Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-15
LEDGER LINES.

General Council meeting tomorrow
afternoon.
LAGRANGE has been selected as the
capital of the e county Of Bell.
The st. Agnes Female Academy com
mencement exercises come off on Tues
day next.
Among the attractions to be exhibited
at the Masonic picnic on the oath will be
a baby show.
A memorial has been gotten up petit
tioning Congress to establish a marine
hospital in this city.
The argument Of counsel in the Elk
press robbery case will close in the
Criminal Court to-day.
Merchants are taking the police and
fire warrants for goods, but money spec
~ulators discount them.
Another Exposition will be held this
fall-so the stockholders Of the Exposi.
ton building have decided.
Tracy is making arrangements for a
citizens excursion to the Mammoth Cave
of Kentucky. Ten dollars will be charged
for the round trip.
The School Board met last night and
concluded to retrench, thereby taking
the sound advice given by the LEDGER,
but not to the extent advocated or nee
essary,
Those who obtained cards of admis-
sion to the annual commencement Of the
Memphis Ladies' Institute will not for
get that it takes place at the Club Hall
Thursday night.
At 3 o'clock last evening a fire broke
out in the clothing store of Chapsky &
Bro, No. 227 Main street, butthe flames
we're suppressed before any material
damage was done.
A special excursion train will leave
the Paducah railroad depot at 4 o'clock
to morrow afternoon for Covington, where
the International Circus will give a per-
Torrance tomorrow night.
The recently elected officers of the
Penn R. A. Chapter are as follows: A..
]. Wheeler, Il. P; R. Galloway, X; C.
W.. Mosby, s. D.; D.. C. Trader, Treasu-
rer; @. G. Locke, Secretary.
The City Hall officials are complain.
ing Of the annoyance caused by gangs of
%loafers, or time d~estroyers," who con-
gregate in the different offices to "gab"
and prevent the officials from attending
to business.
The closing exercises Of the Christian
Brothers College will be held on Friday
next, when the degree B. A. will be con-
ferred upon two of the students. Hon.
Jacob Thompson will deliver an address
to the graduating class.
AT the Armour Institute commence
ment exercises held at the Mendelssohn
Club rooms last night, the following
young ladies graduated: Misses Mamie
M. Patterson, Susie L. Wade, Laura
Galloway and Ida Johnson.
The e%fluvia ~emanating from the pool
Of water IN Third street, at the inter
section Of Union, is very obnoxious to
citizens Of that vicinity and pedestrians.
1t is a nuisance Of the most offensive
nature and should be abated at once by
the authorities.
We received a specimen OF bottled
scuppernong wine from Mr.. B. B.
Barnes, one of ieir w~ell-known lawyers,
but who raises the grapes and manufac-
lures the wine at his vineyard out on the
Poplae boulevard. The wine was tested
by our temperate reporter, who pro
nounCed it good, Of fine bouquet and
good body-in fact, it is a delicious sum
mer beverage.
At a Chamber Of Commerce meeting
held yesterday a committee consisting
Of Messrs. Napoleon Hill, B. M. Estes
and ]. c. Nicely was appointed to wait
upon the corporators of the Memphis
Freighting Company aud request them
to relinquish their alleged claim upon
the bluff so that work cal be commenced
at once o 4the custom.house by the gem
eral government.
Mr.. White, the r~eyivalist, left yester-
day for Little Rock, Ark, where be pur-
poses making a brief stay ere he returns
Northward. The expenses of the re-
vivals at the Exposition building amount
to about $500, which was made up BY
the church members Of the city. OF
this sum Mr.. White did not receive a
cent, and he has mot been paid a cent
in this city, he stating that remunera-
ton for his services came from else
where.
The Rev, D. C, Kelly, of Nashville,
passed through Memphis yesterday on