Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-01
LEDGER LINES.
No Gre last night.

Nothlng ne" IN the courts OF hecorQ
to-day.
The religious exercises at the EXPOSE
ton will continue during the week.
Knights Of Innisfail picnic at James
Park tomorrow. Do not fail to attend
the Innisfail picnic,
m The Police and Fire Commissioners
will meet this afternoon for the trans
action of regular business. -
The attendance at the Whittle gospel
meeting last night at the Exposition was
not large, although the services were in.
teresting. SEQ ,aia9.
The Chiekasaw Guards and the Irish
Volunteers turned out in force at the
decoration yesterday at the National
Cemetery. g1a4 p t2
In the Recorders Court to-day Moses
Webster, charged with larceny, and John
Pointer, ~larcenist, we're committed by
the Recorder.
In the Criminal Court to-day Mrs.
Evans, indicted for passing pistols into
the county jail, with intent to aid in the
escape Of prisoners, was placed on trial.
It's rumored that Mr., Bliss and wife,
whose sweet singing has been one Of the
attractions at the Exposition gospel
meetings, will reach this city to-day from
Illinois. III
General Council monthly meeting on
tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock at
which hour the City Fathers will meet
monthly, il not %oftener, during the sum
mer months. ar
1t is rumored that the Webster block,
on Main street, near Washington, is to
be changed into a frst-class theater, and
that plans have already been furnished
by an architect. Va
Several Memphians have already
packed up their trunks and left for
cooler chimes, and others are preparing
to follow and leave the bluffs during the
summer months.
Memphis is the only city in the United
States wherein you have to pay over five
cents for a street car ride, and here il
costs ten cents Tor a single fare over a
mile OF the worst road in the land.
At the instance Of their better-halves
several citizens have visited the County
Court Clerks Office for the purpose o.
discovering whether or not their mar
riage licenses are a matter Of record.
In another column will be found the
advertisement for the sale Of privileges
for the Masonic picnic on the oath inst
On that day Hon. N. P. Banks, Of Mas
sschusetts, will deliver the grafton a
James Park.
This is the first day of June, which
suggests bouquets of odorous flowers anG
visits from the bill collector who draw
forth his bill book and replaces it in hi
pocket when he hears the talismaniC
words, call again"
The Nashville Union and American o
the Both ultimo says; 'Whittle and Bliss
seem to have struck a Mississippi saw
yer at Memphis. 'Ephraim is joined"
etc. What does the lunatic Of th'
Union and American meau2
In Bayou GayosO in North Memphi,
hundreds Of boys battle daily and pre-
sent an Adamic appearance objection
able to modesty. But when did a boz
ever possess that quality when lie haC
the swimming mania in the spring time
Mr.. VIM. T. Heathman, a well-knowr
apd popular young attorney, accompa
MES Colonel VIM. H. Stephens to Lot
Angeles, California, with a view OF SCI
Ting there permanently. They expec
to leave for St. Louis this afternoon BY
boat.
Several prospective marriages ar
spoken Of on the street corners by thos,
who profess to know the mysteries 0
society. Among others mentioned it i
said that an Avalanche man and al
Appeal man will soon indulge in thu
luxury Of marital happiness.
Numerous complaints have been made
by those who have been attending The
Exposition meetings as to the oft recur
ring rrnning of Of the street cars OF
the various lines. The road is il
wretched order, owing to the incompe-
tency Of Superintendent Barrett.
We learn from Mr.. E. A. Yerger, th,
messenger on the Memphis and Paducal
railroad, that Hon. d. C. Slaughter, o
Upton county, who killed a negro, whom
he attempted to arrest for stealing, wa
acquitted 81 a preliminary examination
before three justices yesterday after
noon. stFs
Last week the schooner Wave. frog
Lake Michigan, worked her way agains