Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-04
LEDGER LINES.

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tended yesterday.
May Queens are in fashion just now
among the little people.
St. Peters Sunday-school picnic at
James Park tomorrow.
The mertuary report of last week s
deaths are l5-whites 3, blacks IL.
Will there be May baby show ?
Where is the enterprising Lou Leubrie2
The clash of the pop-bottle and the
hiss of the soda fountain are heard in
the land.
Base ball season has arrived on the
bluff as Shakespeare has it: Base is
the slave that plays"
All the railroads are in running order
at present, to the great satisfaction of
the travelling public,
The planters in the Mississippi and
Arkansas river bottoms are doing their
best to damn both rivers whenever they
overflow.
Christian Brothers College festival at
the Exposition building tomorrow,
Wednesday and Thursday, during the
day and at night.
Twenty-Five sportsmen slung the shot.
gun at the pigeon tournament on Satur-
day; it was big field day for the Bluff
City Shooting Club.
The Esther Club OF "Old Folks will
give a series of concerts at the theater
this week-the evenings Of Wednesday,
Thursday aud Friday.
The Mclean ENHANCEMENT case still
hangs the jury. 1t is rumored that by
consent of counsel the jury will be dis
charged this afternoon.
G. G. Locke, late of the Appeal, is
now connected with the business depart.
ment of the LEDGER. We will approve
all contracts made by him for US.
On returning from funeral recently
Memphis band played ood-bye'
Charley, when you are away, write me a
letter, love, send me your photograph"
etc.
Colonel John Donovan has been re-
elected President of the Chickasaw
Jockey Club, The Vice Presidents are
Enoch Ensley, J. NJ. Rodgers and W. B.
Galbreath.
The levee below Napoleon between
Prentiss and Beulah, near the Owens
place, owned by Thomas Il. Allen,
broke on Friday dast. The crevasse is
! forty feet wide.
The Police Board is wedding out the
force. The Board as it stands at present
will insist on having the best men; all
favoritism will be ignored. This is what
the people prefer paying for.
Three fine races over the ChickasaW
Jockey Club Course to-day: Hurdle
race one and one-fourth miles over five
hurdles trial stakes for three year ODDS,
mile and repeat, and Jockey Club purse
for all ages, two miles.
The Board Of Trustees Of the Odd
Fellows of Memphis has donated one
thousand dollars to the sufferers by the
overflow; this act of charity stares the
General Council in the face as if ia
shame them into hberality and. justice.
Many of the Aldermen who voted
against giving anything to the sufferers
by the overflow could not be elected in
their wards to sny Office, and yet they
aspire to higher positions in the gift Of
the people at the August or November
elections.
Nothing Of interest in the Recorder s
court docket to-day. Twenty-four ar
rests we're only made within the past
forty.eight hours, and not one of them
was made south of Monroe street. South
Memphis is becoming provokingly dull
and moral.
The General Council will meet in reg
ular session on Wednesday evening next,
when it is to be hoped that donation
will be made for the benefit of the suffer
ers by the overflow. The General Coun-
Gil gave suffering Chicago $4,000. Gen
tlemen, put yourselves on record.
The man who patronizes the street
car with two large market baskets, a
jug, four pots of plants and bucket of
eggs gets transportation for six and one
fourth cents, and growls if any other
man smokes in the car; yet even the
deadliest enemy to tobacco will smoke
when he is cremated.
At the Turner Hall last evening a
large audience attended the concert; the
music was excellent and was thoroughly
enjoyed. A comedy, in two acts, enti-
tied the Son-in-Law," was well pre-