Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-12
LEDGER LINES.

AHc OElluiudi OOufb STATUS huJOulucu
until Wednesday next.
There were only two shooting scrapes
and one suicide yesterday.
The German Casino club purposes Civ
ing two concerts a week in Court Square.
Fruit continues to come in in large
quantities from Mississippi and Louisi-
ana.
Colonel Heating, of the Appeal, has
left for the Northward to indulge in a
summer tour.
The mortuary report for the past week
is as follows: Total deaths, 22-whites,
IL; blacks, IL.
The B. 7. 8. Club will give a private
picnic at No. ITO Marshal avenue next
Friday evening.
Rev. DR.. Collins, President of the
State Female College, was buried at
Elmwood yesterday.
DR.. Gregg, deputy Clerk Of the Second
Circuit Court, after a weeks illness has
again appeared at his official desk.
Joe McCullers has horses, buggies,
hacks and carriages for hire, at his livery
stable, No, AZ Adams street. THANH
The rains on Saturday evening last
extended throughout the North Missis-
sippi counties, where it was very much
needed.
Judge Walker, who was appointed
City Attorney pro tenn on Saturday last,
entered upor the discharge of bis oner-
GUS duties to .day.
The base ball nuisance, with its OBJ
scenity and profanity on the part of the
players, is beginning to attract the at
t%ention of the police.
Police and fire warrants are still going
up and are considered fancy scrip"
by brokers and merchants. 1t is now in
demand at from 85c to 9Oc on large lots.
In DeSoto and other Norch Mississippi
counties an immense wheat crop is be-
ing gathered and threshed for market.
The corn and cotton crops never looked
better.
AT Germantown, on Friday night last,
the residence of Mr.. L. P. Featherstone
was destroyed by FIRE, he losing all his
household goods, clothing, etc. No in
surance; cause Of the FIRE unknown.
Heavy drift from the Ohio and tribu-
tary streams continues to float down the
Mississippi past this port. The floating
trees are tall sycamores from the Wa
bash, Miami, Mad rivers and other up.
country bayous.
Several merchants paid 9Oc in cash
for police and FIRE scrip for privilege
tax-paying purposes, The warrants
draw six per cent. interest, and on the
LIST of January, 1876, will be worth 'ex-
act lO3c on the dollar.
The e%xcursionists to the Mammoth
Cave returned Saturday. All had a
most delightful trip and speak in high
terms of their treatment at the cave,
where they met sixty-eight ladies and
gentlemen from Nashville.
1t is reported that Miss Susa S. Vance,
Of our city, and authoress of Our Two
Selves" will bring out another novel by
fall, Miss Vance, although a new CON
vert to literature, has given promise Of
good things in the way of mental paR-
lum for the reading world.
The conundrum, Who shall be our next
Mayor is beginning to be generally dis.
cussed, and several leading business men
are f~avorably spoken Of. The general
feeling seems to be to ignore politicians
in the selection and elect a t~horough-gc.
ing business man who has no ak to grind
in municipal politics.
Scores of people from this city are
leaving for Bon Aqua Springs daily
This place of resort is rapidly becoming
popularized. If cool, healthy at
mosphere, good eating, pure water anC
every opportunity for exercise are thu
things desired by Memphians for theil
families, Bon Aqua is the place, and i
is within easy reach Of Memphis.
The leading Memphis bellies hardly
ever remain in town at the same time
When one Of them returns from a raiC
on %neighboring cities another leaves i'm
mediately to take a tour of the province
in search Of new worlds to conquer
This field Of Memphis has been CLEANED
Of hearts and cannot support a score o
leading bellies, Ill of whom are on thl
warpath.
Attorney General Wright, of the Grim
inal Court, has gone to St. Louis to tax,
a hand in the Waddy Thompson affair
} Waddy stands indicted here for %larcen.
and other things done in the Hendrix
Carter & Co. case. Waddy has beef