Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-16
LEDGER LINES.
These are Sirius days.

the Christian Brothers College will COM
mence. ~
The oyster season will soon commence
in cans. The shell season will open up
in September,
The mortuary reports for the past
week show the total deaths to have been
2Si whites, 49, blacks, Is.
Tomorrow a well known confectioper
will be married to the accomplished
daughter of anaher confectioner.
Captain Martin Cohen. in another
column, has called a meeting of the
Memphis Greys for u o'clock this even
ing.
Now is the time to court q Memphis
belle, as a ~fashionably dressed woman
can't kick. The pullback dress will not
admit Of such.
If you want to see human nature in
chunks sit around the police station
house between the hours Of 10 and II
o'clock at night.
The river is now out of its bed and
able to stand, but the ~hydropathic doc
tors agree that it will get down into its
bed in a day or two.
A Newfoundland dog hitched up to an
elegant wagon, and drawing two chill,
dren, attracted considerable attention on
the streets yesterday.
The charter of the Clerks Building
and Saving Association has not as yet
been received from Nashville, but sub
scription books are filing up rapidly.
The New Orleans Picayune says that
the late Andrew Johnson was a Sweden
borgian in religions belief, or more
closely following that sect than any
other.
A few days since, q negro, Sterling
Green while erecting a log cabin near
Germantown, fell from the top log and
was killed instantly. Esquire Jones
held an inquest upon the body.
The Cotton Exchange went in their
new building, on the corner Of Frent and
Madison streets, to-day. The new room
is most convenient for all business pur-
poses. :
The police authorities have received
Information that a negro was killed by
another negro on Big Creek a few days
ago, and that the murderer is believed to
be in Memphis at present.
In September the Memphis Theater
will open for the season, as will also the
jefferson and Washington streets variety
shows. The oyster and business seasons
will commence about the same time.
The cornerstone of the Odd Fellows
orphan asylum WILDE laid ON Wednesday
next, upon which occasion there will be
a street parade, and an grafton will be
delivered by Grand Representative II,
I. johnson, of Humboldt.
Quite a number of merchants have
their own water gauges at the elevator
building, around which they assemble
several times during the day and take
observations, as well as make observa-
tions on the water problem.
Secretary Toof, of the Cotton Ex-
change, has our thanks for a pamphlet
copy of the proceedings of the Second
Annual Convention Of the National Cot
ton Exchange held recently at Green
briar Sulphur Springs, Va. At another
time we will notice the proceedings in
detail.
Wm. R. Moore, who is "touristing"
for the first time in Europe, pronounces
that country as simply a farce" when
compared to the United States. This
opinion compels us to believe that in the
farce Mr.. Moore is playing the leading
role, from a guide book standpoint.
The COWS of the vicinsge act as city
scavengers at night and go around eat
ing the watermelon rinds hat are cast
out upon the highways during the day,
and consequently the musical tinkling
Of the COW bells can be heard at all
hours between sunset and sunrise, but
like Macbeth, it murders Sleep
A lady residing on Washington street
had a valuable dress stolen about six
months since, and yesterday she recog.
nized the dress on a negro woman who
was passing her residence. The police
arrested the negro woman and found
the stolen garment on her, Of which she
was deprived on reaching the station
house.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis will address the
people Of Illinois at a meeting of the
Patrons Of the Industrial Association on
the l4th Of next month. His speech
upon that occasion will be worthy Of his
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