Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-06-05
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this evening % their armory.1
The latest fashion magazines an(
papers at Mansford's, corner of Second
and Monroe.
The Tennessee State Press Association
met on Friday last at Nashville. lively,
ladies were elected honorary members
The Hooley minstrel and burlesqut
troupe will commence an engagement
at the theater tomorrow evening. ~
The Confederate Relief picnic, al
James Park on last Saturday, was quite
successful in every point % view, and
especially in pecuniary one.
Joe Locke, at 1861 Main street, has
daily and weekly newspapers, illustrated
weeklies, magazines, quarterlies and
foreign publications. of every ,descrip
ton. go " @@
Considerable rivalry has been created
between the citizens Of Holly Springs
and Chulahoma with reference to the
location Of the route of the Memphis
and Selma railroad. "a EWFa
The WEEKLY PUBLIC LEDGER can Be
obtained at the counting-room to-mor
row morning. The WEEKLY LEDGER con
tains the latest political, commercial
monetary, local and foreign news.
The Old Folks at Home meet to- NOR
row at the Hiberniar Hall, on Main
north Of Adams streets, for the purpose
of discussing the propriety of holding
the annual picnic aud festival of the SO
ciety. ! y NON 4 Astg3 81
The annual examinations of the Mem
phis Female College commenc ed to-day
and will be continued from day to day
until concluded, when the medals and
prizes will be awarded to the successful
pupils.
The city in many localities is in a very
filthy condition. At this time of the
year Board Of Health should be estab'
lished to suggest and ~putin force al
sanitary precautions necessary to pre-
vent diseases known as epidemics.
The Hebrew Orphan Asylum Picnic,
at James Park tomorrow, promises 70
be one of the most delightful and pleas
ant feteS of the season. The committees
are making preparations to receive
thousands of visitors at the grounds to-
morrow. i@N3a AIN
Emmons a. Son, newsdealers on JEFF
ferson and Beal streets, have received
all the latest home and foreign periodi1
Gals, pictorials and late daily news
papers from New York, New Orleans,
st. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Nash
vile, Chicago and other cities.
1t is disputed question in Englan d
whether refrain is an improvement or
a blemish in a poem. Tennyson says it
is an improvement, and Browning holds
it to be blemish. Much, however, d, !
ponds upon the poet. In Memphis many
of our yersifyers cannot refrain too
much.
Baptising in the Mississippi, at the
foot of Union or Beal, seems to be a
favorite rite with the Memphis darkies
Yesterday several hundred sable sons
and daughters of Ham assembled upon
the river bank to witness the immersion
of half dozen brothers and sisters in
the rolling flood.
A morning contemporary makes an
effort to unsex our worthy clerk and
master of the First Chancery Court,
Captain Ed. A. Cole. 1t says, with
reference to the shooting match at the
Confederate picnic for cane and
goblet: Miss L. A, Cole got the sill
yer goblet. This is mistake. No
lady engaged in the contest above
mentioned.
Dave Scott, the negro who inserted q
jack-knife into a colored brother named
Alfred Grastley, last Saturday, was sent
to jail by the Recorder this morning in
default of $1,000 bonds. The wounded
man will probably go to that undiscov-
cred country from whence no traveller
returns. This forenoon his case was
pronounced hopeless.
The attention of the police authorities:
is called to the existence of daily
nuisance on Wellington street, near the
bayou bridge, south Of Vance. Every
evening, and especially every Sunday
evening, crowds OF negroes and a few
shameless white boys, battle in the bayou,
to the great annoyance of the citizens of
this neighborhood. A few arrests would
Horace Greeley did not impress the
citizens Of Memphis very favorably as a.
public lecturer. 1t was quite evident
that the Tribune philosopher, although
q deep thinker, was not an orator in any
sense Of the term. The lecture ITSELF
from literary point Of view, created
much disappointment. 1t contained
nothing brilliant, profound or new, and
hardly rose above mediocrity.
Hindoo mythology is divided into
four periods Of time, called jugs. The
Sat-jug, or age of truth-golden age ;
the Treta-jug or silver age; the
Dwapur,jug or brass age. and the
Kal-iug, or iron age, in which we live,