Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-12
LEDGER LINES.
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New buckwhsat at Oliver, Finnie 4
Co.'s.
Oliver Doud Byron in Across the Con
tinent at the theater tonight,
In the public schools of the city Their
are in attendance 1877 white children
and about $50 negro children.
Misses Kunkle and Lyon and Mrs
Reilly have been elected as teachers o
the public schools by the Board Of Edu
cation.
The theater was packed and crowded
last night by excursionists who came OF
the different railroad trains and rive.
packets.
In another column will be found tn,
notice with reference to the subscription
list of the Bluff City Building and LOAF
Association.
The Avalanche gets up q motto foi
Friar's Point, Let US have Pease;" bu
one ring of Coahoma county Radicalisn
prefers "all corn"
Mr.. David M. Philip has been granted
the use Of the School Board Hall for tn,
purpose of teaching a class the art o
shorthand writing and reporting.
The County Court has adjourned owe.
to Tuesday next. To-day workmen wer,
engaged in repairing the damage don,
to the courthouse by the late FIRE.
Mr.. L. W. Hamilton, of Bartlett, sen
to the LEDGER office specimens OF tn,
famous Rochester, N. Y, twerty-ounc,
apple. This fruit is for sale at the hous,
of Oliver, Finuie & Co.
The resignation of Mr.. A. L. Frank
land. School Visitor from the Eight
ward, was rendered and received by th,
School Board last night, aud a commit
tee was appointed to fill the vacancy.
The latest news from Friar's Point il
that the war is over aud all parties havl
gone TO work except the ofice.seekers
who are still on the warpath, and wh,
are reIigiously and constitutionally on
posed to labor.
An officer from Woodruff county, Ark.
arrived in the city to-day to carry bacl
Alex. L. Tatum, who is confined in tn,
~station-house on the charge Of killiuI
John Aiken in hat county on Saturda,
last. The officer and Tatum will leav,
for Arkansas this afternoon.
In the First Chancery Court a petition
for divorce has been filed by Sophie
Carlson against Carl Carlson on tn,
grounds of drunkenness and persona
abuse, The parties Intermarried il
Sweden in December, 1861, and emf
grated to this divorce-granting land il
1870,
A number of railroad agents are hold
ing q private convention at the Peabod,
Hotel for the purpose of adjusting
freight rates on cotton. The loca
freight rates are fearfully high on man,
of the roads; SO high, in fact, that it il
a discrimination against Memphis anC
in favor of Mobile and St. Louis.
The School Board is one of those sen
sitive yet public bodies that fears to le
the outside world know what it does il
private session. Many OF the member
prefer to ventilate their views in privat,
as to persons and things. This Boar,
elected by the people had better abolish
that private session business" a thin
abhoTrent to every intelligent American
and ssvoring of the old English Sta
Chamber business.
Quite a number of gentlemen left OF
the Grand Tower on last Friday evening
intending to return on Sunday on boar,
the Thompson Dean. Unfortunately tn
boats did not meet in due time, and tn
crowd did not get back until last night
Several business men we're unavoidable
absenti and n bank clerk had the key
Of the bank safe in his pocket and there
by prevented any money from being pal,
out of that safe on yesterday.
The late committee OF investigation
that sat on the Beatty Poor. house scan
dal matter has never yet presented a re
port to the County Quarterly Court ant
probably never will. The investigator,
committee was composed Of the follow
ing high'headed officials: Esquire Miller
chairman; Esquires Elliott, Brooks ant
Quigley. Why a report of the ~investi
cation has not been presented to tn,
court is a mystery, but it is now boldly
stated in County Court circles that.tht
matter had to be hushed up or else thu
whitewash would have bad to be used.
OH!
Those Mexican Twist Cigars, 5 for 25c.