Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-05-27
BREvITIES.


Mansford's news depot is open OF
Sundays until pm. Go there for YOU
Sunday reading.
The Recorders Court was unusually
dull to-day. A few DRINKS and disorder
lies were disposed Of by the usual fine
The graves of the Federal dead, al
the National Cemetery, near this city
will be decorated ON Tuesday next, the
Both instant.
st. Mary's Catholic school picnic will
come off on Monday at Humboldt Park,
and st. Bridgets picnic on Tuesday
next.
The city is remarkably healthy at
present-so much so that the doctors
and undertakers speak of the dull times
with considerable enthusiasm.
Eight jurors were obtained in the
Cosgrove-Willis homicide case up to one
o'clock to-day. The testimony will not
be introduced before next Monday.
London, England, has a population Of
three and quarter millions, according
to the official returns Of the late census.
1t is only sixty-fve times larger than
Memphis.
Joe Locke, at 1864 Main, has daily pa
pers from all points; illustrated weekhes,
magazines, foreign papers and periodi-
Gals and large stock of Sunday read
ing matter.
A large party of county officials went
out to Whites station to-day to attend a
grand barbecue and Maifest given by
Deputy Sheriff Mason. Capt. Dick
Mason knows how to entertain his friends
in good old fashioned style.
The examinations of the Alabama
street schools yesterday were very salts
factory to the examiners and visitors.
The principal, Miss Clara Conway, and
her accomplished assistants, deserve the
highest need of praise for the suce ess Of
their educational efforts.
Emmons & Son, newsdealers, on JEFF
ferson and Beal streets, have received
the latest pictorials from all points;
fashion, scientific and literary maya
zines, sporting papers, and the --latest
daily newspapers from the North, South
East and West; foreign periodical Of
latest dates received regularly
The International picnic at Humboldt
Park on Thursday next 1.-THE LIST Of June,
promises to be an immense affair. Big
preparations are going on, and all ma
tions are expected. The programme il
excellent. 1t is whispered among the
knowing ones that II. Greeley will BE-
present, and will tell the Internationa
people what he knows about picnics.
c. G. Cannon was convicted in The
Criminal Court yesterday on the charge
of stealing bacon from store on From
street. This is the man who was de
tected in the act of larceny some nlonthI
since by that famous horse belonging t
well known Sergeant of Police. TIL,
horse was not examined as a witness, a.
no interpreter could be found in the cit!
L
conversant with his dialect.
The late decision in Missouri on lif,
insurance policies has stirred up consid
cradle commotion among the insurance
agents of our city. The absolute en-
forcement of the law as laid down il
MISUNDERSTANDING over the policy to {
deceased person creditors-would be {
death blow to the life insurance business
in the United States. The Missouri de
cision has caused many insurance agent
to rise to explain"
The Man VS.. Woman question: s,
wildly discussed in the morning jour
nails is rapidly approaching a cor'clu
sion. The true question involved is {
practical one. 1t is not what wOmer
we're in the days of Semiramis or Joar
of Arc or what they are in the girl o
the period days of the present =; bu
what they ought to be in the future
This important question is hardly lesl
important than the other side VIVA
men ought tc be at present and in the
future. 1t is unnecessary to state what
they are.
There is dog in North Memphis that
has killed three dogs within the last
week. He rushes out, seizes his enc
mics on the street, drags them into a
back yard and disposes of them in a
most scientific manner. 1t is surmised
that this intelligent canine quadruped
is enforcing the muzzle ordinance for
the benefit of the human race. His
enmity seems to be directed princi-
pally against ours of low degree. This
is a strong argument in favor of the cor
| rectness of the much mooted Darwinian
theory as to the origin of species.
A young lady in North Memphis, while
on her way to Sabbath school last Sun
day, saw several boys, one of whom was
newsboy, seated in a doorway playing
cards. She appealed to the little news
boy whose face displayed more intelli-
gence than the others, to 60 with her.
az don't want to go, said the little lite
| rary urchin, doggedly "What is the