Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-06
LEDGER LINES.

will ride the geat.
A May baby show will be one of the
attractions ere long.
The incendiary failed to swing his
trusty torch last night.
Jimmy Corwin has received Bow Bells
for May and Peterson's for June.
Christian Brothers College festival at
the Exposition building to-day and to-
night.
The only granger ever elected in
Shelby county is Andy Granger, a nd he
sits in the Senate.
Colonel NJ. Magevney, ST., and family
have left for Europe. They will visit the
shrine OF Lourdes, France.
Preaching in the Court Street Cum
berland Presbyterian church tonight by
Rev. A. j. Baird, of Nashville.
The lunatic committeeman who went
to interview Governor Brown at Hum
boldt, have not returned yet.
Colonel II. S. MeComb has been re-
elected Presideat of the New Orleans,
jackson and Great Northern Railroad
Company.
The ladies OF the First Baptist Church
will hold strawberry festival tomorrow
night at their church on Second street,
near Adams.
q. G. Locke, late of the Appeal, is
now connected with the business depart
ment of the LEDGER. We will approve
all contracts made by him for MS.
Races again this afternoon. The
bright weather will attract msny ladies
to the Grand Stand, and the ladies will
attract many gentlemen. Such is Mem
pLis life.
The sanguine and prospective candi-
date dreams by day and night Of nomi-
nations and immense majorities for
himself, and frightful defeats for his
opponents.
The Esther Club concert tonight will
attract large and fashionable audience
to the theater. Music of ye olde0 time
will be rendered by the best professional
and amateur artists of the city.
1t has become the common mode of
salutation in Memphis, How are you,
Governor" owing to the fact that
gubernatorial candidates are cropping
out rapidly in the Bluff City.
The average Memphians should in
dulge in little less profanity and vul-
garity when returning from the races in
the Charleston railroa d cars. An over
dose of whisky is no excuse for black
guardism.
Madame Rumor having circulated the
news that Colonel A. j. Kellar, of the
Avalanche, would be candidate for
office in August or November, the
Avalanche editorially contradicts such
ramon.
The Nicolson pavement is full Of holes
and ruts, over which vehicles rock like
boats among the breakers. The pave
ment will be worn out on many streets
before the city decides in favor of re-
pairs.
General Council meeting this evening.
The city daddies have another chance to
distinguish themselves as philanthro-
pists, in whose bosoms there is left one
spark o. charity for the sufferers by
overflow. Do the thing decently or not
at all.
1t is rumored that syndicate of cot
ton clerks hold three fourth of the capt
tai prize ticket in the Norfolk, Va,
lottery, $4,000. The prize number is
believed to be 1888. If the cotton
clerks hold this ticket, European trips
this summer will be most fashionable,
The youthful brass band from the
Christian Brothers College, yesterday
paid a compliment to the Cotton Ex-
change and Chamber of Commerce in
the way Of serenade. Our cotton fac
tors aud merchants appreciate the atteu
ton and will regard the young musicians
as greater favorites than ever.
A physician sent the Ledger Liner
word that if the Ledger Liner would
cease using the phrase average Mem
phian" he (the Doctor would physic
him for one year free of charge. The
Ledger Liner suggests that the Doctor
take his own medicine, and the Liner
will take pleasure in writing up an &C
count of the suicide.
A stranger in the city accoated well
known Memphian not many days ago,
asking him to designate the places Of
attractions in the city so that he might
visit them. WELL" said the average
Memphian, there is the cemetery,
which is quite attractive, and the county
Jail, the finest building in Memphis
The sight-hunting stranger quietly re-