Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-22
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Nothing new in the courts of record
to-day.
The justices law shops are taking
another rest.
Fruit is now in the greatest abundance
on street corners.
Quite number of young men in town
are out of employment.
Nothing OF interest appeared on the
Recorders docket this morning
Everybody, even the temperance men,
are now taking porter " in theirs.
The Memphis oyster season and the
Baltimore oyster have opened simultane-
ously.
The inquiry on our streets yesterday
was, How do you like our nominee for
GOVERNOR
Next Monday evening the Y. NJ. S
Club will picnic at the Leath Orphan
Asylu ErOuuus'
The Great Southern Menagerie and
Circus will exhibit on the bluff this after
noon and tonight.
The bids for repairing the Nicolson
pavement will be opened at the Mayors
Office this afternoon.
Grass and corn can be seen growing
in the cutters and streets of Memphis
around hay and feed stores.
There are forty. five prisoners at the
Adams street station-house. The chain
gang was increased thirteen this fore
noon.
The only marriage license returned to
the County Clerk during the week was
that of H. P. Wocdlock and Miss Mar
garet White.
Meteorologists assert that to-day's rain
is the bursting up of the summer season
and that cold and early winter season
may be anticipated.
The Elizabeth IN. j. journal of the
18th inst. publishes the marriage of Miss
Sarah H. Riker, of Elizabeth, and Mr..
Louis LaGrill, OF this city.
The long prayed for rain has come at
last but it seemed as if the sluice gates
OF the armament had opened, or that the
dam had bursted, last night.
Our gubernatorial candidates have all
returned, and have each explained more
than hundred times why it came to
pass that he was not the nominee Of the
Convention.
If Memphis girl wishes to get up
a love of bonnet, let her run her head
into sheaf of oats, stick few wild
flowers here and there to light up her
couture, and the things done.
The Farmers and Landowners
| (Granger) will meet in convention at
Brownsville on Thursday, the 9th inst,
for the purpose of settling questions OF
labor, immigration, politics. etc.
The dirt streets, which repaired them
selves end became good travelling high
ways during the dry season, now present
muddy appearance, which will invite
the City Engineer to attend to them.
Ceuntee, negro Circuit Cenrt Clerk,
recently elected in Haywood county, has
been unable to give a bond, and will
probably let the office 60 by in default.
Countee is carpet-bagging African
from Ohio.
Lolita, the red.headed favorite of the
Memphis Theater, has purchased the
residence of General Page, in Oakland,
California, intending it as her future
home. So she can now sit under her
own vine and ccabtree.
Artemus Ward had correct idea of
commercial honor when he advised the
world to pay your debts as you 60
along, even if you have to borrow the
money to do it," OF course, if you can
not borrow the money. you are excused
from doing it.
The State Radical Executive Commit
tee has issued an order for a Gubernsto
rial Convention, to be held at Chatta-
nooga on the 10th of September, and |
that the election of delegates shall be
held in the various counties on the first
Monday in September.
Information OF Pat DOnoho, an Irish
man, and blacksmith by. trade, is de-
sired at police headquarters. Also of
Margaret Denholm, Scotch woman,
Mrs. Eliza Langless and Thomas j.
Hicks. The last named formerly re-
sided at Middleburg, Tenn.
An intelligent African was looking
down through the gratings Of the LEDGER
Office to-day and attempted to explain to
an ignorant brother the movement Of
the steam press. "Tll tell you how it
works, said he; "ebery time it drops
paper it goes back to get another.