Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-07-09
LEDGER LINES.

drouth will soon be heard In the land.
Visitors to the East Tennessee noun
tains and springs are now called p. d.
refugees.
On the 10Th Of September a eonyen
ton Of Tennessee farmers will assemble
at Nashville.
Before Recorder Winters a sporadic
drunk costs five dollars aud an epidemic
one twenty-five. IfllNa NN
The Educational Board will assemble
tomorrow evening aud consider the Sc
lection OF text books.
Our street car drivers should be in
structed to call out the names Of streets
for the benefit Of passengers.
In the late election for city School
Superintendent the office sought the
man" at the ratio Of ten votes to eight.
The city Legislators are called city
daddies," the county rulers, "patres
conscripti.' aud the school visitors, So
Ions"
The FIRST ChAncery Court, Judge Nor
gan presiding. adjourned to-day over to
Court in Course, the first Monday in Dc
tober next.
The cholera is prevailing in the coun
try surrounding Memphis, while in the
city its force has been expended and is
played out.
Taxes due the city on property for the
year 1872 must be paid on or before next
Monday. or the property will be con
demned and heavy costs will accrue.
With pair of sharp eyes and a good
telescope the new comet may be seen in
all its nebulosity in its position II min
utes right ascension and 10 43> south
declination.
Shall there be grand handicap steeplt
chase or entries by convention in the
next Mayoralty election2 is conun.
drum o er which many mastery minds
are stumbling at present.
The Paducah road will soon be pushed
on from Covington through Ripley and
toward the Paducah end, which will give
a continuous rail to the Ohio river
through Western Kentucky.
The question, are you candidate fol
Mayor at the January election? is be.
coming painfully frequent among Local
politicians. The answer is generally Of
the non-committal character.
1t is estimated that about twenty-five
hundred tickets in the Louisville lottery
were sold in this city, thereby leaving
Memphis minus twenty-five thousand
dollars, Plus nothing as far as heard
from.
Hundreds Of curious people yesterday
were asking, Who is Mr.. Aaron Pickett
the city school Superintendent elect
and what are his qualifications for that
important position2 But no one pro
fessed to know.
Equestrianism is the prevailing disease
among the beaux and bellies each eve
ming. The Tartar style of moonlight
counting on horseback is novel, but ere
ates a new sensation, for which Nero in
vain offered reward.
Cairo, Illinois, was described by John
Phoenix as a sweet spot, which Dickens
has ilnmortalized under the name OF
Eden-an evident misnomer, for no
man worth as much as Adam could re-
main there by any possibility.
As policy dealer the average Mem.
phian stands well in advance of his Eel
low countrymen. He invests in the
Louisville lottery or horse-racing
pool with a recklessness orthy of bet
ter reward than drawing blank.
Ringing door-bells, favorite amuse-
ment with the bad boys of the period,
has become the weakness of ex-Memphis
spirits at twilight AS a spiritual man
Hesitation, the bell ringing is not an
original or startling success.
The prevailing epidemic of parlia-
mentary law in the Common Council is
to move to I" lay on the table" and to
call for the "ayes and noes" In the
Aldermsnic Board to refer " to a com
mittee, regular or special, is the sporadic
motion.
The strong-minded women of this
country are pleased to learn that their
strong backed sisters of Vienna, Austria,
carry loads of brick and mortar on their
heads up ladders to the tops of build
ings. 1t is better to carry two bricks on
the hat than one in it.
Mr.. Lefiingwel, the new lessee Of the
Memphis Theater, has taken possession
Of the building, preparatory to reftting,
ETC., for the next dramatic
season. If we are not mistaken, the new
lessee will present a galaxy of stellar at
fractions next fall and winter.
Erecting fountains in front of dwell
ings is becoming popular with our citi-
zens. The sound of the falling waters
has a cooling effect upon humanity.
Several tastefully constructed fountains
make music to the ear throughout
the city and suburbs.