Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-21
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Eating vegetables at present is calle'
tempting Providence"
Heavy metal cornices are the prevail
ing architectural fashion on the bluffs
There is great deal Of "post-no-bill
ity" in the aristocratic circles Of Mem
phis.
The commencement season has begun
aud the voice Of the graduate Is heard
in the land.
The Knights Of Pythias Of Tennessee
Lodge No. 8, will assemble for drill in
uniform at 8 o'clock this evening at the
Gayoso House.
About a dozen offenders plead guilty
to drunk and drunk and disorderly
at the Recorders Court this morning,
and were fined the usual amounts.
Amber beads and necklaces are said
by ladies to be sure cure for headache,
and diamonds for heartache. Men call
the amber colored pony" brandy a
necklace.
The heavy rains last evening pre-
vented the dramatic exhibition by the
Philo Thespian Club at the Greenlaw
Opera House. 1t was postponed until
next Monday night. HlM
Fire flies are flashing o nights now,
and the "ping" of the bloodthirsty and
malignant mosquito has already been
heard in the land and sworn to, or rather
at, by many citizens.
Eczima solaris, or prickly heat, so com.
mon in summer, plaques the average
Memphian at present A few drops Of
lime juice, taken occasionally in water,
is said to be the best corrective Of it.
A" Melanerpes Erythrocephalus was
discovered fighting the squirrels in Court
Square yesterday afternoon by the
keeper Of the Square. The birds other
name is only red.headed woodpecker.
Owing to the inclement weather, the
public examination Of the pupils Of the
Christian Brothers College, which was
to have been held last night at the Mem
phis Theater, was postponed until to-
night.
There was no examination in the pub
lie schools to-day. On next Monday the
examination will consist of practical
arithmetic in the graded schools, and
rhetoric, botany and grammar in the
high schools. 1o
Hundreds of people will loaf on the
hills of Raleigh and drink the mineral
waters straight and mixed tomorrow
Train leaves the head of Main street at
$3.50 am, and returning will leave the
Springs at 5 pm.
The signal service observer predicts
clear and fine weather, which if contin-
ued for week will have the happy effect
of improving the health Of the city by
driving away the disease at present so
prevalent and fatal in our midst.
The man who leaves Memphis has
either to follow up the cholera or get
ahead of it; two very dangerous move
ments, according to learned physicians.
You had better fight it out on this line if
it takes all summer
The "Gumfudgin" editor Of the Avs
lanche says we do not read his scintilla-
tons of genius. We plead guilty to the
charge and will continue to do So so long
as he is relying on his memory for his
witticisms and his friends for his jokes
The police made raid on a negro
dance house in Hells HalfAcre last
night, and captured batch of nine
Migrants of both sexes. The Recorder
averaged their cases this morning, fning
several ten dollars each, and discharging
the others.
The Appeal scientist, by the aid of
powerful magnifying glass of pony
brandy, has discovered that cholera is
produced by animalcules in both air and
water. Let every citizen carry a micro
scope in order to detect these little ami
mails invisible to the naked eye.
One of the most curious legal points
was made during the trial of Susan B.
Anthony for illegal voting. The priso-
ner counsel, for the sake of cutting off
and in order to advance the
conceded that the de-
PENDANT was, on the 9TH of November,
1872, a woman.
The testimony in the case of the negro,
Henry Farrow, who killed white man
named Foley, at Meacham's store, on
Union street, several months since, was
concluded at the Criminal Court this
and the argument of counsel
opened. The case will probably be
given to the jury this afternoon.
This is the longest day in the year, and
the first day of summer. Sunrise at 4;52;
sunset at I'LL. In the calculations laid
down in the almanacs, tomorrow and
next day will be of the same length. 1t
was the opinion of Byron that
"--there is not a day,
The longest, not the Dist of June,
Sees half the business. in wicked way, /
That in three single hours of moonshine smile, /
And yet she looks so modest all the while."
1t is the general complaint with