Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-03
LEDGER LINES.
Convention again to-day.

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Captain Williams company will NEE
tonight at the Exchange building at {
o'clock.
| An infantry and mounted infantry
company will meet tonight at o CLOCK
at the Gayoso House.
The German Casino club will give q
basket picnic at Kney's, on the Raleigh
road, on Sunday next.
Captain NJ. D. WEIGH, who was shot
in late difficulty, is doing well and will
be out in a few weeks.
The postoflice will be closed tomorrow
at 10 o'clock, the carriers making one
delivery aud one collection.
All the candidates, whether nominated
or defeated, stand pledged to support the
nominees and the Bartlett movement.
The Board of Health is doing good
service in cleaning up streets and alleys
and disposing of nuisances throughout
the city.
Orphans picnic at james Park to-
morrow. The best arrangements have
been made by the committees for the
entertainment of all visitors.
The officers Of Tennessee Lodge No.
5, Knights of Pythias for the ensuing
term are P. j. Moran. C. c.; G. W. l..
Crook, V. c.; Geo. Mallory, X. of R. & S.
The young men of the city who have
military aspirations indulge in drills >
nightly. Ere long the Bluff City bat
talon will give dress parade in public.
The best convention of delegates
ever assembled in Shelby county" is the
unanimous verdict of the citizens of
Memphis when they visit the Exposition
building.
Tomorrow will be the Fourth of July,
the day of 6re-crackers, pistols and gen
eral indulgence. We advise all Mem
phians to keep sober and celebrate the
anniversary in a sensible manner.
Yesterday in the anti-Radical Conven-
ton C. L. Anderson received the nomi-
nation for Sheriff, A. E. FARMLAND for
State and County Tax Collector and
James Reilly for County Court Clerk.
Col. Tom Brown, president of theCon.
vention, has won golden opinions from
all delegates on account of his firm and
fair rulings, promptness of action, firm
ness of purpose and thorough knowl.
edge of parliamentary law.
Tomorrow Raleigh excursionists will
find trains every few hours over the Lou
isville road, connecting at the National
Cemetery with Colonel Donovan's mar.
row gauge railroad. See schedule of
train time in another column.
The LEDGER will not be published to-
morrow, Fourth of July. The LEDGER
men intend to go fishing in Arkansas
and fight mosquitoes as they snake in
the fnny tribe from the pelucid waters
Of the lakes and 5ayous.
At least one thousand bellies and
beaux stood out on the front porches
last night and gazed at the comet through
opera glasses. The study of astronomy
when the belle and beau undertake to
look through the same glass at the same
time is most interesting.
The joint committee of the city and
county on warehouses; recommend the
establishment of both a work-house and
an industrial school, where the youth of
both sexes can be cared for and taught
habits of industry, by way of withdraw
ing them from criminal pursuits.
Mr.. William Henry, who had his ribs
broken by negro who assaulted him
with brickbats some time since ut Cen
trail Point, has recovered from the ef-
fects of his injuries. He has not seen
the negro as yet, but will know him
whenever or wherever he meets hin.
The nomination of A. E. FARMLAND
for the Office of State and County Tax
Collector gives general satisfaction
throughout the city. The LEDGER, recog.
nizing Mr.. Frankland's popularity,
ability and worth, advocated his nomi-
nation and predicted his success. Frank
land will be elected by a very large ma
jority, and Shelby county will have no
better or a more polite official.
The two-thirds " rule adopted by the
Convention yesterday, with the privilege
of Withdrawing candidate and renomi-
mating him at future time did not pan
out successfully for outsiders or men
in the bushes" The Convention was
that the prominent and
strong candidates should get the nomi.
nations, even il it took all summer to do
it, and in this the Convention displayed
sound judgment.