Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-30
LEDGER LINES.

The Ledger Liner advises everybody
TO attend church tomorrow.
Prof. Baldwin's seanees at the Grand
Opera House next Monday evening
The summer wanderers and cholera
fugitives are turning up daily from their
caves and mountains.
Henry Smith, negro, was arrested
this morning by officer Scott for being
on the "vag" order.
VIM. Cooper, an African, was locked
up in the Adams street station'house
for carrying concealed weapons
Common carriers are not permitted by
law TO bring paupers to Memphis with
IMMUNITY. Such is legal life.
The Probate and County Quorum
Courts will be in session on next Mon
day for the transaction Of lar bust
ness
The average newspaper orrespond-
ent has been aptly described as one who
is disposed to "wreak his thoughts upon
expression"
Any number of bales of new cotton
can be counted on Front and adjoining
streets at present. The cotton season
hao oOauad suddan1v
A Grim. con. case between Font
Hughes, steamboatman, and B. S.
Rhea, a merchant, is exciting the Nash
Williams at present. Wicked Nashville
The real estate agents say that the de-
mand for dwellings and stores is con-
stantly increasing, and yet many stores
are closed on the high rent " principle.
Brownsville will soon have a cotton
factory in full operation; yet Memphis,
the third or second cotton city in the
world, has nothing Of the kind. But
why2
The Council Of Red Men of the United
States will meet at Wilmington, Della
ware, on the 9th proximo, and will be
attended by representatives from this
city.
When you see three or -four or more
merchants huddled up together on Front
or Union streets, you may safely bet that
there is bale of cotton in the midst Of
them.
The authorities, since the arrest Of
White, have been recovering numbers Of
mules and horses. The White case
presents a most remarkable phase of
crime.
An actual count of the cotton on hand
today shows deficit Of $40 bales from
the running account. The stock, there
fore, to be carried into next season will
be about 1905 bales.
The handicap pigeOn-shooting match,
left undecided yesterday, will be resumed
this afternoon at II O. o'clock, at the trot-
ting park. Twenty-three contestants
are in the ring for the prize.
Frank Keiser made complaint to-day
to the police that Louis Sarbeck robbed
him of a $40 bill on the steamer Grand
Tower. Louis was sent to Jail without
bail by the Recorder this morning.
State Superintendent Fleming, of
the Department of Public Instruction,
has furnished our Office with complete
list of the names, county and postofiice
address of all the County Superinten-
dents of Public Instruction in Tennessee
The first bale of cotton arrived several
times on different routes yesterday Our
scientific reporter Investigated the phe-
nomena, but finding there was close
affinity between the first bales and
liquids, he gave up the conundrum.
The investigation at Nashville of the
case of Alice Cromwell, who is charged
with inveigling Miss Eliza Cartright, a
Memphis girl, into house of ill repute,
is attracting no little attention, both in
legal and social circles, of the Rock
City.
AS card and writer's of public adj
dresses, we will match our State officials
against the world, always excepting the
average Mempbian, who when arrested
and so reported in the journals of the
day, is seized with mania to rise and
explain under fictitious name.
Our humorous contemporaries insist
that the civilized world shall read their
annual statements of trade and COM
merce, which will furnish that kind of
cheerful reading usually found in patent
Office reports or statistics. The abstract
and brief chronicle of time and trade
can be found daily in the LEDGER.
1t is not an uncommon item in the
Memphis newspapers that some bucolic
gambler had been roped into faro
bank and heeced of his money, which
he wishes the police authorities to re.
cover for him; but when the rural chap
wins he fails to complain Of his luck at
police headquarters.
You can sare money by paying your
City Tdres nOIo; p per cent. per month