Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-05-24

men can be found in the city who will
be candidates for Mayor, We can name
fifteen who are candidates now.
There are S26 miles Of narrow gauge
railroad in the United States, not count
ing the Raleigh railroad and the pro-
posed narrow gauge road to Holly
Springs.
Glass and stone sphericles are scien-
tifcally manipulated by the dirty digits
of garrulous gamins just now, to the
great annoyance of pedestrians. We
mean marble playing.
The people who vigiis keep have to
fight the festive mosquitoes from the
swamps of Arkansas. AS a vocalist and
whistler the Arkansas insect is a sue
cess; ditto, as fighter
Rayburn avenue carried of two pre-
miums at the baby show. This fact will
add considerably to the value Of real
estate in that locality. Building sites for
nurseries will be in demand.
The gentleman who a week or so
since borrowed from the editorial rooms
of this Office an umbrella with broken
rib will please return it, and save his
name getting into the letter list.
In the First Chancery Court to-day a
bill was fled by sixteen colored men to
incorporate the Shelby County Colored
Agricultural Association. This may in
clude the establishment of a lottery, ETC.
1t will be scientific surprise to smokers
to know that what they smoke does not
contain nicotine, but contains amonia,
pyridine, picolins, intidine, callidine,
frmic, acetic, proprionic, butyricr vale
ranic and carbolie acids and creosote.
Attend the Central Methodist Church
festival this evening at Rocco Hall, the
orphans festival at No. 267 Main street,
opposite Court Square, and the Central
Baptist Church festival on Second, near
Beal.
Tennessee and Kentucky have the
reputation of producing the tallest men
in this country, which is accounted for
on the scientific principle that the grains
and meats of these SPLENDID regions de-
velopIthe bones and muscles.
Leubrie's baby show yesterday after
noon was successful so far as babies
were concerned, bat in a pscuniary
point of view the show was failure, as
the expenditures exceeded the receipts
by several dollars.
Attend the Blanche Selwyn matinee at
the Memphis Theater to-day. Among
the attractions will be the celebrated
Pauline Markham, who at one time was
the sensation of the Lydia Thompson
blondes. The matinee is for the amuse-
ment of ladies and children.
The old bachelors of the city were SO
much pleased with the baby show yes
terday that they are considering the
propriety Of getting up another and dis
tributing valuable prizes among the in
fants, it being the only way in which
they can show their appreciation of do
nestle felicity.
The manner in which the morning
newspaper reporters interviewed, car
ressed, kissed and lifted the babies ut
the Exposition show yesterday after
noon proved that newspaper men have
an immense amount of the milk of hui
man kindness in their composition,
Even the river reporters took hand in
the nursing business.
Two shooting scrspes yesterday after
noon made things lively FOR pedestrians,
and gave two sensational items to the
morning journals. The shootists should
have gone to work with their pistols in
the forenoon; they would then have the
pleasure Of reading a full account of the
affair in the LEDGER that afternoon. A
little attention to this suggestion will be
daily appreciated by the Ledger Liner.
A memorial signed by one thousand
ladies of ST. Louis, praying for the re-
peal of the social evil, police regula-
tons, has been presented to the City
Council, and vas referred to the sani-
tary COMMITTEES. The "eVil is under
police and medical surveillance in St.
Louis, and works well from q sanitary
standpoint, the question Of morality not
being considered, it being entirely for
eign to the subject
Some kind Of an epidemic is carrying
or the negroes who reside along the
classic banks Of the Bayou Gsyoso,
which turbid and sluggish stream has ever
been = Stygean river to the negro ele-
nent Of our population. The immsdi-
ate cause Of the mortality in Africa is
produeed By drinking "sesp vstsr.
The negroes sink barrels on the banks
Ct the stream, and the water which
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