Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-05-21
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and children at the Memphis TheAler on
next Saturday.
Tomorrow the Catholic Sunday
schools union picnic will DO celebrated
at James' Park.
Wherever a Sunday liquor law has
been strictly enforced several jug fac
tories are Immediately started nf
The Register asks, as Democracy
deadG' Yes, and buried, funeral
preached, tombstone up-eyenls forgot
ten.
"Ouida," Louisa de la Rame, is pass
ing the spring in Florence, Italy, which
place is the scene Of her late novel, Pas
carel. d"
The Typographical Union picnic at
James Park yesterday was largely at
tended, and was both a social and imam
cial success.
General John c. Breckenridge will be
the orator OF the day at the Masonic
celebration in this city on the 2lth Of
June, St. Johns day.
The burial OF dead bodies in Winches'
ter Cemetery has been prohibited by or
dinance, which deelaresit misdemeanor
and punishable By fine.
How to deal with crime and criminals
is the problem to solve in Memphis. All
other remedies, except hanging, have
been resorted to without effect.
Arkansas swamp mosquitoes have in
vaded the city and have driven Mem
phians under bars while the insect
Modocs sing songs of victory outside.
The Franklin Hotel and Coleman
House, of Raleigh, will be opened on
Friday evening next with a soiree and
hop by the affable proprietor, Mr.. Nc
Keogh. .-.r ..
A little shooting ARRAY yesterday after
noon, near the 0verton, startled the res
idents of that neighborhood. Result,
bad shooting and nobody hurt; cause Of
ARRAY, whisky.
3 Garibaldi, the Vance street grocery
keeper who was struck on the head with
a mallet by James Aste, some days since,
it is feared, will die. Aste has fed to
parts unknown.
Over forty sanguine individuals await
with ill-concealed Impotence the result
of the action Of the Police Board on the
selection of keeper for the Adams
street statiOn-house.
The New York Graphic is responsible
for the news that "Mr. Waggoner found
fault with the beef at a Memphis hote
the other day, and the Coroner made
three dollars on him."
The baby prize show, the promenade
concert and the shadow dance, at the Elk
position Building next Friday afternoon
and night, will attract thousands of Wis
itors. Give the babies a chance.
The graves of the Confederate dead a
Elmwood we're covered with flowers yes
terday.
"a race Of funeral flowers.
That garlanded in by-gone hours,
A Templar's knightly tomb"
Religious anniversaries are gradual.
becoming obsolete in the United States
so far as enthusiastic celebrations ar
concerned. 1t only proves that Secta
rianism is playing out" The popula
appeals at present are for schools, Co
leges and librares-educational instea
Of religious objects.
The new postal cards will be the rag
while the novelty lasts; they may prov
a real convenience and become a perma
, uent institution in our midst, but if tn
Government can carry these cards fc
one cent, why cannot it carry letters fc
the same price2 The people want chea
hostage and prompt distribution {
mail matter. - iI.g
A sunset worthy Of Italy was admire
by hundreds of visitors to the bluffs la'
evening. The sun glowed behind heav
mouutain.liI1s "cnmulus " clouds in tn
wat Cirrus" clouds dotted th
Soova,s above, while below the cumulu
the dark cumulus stratus " stretch o.
in sharp relief. Arkansas sunsets fro'
a Memphis standpoint are worth ID
price of admission.
The "Rabagas," the fashionable sprIn
= hat seen on the heads of the Memph
ladies, is the invention of Cora Pear
the That's of France, who one eVenln
trod on a gentleman's hat that lay upO
, the floor, picked it up, pinned a rose o
: one edge, turned the edge up, twisted
peek.tie about it, called it the Rabaga
wore it upon the Boulevard next da
= and it at once became the rage in tt
3 fashionable world. Such is the unias
q ienable origin of the fashion.
Haitian society PicSic.
: The members of the Italian Society
Memphis are holding a picnic to-day
-, pork This forenoon the proce