Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-05-06
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Tomorrow evening the General Coun.
Gil will assemble and dispose Of monthly
business aa
| The venerable association Of Old
Folks will hold meeting At HiberniAn
Hall this Aftsrnson.
The MAifest celebration At James
Park yesterday was attended by at least
three thousand people. iHii
A big drowning is now called hap
tism Of death" and a death by FIRE q
holocaust" What nsxt1 Iia
The sslden Irwin comedy company at
the Memphis Theater tonight. An at.
trActiye bill will be presented, ,,..f
Our next Exposition is to be held dur
ing the month Of October. opening on
the LIST and closing on the 3lst
Where to build the custom.houseY is
the conundrum puEzling the brains Of
Memphis real estate owners at present.
A good time coming. The Gre and
police forces are TO be paid of; provided
the General Council backs the Finance
Committee.
Several politicians who have munich
pal aspirations are gravely considering
how to make up in the back step what
they have lost in the shuttle"
Col Donovan's pony engine screams
and bowls between the. National Gene
terry and Raleigh. 1t will soon snort
down the.narrow gauge to Memphis.
Arrangements are being made for
grand union picnic Of the Catholic Sun
day schools, which will take place at
James Park on Ascension day, the 22d
inst.
The fremen's annual parade will
come off on Thursday next through
the principal streets of the city. Let
the fire plugs play along the line of
march.
The music at the Maifest yesterday.
both brass and string, was furnished by
Professor Frank Arnold, and not by
Handwerker, as stated in the Avalanche
this morning.
Rpmor has it that minority report
will be presented to the General Council
on the improved charges against the
Mayor. 1t will be a spread-eagle, yet
cheerful, document. 1901 s
To impeach Mayor Johnson has been
on the programme of aspirants to the
Mayoralty chair. But the programme
failed to draw we'll and the impeachment
afterpioce was abandoned.
The centennial committee will meet
at the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow
and make arrangements for the grand
"Vodoo" show at Philadelphia. The
representative Of the LEDGER will attend
the next Centennial.
One of the Avalanche men lost his
false teeth in street car few days
since. superintendent Barrett has Of
fered the toothless editor new set so
that he can appropriate the usual
amount Of hash without trouble.
The decision of Judge Halsey, of the
Second Circuit Court, overriding the
motion to dismiss the petition for certi-
orari and supercedeas in the case of AL.
derman Andrew Davis. will appear on
the first page Of to-morrow's LEDGER.
Sentimental young men insist that il
is impossible to talk love to the sab.
urban belle, beneath the trees and in
the moonlight owing to the the interpo-
sition Of the caterpillars that even crawl
between clasped hands and beating
hearts.
The old undertaken and the new are
burying paupers at present. The atten
ton paid to the pauper dead just now ii
a remarkable fact that can only be set
tied by considering the monetary in
ducements offered by the County Court
for burial.
The next contest for the Msyoralty
will be the liveliest ever known in Mem
phis. The candidates are numerous i
not popular, except in their own estima
ton. Already the Offices have been Sc
lected by aspirants and promised BY
would.be Mayors.
The Modoc war has had beneficial
effect in the South. The military
occupation by General Grants forces
is gradually breaking up, and the troops
kept in the South to over-awe the citi
zens are ordered to their lava beds,
where it is impossible to sleep well with
a scalp on.
An Eastern phrase is Blessed is the
man who creates fountain Of cooling
waters for the thirsty" Who will be the
blessed individual that will present
Court Square with a fountain2 If We
had the funds we would do it ourselves
by way Of inducing our journalistic
brethrea to walk in the narrow-gaugs
road Of temperance.
A spring wagon was stolen last night
from the lot of F. II. Dowdy, on Trigr
avenue, near State Female College.
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