Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-24
LEDGER LINES.

The Confederate picnic netted S572 So
for the monumental fund.
Co. A, Irish Volunteers, have re.
ceived their new uniforms.
Hebrew Orphan Asylum picnic at
James Park on mex Wednesday.
&ortuary report for the past week;
Total deaths, l6-whites, 8; blacks, Z,
Already the sickle is being sharpened
to reap the grain harvest in Tennessee.
The Southern Catholic of this city has
become a f~our-page instead of an eight
page journal as heretofore.
The St. George Benevolent Assoeia-
ton picnic comes of at James Park
this afternoon and tonight.
The white magnolia blooms in the
suburbs, and like the Lotus, its perfume
falls and floats adown the air"
Chancellor Walker will deliver his de-
cision in the Foley VS.. Fire Commission.
ers Injunction case tomorrow morning.
The rattle for that fine horse, owned
by officer Pryde, Of the police force, will
come of tomorrow night at Harvey
Robinson's, on Monroe street.
What will be the lex sensation in our
city, now that photographic tournaments
for the benefit of the orphans are over
and baseball struggles and evangelistic
REVEALS are raging?
Elegant bouquets are now hawked on
the streets at twenty-five cents each,
which places it in the power of the
average millionaire to present his pc.
culiar weakness with a floral offering.
At the Exposition building the ladies
admire the singing of Mr.. Bliss and the
men admire the vocal efforts of Mrs,
Bliss, the latter lady being one Of the
evangelists, who adds no little to the
success Of the religious excitement.
The monumental fund committee will
present a report 1T Elmwood to-day as
to the amount Of the sacred fund and
what condition it is in, with a view to its
collection and expenditure upon that
monument. This the committee has
promised to do and the public expects
no less.
To-day, fourteen years age, 1861, Col
onel Ellsworth, of the Chicago Z%ouaves,
was killed at Alexandria, Va, by Mr..
Jackson, of the Marshall House, as Els
worth was tearing down a Confederate
flag which aoated over the hotel. Jack
son was Immediately shot and killed By
Brownell, of Ellswor:h's command.
This is Decoration day at Elmwood,
which celebration will be participated in
by a large concourse of exc onfederates
and Federals, as well as by private citi-
zens Owing to the threatening weather
the procession did not start until II m.
The Bluff City Grays, Co. A., Of the
Forrest cavalry regiment, acted as escort
to e%x-Lieutenant General Forrest.
Yesterday was the anniversary Of the
famous battle Of Families, France,
fought between the English under NAL
borough and the French under De vii
lery, in 1908. in which battle Lord Clare's
Irish dragons in the French service
covered themselves with glory in a des-
perate charge on the English lines, in
which charge they were h~eroically sup
ported by al Italian regiment.
A female reyivalist named Catherine
Sheriff delivered a sermon on the In
gathering Of Israel, on the corner of
Court Square and Second street before a
mixed audience yesterday. Mrs. Sheriff
spoke with o strong German accent, and
was attentively listened to during the de-
livery of her discourse. The appearance
Of a female evangelist, preaching in the
open air to sinners, is a new religious
feature of ibe Bluff City.
The special trustees of the Independ.
ent Order Of Odd Fellows, W. s. Bruce,
Thos. Bingham, John P. Hoffman and
R. Dudley Frayser, have been authorized
by the several lodges which these gentle
men represent to have constructed a
building on the grounds of Leath Or.
phan Asylum for the orphans of Odd
Fellows, The gentlemen have the fund
in hand and are about to give out the
contract FOR the building.
1t is the duty of magistrates and min
listers who marry couples to return the
license Immediately afterward to the
County Court Clerk, so that the marriage
may be made q matter of record, but this
is too often neglected, as often appears
BY the presentation of executed marriage
licenses to the Clerk months and years
after the contamination of the cere-
.mony, all Of which is an objectionable
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