Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-31
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ing around the city.
Memphis river editors are called
"skid-pile snoozers .
Candidates are squandering their
small change in treats.
The incendiary failed to swing his
trusty torch last night
Nothing of interest at the Recorder s
Court or courts of record to-day.
The Probate Court, Judge Ray pre-
siding, will be in session tomorrow.
The thermometer has not been able to
rise out of the eighties for several days.
Horse trots over the Bluff City Trot-
ting Association Course this afternoon.
win the Nicolson pavement ever be
repaired2 is the question awaiting an
answer.
The blood Of Memphis dairymen curdles
simultaneously with their milk in this
weather.
The E. s. C. Club will give a private
picnic at No. ITO Marshall avenue to-
day week.
Twelve unfortunates we're disposed of
by fine at the Recorders Court this
morning.
The negroized Radical party is demon
allied, and its intelligent followers give
up the fight
Would it be a Misrepresentation to
allude to several Of our defeated as
sore.heads2
Hot days and cool nights have arrived,
and between them the life of a Mem
phian is sandwiched.
An immense amount of wind is being
wasted daily and nightly in Memphis in
discussing the local election.
The Texans and Louisianans will ar
rive in the city on Sunday next, and our
committees will receive them.
The Beecher-Tilton scandal is read in
Memphis in the morning by way of Gre
ating an appetite for breakfast.
The white RAIDS " and negroes will
hold "pow.wow and Hoodoo talk at
the Turner Hall, on Poplar street, to-
night.
A Memphian at Reelfoot, Lake county,
writes US that the corn crop is COM
plete failure, but that the pumpkin crop
is immense.
Now that politicians of the ward school
are enthusiastic and gushing, we recon-
mend cardamom seed as q disinfectant
for the breath.
Bartlett meeting at Kelly's, corner OF
Main and Jackson streets, in the First
ward tonight. Our best speakers will
be in attendance.
Memphis needs two or more steamers
in the fire department. These should be
light draught steamers, and should be
located in the suburbs.
The accidental hring Of a turpentine
barrel in the cellar Of Mansfield & Hig-
bees drug store this morning caused an
alarm of fire. No damage done.
The justice shop business is exceed
ingly dull, and in consequence the JUS
tees, their clerks and constables growl
prodigiously when drinking their lager.
Major George Gibson, U. s. A., who
has been stationed in Memphis for two
years past, left yesterday for his home
in Carlisle, Pa, on two months leave
of absence.
1t is to be hoped that the next prima
donna who squalls in Memphis will drop
" Home, Sweet Home" from her roper
toire, now that Elizabeth sings it to
Plymouth church.
A leading Irish Radical appeals to the
negro to remember the cuts on his back
obtained in the days of slavery. This
pandering to the lowest passions Of the
negro is contemplate.
Negro burglars continue to enter
suburban dwellings. These moonlight
nights white man ought to be able to
take fine sight with a shotgun on a
" civil rights " plunderer.
An organist from the East will take
charge of the choir of st. Peters church
next Sunday Hereafter, vespers will
be rendered in the old style of musical
perfection at this church.
Ward orators should never spout lon.
ger than twenty minutes. The man who
cannot cover the present issue in that
time had better retire from the rostrum,
as he will never be a success.
A row among the Heloises caused a
hack and its inmates to be arrested on
Main street last night. The Abelards
put up forfeits, and the arrested were
from the station-house.