Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-04
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The city schools will open on the FIRST
Monday In September next.
The press OF Tennessee is almost
unanimous In bitter opposition TO the
New State chimera.
There will be a temperance meeting
for the youths Of the period at the Brick
Church in Chelsea tonight.
Another smaller derrick was erected
at the Masonic Temple this morning to
handle the stone for the first story.
Mansford Locke, Lieben and Hunter
are the newsmen of Memphis. and have
all the late publications for sale.
Hundreds Of people visited the bluffs
yesterday in order to interview Captain
Jack, the great Modoc hog Of the pc
riod.
Quite large crowd Of Memphians
went out to Raleigh (the Baden.B Baden
of Shelby county,, yesterday, in search
Of water.
The work of removing the debris from
the wrecked building on Second, near
Madison street, was commenced this
morning.
The beer garden veterans were out on
Poplar street, TO a man, yesterday, en-
joying their lager. cigars, cheese and
oHUm cum dignitate.
Judge Irving Halsey, of the Second
Circuit Court, is holding the Bartlett
Circuit Court in place of Judge Ray,
who Is holding Probate Court.
Raleigh Springs was largely attended
by Memphians yesterday. The Grand
Hotel is being completed, and when fin
ished will be the place Of resort.
There will be no races this fall over
the Chichasaw course, but there will be
two agricultural fairs. at which horse
trots will be the chief amusement.
The colored jehus of the city hold a
picnic at Humboldt to-day, by way Of
celebrating the anniversary Of emanci-
patton in the West Indies. II will be
largely attended
At meeting Of the Bon Aqua Asso-
citation held last week the following off.
GERS were elected: President, Henry NJ.
Ferguson; Treasurer, NJ. l.. Selden;
Secretary, j. w. Jefferson; all Of Mem
phis.
The Old Folks will meet at the Cham
Der of Commerce tomorrow afternoon,
in order to perfect arrangements for
their barbecue and picnic at Raleigh and
ball at the Exposition building next
month.
The Poplar street cars now go no fur
Their down Main than Beal street, much
to the discontinue of those residing in
South Memphis, and who have 10 wait
for an uptown mule train at the Missis-
sippi depot.
The Register humorist has been ex-
planning his paragraphs, but it is also
necessary that he explain his explana
ton, SO as to place the original para
graph within the comprehension of the
average man.
Humane sportsmen in the Eastern
States are practicing on Mr.. Bergs me-
chanical gyro pigeons, instead OF the
unfortunate birds cooped up and trapped
for slaughter. When will the gyro-
pigeons be introduced into Memphis2
A grand ball will be given at the
Grand Hotel at Raleigh Springs on Fri
day evening next. Trains will leave
Memphis at seven and eight and half
p. M, and returning leave Raleigh at
twelve and two pm. at night.
Why is it that Nashville monopolizes
all the conventional Memphis is the
chief city of the State, and in it all i'm
portant conventions should be held.
There is no sense in holding a great
convention in the rural districts.
The question, who will be the next
Mayor of Memphis? is becoming the
"hobby horse" Of newspaper CORE
spondents and aspirants. The conun-
drum is as hard to open as the Gordian
knot, and will admit of being cut by
some local Alexander at one fell blow.
Fifteen hundred dollars reward is now
offered for the arrest Of the assassin Of
the late Frank Moore. If he is not DIS
covered and arrested it will be an extin
guisher upon the claims to ability and
tact set up for the detective force, and
as in other cities, the force may as well
be disbanded.
The Appeal announces the startling
fact that there are forty-three orphansat
the Garfield asylum, who are at present
without food Every citizen SHOULD con-
tribute his mite to this charity; it is a
duty we owe to society. Aid will be re-
ceived by the Rev. DR.. Carmichael, No.
l76 fernando street.
Judge Milton Brown has called for
meeting Of the Executive Committee on
the new State movement to assemble to
a man at the Peabody on Monday next.
The new State, we fear, will prove an
abortion in fgurstive sense, much TO
the disgust Of the Jacksonians, who wish
TO become capital fellows.