Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-06

pounding ordinance Is thegreat cause.
The instruments for the students
band at the Christian Brothers College
will arrive in few days from New York.
The river at this point is declining
rapidly, with thirty feet water in the
channel--a depth of water sufficient to
float the Great Eastern.
Tomorrow is the last day on which
parties out on bonds can renew the
same before the Criminal Court. Be-
ware of the issuance Of capias.
A Memphis poet means out as follows:
There's metre dactylic, spondaic.
Ametre for laugh and for moan,
But the metre not quite so prOsaic
Is the meet her by moonlight alone"
Friday next, May 10, the great Sun
day-School Celebration will come off in
this city. The railroads have arranged
half-fare ticket for all visitors.
A Chicago congregation pricked up
its ears when the minister said, have
land to sell, but dozed away again when
he added, The beautiful land on high. "
They wouldn't invest. ,.a4
The Probate and Quorum courts are
in session to-day. In the latter court
General Patton Anderson gave bond
Of $4,000 as County Land Commits
sioner. ahnfif.
The Dickens party at the Rocco Hall
tonight will be the first of series of
elegant entertainments which the ladies
of the Orphans Church Home will pre-
sent during the week.
Not only Confederate but private
graves were covered with flowers at Elm
wood Saturday. The decoration cele-
bration has lost considerable amount
of its distinctive characteristics.
The goats and swine are enjoying the
impoundiDg ordinance to-day. The po-
lice are engaged in the troublesome duty
of arresting goats and hogs as Migrants
having no visible means of support.
A general feeling in favor of the Gin
cinnati nominees prevails throughout
the city, and nominations by Demo
cratic Convention are strongly con-
demned as not only futile but ruinous.
An entertainment for the benefit Of
the Church Orphans Home will be given
at Rocco Hall tonight, and will be con
tinued during the week. Mrs. Dolly
Willett, nee Warden, will be in attend
ance. Tf A UNA
The Supreme Court judges will attend
the Sunday school celebration in this
city next Friday. The lawyers met to-
day at the First Circuit Courtroom to
make arrangements to receive their err
mined brethren with proper respect.
The Waltonisn disciples in this city
complain r' me mosquitoes and cater
pillars tn at make lake fishing anything
but agreeable to the angler. The mos
quitoes bAe the fishermen and the fish
the caterpillars. 30 atSA3s
The WEEKLY PUBLIC LEDGER will be
issued tomorrow morning, and can be
found at the counting-room and at the
principal news stands throughout the
city. Single copy, five cents; subscrip-
ton one year, 81 clubs of five on
more. 81 so.
The Poplar street car line carried
hundreds of pleasure-seekers to the vi
cinity Of the suburban beer gardens yes
terday, where with foaming lager, book
beer, cigars and gentle strains of music
the bibulous citizen prideth himself upon
his temporary happiness.
Three Thousand people, including chill
dreu, attended the grand Sunday school
rehearsal at the Greenlaw Opera House
yesterday. 1t would create unalloyed
pleasure to see all the children of the
city, irrespective Of creeds, in the pro-
cession next Friday. a
Loafng in Court Square and sleeping
on the seats by well-dr essed men have
become Objectionable to ladies visiting
our beautiful little park. These things
should be prohibited by the police.
There are other Objectionable features
connected with Court Square that calls
for some reform. ,..I.t
The Memphis tourist stands on the
bluff every Sunday morning and men
tally travels over into the Arkansas
swamps, down the waste Of waters to
Presidents island, and up the bend to
the distant Hen and Chickens. He sees
the beauties of these localities in his
minds eye, Horatio." al
The census of 1870 shows that in Ten
nessee the share of wealth per head is
1895 SO; the taxation upon each one
thousand dollars (true value) of prop
erty, S. IS; the taxation per head,
81 60, and the proportion OF State and
local debt to population, the per capita
division Of the debt, Sss so. The State
debt is about SIS, 100000 .,
The initial number of Coils Journal
of Fashion, published in this city, made
its appearance to-day. It's filled with