Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-28

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and whether Mr., Meriwether or Mr.
Latham is receiver We will then know
Musical concerts on the Sabbath
garniShed with beer sandwiches and
ice cream, are among the increased at
fractions of the suburbs, and they
promise lucrative returns to those who
manage them.
The members of the legislative
council paida visit to the Memphis
Gas COmpany's Office yesterday. The
city must be Illuminated in the future,
even though nothing is paid for light
that has been furnished in TIE past.
A check for two thousand dollars
was received this morning by the
trustees of Unity Lodge, Knights of
Honor, for the widow of the late S. j.
Ward, book keeper for W. S. Bruce
& Co. Mr.. Ward was the last member
of the order who died of yellow fever.
The matinee performance to-mor-
row will commence at 1890; doors
open at II m. The company leaves on
the 4 o'clock train which has kindly
been held an hour for them. and the
public may rest assured that a full
and complete performance will be
given.
The river is we'll garnished with
drift and foam here, and its flush state
causes a very swift current. 1t is now
swelling at the rate of six inches a
day, and its level is more than ten feet.
below high water mark. No appre-
tensions of an overflow are at present
entertained.
The browning ornaments of the new
Masonic building are now being put
up, and the structure already looks
quite imposing. 1t lisa general remark
that n more story would have con-
tributed much to. its beauty, and a
public hall on the second floor greatly
to its popularity and usefulness.
The German Casino have fixed on
next Wednesday evening as the time
they will present the musical compo-
%sition, the Belle of Saratoga, to their
members and friends. The piece has
been in rehearsal for sometime past,
mainly by members of the club, within
which there is much musical talent.
1t is not yet definitely settled that
the present managers will run the
theater next season. Negotiations are
pending looking to such result. The
season, which closes tomorrow, has
not been one of much profit to the
@lessees, but it is pleasant to know that
has yielded a little more than ex-
penses.
A seller of nostrus, with a lot of.
circus clown jokes, held forth at the
corner of Main and Madison streets
yesterday during the warm part of the
day to a large crowd. He was taken
from his pedestal by the police while
in the midst of his harangue on a
of putting unchaste pictures
into circulation.
New spring suits adorn the front of
clothing and furnishing stores. A few
are worn by people, but the main body
await the advent of April before Sc
lecting their warm weather toggery.
The fair sex are busy making their
selections for new suits in which to
appear on Easter day, now but little
over two weeks away.
A new lot Of taxes to support the
legislative council and the govern
ment under them must be paid with
out delay, beginning next week. Those
who took out privilege licenses under
the old government will be compelled
to pay twice and take out another set
of licenses. 1t may well be said that
corporations have no soul.
The ColYille opera troupe had a
house about half full last night. A
little less Babes in the Wood and
more of something else would have
yielded better returns. The COMPANY
Is a good one, is full of talent and
novelty, yet they give us Babes three
times and Robinson Crusoe twice. It
is said that Oxygen is their finest and
most amusing piece. 1t was never
performed here.
Circulars showing up a lot of lewd-
ness between the wife of Angelo
Marie and others at Little Rock were
.numercusly distributed through mail
this forenoon. There are no new fea-
lures in the case, except that Mrs.
Marie has sued for a divorce from her
husband, and that she says in n of
her letters that she quit Brizzolari at
Fort Smith owing to people giving
her the cold shoulder because she had
married her uncle.
SPRING! SPRING! SPRING!l
HATS! HATS! HATS!
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