Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-11

for prize, at the Hebrew picnic at FIVE
o'clock to-day.
No county warrants will be issued
until Thursday or Friday next, owing to
the illness and absence Of Chairman
Bleckley.
The purest Kissengen, Congress, Vichy
and soda waters can be foundat Chan
dler's, on Main street, if the reporter Of
this journal is judge of such matters.
Everybody goes to Joe Locke, the
lightning news man, at 1864 Main, for
daily papers, illustrated weeklies, maya
zines and foreign publications
Col. Eugene Magevney has been dam
gerously i'll from congestion for several
days, but we are happy to be able to
state that he is much better to-day and
out of all danger, issssIa
Quite number of our city and county
officials purpose taking trips North and
East during the present month. Their
deputies will attend to business in the
meantimes ON KAUgAIT
Mansford, at the corner of Second and
Monroe, has the latest daily papers
from all points; also, French, German,
English and Irish newspapers, weekly
pictorials and monthly magazines.
Captain H. C. Slaughter, a fine scholar
and competent teacher, was elected
Superintendent of Public Schools, last
evening, in place of the late incumbent,
Col. Leath. No better selection could
have beenmade.A Afsk
Last evening at four o'clock table
full of cotton samples in the Office of
Martin & Hillsman, on Front street. ae-
cidentally took fire. The cotton was
thrown into the alley and saturated with
water before any serious damage re-
suited.
A fashionable marriage took place at
Calvary Church this forenoon and was
largely attended by the elite of the city.
The groom was Mr.. j. II. Acklin, of
Nashville, and the bride Miss Hattie
Bethel daughter Of our well known
fellow citizen P. II. Bethel, ESD.
The Hebrew picnic for the benefit Of
the Society Beth FL Emeth takes place
to-day at James Park A pleasant time
may be expected by all who attend. At
night the grounds will be lighted up, and
music will 60 hand in hand with the
merry dance.
A chemical analysis of the milk sold
| in Memphis would discover o chalk
formation and liberal admixture Of
water. Yet for this fluid our citizens
pay ten cents quart. In other cities
the milk is examined by competent
chemists, and if found adulterated is i'm
mediately confscated.
Every morning Court Square is adorned
with the presence of those worthless who
do not sleep at night, but who pass the
midnight hours in keno and other
gambling saloons. Doing over the
morning papers and occupying an entire
seat are the prominent characteristics OF
those Court Square loungers. al
Emmons & Son, veteran newsdealers
on jefferson and Beal, have the latest
daily papers from New York, New Or
leans, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati,
Louisville and other cities, weekly pic
torials, monthly magazines and foreign
publications of every descriptions
The remains of Edgar ]. Couch, late
member of the police force, were
buried to-day. The force turned out on
foot, headed by a brass band Chief
O'Donnell, Captains and Sergeants APP
peared on horseback, and by the side OF
the hearse walked eight members of the
force who acted as pall-bearers.
Sun-strokes are becoming numerous
in our city. People should be careful
not to become over heated and then re-
sort to ice water A person in this con-
dition is capital subject for sun
stroke to practice upon. Of course the
whisky drinkers are always in danger
during the summer months.
The enrolment of white schools in
Memphis amounts to 1878; average num-
Der in attendance, 223f-making 80 7-lO
per cent. in attendance. The enrolment
of colored schools amounts to 1885,
average number in attendance, 445-
making so $40 per cent in attendance.
The average cost of each pupil, white
and colored, was $40 l2l.
The female suicidist who has made
four attempts to associate with the cat
fish in the Mississippi, was furnished
with pass yesterday and semitic Corinth.
There is considerable humbug and fraud
about these unsuccessful attempts to
suicide. 1t is an old trick. The next
attempt ought to be judicially investi-
gated, and the bogus would-be suicidist
properly punished.
Tomorrow the big religious war, a
relic which ignorance and intolerance
introduced into this country viii be in
augurated between the Irish 0rangemen
and Ribbonmen, in New York-the for
mer representing the Protestant ele-
ment, and the latter the Catholic. The