Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-25
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the TWO Circuit Courts are In session to-
day.
In the Second Chancery Court the
divorce case Of ss,Iie Beehr vs.. Joseph
Beehr is on hearing.
Many Memphians will go out to Raj
eigh tonight to indulge in the "hOp" to
be given at that point.
Banner Lodge No. LAT /. O. O. F. will
meet tonight to elect officers for the
ensuing term and to initiate.
Mr.. F. L. Warner has received large
orders from Kansas City for apples and
other fruits and snap beans.
Chief Of Police Athy, who has been
confined to his room for several days,
was out on the streets this morning.
Sheet lightning ell around in the south.
east last evening was indicative Of rain,
which fell copiously this morning,
Everybody in Memphis is anxious to
learn the result in the Beecher-Tilt
case, now that it has gone to the jury.
Sunday week will be the glorious
Fourth Of July, but the celebration here
will take place nextday, Monday, the 9th.
That big sea turtle was sold to and
divided between the Peabody and Gas
ton. Now you cannot mock the turtle
soup.
The floating body Of a white man was
found in the river at the foot Of South
street by some negro drift-catchers last
night.
An immense crowd Of citizens went
out on the mule.boxes to James Park
last evening to attend the Masonic
picnic.
Last night the St, Peter Commandery
of colOred Masons and their friends in
dulged in a picnic at the Exposition
building.
The closing commencement exercises
Of LaSalette Academy for young ladies
will be held on Thursday next at 8
o'clock am.
After 8 o'clock street-walking is pro-
hibited and all nymphs du pare are ar
rested and incarcerated in the Adams
street bastile.
The Masonic picnic at James Park
last night was a most successful affair,
not only in point Of numbers attending,
but financially.
Numbers Of people now frequent the
bluff. at the foot Of Madison street, every
evening to watch the sun 90 down and
the packets 60 out or come in,
We are printing cards cheaper than
ever before done in this city. Call at
PUBIC LEDGER Office and price them
and other kinds Of printing.
Commencement exercises Of the Chris
tiaa Brothers College at the theater to-
night. Hcn Jacob Thompson will de.
liver the address to the graduates.
The LEDGER will now contain daily
several very cheerful communications on
public school matters. The question is,
Who made out that list Of teachers?
The rain this morning cooled the at
mosphere down to an agreeable point
and no longer does the mercury in the
thermometer skirmish up among the
nineties.
Several people have suggested the
propriety Of inviting General Banks to
deliver a speech at the Exposition to-
morrow night upon the political topics
Of the day.
Many a man in Memphis fears pub.
licity; others seek it and love it. The
former are the criminals; the latter the
vanity struck mortals, and--both should
be locked up.
The colored Masonic lodges and
Knights Templar celebrated St. Johns
Day yesterday. These lodges are recog-
nized in England and on the continent
Of Europe, but not here.
Mr.. Kinney, of Covington, who killed
his brother.in.law, Esquire Brad Var.
brough, a few days since by shooting
him with a shotgun, was tried at CoyiDg-
ton yesterday and acquitted.
The Educational Board is now about
to develop a new "School for Scandal"
not to be written by Sheridan, however,
although the Backbites, Sneerwills and
Josephs may make their appearance.
In the Criminal Court to-day Lizzie
Lyons (negro) was placed on trial on in
dictment for the murder Of Lou Chris
tan, whom she ~butchered with a knife
back of the Gsyosc House some weeks
since.
The trouble in the municipal camp is,