Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-16

structure.
The new poorhouse is to be investi-
gaesd and reported on BY Fs1uires
Goodman, BledsOe and Pope, and the
same committee will suggest or adjust
The claims of the architect Of the
sane structure.
Arrangements are progressing favor
ably toward inaugurating the Mer-
chants Exchange, and ere many days
elapse the rooms will accommodate
many dealers 10 grain, meats, -four and
other eatables.
The sale Of seats for both nights Of
the Iangtry engagement began at the
theater this morning at 9 o'clock, and
tickets for single nights will be sold at
the same place to morrow morning at
the same hour.
South Memphis Lodge, F. g. A. NJ,
confer the Fellow Craft this evening,
after which The brethren will enjoy a
social reunion and banquet, which
promises to be a most enjoyable affair
for the fraternity.
Judge Patrick Winters, Of this city,
has completed a line Of two miles and
900 feet Of levee, eight feet high and
35 to so base, at what is known as the
Dafhn break, below Arkansaw City.
200 miles south Of here.
Our county Jail is to be used as a
county workhouse, with Sheriff Athy
as Superintendent, and his salary or
remuneration for extra duty will be
agreed upon by the county Magistrates
sitting as a County Court.
The Porter Guards are to meet to-
night, to talk about participating in.
the proposed competitive drill at
Nashville, and to discuss other matters
pertaining to their interests, including
that Of commanding officers.
The bread aud meat bill for the City
Hospital for tho ensuing year is esti-
mated at 5000, despite the fact that
none but Tennesseeans are to be ad-
mitted, outside Of marine patients, for
which the government allows 81 per
day.
Invitations are out for one Of the
grandest germans ever given in the
South, to come of tomorrow evening
at the PEABODY Hotel. They bear the
imprint Of Tracy, and surpass any.
thing Of the kind yet used in Mem
phis. W
The Mystic Krewe, of New Orleans,
will not parade the coming Mardi
Gras, which Is the 9th Of next month,
and three weeks from to-day. Aside
from the Rrewe, however, the carnival
festivities Of the Crescent City will be
varied aud highly spectacular.
A shooting scrape took place in
Brownsville last Saturday. Mr.. George
Glenn and Mr.. Wilson had a Difficult,
ty. Mr.. Jim Jones rushed in as peace
maker and received a shot in his hand
intended for Wilson. Fears have
been entertained that lockjaw will
ensue,
Our German fellow citizens are to
have a musical entertainment, next
week, for the benefit Of the sufferers
BY the Rhine foods in the old country.
A meeting OF the Germans will take
place at Casino hal, on Jefferson street
tonight, to further the interests Of the
project.
j. H. Buxbaum, clotbier, has as.
signed, with liabilities set down at
S28,O aud assets $4,000 less. The.
jewelry house Of Gotthelf d Co.,
Vicksburg, has failed, with $4,000
assets and $4,000 liabilities. Home
creditors run attachments amounting
to $l8,452.
The Board Of Public works Of this
! city have under consideration the
quest Of the projected Tennessee
Southern railway to lay a trac on
Seventh street, South Memphis, by
way Of Tennessee street and to con-.
meet Uuion street with the railway up
the river front.
The failure 10 have a Mardi Gras
celebration in Memphis this year will
not interfere with the enjoyment Of
the lucky winner Of the capital prize
in the next drawing Of the Little
Havana Lottery, for he will be able to
t'ke a trip to New Orleans, Mard
Gras, to get his fun.
Several heavily laden wagons drawn
by five pair Of yoked oxen passed up
Madison street last evening and this
morning, moving westward. Each
crack Of the drivers whip sent forth a
sogpd which could be likened to
nothing else than a cross between the
explosion Of a horse pistol AID a dyna.
mite bombshell.
I'm this, the brightest hour Of your
lives, accept my heartiest c%ongratula
lions on your union. May your OOpjugal !