Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-20
LEDGER LINES.

Inc NatnohC auu EplscOpal churches
will be decorated for Easter.
Yesterday was Good Friday and to.
morrow will be Easter Sunday.
Lyle & Shields are selling choice
lemons at zoe a dozen or 81. 50 per box.
There was a heavy rain and fearful
thunderstorm at two o'clock this morn.
ing.
Lyle & Shields are now receiving
daily c%onsignments of Barbour's straw.
berries.
The Riversides and Eagles play a
game Of baseball at Central Park to-
morrow afternoon.
The Bluff City Grays have a competi.
tive drill and give a ball at their armory
on Second street next Tuesday night.
One hundred barrels Ocean Foam "
-four, also fresh ground oatmeal and
Graham -four just received by Lyle &
Shields.
A dray broke down this morning at
the intersection of Court aud Mum
streets, thereby impeding the progress Of
four borse.cars.
The play R~etribution will be presented
Monday night for the benefit of St. Pc.
ter's church choir by the Sodality Ora
matte Association.
The prizes which the managers Of the
skating rink intend giving to the best
lady and gentlemen skaters are on ex.
hibition at B. Lowenstein & Bros.
The Chickasaw Guards have invited
Miss Rosa Barnett, of Columbia, to take
a leading part in their grand vocal en-.
t%ertainment which they give at EstivaI
Park early next month.
The heavy rain has caused a portion
Of Main street, beyond South, to give
way, and the former thoroughfare fit for
the passage of pedestrians, vehicles and
beasts of burden now presents a deep
gully.
Among the buyers at the auction sale
Of the damaged goods Of Messrs. Walker
Bros, Kahn & Freiberg, corner of Main
and Poplar streets, we're the largest.
Some of the goods are but slightly dam.
aged.
The Chancery Court yesterday directed
and empowered Its receiver to renew the
lease OF the New Memphis Theater to 7.
W. Davey and Joseph Brooks for one
year from the first of July, 1878. upon
the same terms and conditions, as now
10 the lease.
The place to get good reading matter
is at R. E. Spangler's, $50 Main street
he has received the following magazine!
for May: Appleton, Harper, Cooley
Demorest, Leslie's Ladies Magazine,and
Ballou's Monthly. He also has "0ur
Mutual Friend" by Dickens, for 2Os.
The following is a sample OF the man
nsr in which a rlral editor returns thanks
for small favors; 1--WE are under obi.
cations TO a friend for a nice cane with
the ing left off J. presented US yesterday.
Thanks, John j.; your generality is ex-
ceeded only by your extreme libsrosity."
Next Saturday, the 9th, will witness
the parade Of the four boat clubs, the
route Of procession being along Main
street from the Louisville depot to Beal
street. The inaugural regatta between
the old DeSoto, Katie Podesta, Excel.
sior and Geraldine boat clubs takes place
Sunday afternoon, the 2S.h. TIE race
will be in front Of the city,
The Criminal Court yesterday disposed
OF the following cases: Pleasant Viii.
liams, obtaining money under false pre-.
lenses; Charles Mosby, assault with in.
tent to commit murder, guilty Of volun
tary Tanslaughter, and penalty fixed at
two years Imprisonment; Ernest Tslbert,
being a vaGrant, fine S25, Imprisonment
for one month in the county w~orkhouse
sentence suspended; Anderson Per-
kins, larceny, verdict guilty and penalty
fixed at one years imprisonment.