Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-29
LEDGER LINES.


Health.
Decoration day at the National Gene
terry tomorrow.
Chelsea Methodist church Sunday
school picnic tomorrow.
The National Printers Union conveues
in St. Louis on Monday next
Sneak thieving is becoming common
yet popular throughout the city.
New wheat, from Pamela county, Mis-
sissippi, was received in the city yester'
day.
Eleven misdemeanor cases were dis
posed of by fine at the Recorders conrt
to-day.
Civil Rights William struts around
town in consequential style since the
Senate passed him.
Memphians are anxiously awaiting
the next lottery scheme, so that they can
draw fortune and retire from work.
There was a large attendance at
James Park last evening, on the ocea-
sion Of St. Bridget's Sunday school pic
mic.
The examination and literary exercises
begin at Miss Higbees Female High
School on Court street at 2 o'clock to-
day.
The river is falling and running out
A long ripple in mid stream indicates
tiat the Hopefeld sandbar is approach
ing the surface.
The Mendelssohns will render The
Messiah at the Cumberland Presbyterian
church tonight under the direction of j.
Ernest Perring.
The white people of Memphis will re-
serve the payment of school tax until it
is seen whether or not the civil rights
bill will become a law.
Saturday, May Both, the postofice will
close at 10 am. Letter carriers will
make one delivery and collection. All
mails closes at 10 am.
Candidates are slow and modest in
appearing in print; or is it that they
have not the "ten dollars advertise
ment fee, which is payable in advance?
The Episcopal State Convention, hold
ing at Louisville, adopted resolution
yesterday prohibiting fairs, lotteries and
theatrical performances for raising
money for the benefit of the church.
The Fire Relief Association will picnic
at James's Park on Thursday, the 18th of
June, the anniversary of the battle of
Waterloo, when the Irish Iron Duke de-
feated the Little Corporal Of France.
In the First Circuit Court yesterday
the jury in the case Of Schooler VS..
Marie, wherein was involved the posses
sion of diamond pin, returned a verdict
in favor of Marie and against Schooler
The best physicians state that Mem
phis will be healthy this summer, and
that no epidemic will appear. At pres
ent the mortality report shows that we
live in the healthiest city on the CONT
nent.
Mayor League and his colored neces-
sary appliances" we're caricatured at the
farley Wax Works last night. The
Chelsea colored fire company yet keep |
the horse and hose belonging to the |
Adams street engine.
The Constitutional Convention Of Ar
kansas will be held at Little Rock, on
Tuesday, July l4,b, and the election for
delegates will be held on Tuesday, the
3lst OF June. The seventy-four counties
of Arkansas will be entitled to ninety-one
delegates.
After travelling up and down eight
fights of stairs to court-rooms and mag
istrates' offices, our over-heated reporter
failed to discover an item, but then our
got just as much money
for SO doing as if he had penciled down
a dozen sensational items.
Jarley's Wax Works exhibition at the
theater last evening attracted large
audience, Notwithstanding the hot
weather, which was oppressive in the
extreme to the wax fggers" The
" 6ggers" were made out of clay, and
in a most artistic manner.
1t is spoken of in the streets and be
Iieved that the executive committee
appointed at Bartlett is actively at work
perfecting arrangements for a conven-
ton and that call will appear at very
early day. The candidates seem to
know this by instinct and are dancing up
with their announcements to the tune of
ten dollars head in advance.
1t is difficult to please all people, as
may be seen from the fact that one citi-