Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-30

carter q 70.
Newspaper correspondence should con-
dense their communications as much as
possible, Amateur newspaper writer's
are always too diGase, they forgetting
that a center shot from a rifle is worth a
days practice with a scattering shot
gun. II one word expresses what can
be said in a dozen words select the word
Immediately.
L. must be gratifying to the defeated
in the late spelling matches to know that
Chaucer couldn't spell; neither could
Milton, Bacon, Shakespeare, Spencer and
a host Of other literary men Of England.
There were no dictionaries in those days,
and hence they were luxurious spoilers,
who paid more Importance to words and
sentences than they did to letters.
The School Board middle lis a devil.
ish pretty fight as it stands" and it re-
minds our historian of that prayer made
by an Irish Confederate just before the
first battle of Bull Run: 20, Lord, we
hope you will aid us in this struggle,
but if you cannot, just keep hands off
and you via see the d-dest fight that
has ever taken place on this continent"
The American team beat the Irish
team at the international rife contest at
D%ollymount, Ireland, yesterday, winning
the nine hundred and one thousand
yards contests, the Irish team winning
the eight hundred yards match by one
point. AS rihemen the Americans can
beat the world. In this city a number
of bets we're made and considerable
money changed hands.
The Fire Commissioners adopted a
resolution calling upon the General
Council to pass an ordinance compelling
merchants to close their hatchways at
night, as in case Of fire these hatchways
act as aues to carry the FIRE TO the upper
stories of buildings and have been the
cause of many an extensive con1agra.
ton, whereas if they were kept closed
the Gremen would be enabled to keep the
fire from spreading.
At twelve m. tomorrow the day and
night police and patrol forces change
duty. Captain Braun and Sergeant Nc
Elroy will take the day patrol, while
Captain Wetherford and Sergeant Arrata
will have charge Of the night. Station
house keeper Davis and turnkey Tory
will take night duty, and station house
keeper Forrest and turnkey Hope will
attend to the day business. The change
will continue three months.
The public expect no little fun and in.
formation from the controversy now in
augurated between the LEDGER on the one
side and the Appeal and Avalanche on
the other of the Picket school con.
troversy. The LEDGER is willing, nay
anxious, to engage in the discussion and
develop all the facts with reference to
the guillotine business and other schemes
Of the ring. The row will be lively and
cheerful during the long summer months,
and will furnish most instructive reading
for the general public.
In the Criminal Court to-day the fol-
lowing persons were fined ten dollars
and costs on indictments charging them
with keeping houses of ill.fame: Mollie
Barbour, Nettie White, Allie Downs,
Pauline Livingstone, Annie Cook, Susie
Powell, Madam Anderson, Madam Tur-
ner and Aunt Rhode. From two to
five indictments were found against
each Of the defendants. The costs in
each case amount to about twenty-s six
dollars. The cases were all submitted
to the court without going into trial.
An Englisbman arrived here a few
days since to take charge of an agency,
and the first thing he did was to go and
purchase a large silver-mounted pistol,
which he strapped on his hip, and gave
as a reason for so doing that he was told
that in this "blarsted" country every
man carried a pistol and men were shot
daily on the streets of Memphis. He
was induced to put his gun away by some
friends who informed him that he would
be arrested by the police for carrying
deadly weapons, and that he was in no
danger in Memphis.
The Little Rock railroad was turned
over by President GreeAlaw to Mr.. r K
Dow, agent Of the trustees under the
first mortgage bonds. All property Of
the company, including the transfer boat,
has been carried over the river to the
Arkansas shore as a precautionary meat-
ure. Trustee and receiver Dow has ap
pointed Captain VIM. Maingault super
intendent of the road, and so the war
goes on between rival stock and bond
holders, Vice President Brinkley has
gone to Little Rock to commence legal
proceedings of an enjoining character.