Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-22
LEDGER LINES.

opebi IL predlcted Oy U business men.
Another river excursion party will
start this evening with tug and bsrges.
The late rains extended throughout
North Mississippi as far south as Gren-
ada.
Memphis has a greater number Of dep
uty constables to the square inch than
any city in the land.
Bishop Quintard sailed from New
York for Liverpool on Saturday last on
board the steamer Adriatic.
Hop" Johnson, Of the Appeal, has
returned to the city after enjoying a trip
to Clarksville, his former home.
Joe McCullers has horses, buggies,
hacks and carriages for hire, at his livery
stable, No. AZ Adams street. th&mt
The Nashville journals notice the ar.
rival in that city of W. B. Galbreath,
President Of the Memphis Cotton Ex-
change.
The Baptist Association will meet at
Lagrange on Saturday next, upon which
occasion Rev. Mr.. Graves, of this city,
will act as moderator.
Immense tomatoes are sold at cheap
rates at present, the markets being
stocked with them. Is a tomato a fruit,
or a vegetable, or both2
The ceremonies incident to laying the
cornerstone of the Memphis Bethel will
take place this afternoon at six o'clock
on the corner of Charleston avenue and
Adams street.
The most unfruitful question of the
day or night is, What's the newsY 1t is
exactly fifteen cents per week when
sought for in the columns Of the LEDGER.
In the Second Circuit Court yesterday
afternoon the juries in the cases of
G%reenlaw and Cherry VS.. Shelby county
returned verdicts in favor Of the plain
tifs.
Quite a number of citizens visited the
bluff last evening to enjoy the cool air
and listen to the music Of the band on
board the steamer Illinois as she came
into port.
When the Waddy Thompson trial
closes, the Criminal Court will adjourn
for the term, and its officials will wend
their way to cooler climes during the
heated term.
1t requires a rise of three feet add.
tional in the river to reach the spring
high water mark when the lower rivers
were full, and this rise is not among the
probabilities at present.
Several citizens desire to know why
the FIRE alarm telegraph bell on Madison
street is heard daily. 1t is done to test
the circuit" or ascertain whether or not
the machinery is in working order.
The Baptist Church on Second street,
near Beal, is beginning to present quite
an architectural appearance, now that
the spires or towers are going up. The
style of architecture is Renaissance.
The National Cotton Exchange, now
in session at Greenbrier, Virginia, is
making an effort to establish the Ameri-
can standard Of classification throughout
England and other portions of Europe.
If correspondents knew what profanity
is created in newspaper circles by illegi-
Bile communications, they would take
more pains to fashion their pot-books
after approved models of photographic
art.
On Monday next a complimentary pic
mic will be given at James Park to Thos.
R. Rogers, who lost his household furni.
ture and goods during the late fire at the
park, he being in charge Of the park as
keeper.
Rumor has it that an Avalanchian is
about to indulge in matrimony ere long,
and that he will squander his nickles on
a bridal tour to Hopefeld, Ark, unless
he secures a dead-head pass to Raleigh
and back.
By frequent conversations with pull
back dressmakers, Memphis bellies have
come to the conclusion arrived at by
Shakespeare some years ago, that there
is a divinity which shapes our ends,
rough-hew them as we may"
Conductor Pat Powers, one Of the old
est employees on the Louisville railroad,
received the congratulations of numer-
Gus friends yesterday over the fact that
he had just been presented with a twelve
FOUNDER Of the female gender.
A domesticated moeking bird hops
around in Whisky Chute daily, regard
less Of men and dogs. On the approach
of either the bird puts itself in fighting
attitude and gives utterance to savage
and warlike notes, but when it sees a
man with a gun it beats a hasty retreat
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