Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-13
BREyITIEs.

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The Chancery, Circuit and Criminal
Courts will be in session on Monday
next and win commence the May term.
A morning local Contemporary says;
eve. are becoming moral" This ac-
counts for his being so happy every
morning.
The children Of Grace Church (Episco-
pal) Sunday School are holding grand
picnic and May fste to-day at the Her
nando Park.
Men Of all shades Of politics, of all
colors and of all grades of society, will
90 to see and hear Horace Greeley lee
ture in June next.
1t takes ten South Memphis boys to
play base ball. A picked nine do the
actual playing and the additional boy
looks out Cor the police
Mansford has lie Bon Ton" and oil
the fashion magazines and papers; also,
the convenient tracing wheels for copy
ing patterns from the Bazaar, etc.
Fire engines, street cars, drays and
abouta three thousand people crowded
Main street, near Union, last evening,
all on account of the fire in the Magev-
ney block.
The Sunday school children will have
a grand rehearsal at the Greenlaw Opera
House tomorrow afternoon. The Court
Square celebration will be magnificent
success.
We learn from the officers of the Mis-
sissippi Valley Insurance Company that
they had no insurance whatever on the
trunk factory of Mr.. Happek, burned
yesterday.
An Eastern paper says: A popular
fashion at the seaside will be the couture
| a Ia Godipa-the hair waved and hang
| ing loose. The costume a la Godfod
will not be worn this summer.
The ladies of the First Presbyterian
Church will hold a strawberry festival at
Rocco Hall, commencing on next Mon
day. An elegant lunch will be spread
during each day of the week,
Emmons & Son, at No. 10 Jefferson
and CO Beal, have Ballou's, Peterson s
and Godey's monthlies for June; the
latest magazines and illustrated weeklies
from all points, and daily papers from
the North, South, East and West.
The matrimonial market at the County
Court Clerks Office was dull during the
present week. The seekers after happi-
ness we're: Henry Hendrickson and
Miss Annie S. Lasson; T. H. Gothard
and Miss S. E. Lamb; liver c. Hagan
and Miss Charlotte Warven.
Last evening the School Board &C
cepted the bid of Juniper & Wylie or
the erection of school house at the
corner of Market and Third streets. The
bid was $23,500, and the contractors
take in part payment the Adams stree
lot, belonging to the Board, at $4,000,
The grand annual picnic gwen by tn
Emmett Guards at James Park yester
day was an enjoyable affair. Old coun
try sports we're INDUCED in, and tn
dancers kept time to music until late il
the evening, when all returned to thu
city well pleased with the festivities.
Joe Locke, at 1854 Main, has dali,
> newspapers from all points, pictorials o
latest dates, and everything in the new
, line; Sunday reading in immense guam
titles; Godey's, Peterson's and Waverl.
magazines; Harpers Weekly, Franz
: Leslie, Appleton Journal, and all tn
sporting papers.
Several gentlemen with their familie
attended the Tivoli yesterday after
| noon and enjoyed the pure wines anC
celebrated Winklemeyer beer. The
ladies can attend the Tivoli in the
same manner as is the custom in East
eru and Western cities. Our German
fellow-citizens are progressive.
The Louisville City Railroad Com
pany has determined to furnish specia
/ cars for negroes. Our street railroad
company ought to follow so proper al
example The crowding of negroes and
whites together in the same car is rapid
ly becoming a nuisance, and will grow
greater as the summer months approach
The grand Odd Fellows picnic a
James Park on next Monday promises
to be one of the grand affairs of the sea
son. Ample arrangements have beer
7 made to receive and entertain the multi
tude of guests. The music will be of the
best description, and the management IN
exceptionable. The programme as here
tofore published will be carried out BY
the respective committees.
The Mystery Explained.
At a fashionable clearinghouse in
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