Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-21
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Centennisls and revivals seem to be
in order this year, as they will be in
1876.
Several showers Of rain yesterday
started growing crops OIL their upward
course.
Hebrew Orphan picnic at James
Park on Wednesday next, the 26th in
slant.
The strawberry season has come and
acts in conjunction with4he ice cream
period.
There will be a general suspension of
business on next Mondsy-Decoration
day at Elmwood.
Our ex.Congressman Barbour Lewis
has been attending the Beecher-Tilton
trial in New York.
The Grey and the Blue" Joined
hands and celebrated the Mecklenburg
Centennial in Memphis yesterday.
Ground is being removed on Main
street near South for the purpose Of
erecting a compress cotton shed.
The Bluff City Shooting Club will con.
test for the silver pitcher prize on Tues
day next at double birds shot out Of a
trap.
The invited are expected to assemble
at 8 o'clock precisely tomorrow morn
ing at the foot of Jefferson street to go
on board the tug 0riole.
Chancellor Walker will his
opinion on the injunction against the
Fire and Police Commissioners on Tues
day next-motion day.
Ex-senator Brownlow, in the Knox
vile Chronicle of the 10th instant, calls
the LEDGER the most intensely Demo.
cratic paper in the State"
Throughout this and adjoining coun-
ties cotton is showing up good stand"
and gives promise of a prolific crop,
Notwithstanding the croakers.
The moon was in its " full" last night
and shone out in all her silvery glory for
the benefit Of those who look upward to
admire the beauties Of nature.
The old and young beaux of the city
are bordering over the ~conundrum,
whether they should walk on the inside
or outside of a lady pedestrian.
In l775 old North Carolina contained
the hornets nest" from which issued
the swarm hat stung English tyranny
to death throughout the thirteen colonies.
In the Criminal Court to-day Louis
L%ongenetti is on trial charged with the
stabbing and killing Of John Court on
the 9th of January, 1875, on Front
street.
The thanks Of our citizens are due to
lessee Davey and his agent for the free
use Of the theater rendered to the Neck
lenburg Centennial celebrators last
night.
Messrs. White aud Bliss continue to
attract large audiences, but as yet few
sinners have become converted. Sim
ners should not be backward in coming
forward.
An immense amount Of wheat has
been sown in this county and in the
North Mississippi couHties this spring, a
fact which speaks well for the South and
home products in the way Of breadstuffs.
The Italian picnic, which was to have
been celebrated to-day at James Park,
has been postponed indefinitely, subject
to the orders of the Executive Commit
tee, who will the time of the
picnic ere long.
At the Recorders Court to-day julius
Douglas (negro), charged with larceny,
was committed in default of $1,000 bond,
and John Armour (negro), arrested for
larceny, was committed in default of the
same amount Of bonds.
The holiday yesterday was celebrated
by numbers Of citizens who went on fish
ing excursions to the Arkansas bayous
and lakes. Many returned triunphantly
with long strings Of fish caught with a
silver hook or greenback bait.
The Base ball mania is raging among
the boys Of the city, and Y a number
Of middle-aged gentlemen have caught
the ball and bat fever and talk of organ
izing several clubs by way of indulging
in violent exercise during the spring and
summer.
1t is q sad thought that very few of
those who celebrated the Mecklenburg
Centennial yesterday will be able to do
it again when 1875 rolls around through
space and time. The days Of the CEN
tenarians are past and gone, but why,