Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-15
CENTS Pc WEEK.
THE CITY.
"wednesday EvenlnE, Jan. %, 1879.
LEDGER LINES.

HltCtlOh tO-muIIoN.
. FOggy this morning.
Gone into liquidation-the snow
banks.
Miserable and muddy r our streets
and highways,
The Towards are to hold another
meeting tonight.
The sun peeped forth, lust for a
moment" this forenoon.
The agitating question. What are
you going to do about it2
Collections at the State and county
tax office yesterday 5000.
Ice soft and mpshy flows in heavy
masses down the great river.
All of the courts, except Judge
Eldridge's, were in session this fore
noon.
Backward, turn backward, and
start out afresh," is the song We must
all sing.
How the plumber and pipe-mender
thriyes just now. 1t is his richest
harvest season.
Colder weather, with northerly winds
and rain or snow is the weather fore
cast for to-day.
What will we call this plot of terri
tory aud the houses thereon now
known as Memphis?
George NJ, Kline, of V~icksburg,
Miss, was registered at the cotton
exchange this forenoon.
Promenaders should carry umbrel-
las this afternoon and tonight. "0ld
Prob " says 80, and he knows.
John Brown, a darky, charged with
stealing a watch and chain, is to be
tried by the recorder next Saturday.
The County Court asks for bidders
to print and bind the record books Of
Shelby county for the ensuing year.
Would-be Office holders are already
figuring for positions to serve the pro-
posed territory now known as Mem
phis.
The public welfare requiring it,
seems to be a favorite expression of
the legal lights of our present legisla-
ture.
Watch your water pipes. They
burst during the thawing period with
a facility equal to that of any other
time.
Seven liquor and merchants licenses
we're issued blythe County Court clerk
yesterday. Only one to-day up to
noon.
Detective vision and a s~uperauity Of
intellect are worrysome disorders, es
pecially during this coal, consumptiye
weather.
The thermometer this morning at Z
o'clock indicated $50. The highest
yesterday was AZ and the lowest 6o
a variation of g..
Ten hours and thirty minutes is the
time between sunrise and sunset to-
day. Our night time diminishes
slowly but surely.
1t has been suggested that the better
plan for Memphis, considering all her
complications is to wipe out all past
laws and begin anew.
]. Mr.. A. j. Quindley and Miss Kate
Wallace were married yesterday. The
couple left for Little Rock, their fu.
ture home, last evening.
Call at the LEDGER Office and gel
prices before giving your job printing
to drummerS. Good work at low
prices. Can't be underbid.
j. Colliganfor alderman, P. IS. FloyC
and J.Sweeney for councilmen, and j
H.. Jones, colored, for school visitor
are Tenth ward candidates.
Over 100000 in mandamuses. o,
peremptory orders to levy taxes, hav,
passed through the courts or beer
lodged against the city within the pas
week.
N. Fontaine and G. w. MaCrea 70
the council, and DR.. w. T. Arlington
for school visitor, we're the Fourtl
ward nominations last night. No OPP
position.
The moon is on the wane. |
changed and entered its last quarter a
10 minutes before o'clock this morn
ing. II will not rise tonight until
little after midnight.
The Julius Behr bankruptcy cas-.
occupied the attention Of Judge Ham
mond aud a jury this forDoou It i
alleged that a portion Of the stock wa
spirited away at the time the irfl