Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-19
LEDGER LINES.

Knights Of Pythias picnic at James
Park on Thursday next.
The mad dog ordinance with a muzzle
on it is to be enforced next moth.
Nothing Of interest before the Re-
corder's Court or courts Of record to-
day. IH
Sim Barinds has assumed duty as Re-
corder's clerk and clerk Of the Chief of
Police.
Professor Muellers grand terpsicho-
rean exhibition at the theater next Fri
day evening
The attendance was large at the Ger
man Lutheran school picnic held at
Humboldt Park yesterday
A monumental picnic is talked Of for
the purpose of raising funds to finish
the monument at Elmwood.
The Avalanche of this morning pub.
lished A. Johnson's speech which was
delivered last Saturday night.
Destitution prevails to no little extent
throughout the city, fact which our
charitable people will be pleased to re-
member.
Mocking.birds in suburban magnolia
trees make music all the night long.
The birds are now engaged in whistling
up discharged policemen.
Last Saturday in test case the Su,
preme Court decided that BARRIERS had
the legal right to exercise their calling
aud shave people on Sundays.
The orphans of the Leath, ST. Peters
and Church Home orphan asylums have
been invited to attend the picnic Of the
Knights of Pythias at James Park on
Thursday next.
Thursday evening Rev. Father Rooney
will deliver lecture on temperance at
St. Peters church, and on Sunday next
will deliver his celebrated lecture on
Bismarck and the Pope at the same
place.
Chief Athy issued orders last evening
to the policemen ordering them to recog-
nize Captain Weatherford, Sergeants
Arrata and McElroy, and not the decap-
itated peelers," Walsh, Pendergpast
and Helm.
It. is not true as stated that
the newly appointed police sergeant,
Pat McElroy, refuses to accept the
proffered position, not wishing to engage
in the struggle for Office which the played
out and turned-out officers are en-
gagged in. s.t
Ex-Presdent Andrew johnson, candi-
date for the office OF Senator from Ten
nessee to replace Brownlow, left the city
yesterday for his rural home at Green
Vile, East Tennessee. He made no
enemies in Memphis this time.
The committee appointed by the Cot
ton Exchange to attend the Cotton Ex-
change Convention at Augusta, Ga, on
the 10th of June, consists Of President
W. B. Galbreath, Secretary John s.
Toof, W. P. Proudft, S. M. Gates, J. T.
Petit, and John c. Fizer.
The removed "peelers" should retire
when ordered, and get outin better style
than they got in, their appointments be-
ing exclusively on account of their ser.
vices as politicians during the mayoralty
campaign, and not on account of merit.
Messeurs policemen, the public expects
you to retire. Why don't you get back
At the present term of the Supreme
Court we'll known attorney was argu-
ing a case wherein mitigating circum-
stances were largely involved. One of
the Supreme Judges made side bench
remark to a brother Judge that the
orator was id fool without miti-
eating circumstances" bon mot truly
judicial.
Brooks warriors are refugeeing from
Arkansas at present, their particular
localities in the State of Roses not being
made pleasant. The people who had
their kitchens, hen.roosts and corn-cribs
plundered by Brooks black militia do
not feel kindly disposed toward the cap
tains and other white officers OF these
raiding and robbing squads; hence the
hegira from the Rackensack land at
present.
The coal oil and lamp store of Hitz.
field & Son in the Jefferson block on Sec.
ond street took fire at about nine o'clock
last evening The engines we're promptly
on the ground and in an hour the FIRE
was suppressed. The loss on stock is
estimated at $1,000; insurance, $1,000 in
the Phoenix of Hartford and $4,000 in
the Louisiana Mutual The fire is sup.
posed to be. the work of the cheerful
incendiary. Another rumor has it that
an exploding oil lamp was the cause.