Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-21
LEDGER LINES.

The amusement OF the average Mem
phiau at present Is 10 hold bis own hoS'
and sprinkle tho street in front Of biz
property ST. BridgetS fair and fesiivh
will close tonight at Cochran HALL a
sale Of all articles undisposed Of will
take place. Tonight week Lawrene,
Barrett will appear as Hamlet " at the
Grand Opera House. Tomorrow a con
vsntion Of the Tennessee Episcopal
Church will be held in Calvary Church,
Bishop Quintsrd presiding. The races
Of tho Chickasaw Jockey Club Course
will commence tomorrow week Modoc
Jack is now as well known in Memphis
as be is at any other place outside Of
his little lava bed; FIVE hundred Texas
COW drivers would in few days put an
end to Captain Jacks aspirations for
notoriety; the regulartroops do not know
how to fght the wild Indians Of the plains.
1t is as hard TO tell when moderate
drinker becomes drunkard as il is 10
tell when pig becomes hog. A Mem
phis mother says she possesses great re-
sources in her FIVE charming daughters,
only she has not yet been able 10 hus-
band them. A darby Methodist Con-
ference is holding at Horn Lake, Miss /;
the delegates call Il legislative meet
ing, and address the presiding officer as
"Mista Speakah." To boulevardize and
macadamize South street from DeSoto to
the fernando road and on to Noncon-
nah creek, and erect toll gates thereon,
is the subject Of apetition in the Second
Chancery Court. Lewis Vaughan, the
getter up of the blood and thunder story
as to the killing Of General Hindman,
will have TO visit Helena for trial on
account of his romancing predictions
Whenever an intelligent city news editor
opens patent outside" exchange, he
filings it into the trash basket, because il
is patent that the inside contains moth
ing Of interest, The National Agricul-
tural Congress will meet at Indianapolis,
Indiana, on the 9th of May. Twenty
five devoted patriots are at work upon
the chaiu-gang. The anniversary OF the
lively little skirmish which took place at
Lexington IN IT'S should have been
celebrated last Saturday. The goat and
hog ordinance went in force to-day; no
more will we clambering goats and root
ing porkers tresspass upon the cabbage
and flower gardens of the period. The
corner stone Of the new Raleigh hotel
was laid to-day with apr opriate cere-
monies, which were attended by quite a
crowd OF invited guests from Memphis.
The complimentary benefit rendered to
the well-known actress, Miss Laura
Alexander, comes off tonight at the
Memphis Theatre; the attendance
will be large and fashionable.
At least two hundred picnics will be
given this season in the suburbs of the
city. A fire test of twelve water.works
plugs will take place this afternoon at }
o'clock; the twelve streams will repre-
sent column of water sixteea inches
in diameter, propelled to the hight OF
nearly two hundred feet The Tcnncs-
see Press Association will assemble at
Lebanon on the Slh of May. The
WEEKLY PUBLIC LEDGER ca be found at
the countiug-room and at the leading
news.stands throughout the city to-mor'
row morning Mosquitoes and gnatS
are pcstiferous in the country at pres
ent; they have not as yet invaded the
city in force. Recorder WHITE RS can tell
a thief as far as he sees him, and in a
numerous way tells him what he, doesn't
like to hear. The Daily Graphic has the
effroEtery to state that a Tennessee
legislator has drawn mileage fer six hun
dred miles, which he declares to be the
distance between Memphis and n sshville.
Caterpillars hang in cou ntless myrlads
from the trees in the country adjacent to
the city; it is feared that they will de-
stroy all verdure. The Educational
Board will meet this evening Nearly
one hundred law.breaking citizens oc-
cnpy apartments in the county jail.
Struck with brick, was the verdict
of coroners jury yes terday when the
jury sat on the body Of Rance Christie
pher, who died of lock-jaw from the
effects OF blow from a brick thrown by
some unknown person some days since.
The police force is to be dressed up in q
summer uniform; the cavalry arm OF
the service will be furnished with Pan
anna hat and a pair of spurs. 1t is time
to commence making arrangements for
the celebration Of Memorial Day at
Elmwood. The boys of the period are
making character and money to-day
driving hogs and goats to the city
pounds. "Gris' win lecture again at
the Memphis Theater during the middle
OF next week