Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-02
LEDGER LINES.


The General Council will assemble in
solemn monthly conclaVe on next
Wednesday.
That chronic and prolific item-the
filth Of the streets, alleys and levee-has
been snatched from newspaper reporters
by the old heather raiE deity.
Lightning is reported as.having struck
the pavement near the Avalanche office
yesterday II may have been intended
as a warning to the "statf" Of that
paper.
Now that the Eason hanging affair has
been prevented by Governor Brown, the
sale Of lots at Lucy, on the Memphis and
Paducah railroad, on the 9Th, will be
well attended.
Bayous and BRANCHES were swollen TO
the top of their bent yesterday. The
Bayou Gayoso resembled an Alpine tor
rent as it swept the filth of the city on.
ward toward the sea.
Miss Celia Heed is the enrolling clerk
of the Idaho Legislature, and they have
conscientious and careful Legislature
out there in consequence. Every mem
Der in that unfeminine territory endeav-
ors 10 take heed.
The heaviest rain fall this year took
place yesterday, as thunder storm,
with little tornado in front, swept over
the city from the north. The rain fall,
as measured by Signal Service Officer
Rhode, was 2 94lOO inches.
In the Roman Catholic Church to-day
is known as the Feast of the Dedication
of the Church of our Lady of the An
gels, or commonly called Portinucula
IL was duly celebrated by those OF the
Catholic faith at the different churches.
Quite number Of Mississippians who
were in attendance on the jackson New
State Convention, passed through the
city yesterday, homeward bound. Many
Of the gentlemen were enthusiastic on
the new movement" and predicted its
ultimate success.
Some rural rooster" in reportorial
harness, says the Vicksburg Herald, has
discovered that the organ Of rational
language lies in the third convolution
of the left anterior lobe OF the brain.
The third convolution of the left ante
rior lobe of the brain is entirely wanting
in a majority of the human family.
The sharp yelp of the cur dog follow
ing the fash of the pistol, just as thun-
der follows the lightning's fash, can be
heard on Madison street nightly Can
a dog bark at will2 has been decided in
the negative, provided the canine is I'M
muzzled, and Will is the name of the
bloody-minded patrolman.
A pair Of ostrich eggs, each one six
inches in length and five and half in
width, were exhibited on Front street
yesterday to an admiring crowd. A well
known chicken man refused to believe
that they were eggs, and insisted that
they were vegetable. The eggs were
brought from Africa by a travelling Mem
phian some years since.
The humorous Register man says a
certain editor, who shall be nameless,
congratulates himself that half the
lies told about HIM are not true" but
what about the other half2 And yet if
the first half were lies, why is it neces-
sary to state that they are mot true2 ;"
A truthful lie is a thing not recognized
as having an existence.
An observant lady says she was never
so much iRclined to laugh in church as
on a recent Sunday, when, walking down
the broad aisle after service, she saw
that every woman ahead of her was using
her left hand in arranging that portion
of her dress adjoining her back, and be-
fore she was aware of it found herself
similarly employed.
Whom God has joined together let
no man put asunder." This is generally
in newspaper accounts of marriages, but
the divorce court too often does that
thing; and the fact that magistrate or
other authorized person does the "join-
ing" would 60 far to convince those
Internationally inclined that the Divin-
ity is not consulted, and indeed it seems
somewhat sacrilegious to assert that the
great Author of Good performed an act
which results so often in disgrace.