Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-19
LEDGER LINES.

Stockton presiding, was IN session to-day.
Mortuary report for the past week
total deaths, 81; whites, IS; blacks, l6.
The German Casino Club will indulge
in a river excursion tomorrow evening.
General Forrest carried down fifteen
county Jail prisoners to work at the Pres
ident's Island work-house.
In many peach orchards a dry rot has
attacked the fruit as it ripened, and the
peaches dry up on the trees.
Joe McCullers has horses, buggies,
hacks and carriages for hire, at his livery
stable, No. AZ Adams street. thanh
The Police Commissioners were in
session to-day determining several ques-
tons as to the location OF houses Of bad
repute in respectable neighborhoods.
The Mississippi and Tennessee rail.
road company is laying a track from the
depot across South street to the cotton
compress erected in that vicinity by Mr..
Montgomery.
On Washington street, last night, a
mosquito-bar took FIRE from a lighted
candle. The flames we're extinguished
after the bar had been consumed. No
serious damage was done.
That old saying, Never mind the
weather, so the wind don't blow" does
not apply with any especial force in this
latitude. A little breeze by day and by
night would be a blessing to overheated
people.
A colored evangelist preached a fine
sermon to the station-house prisoners
yesterday. He exhorted his beloved lis
teners to quit stealing, prowling and
%sneaking and go to work and join the
church.
Quite a large party left for Bon Aqua
Springs last week and others will follow
during the present week. Bon Aqua is
near home, within easy reach of Mem
phis and it is a very pleasant place for
families.
From Pamela and other North Missis-
sippi counties come the reports Of splen-
did crops of corn and cotton. The
rains have generally been abundant
during the season, but now a good rain
is desirable.
Waddy Thompson will be defended by
an able array of counsel Judge Archi-
bald Wright, Gen. W. Y. c. Humes and
others, while in the prosecution Attor-
ney General Wright will be assisted by
L. B. Horrigan.
This high thermometer business makes
it very uncomfortable for those who are
unable to charter an ice house. As a
local astronomer puts it, THE heat from
the comet of last year is just now reach
ing the earth"
Mrs. Casey, who resides on Commerce
street, zeal the Raleigh road bridge, had
three watches stolen out of a show case
in front Of her store this morning by
two negroes, who on getting the property
a away and escaped.
To morrow General Peter Tracy will
escort a large party Of excursionists to
the Mammoth Cave Of Kentucky. Sc.
cure your tickets in time, at Speeds
railroad Office, corner of Main and Mad
ison. Fare, $l2 for the round trip.
Rumors Of the appearance of the cot
ton worm are beginning to be heard in
the city. No cotton crop could be made
unless we had a cotton worm scare,
which in that respect is somewhat like
the traditionary June snow-melting rise
of the Mississippi.
AT a recent election held by the Plan.
ters Insurance Company the following
named gentlemen we're elected as officers
for the ensuing term: D. T. Porter
President; d. II. Townsend, Vice Presi
dent; W. A. Goodman, Secretary; J.. G,
Lonsdale, jr., Assistant Secretary.
1t is proposed that the Pole Bearer,
organize a company or two of veterans
to join the Tennessee Centennial brigade
to be sent to Philadelphia in 1876. This
wolld present an interesting looking
military and political sandwich, which
would be most palatable to Northern
Radicalism.
During the present season dogs seen
to have a weakness for biting people OIL
the streets without probably being rabid
The dogs are evidently in bad humor OF
account Of the intense feat, and wher
you step on the extended tail OF one o
these animals you are apt to hear from
the other end.
Judge James Anderson left for Brown
county, Texas, on the Colorado river to.
day. Judge Anderson carried his sons
out with him and intends locating them