Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-17
LEDGER LINES.

Watermelons and cantaloupes are sell
ing all over town at a nickel each.
The usual daily rainfall occurred to.
day. A rainbow or an ark is now in
order.
Natoma Temple of H. and T., No. l,
meets tomorrow "wednesday morning
at nine o'clock.
The Paducah railroad has passed into
the hands Of a receiver, Mr.. c. H. Allen
of New Orleans.
That plank barricade which blockaded
Main street, neal Georgia, has been re.
moved, and the street is being graded al
that point.
Colonel NJ. D. L Stewart, Clerk and
Master of the Second Chancery Court,
has been lying dangerously i'll for a week.
and has gone to Raleigh to recuperate.
Our exchanges seem to be deploring
the fact that the country has now nc
living ex-President. We will have one
in 1877, but another dead one would be
preferable.
The social evil prosecution Of True.
hart vs.. Williams and Flynn, like a
wounded snake, drags its slow length
along, and it looks as if it will never
GENE to an end. In the meantime the
public are getting tired of the affair.
The long continued outporing Of the
waters from the upper world, has rem
dered it pretty sure that there will be a
dearth of pluyial showers this fall, and
hence a low stage of water in the Mis-
sissippi, and consequently steamboat
men predict plenty of snags.
A number of English merchants repre-.
senting the Mississippi Valley Trading
Company reached the city yesterday and
left for st. Louis this afternoon. The
Englishmen were shown around the city,
and as they left they expressed them
selves as satisfied with this "blarsted''
country.
Iii rumored that Barrett intends run
ming his old mule boxes down to Fort
Pickering in order to pick up a few ten
cent pieces in South Memphis. The
railroad company should follow the ex-
ample set by all other cities and reduce
the fare to a nickel.
That dangerous and horrible sidewalk
on Main street, between South and Clay
streets, is impossible, and those who at
tempt to cross on it are in danger of be.
ing pitched into the bayou. Will the
city authorities who have charge Of
these things either fix the sidewalk OF
compel the owner of the property SO to
do2
The cornerstone of the Odd Fellows
Orphan Asylum will be laid tomorrow
amid imposing ceremonies. The officers
Of the order who will take prominent
positions in the celebration are as fol
lows; A. 0. II. P. Sehorn, M. W. G. NJ
J. E. Russell, D. G. M G. W. L. Crook,
s. G. W; A. F. Davis, G. NJ; S.
Landrum, Chaplain.
In another column will be found the
call of Grand Master A. j. Wheeler, and
the masters of the different Masonic
lodges, inviting all members to assemble
at their hall, Odd Fellows building, at
nine o'clock tomorrow morning, for the
purpose Of aiding and assisting in laying
the cornerstone of the Odd Fellows Or
phan Asylum.
But little business of importance was
transacted before the Recorder this
morning. Dan Herman was found guilty
Of the heinous offense of entering the
dwelling of an old lady on Third street,
near Monroe, and assaulting her by
slapping her face. For this rufianly
outrage lie was properly fined fifty dol.
lars and was also fined ten dollars for
being drunk.
1t seems as if Judge Trigg, of the
United States Court, will not be here to-
day, as agreed upon, to hear the Waddy
Thompson habeas corpus case, since the
Judge has ~telegraphed to the United
States Marshal that in the event of a
continuance being agreed upon by the
counsel to take a $4,000 bond for the
future appearance Of the prisoner. The
bond fixed by the Criminal Court for bis
appearance to answer the several indict-
ments is SIC, 1000, and which bond he has
been unable to give.
Private grape wire advices from Nash
vile indicate that in the matter Of the
United States Senator Governor Porter
will appoint a we'll known M~emphian or
some other man, probably the latter.
The Governor sits up and listens to all
petitions, reads the mountain of letters
that PILES up around him in favor Of the
five hundred applicants for the little
office Memnhians who have heen IN