Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-20
LEDaER LINES.

daily Tor the springs
Next Thursday, the 26th inst, the He
brew picnic will be celebrated at James
Park.
Cotton fields in the vicinity Of Mem
phis are now wearing o the green
grass.
Green apples have appeared on the
fruit stands by way Of inviting cholera
morbuE, J0l mll0iOJ 0t y
New York has had several sun strokes,
The time for suck visitations is rapidly
arriving.
Nine railroads iutersect West Tennes-
see and eleven others are in course Of
construction.
Quart bottles Of cholera medicine are
now worn as ornaments by both ladies
and gentlemen.
The Philo-Thespian Club dramatic
entertainment at the Gresnlaw Opera
House tonight sW 0hT
Wenesd Bergb il Memphis, and a
law clearly defining and Furnishing
cruelty to animals.
Even the suburban amusement, cro-
quet, has been pronounced not q good
remedy for the prevailing disease.
Let special meeting Of the General
Council be called Immediately, and let
the Board of Health be organized and
put TO work.
The usual number Of DRINKS and dis
orderlies we're up before Recorder Win
tiers this morning, and the usual fines
were assessed. laaaiteut
Public examinations in grammar and
geography in the graded schools, and
examinations in English analysis in
the High Schools, to-day.
Next Tuesday, the Oath inst, the
corner stone Of the Masonic Temple will
be laid, and the Masonic picnic will
come off al James Park.
The exquisite of the Avalanche, who
usually writes the heavy and dull arti-
Giles, has returned to localizing in the
absence of the regular reporter.
The Knights of Pythias are drilling
every evening" preparatory to turning
out in the Masonic procession next Tues
day. They will appear in their new uni
forms.
There is considerable wire-pulling
going on among the Aldermen and Coun-
cilmen with reference to appointment Of
physicians and citizens on the Board of
Health.
Last evening Messrs. W. II. Moyston
and 7. S. Jukes returned from Jackson,
Tennessee, where they organized lodge
of Knights of Pythias among the best
citizens of that burg.
The only classes of people in Memphis
who have derived any benefit from the
visit of the cholera morbus, alias infan-
tum, alias any other name, are the drug
gists, physicians and undertakers.
1t will be unpleasant news to the wo-
mans rights women of Memphis to
know that citizen Susan B. Anthony has
been fined one hundred dollars for il
legal voting at last falls election.
Visiting without being provided with
bottle Of cholera medicine in your
pocket is not the fashion just now. An
ounce of preventive is worth all the
apologies you can make for hasty depar-
lures.
The sanitary authorities of New York
recommend the following disinfectant as
the very best invented; "Ten pounds
sulphate of iron, five gallons of water
and one-half pint of common carbolic
acid"
The attention of the Criminal Court
was occupied this morning with the case
of George Little, negro, convicted some
time since of murder In the first degree,
but who was granted new trial by the
Supreme Court.
Robert j. Alcorn has been appointed
by the President United States Marshal
for the Southern District of Mississippi,
and Felix Branagan has been appointed
United States District Attorney for the
same section of the State.
James Kirshaw, whose arrest was
yesterday, was sent to Jail
without bail this morning by the Re-
corder on charge of larceny. The
that James had when arrested
belonged to one of the boarders at the
Central Hotel.
The sun crosses the equator to-mor-
row, the 2lst inst, and then fine weather
may be expected in accordance with
we'll known, weather laws. This will
have the effect of reducing the death |
ratio and driving the prevailing disease
from this latitude. s
The examination of the students of
The Christian Brothers College will be
continued this evening at the Memphis |
Theater. Exercises will commence pre-
cisely at u o'clock Admission free.
all friends of education are invited to
attend.