Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-16
LEDGER LINES.
he river is slowly rising again.

try, reaping what he sowed.
Buttermilk is becoming favorite
spring beverage in Memphis.
They are hanging baskets here and
there for wearing of the green.
The Recorder disposed Of twenty-three
misdemeaner cases this morning.
Tennessee bonds Of both issues are
selling at eighty cents in New York.
The dull season has set in, and anglers
can be seen fixing up rods and lines.
Umbrellas are most useful as sunshades
when you promenade through the city.
Fire department parade on Thursday,
aud picnic at the Exposition building at
night.
Less money has been spent in this
campaign so far by candidates than ever
before.
A Memphis bachelor always speaks of
baby as 81 it." He never investigates
anything.
The city and county work-house joint
committee will look around for sites and
report ere long.
Green fruit is appearing in the mar
ket by way of inviting the Juveniles to
have the cholera.
The rooms of the Bank of Commerce
are being enlarged for the convenience
of the business public.
A shooting scrape on Beal street last
evening created considerable alarm.
One man slightly wounded.
When will the foundation for the
Memphis custom house be commenced2
is the question at present.
Candidates knowing that there is no
time to lose, are circulating among the
sovereigns by day and night.
Young ladies and gentlemen are now
studying the language of flowers and
arranging bouquets on that basis.
The summer tourists are packing their
trunks preparatory to leaving the bluffs
for the springs and watering places.
The Ekstein and Know-Nothing base
ballers will struggle for the champion
ship at Humboldt Park next Sunday.
A burning chimney at Gaston's res
taurant last evening brought the fire
steamers to the front, but no damage
was done.
The police imbroglio will be up for
argument in the Second Circuit Court
tomorrow morning. The "outs" will
stay out and the Ems" in.
Is it not time to cease singing and
whistling the Mulligan Guards and Tim
Flaherty2 Enough is sufficient, and we
call for change of programme.
The Masons in the city who feel any
interest in the coming picnic are re-
quested to meet at the Exposition build
ing this afternoon at five o'clock.
George Gift and family, accompanied
by a party, leave to-day for the coast Of
California, having determined to 60
West and grow up with the country.
The report of the Howard Associa-
ton of Memphis has just been published.
The total assets of the association on
hand March 81, 1874, we're $44,04l 80.
The rains washed out the streets
and alleys, doing the week Is work of one
thousand men in an hour. The sanitary
condition of the city has been improved.
Awnings and swinging signs made it
lively for pedestrians during the storm
yesterday. Several awnings were blown
down and many persons narrowly es-
capped injury.
A white and black boy we're arrested
last evening on the charge of stealing
geese in East Memphis. Esquire Miller
committed the Write and black combi-
nation to Jail.
The Fourth Estate from the rural dis
tricts left town yesterday. Memphis,
they say, is the greatest town in West
Tennessee for lot of fellows to visit
and press through.
The rain, hail, thunder, lightning and
wind yesterday cavorted ell over the
city. For time the storm fairly sat up
on its hind legs and howled. Consider
able damage was done by the rain.
Next Thursday will be the anniver-
sary of the battle of Waterloo, wherein
the British and the Prussians under
Wellington and Butcher defeated Napo-
leon the Great, and restored peace to
Europe.
The editorial column of the Ava
lanche has developed wit, the genius
evidently taking the style Of George D.
Prentice for his model. Go on, young
I'll Lo,o,,a 60 r,ors ne n MN,