed consolidation of Grace and St.
Lazarus Episcopal churches. 1t is prob.
able that Bishop Quintard will make
Memphis his nome and continue the rec.
torsbip Of Grace church, recently ten
derod him. The question is one of in
terest to the Episcopalians of this city.
The Chickassw Guards expect to erect
a substantial armory on the west side OF
fernando street, Immediately south OF
Beal. The building will be of brick and
of sufficient size for an armory, ballroom
and library up stairs. The ground floors
will be rented out for stores. We con.
graduate the Chickasaws in being able
to engage in such a worthy enterprise.
Judge Heiskell, Of the Circuit Court,
has granted a new trial in the case OIL
Coyle VS.. Aines, Beattie & Co., which
was an action for $4,000 damages alleged
to be due because of trespass by a con
stable acting under and by direction Of
defendants. Judgment for $500 was al.
lowed the plaintiff, but this is set aside
because Of a new trial being granted.
The case will now be heard de novo.
The reconciliation meeting yesterday
afternoon was not as harmonious in sen.
timent as some would have it. When the
demonstration resolution was submitted