Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-21

ton by General n. L. Banks, OF Massa-
ehusetts, at 8 o'clock; and then comes
the dancing.
An attorney pleading a cause before
one Of our magistrates Indignantly
demanded Of the opposing counsel and
the court, What did Cambronne say at
Waterloo when asked to surrender
The opposing counsel and the justice, not
being well up in French history, gave up
the %conundrum.
Captain George W. Gift, formerly Of
our city, is now proprietor and editor Of
the Napa county California; Recorder.
Napa, a town of four thousand inhabi-
tanis. is forty miles by boat from San
Francisco. The Reporter is a spicy
and well-gotten up sheet, full of items of
interest and general reading matter.
Tomorrow the commencement exer-
cises Of lie Moyne normal school will
commence at the Congregations church
on Orleans street. Examinations on to-
morrow, Wednesday and Thursday at
nine a. IN exercises of junior class to-
morrow evening; annual address on
, Wednesday evening; exercises Of senior
class on THURSDAY evening.
The parable Of the wise and foolish
virgins is thus applied to the planters in
} North Mississippi by an editor: While
some Of our planters are blowing their
lands and crops for corn and other
plantation supplies, we hear Of others
who are hauling sheaf oats to town and
get good prices, from the proceeds OF
which they are cashing their supply
bills"
The mortuary report for the past week
shows the total deaths to have been q;
whites, l6; blacks, IL. DR.. Taylor,
Secretary Of the Board of Health, says;
"What sickness there is in the city is
largely among children, and parents
cannot be too careful in protecting their
young from the excessive heat Of the
sun and from the imprudent indulgence
in eating premature fruits"
In referring to the fact that Mr.. Jefer-
son Davis had his hand kissed by two
fair enthusiasts on a train, a Louisiana
journal says: "Tbereupon the confeder.
ate chief touched with lips that have
spoken stern command amid the fire OF
battle the soft white hands hat lay like
snowdrops in his own, while to the fair
ones cheeks the blush rose stole and
| mingled with the lilies there"
Quite q number of children were lost
and found during the past week. The
police generally act as nurses for the
children Of careless mothers, and these
mothers always reach the station-house
toward evening IN order to make inquiry
after their lost darlings. The reunion
scene between the lost offspring and thu
distracted mother is often very affecting
and sometimes r~idiculously absurd.
On Wednesday next the Knights Tenn
plar, Masons generally, city authorities
Chickasaw Guards, Irish Volunteers
members of the Cotton Exchange anC
Chamber Of Commerce, and citizen,
generally, will proceed to the Louisville
depot and escort to the Peabody Hon.
N, P. Banks, of Massachusetts,, and
Governor Porter, of our own State
where they will be received aud enter
tanned as distinguished guests.
DR.. Guisan, Of Germany, has discov
cred that arsenic is Of great value as {
prophylactic in hydrophobia, aver as {
remedy after symptoms are marked
He treated eight persons who were bite,
by a mad dog and all recovered. DR.
Guigan recommends one-twentieth of
graia Of arsenic morning and evening
also that the wound be dressed with it
In these days of rabid dogs in Mempbi
the treatment is worthy Of medical NO
tice.
The Tennessee Press Association has
elected the following officers for the en-
suing year: President, Joseph Barbiere
Of Memphis; Vice Presidents, c. j. Lock
wood, Fest Tennessee; A. B. Upshaw
Middle Tennessee; R. NJ. Dickinson
West Tennessee; Secretaries, R. C. L
White and W, A. Wade; Executive Com
mittee, Messrs. Ira P. Jones, N. M. Polk
M. j.. Wright, 7. Ii. Baker, WI Slater
Thomas Boyer, E. II. Meyers. The
next annual meeting will be held in Co
lumbia.
The Mayor says: i believe on the Is
Of January next a twenty dollar warranr
that has been issued in paymentto polio,
and fremen will be OF more value il
payment of taxes than a twenty dollar
treasury note, because the warrant viii
draw interest from the time it is issued
aud more will be needed than the amount
issued" and yet brokers only offer 75c
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