Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-02
LEDGER LINES.
The business year has commenced.

The ladies' Centennial tea party
comes of at the Peabody tonight.
The first bale from Alabama was sold
here yesterday for twenty cents per
pound.
The Young Mems Social club will
meet this evening at Z o'clock sharp to
elect officers.
The police made 81 arrests last
month, and recovered stolen property to
the amount Of $1,000 in value.
At the Recorders court to-day George
Larry (nig) was committed to jail in de-
fault of $4,000 bail on the charge of lar.
ceny.
During the month of August eight
fires occurred in the city, the total loss
being 1872, 900, and the total insurance
1921, 200.
The Tennessee State Sportsmen's AS
ISOLATION will engage in field sports with
dogs and guns, neal this city, on the 25th
Of October.
The first bales Of cotton are about all
in, and it is time for the second bales to
make their appearance through the
newspapers.
Since %station-house keeper Simonds
captured thirty-seven rats with his pat
ent rat-trap, not a rat has been seen
around the city prison.
If Samuel Purcell, who was in this
city sick about three weeks ago, will re-
port to the Chief of Police he will hear
news that may not be to his disadvan-
tage.
Memphis dray and wagon.horses are
now taking sponge baths by wearing, tied
on their heads, a wetted sponge to pre-
vent o%verheating while at work during
these oppressive fall days.
The Market streeta and Peabody Public
schools will open on Monday, the 18th;
the Linden and Alabama street schools
on Tuesday, the l4th; and the Chelsea
and Court street schools on Wednesday,
the 18th.
The last of the absentees are struggling
homeward to the bluff. After spending
all their loose change at the springs and
other watering places, they have come
to the conclusion that " there's no place
like home"
Yesterday LEDGER gave general sat
isfaction to the public. Everything was
condensed or photographed so that the
reader could at a glance see the facts
and figures, showing the progress of the
city during the past season.
Next Monday night the learned Solons
known as the School Beard will assem-
BILE in the Odd Fellows Hall to wind M
unfinished business and complete ar.
rangements to commence another schol-
astic year under Pickett's mismanage.
ment.
Mrs. Rainey, an inmate of the county
p%oor-house, has fled very serious charges
with Chairman Holman, of the County
Court, against Superintendent Beatty, Of
the p~oor-house. This is the second time
that an investigation has been demanded.
Let there be no more whitewashing done.
Revlvals are progressing in many OF
the negro churches of the city, and dis
tracted meetings are kept up nearly all
night. Religion seems to be in the
ascendancy, and the shouts of souls born
over again a be heard for miles away
from the scene Of the r%eyivals along
Bayou Gayoso.
The city public schools will open on
Monday week. 1t is to be regretted that,
owing to bad management and favorit-
ism, the schools of the city will not open
with that eclat which heretofore sur
rounded them; but the Wi~nnebagoism
in the School Board settled the fate Of
these institutions.
The special work-house committee of
the General Council reported yesterday
adversely to the proposition to hire out
the cbain-gang ard vags. This settles
for the present the matter, and Memphis
Taxpayers will continue to pay out 5000
per month to support vags and keep the
cart ring in motion.
Tuesday the three-story building,
244 feet front ON Main street,
Immediately north of the Peabody, and
occupiedby White, Langstaff & Co., was
sold by DR.. D. I. Porter to John CASTOR
for $37,5OO-or 1900 in cash, and
$4,000 payable in twelve months. Two
years ago $4,000 was asked for this
property, and $4S, 900 was offered by the
same parties.
The second Shelby county bale of cot
ton reached this city this morning, con-
signed to the house of A. Vsccaro & Co.
1t was raised by an enterprising Italian
farmer, Mr.. Peter Ballistrino, on Kerr
avenue, two and a half miles from town.
He has in about one hundred acres of
fine cotton. This bale classes as mid
ding. The first Shelby county bale was
likewise raised by an Italian.
A heavy eave into the river took