Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-16
LEDGER LINES.

Motto for the police and FIRE scrip
Excelsior"
News of another social "scan mag I"
is circulating arOund town.
W~agOnlOads Of peaches and apples
appear on the streets daily.
Big trees and aheavy drift are float
ing down to the gulf from the upper
rivers.
Coroner spelman varied the pleas
antries of life by marrying q couple last
evening.
The name of Major Minor Meriwethsr
is spoken Of in connection with the
Msyoralty.
Despite the elevated condition Of the
thermometer, prayer meetings continue
to be held in many churches.
The average Memphian fully indorses
that Byronical line, "'Tis pleasant sure
to see ones name in print"
Nashville has been selected as the
place at which the Southern Cotton Con-
gress will hold its next meeting.
The market reporters humorously
quote butter and lard as firm; molasses
quiet, with an upward tendency. e
Planters dewn the river apprehend an
overflow Of the Mississippi, and they are
concerned about their growing crops.
Memphis was never SO healthy as at
present. In fact, not an epidemic pre-
walls in any portion of the United States
this hummer.
The St. Louis papers are full OF the
Waddy Thompson case, which has been
on hearing in that city on habeas corpus
for five days past,
The intense heat yesterday ard last
night, 960, made it impossible for the
MemphiaH to keep cool during the day
or court sleep at night.
At BENEFITS Landing yesterday a Mr..
Tate, storekeeper, was shot and danger
ously wounded during a personal diff.
Guilty. he is not expected to recover.
The dullness pervading the sacred
precincts Of the s~tation-house nightly
creates the most profound sensations of
sorrow in the bosoms Of the newspaper
reporters.
On Tuesday next General Peter Tracy
will escort a select party Of Memphiaus
to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky at
the rate of twelve dollars per head there
and back.
At the Cotton Exchange there hangs
a fine drawing or design of the proposed
Court Square fountain. The design ia
of the gothic style of architecture, and it
presents a charming appearance, d
A written notice hung up conspicu.
ously notifies boot-bIacks that they are
not allowed inside the Cotton Exchange.
This has the desired effect, although not
a boot-black in the city can read the or.
der. poia.ga
Hundreds Of citizens visited the bluffs
at the foot Of Madison street last night
to catch a cool breeze and gaze upon
the river scenery, but not even a "cst's
paw" of wind prevailed in this sultry
climate.
The first cotton bale reached New Or
leans on the l4th from St. Landry
parish. 1t was of good staple and color,
claSsed middling fair to fair, weighed
over four hundred pounds and sold for
twenty-five cents. va'
Notwithstanding the intense heat, some
people are insane enough to stand out in
the broiling sun and play base ball,
while a score Of equally crazy sps ~ctators
stand around to watch the pitchers,
batters and catchers.
Our carriers will be around tomorrow
to collect from subscribers their dues. 1t
will greatly accommodate these hard
working public servants if people will
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have the change ready, and thus save
them a second trip.
A conundrum has been sent us, why
is Barbour Lewis law sign on Second
street like the Radical party Of Shelby
cOuntyT Were we to answer it reek-
lessly we should reply: Because it leans
toward the Appeal office, ,..g
In the First Chancery Court Nancy
Simmons has fled a bill for divorce
against Cain Simmons, and it is alleged
that they intermarried in 1870, and three
years thereafter Cain ran away, basely
deserving Nancy, and he is now a resi-
dent OF Mississippi0 .W r.ss
Sheriff Anderson and Attorney Gene
raj Wright are on their way from St.
Louis to Memphis with their willy priso.
ner, Waddy Thompson, who when
brought back will be arraigned before
our Criminal Court to answer the indict-