Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-30
LEDGER LINES.

once more grace the Changing.
The prevailing weather seems to be
rain, sunshine, clouds, thunder-storms
and wind, all intermixed in strange con-
fusion.
The Sodality Dramatic Association
will give another exhibition tonight at
ST. Peters parochial school on Washing
ton street.
Captain Billy Dill, of the elevator, as
serts that the Mississippi fell exactly
one-thirty.secend of an inch yesterday
he measured it on a bar.
There was an unusual amount Of
counting and flirting going on on board
the Parker during the river excursion
last night. Several weddings may result
therefrom.
Our ba~se-ballists will no doubt be
pleased to learn that the same amount
of manual labor expended in breaking
rocks will bring into ones Golfers two
dollars per day.
Another mad dog made its appearance
on the streets last evening, which re-
suited in several other dogs being bitten.
II is about time to enforce the muzzle
and dog-killing law.
Mule stealing seems to be the f~avorite
pastime with rural negroes at present.
They come to Memphis and sell the
mules and then are arrested and com
mitted for the ofense.
The county assessors are complaining
because property owners do not come up
and give in an account of property.
Should they continue to do so a heavy
penalty will be attached.
: The Waddy Thompson case jury had
not returned a verdict up to l o'clock to-
day. The jurors are hung" and are
unable to agree as to whether or not a
case of larceny had been made out.
Quite a heavy wind-storm passed over
the city last evening. Clouds went scud.
ding by to the southeast, while above
them a heavier mass of clouds was 60
ing in an opposite direction, to the north
west.
The jury in the Waddy Thompson
case retired at one o'clock yesterday
to consider their verdict, but, contrary t
all expectations, failed to agree up t.
last night. Several bets we're made yes
terday afternoon on the result.
The Cotton Exchange black board
show the following figures to-day: Re
ceipts for the week, 2OS bales; for th,
season, 32l, 454; shipments for the week
966; for the season, 324,OO3; stock OF
hand, 1882; sales for the week, 525-
taken by spinners.
At the Odd Fellows picnic at Her
nando, Past Grand Ben Bingham, Of thi.
city, was presented with a valuable three
link gold breastpin, and he delivered al
Grafton in consequence thereof. A
night the Bluff City Minstrels enter
tanned the fernando folks with Negro
minstrelsy.
A number Of negroes held a meeting
at Zion Hall last night. Speeches werl
made denunciatory of the Radical whit,
leaders, who have been using the negrt
vote as a stepping stone into Office. Vi
to this time the negroes have been voting
almost solid for the carpet. baggers, ant
the question now is, will they do s,
again?
The Encampment Guards, Odd Eel
lows, picnic at fernando on Wednesda,
was a very pleasant affair. Early yes
terday morning several hundred Mem
phians, ladies and gentlemen, could b
seen wandering homeward from tn
Mississippi and Tennessee depot weary
but pleased with the pleasures Of the da,
and night.
North Mississippi is rocked from it
center to its circumference with a politi
cal campaign to elect a Congressmai
and a set of county officers. Yesterda,
fernando, Mississippi, had a politica
meeting at which a number Of speeche
were made by gentlemen of oratorica
ambition. Politics interfere materially
with farming.
A farmer residing near this city sen
to Chicago last week eight boxes o
peaches and four of pears, all in gooc
order, and after deducting freigh
charges, commissions, etc, realized sixt,
cents upon the whole lot. A second 10
of ten boxes brought thirty cents owe
and above freight charges and commits
sions. He will not ship any more frui
to Chicago this season.
A score Of new arrivals appeared il
this world during the present weekir
this city. Our reporter heard of on,