Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-06-26
LOCALS IN BRIEF

LOCALS IN BRiEF.
The fourth, of Jnly this year come.
on Saturday.
-Cantelopes are making their appear.
ance in the markets.
The vacation in the city schools
commences to day and will continue two
months, " EIUC8 AGT Al
The net proceeds of the Masonic
picnic on Wednesday will exceed -four
hundred dollars. ss..g.'F, "a 10, - "a
"A delightful affair in the way of a
picnic is in progress to day al the Leath
Orphan Asylum.
Union City has voted subscription
Of 100000 toward building the Missis'
sippi river railroad. angO &c nlG2
Mr.. Felix Cross will again accept
our thanks for repeated fayors through
the Southern Express.
The smells arising from several al
leys in the very heart of the city are Of
fensiye in the extreme. lssss4 ENs9
Dry goods are retailing in this city
at lower prices, at the present time, than
before for many years.
The transit through the city of dele
gates to the National Convention has in
creased the business of our hotels within
the past few days.
We were shown this morning we'll
developed cotton boil, plucked from the
plantation Of Messrs. Miller b lCorrutb,
on Presidents island.
The Nicholson PAYERS having sus-
pended operations on Beal street, pas
sengers are no longer required to change
ears at the junction of Beal and Main.
Joe Locke, % Jefferson street, has
received to. day the latest st. Louis Chi
caso, Cincinnati, Louisville and New
York dailies also q consignment Of
late and racy pictorials and sporting
papers. Az EpEE sYAA8
The friends of Messrs. Wheat and
Farmer will be gratified to learn that
these gentlemen are meeting with great
success in Nashville. 50 favorably re-
ceived was their last concert they have
been induced to repeat it.
Thomas Ryan, little boy whose
parents reside on Alabama street, while
bathing in the bayou yesterday alter
noon, was attacked with the cramps and
drowned. An inquest was held on bis
body and verdict of accidental drown
ing rendered.
The testimonial benefit tendered by
amateurs to Capt s. NJ. Drake comes of
at the Memphis Club Hall this evening
The dramatization from Cooper's famous
story, the "Wept ofthe 'Wish-ton-wish,"
will be produced, with the beneficiary in
the leading part, supported by number
Of well-known ladies and gentlemen, who
have volunteered their services for the
occasion.
The following delegates leave the
city for New York this evening, by the
Memphis and Louisville railroad: Gen.
N. B. Forrest, James S. White, A. Wood
ward, Gen. j. r. Chalmers, Robert Good,
Memphis; General A. W. Campbell, DR..
Alexander Jackson, jackson, Tenn. ;
Hon. A. II. Garland, C. G. Scott, Little
Rock, Ark. Hon. Thomas Fletcher, Pu'
laski, Ark; B. D. Turner, Jacob Frolich,
White county, Ark. ~ N. I. Saunders
Helena, Ark.
AT the recent commencement at
Lexington College, Va, the following
students from Tennessee received certif-
Gates of distinguished proficiency
School Of Modern Languages aud Eng
lish /. English-Jos. W. Allison, Matt
NJ. Neil; ii. English Language and
Philology-George B. Peters and Ro. s
Thompson ". German George b.
Peters; School of History and Liters
ture: /. Hiaory--J.r VIM. Esings III
Literature-Joseph Allison; School oil
Chemistry: Chalmers Deaderick, James
A. Leiper. At the ball in the evening
Misses D., Of Nashville; Miss A.,
Of Memphis, and Miss c.. Of Colom'
bia, we're noted as among the bellies Of
the occasion.