Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-21
LEDGER LINES.
arbecue at Bartlett to-day.

tomatoes AIc DioOmluB III mdIhcb
more plentifully.
Nothing new in the Recorders Court
or courts Of record to-day
Memphis CANNES have Lot developed
hydrophobia to any great extent
The first battle of Bull Run was fought
to-day thirteen years ago, and yet the
muss is called the late war.
Governor John G. Brown reached the
city last evening, and to-day was called
upon by number of leading citizens.
Ex.Chancellor J. Fred Simmons, of
Sardis, Mississippi, has received re-
appointment to that Office for the North.
ern District.
Henry Trice, a colored boy, was
drowned in Wolf river yesterday, and
his drowned body was inquested by
Esquire Spelman.
Chief of Police Athy, with a detach-
ment of twelve policemen acting as
special deputy sheriffs, went out to the
Bartlett barbecue this morning.
Captain ]. Henry Cooper, formerly
commander Of one. Of the Arkansas
packet boats, left yesterday on the Belle
Memphis on pleasure tour North.
If Garrett is elected Sheriff, look out
for corrupt negro juries in the Law and
Criminal Courts. The question will
then be, How much is the jury WORTH"
There was a fashionable wedding at
st. Peters church this morning, the
contracting parties being Mr.. Murphy, a
well known dry goods man, and Mrs.
DAILY
The Radical leaders and candidates
possess the forked tongue so hated by
the wild Indian. They talk in one way
to the white man and in another to the
negro.
The Radical Puritan politicians of
Memphis claim that their ancestral pride
comes from the real Rock" but that
the Irish Radicals are only entitled to
the Shamrock"
Rev. Bro. Patrick, assistant of the
Superior of the Christian Brothers,
started for San Francisco on Sunday,
18th inst, to visit the colleges of the
order in that region.
A we'll known Radical nominee says
the Bartlett movement is losing ground
in Pinch" He will learn better on the
9th of August next when Pinch will
rally around the white mans flag.
According to the last census Memphis
has a population of about 1925, debt
of 81 ,585, Os6, or per capita debt of Sill,
which per capita debt is only exceeded
by two other cities, New York and New
Orleans.
The civil rights candidates who have
gone back on their own color and blood
are endeavoring to secure white votes.
A negro convention candidate should
be ashamed to ask pure-blooded white
man to vote for him.
To those who are anxious to uphold
the code duello and desire to fight with
guns or pistols for imaginary offenses,
we recommend the perusal of Falstaff' s
soliloquy on Honor" in scene /, act
V, first part of King Henry ~.
The sporting Jefferson street boys who
were to have fought duel in Mississippi
this morning had a bookseller engaged
for the occasion, and many pools we're
sold on the favorite and second choice,
with odds on the result Of the first fire.
Jim Smith, of the Tenth ward, believes
that because he has been deputy sheriff,
he is now competent to take the position
of First Circuit Court Clerk. A Radical
negro nomination rather units than fits
man lOE OllSO III tnO OpAuiOu VI buO
white men of Shelby county.
The fashionable duel has been post
poned indefinitely, the friends of the
parties having settled the matter at last
on paper. The interesting correspond
ence, in which, as is usual in such things,
the seconds and friends figure more than
the principals, will probably be pub
lished for the delectation of the nom
dueling world.
1t is rumored that owing to trouble in
the negro ranks one or more of the
white nominees on the Radical ticket
think seriously of withdrawing in favor
of negroes, who have but one represent.
alive out Of nine on the ticket, when
they furnish nine-tenths Of all the votes.
The three hundred white Radicals should
not crowd the negroes off the track in
this lively manner.
Tomorrow the head or tail Of the
comet, or perhaps both, will collide with
our planet, according to the opinion of
astronomers. Our Ledger, Liner will