Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-10
LEDGER LINES.

Kroughkaigh is the way they spell il
in Western Missouri.
Knights Of Pythias drill tonight at
the old Gayoao House, Shelby street
Hebrew picnic at James Park to-day.
Fine music and waxed floor for dancing
The colored Sunday schools Of the city
intend indulging in a picnic on Thurs
day next.
The WEEKLY LEDGER can be found at
the couniing.roon to-day. Single copy
Eve cents.
The amateur pigeon shooters Of the
city are to indulge in tournament on
the wing ere long.
One Of our justices says that, although
he is sitting magistrate, he is, never
theless, an upright judge.
Three or four doses OF quinine, taken
every morning, will keep of any MAS
matte or malarial disease.
The women in scarlet" is the latest
fashionable name for the unfortunate
members Of the hallmonde.
Memphis policemen are provided with
straw hats in order TO show which way
the wind blows on gusty days.
In the United States last year 5,s6G, 400
barrels OF beer were consumed, and the
consumption per head was 25.47 quarts.
James Lewellen will find it to his adj
vantage to call at the Adams street sta
tion-houss. There is a note there for
him.
The Criminal Court was engaged a
greater part Of this morning with the
case of Malowney, charged with breach
OF trust
The annual concert Of the pupils Of
St. Joseph's academy will take place
at the Assembly Hall next Thursday
evening.
The covering or roof Of a brick kiln
at the head of Madison street, caught
fire last night, causing the fire depart
ment to turn out.
The First Circuit Court will adjourn
for the May term on Thursday next, over
to court in course, the third Monday in
September next.
Blank tax-lists we're floating around
promiseuously on the streets to-day, and
inquiries were numerous as to the loca-
ton of the assessors.
Persons leaving Memphis for tho sum
mer can have the DAILY LEDGER mailed
to them for seventy.fne cents per month,
or two dollars for three months.
A mackerel yesterday on Main street
ran up to lady, and holding up few
files of the Avalanche exclaimed, Miss
you've dropped your readin rooml
Self-conceit and overweening vanity
in human nature are as prominent as
the ears on the head of mule. There
are many such characters on the bluffs.
He is true philanthropist who kicks
into the gutter the banana skins and
orange peels he finds on the sidewalks;
but there is no such philanthropist in
Memphis.
Mr.. D. P. Hadden, OF the Third ward,
and Mr.. W. B. Beard of the Seventh,
have been elected School Visitors by the
Board, vice Messrs. Barbour and Maury
resigned.
The morning reporters are kicking"
against the closed door sessions" of
the Educational Board, but the School
Visitors intend to have all the fun to
themselves.
Twelve individuals sat on the prison
ers' bench at the Criminal Court this
morning. Judge Flippin was disposing
Of their cases as rapidly as the attorneys
would permit.
Henry Clay, the negro who drew a
pistol upon a brother laborer at the
landing yesterday, was fined fifty dollars
this morning, and sent to Jail to await a
note from the Grand Jury.
When an undertaken undertakes to
give medical opinion, as Jack Bunsby
savs, make a note OF it" Should one
Of them prescribe cholera specific the
result of taking would be funeral.
A revolution in text books and
q grades" is proposed by the Educa-
tional Board, and the proposed changes
will be considered at an adjourned meet
ing to be held on the evening of Mon
day, June 70.
Daily files ofthe LEDGER can be found
by travelling Memphians at the office oil
Sam B. Jones, General Agent Of the
Louisville and Nashville and Great
Southern Railroad Line, No. 3l9 Broad
way, New York.
On Saturday last the 18th instant, the
following Memphians sailed for Europe
on the White Star Line steamer Celtic.
Messrs Nathan Adams, Leo Ehrlich
also Alfred A freeman, of Brownsville,
and s. W. Dorsey, of 14rksnsas.
The relative rank of the city 81 Mem
phis as city Of the United States, ac.
cording to population, is sd; the num-
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