Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-26
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Inc nre Deils were sllthb iabt ulBul'
The Overton courthouse will be ready
for occupation this fall.
The Nashville Industrial Exposition
will open up in September.
The dearth of news is harrassing the
reporters as well as the public.
A meeting Of river pilots will be held
at Dick Lightburne's Office this after
noon.
Ben Bingham, the photographer, has
returned from the Springs restored to
health.
Fishing parties to the lakes of Arkan'
sas and Mississippi are the rage at
present.
The bill boys of the city report that
money is scarce and collections unsatis.
factory.
The Brooklyn scandal has been pub
ilshed in pamphlet torn and is for sale
at the news stands.
An amateur concert next month would
draw well, the people being ready for
the amusement season.
Next month the courts will commence
the fall terms, and lawyers will have
something to do once more.
Hundreds of men are applicants for
clerkships and deputyships under the
newly elected county officers.
The big circus and menagerie which
will encamp on the bluff on the 18th of
September will be most attractive.
If you want to cure an attack of dys-
pepsia take ride in buggy or hack
ever the rotten Nicolson pavement.
Dan O'Connor, who was charged with
larceny, has been honorably acquitted
by Justice Spelman, there being nothing
in the charge.
The Appeal man imagines that he has
discovered in professional dog trainer
in this city the noble scion of an Eng
lish lord, you know"
The Nicolson pavement must be re-
paired as soon as possible; so say the
business men and all those having the
best interests of the city in view.
The Fire Board yesterday suspended
Acting Captain Sullivan, the Mayors
appointee for the No As, for thirty days,
for disorderly conduct and fighting
Hop Johnson, city editor of the APP
peal, has returned from Nashville, and
will once more preside over the local
columns of our Second street cotempo-
rary.
Memphis has several poets and poet
esses, yet the muse has been silent of
late. Is there not inspiration in the
Beecher matter to start rhymesters up
Mount Parnassas?
To morrow week, the Sd proximo, pri-
mary elections for delegates to the Con-
gressional and County Conventions will
be held throughout the wards of the city
and country districts.
The erection of new buildings is not
hourishing in Memphis. Not over one
hundred thousand dollars worth of
buildings are being erected in the city;
so say the architects.
The CourierJ ournal of Tuesday, says:
"Trask, wet end reporter of the Mem
phis Avalanche, passed down on the
Parker last night. He likes Cincinnati,
but thinks her swill-house is in state
of decay"
Mr.. Joe Carey. of the firm Of Duffy q
Carey, was married at St. Peters church
this morning, to Miss Emma Davids, a
beautiful and accomplished lady. A
large number of ladies and gentlemen
we're present to witness the ceremony.
To have trotting horse in training
out at the fernando Park is now the
hight of many a would be sporting mans
ambition. The old plugs in training is
sight to a man who has seen trotting
stock in other sections of the country.
The alarm OF fire at ten o'clock this
morning was occasioned by the burning
of small frame on the corner Of Gym
thia and Vance streets The iremen
we're unable to reach the fire in time to
render any assistance or save the build
ing
A stalk Of cotton containing four hun
dred and forty bolls was placed in our
Office yesterday. 1t was grown on the
plantation of Captain Williams, who
resides near Horn Lake, Miss. The
stalk is five feet in height and resembles
young tree.
Every night hack loads Of men and
women drive furiously up and down the
principal streets. The passengers are
Heloises and Abelards who stop at drink
ing saloons, order out refreshments, and
,han vie;t suburban beer gardens of the