Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-06-19
LrpaER LINEs.

true, that radical men in Office always
become conservative"
An English friend Of ours yesterday
gave il as his matured opinion that this
is beaslly damp weather. on Ng
To-day week, the 26th instant, the
postponed Hebrew Orphan Asylum pic.
mic will be held at James Park.
a few more fashionable marriages be-
tween bells and beaux are subrosa
topics Of conversation just now. Whs
next2
The cholera is now politely called
"The gentleman from Asia" and the
yellow fever "the Seignor from South
America"
The grand jurors are smelling up
public and private nuisances, and have
organized themselves into legal Board
OF Health.
II. Ward Beecher gets n salary oil
twenty thousand dollars per annum,
and has helper, a clergyman, who does
the pastoral work at a small salary.
The Masonic bodies Of Memphis will
turn out in procession on Tuesday next,
st. Johns Day, and will assist in laying
the corner stone of the Masonic Temple
on Madison street.
II is rumored in dramatic circles that
Lawrence Barrett, the actor, who so
pleased our citizens at the Grand Opera
House last season, intends abandoning
the stage for the pulpit.
Tomorrow evening the Philo-Thespian
Club complimentary benefit will take
place at the Greenlaw Opera House, on
which occasion the interesting play Eve
lyn Wilson win be the dramatic attrac-
ton.
The examination of the pupils at the
public schools commenced to-day, and
will be continued next week. See ad-
vertisement for order Of examination.
The public is invited to attend these
examinations.
The public examination Of the pupils OF
the Christian Brothers College was held
at the College yesterday morning, and at
the Memphis Theater last evening. The
same arrangement will be made for the
examinations tomorrow. "a
Can any philosopher explain why it is
that during and Immediately after the
wedding ceremony the bride looks smil-
ingly and happy, while the groom pre-
sents a solemn, grave and sad aspectY
And yet he ought to be the happier of the
two.
What an immense amount of truth
there is in the paragraph which states
that you might as well attempt to sham
poo an elephant with a gill of soap
suds as to attempt to do business in dull
Times WlluOuJ
1t is the opinion of the Cincinnati
Commercial that there can be no man
ner of doubt but that Memphis has more
feminine beauty, style and genteel get
upedness than any three cities OF its
size on the American continent.
Mention was made in this column yes
terday that capias had been issued for
the arrest of Lew Mass upon an old
charge of larceny. We are glad to
know that we were misinformed as to
charge, which we find upon investiga-
tion'to be gaming.
The Nicolson pavement in its present
condition is destruction to springs, con-
veyances, etc. The breaks and bad
places in the pavement should be re-
paired as soon as possible, on the primer
pie that an ounce of preventivei is worth
pound of cure. ~..-.-gf.,rf
There is gentleman in Memphis who
has been in the habit of visiting the sea
shore every summer, bat being unable to
90 this season, places large sea shells
about his pillow, goes to sleep with the
sound of the distant ocean singing in his
ears, and wakes up refreshed as by a
plunge in the surf. '-.'
Occasionally the beautiful blonde re-
porter of the Avalanche, or his sub,
inspired by Raleigh Spring water, pro-
pounds series of pointless questions to
the Ledger Liner, just as if the latter
was a candidate for cross examination
to every chap who can write an interro'
CATION point after a sentence.
A joke is going the rounds in political
circles that one of the educated hogs re-
leased by ordinance from the public
pounds, will take the stump in the com
ing Mayoralty canvass in favor of those
who worked for his release, and man
fully fought for the rights and liberties
Of the oppressed hog of the period.
Because the officers of the steamboat
Governor Allen refused to give a negro |
woman a room in the ladies' cabin, q
New Orleans jury has rendered a YER
dict against the boat for one thousand
dollars, which amount will heal up the
wounded and lacerated feelings of the
indignant and insulted civil rights
citizen.
The nights in suburban localities are
do nns;cal nv negro drummers, horn |