Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-09
LEDGER LINES.

yesterday dllcEuOOh' AhSNid uSci Jury
seven hundred dollars.
Nothing of interest in the Recorders
or courts of record to-day. The Crimi-
nal and Circuit Courts stand adjourned.
Lightning thunder, wind and rain
late last evening, we're enjoyed by the
overheated Memphians. 1t was celes-
tial luxury. I.
The thermometer is not an object of
interest to-day, the rains last night hav-
ing reduced the temperature down to a
delightful point.
If you are going to the springs or the
sea coast, it is time for you to pack up
your valise and bid the Caet-get-
Always au revoir
Memphis ought to have any number Of
cotton, wooden and paper mills. In
manufactures Memphis stands at the
foot of the list of American cities.
Every city ward and country district
should have Bartlett club. The habit
of repeating votes, so usual with the
negroes, will be prevented in August.
The pencil sketches of five of the
Bartlett nominees in to-day's LEDGER
will be read with interest The remain
ing four sketches Of the nominees will
be published tomorrow.
McComb, the railroad man, is in the
city looking up the matter as to the
right of way through the city, and con-
Meeting the Mississippi and Tennessee
railroad with the Paducah road.
The following elective officers in
Chickasaw Lodge No. s, I. 0. 0. f.,
were installed last Tuesday evening;
Ben Freiberg, N.G.; R. B. Jones, V.G.;
R. D. Frayser, RS; John A. Holt,
Treasurer. Mr.. John Holt was elected
representative to the Grand Lodge.
Several dogs we're poisoned by the pat
rolmen to-day, in accordance with the
dog muzzling ordinance. We beg the
patrolmen to spare hunting dogs, such
as pointers and settlers for few
days, as their value is considerable, and
seldom if ever, do they become rabbid.
Mr.. Hobson Johnson, city editor of
the Appeal, left this morning on a visit
to his home at GAINESVILLE. 1t is sus-
pected that Hop" has matrimonial
intentions, and that he will return with
charming bride. We tender to our
brother pencil singer the Rip Van
Wrinkle toast.
In the County Court to-day the re-
ports on the new courthouse came up
for discussion. A majority of the COM
mittee on plans reported in favor of the
plan presented by architects Jones &
Baldwin, and minority report was pre-
scented in favor of the plan Of architect
Cook. The Court took recess until
two o'clock pending the discussion.
Dogs 90 muzzled to-day for the sum
mer. They appear in all styles, accord
ing to their value and the wealth of their
owners. The dog with a fve-dollar
muEzle turns up his nose at the cur with
the common leather substitute, and the
aristocratic canire ignores his plebeian
brother. Such is animal life from the
lowest grade up to the highest, which,
according to Darwin, is-man.
The streets which are paved with Mic
olson are in horrible condition. On
many streets the blocks have rotted
away, and holes appear in large num-
bers. The pavement is fast going to
ruin, and if not repaired this summer
new pavement will have to be put
dowa next season, and the Nicolson is
not yet paid for. The city government
should put repairing force on the
streets. 1t is Of much more Importance
than the coming elections or the success
of Radical rings"
Some months since County Under
taker Jack Walsh was sentenced by the
Criminal Court to fine of one thous-
and dollars and six months imprison-
ment on the charge of improperly bury
ing the pauper dead. Governor Brown
RENTED the Imprisonment and left it to
the County Court to settle the question
of the fine. Yesterday the County
Court, by vote of eighteen to seven,
recommended that the fine be RENTED,
and Jack stands relieved once more.
The matter will now be referred back to
the Governor for his approval.
Barbour Lewis will arrive here this
week, and will call a meeting of the
"clans" with view toward the August
election. The boys" have been letting
the negro Radical and piratical ship
float among the breakers since Barbour
left, and the skipper now proposes
to hold the helm and work the old hulk
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