Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-05-29
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st. Louis has a Roman Catholic
church exclusively for the use ofeolore,
people.
Little Rock 10 healthy location for
hourishing Young Mems Christian Asso
citation. mlra
The rattle for that Gns turn out, Adver
tiaed for tonight at Duffy Q. Is postponed
to Saturday, June 7th.
The picnic Of the Hibsrnian Relic
Association at James Park yestsrda,
attracted quite = large ATTENDANCE.
The Recorder dished out justice tt
twenty-five sinners against the law thu
morning, imposing the usual 6nes.
The sanitary force are abating nut
sances at the rate Of about one hundred
daily. The good work goes bravsly on
The United States Circuit and District
Courts, Judge Trigg presiding. were
opened for the May term yesterday af
ternoon. $500
Robert Mitchell had the pleasure Of
donating fifty dollars to the city treas
ury this morning for whipping his wife
an expensive amusement. tiat
Esquir. Miller will deliver an opinion
this afternoon in the case Of officer Mad
igan, who is charged with macing" q
prisoner whom he arrested.
The case of c. Jones, charged with as
sault and battery, was continued by
Judge Winters, as was also that Of Mol
lie Williams, charged with misdemeanor.
The peripatetic fend with the ban
danna handkerchief has made his ap-
pearance on our streets. We know not
whether he is life insurance agent or q
corn doctor this season.
The new tax law ia one of the things
that puzzles the brains Of the philo-
sophie Memphian at present. Some one
should write commentary on the law,
and then explain his explanation.
John Jones, a sprig of the numerous
family of Joneses, paid fifty dollar
fine and was bonded in the sum Of three
thousand dollars by Recorder Winters
this morning for toting about on his per-
son small arsenal.
A man can impart a healthy, rubicund
color to his "horn" at the modest rate
of twenty-five cents per installment at
some of the saloons in this city. Good
enough. There is nothing like having a
heightened "bugle."
The sun came out warm and bright at
one o'clock this afternoon, and as the
LEDGE goes to press crowds Of ladies
and gentlemen gil the street cars running
out to James Park, where the Odd Eel
lows picnic is being held.
Henry Humphreys, drayman who
got highly vexed at his mule yesterday,
sought revenge by pounding the animal
numerically, for which he was mulcted
in the sum of twenty-five dollars in the
police court this morning. Htl
The exercises of LeMoyne High
School will be continued at the Memphis
Theater this evening. The attendance
last night was quite large, and the exer-
cises aud concerts were highly creditable
to the teachers and pupils Of the colored
high school.
Young ladies who promenade Main
street with a section Of picket fence in
their back hair, under the impression
that it is comb, may be surprised to
learn that their grandmothers were sub
jected to the same deception something
over one hundred years ago. wv y
Mrs. Susan II. Clanton, venerable
and estimable widow lady of this county,
sister of the late Major VIM. L. Lundy,
died this morning at six o'clock at the
residence of her sister,in-law, Mrs. Mary
N. Lundy, near White Haven. She was
in her seventy-ffth year, and had been
sick several months.
As John Hollywood, grocer on the
corner of Hill and Robson streets, was
driving his horse along Main, between
Monroe and Union streets, this morning,
the animal slipped and fell, striking his
head heavily against the curbing,. which,
though not an eight hour strike, may
prove fatal to the horse.
Tomorrow the graves of the Federal
dead at the National Cemetery viii be
decorated with flowers in obedience to
the orders Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic. The postoffice will be closed
at 10 am. Carriers will make one de-
livery in the morning and one collec-
ton in the afternoon.
The advent of the little Bourbon
princess" as recently noticed in the
LEDGER, brought a touching response
this morning well calculated to reach
the editorial heart. A brief (note) from
Mrs. Clay King, accompanied by fas-
cinating demijohn-not brief-of the
purest Bourbon, came to hand this
morning. The queens health was
drank, the princess was toasted and the
King himself was not forgotten in the
many fine speeches which the occasion
inspired. Some of these speeches may