Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-13

Twenty-nine degrees at 8 am.
The general council meets tonight.
No performance at the theater to-
night.
The Howard Association will meet
tonight.
The moon will not rise till near
midnight.
Yesterday was a day Of worship and
to-day a'day of wash-up.
Ask the boys about that vaulting
act at the matinee Saturday.
Judge Eldridge occupied a bench
in the Circuit Court to-day.
The commission of Madison Warner
as a deputy sheriff has been revoked.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to wash
the windows of the street cars occa-
sionally?
Young Smith smokes against his
mas will. lie keeps it a cigarette
from her.
Five hundred and sixty-one dollars
costs were collected in the Chancery
Courts Saturday.
The blowing Of whistles at the river
Yesterday sounded natural after such
a long quiet spell.
A fine store of ice has been garnered
within the past week by many persons
hereabouts as we'll as farther north.
The City of Augusta will come to
the wharf tomorrow morning and
commence loading for New Orleans.
There are at present 13l prisoners
in the county Jail, a decrease from 1888
at the opening of the Criminal Court
sessions.
Mr.. Joseph Murphy, the Irish com
edian, left here last night with his
troupe, and are to appear at Nashville
tonight.
The churches suffered in their at
tendance yesterday on account of the
slushy condition of the streets and
sidewalks.
Ten hours and twenty-four minutes
is the time between sunrise and sun
set to-day. 1t rises at 6:57 o'clock and
sets at 5:22.
The tangled Keno vs.. Steamer Carl
Schurz case is before court again to-
day, with prospects of a termination
this afternoon.
The wife of Assistant Attorney
Frank Cassels is laid up with a broken
arm, caused by falling while trying to
walk the slippery highway.
A German Club" composed of
the fashionables, has been organized
and design giving five entertainments
between now and the close of the car
nival,
A man named Fletcher, an escaped
convict from the farm at Presidents
Island, was arrested this forenoon by
officer Pryde. He has been at large
for several months.
The Third ward Democracy hold a
meeting tomorrow night, the subject
Of members Of the general council, to
be elected next Thursday, being the
one for consideration.
The prospects of a speedy resump-
ton Of navigation is cheerful enoour-
agement to the hundreds of steam
boatmen and their families, whose
support depends upon it.
According to the almanacs winter is
Just twenty-three days old to-day. 1t
began on the Dist Of last month, and
ends on the 18th Of March. Pretty
tough for its age, amt it?
H. NJ. Hearn, Esq, has volunteered
his services, and has been accepted, to
investigate for the Grand Lodge.
Knights Of Honor, all cases aud bene-
fits applied for in Memphis.
1t is stated that not less than one
hundred families in this city use coal
oil in kindling fires, 1t is marvellous
how few conHagrations and serious
burnings result in consequence.
Mr.. Martin Griffin has been voted
1000 Tor extra services during the late
plague, and Mr.. II. Fontaine received
500 for the same from the directors
of the Planters Insurance Company.
Tie total receipts of cotton here for
the present season now reach 2l6,2 81
bales, a decrease compared with last
year at this date Of 34,737 bales, aud
with the year before of 72,6S3 bales.
The citizens Of the Ninth ward are
respectfully solicited to attend a meet.
ing tomorrow evening, to be held at
Oltman's grocery, corner Of G%reonlaw
and Fifth streets, at 7:30 o'clock, for