Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-09
LEDGER LINES.


Iced tea is the drink of the Memphian
at present.
St. Patricks church Sunday-school
picnic tomorrow.
Accidents by drowning among the
boys will soon appear.
Ice shops now keep fresh butternilk
for the thirsty pedestrians.
Young men in. town are having their
heads sandpapered. Cause unknown.
The police officers are wearing the
new regulation black hats with cord and
tassel.
Money is. getting slightly sober in
business circles. 1t has been tight for
some time.
Several lively horse trots will take
place ere long over the old fernando
race track.
The public schools will soon give a
public exhibition of commencement
exercises.
The issuance of marriage licenses
has fallen off rapidly since the hot
weather set in.
All picnics are becoming moonlight
affairs this season, as but few people at
tend them before shutdown.
Memphis has no Changers, except in
the suburbs, where gardening prevails in
the cool of the evening.
Superintendent Pickett reports the
city schools in prosperous condition
and the attendance large.
To-day is the anniversary Of the death
Of Charles Dickens, which event took
place on the 9th of June, 1870
But few drunken men are ever seen on
the streets of Memphis. This is a sub.
ject of establishment to strangers.
The General Council meets this after
noon. Abolish the wharfage tax and
dispense with the services Of wharf
master.
The shooting for the prize silver
pitcher of the Bluff City Shooting Club
will come off at the Fair Grounds on
Friday next.
The Criminal Court is crowded with
negroes daily. They rest and sleep on
the seats while their brethren are being
tried and convicted for larcenies.
The Monumental picnic on Saturday
was not such success financially as
was expected-not over one hundred
dollars in excess of expenses will pan
out"
An alligator.gar six feet in length was
captured by fishermen near the bar oppo-
site the elevator yesterday The mon
ster weighed one hundred and sixty
pounds.
Mr. Garvin, School Visitor from the
First ward, having resigned, as he was
no longer resident of the ward, Mr. j..
S. Sullivan has been elected to fill the
vacancy.
Many white Radicals and combination
chaps are now setting on high fence,
not knowing when, how or on what side
to get down, The Bartlett doors are not
closed yet,
Up to this time no person has been
arrested for the murder Of Thomas Win
chester Lake. The murder remains a
profound mystery. The murderers were
no doubt negroes
1t takes barber shop boy to play a
tune FIVE times on the back Of your coat
with broom wisp before he can succeed
in knocking the dust out or nickel out
Of your pants pocket.
Rev. David Walk, of the Linden street
Christian church, has been lecturing to
the people of Jackson on What l saw
in Europe" The lectures we're largely
attended by the people Of Jackson.
Tomorrow evening the citizens Of
Sardis, Mississippi, will dedicate their
new court house and grand ball will
be given. A special train will run at
half rates over the Mississippi and Ten
nessee railroad
To-day the thermometer ranges some
where between five and ninety.fve de.
grees in the shade. Rain looked and
prayed for. There will be but little
wind, and consequently less dust on
Main street than there was some weeks
since.
The absence from the stand Of white
Radicals and leaders of the combination
was lamentably observable at the mig
ger" meeting last night. S. S. Garrett,
candidate for Sheriff on the Radical
ticket, was the only white maa willing to
face the music.
The holes in the letter boxes should
IL. L