Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-09-10
9ubIie schoOIs Open next week.

Custom-house building will be com.
menced by the first of October.
1t Numbered all last night and 6tful
OF lightning broke out every few
minutes, but the rains cam not.
The Old Folks Record, a monthly
published in this city, will probably be
discontinued, owing to lack of patron
age.
Extensive preparations are making
for the concert and hop of the Irish Vol.
unteers at the Exposition next Wednes-
day night.
The people are anxious for some sort
OF amusement, consequently they will
go to the theater and circus with a rush
on Monday next.
The name of Alcoholism has been
to that fatal disease which is a
combination Of solar heat and mean
~
whisky. 1t is coup de soleil and whisky
aud ale.
Signal stations are to be established at
J~ohnsonville, Decatur and Chattanooga,
on the Tennessee river, as o o as ar
engagements a be perfected by General
Chief Signal Officer.
The contract between the Charleston
railroad and the city with reference to
the Washington street track was closed
yesterday and the necessary bond was
executed by the railroad company.
The Sheridan and Mack Novelty Com.
bination will open up the dramatic
season at the theater on next Monday
evening, upon which occasion there will
be a crowded and fashionable house.
Health Officer DR.. Rice will have the
fire-plugs opened each morning, so that
the street cutters can be kept clean.
The street force is doing good service in
cleaning up and washing out filthy alleys.
A survey Of the river front at Central
landing will be made at once by the
Charleston railroad men, and a force Of
laborers will be employed Immediately
in grading the route down Washington
The German Benevolent Society will
hold it twentieth anniversary at Hum.
boldt Park on Monday next. The ora.
ton in German will be delivered by F.
H.. Finne, and the English Grafton by
Luke W. Finlay.
Quite a refreshing shower of rain fell
in the suburbs of the city yesterday. A
heavy rain for a few hours would i'm
prove the health Of the city materially
and add no little to the comfort and con-
venience of its denizeus.
A Monroe street keno room was raided
upon last night, and keno was not found
=" korrect." When the police arrived
the gaming.room was found deserted,
the boys having folded their tents like
the Arab, and as silently stole away"
The Cotton Exchange b~lackboards had
the following facts and figures to-day
Receipts of cotton for the week, 222
bales; for the season, PSI; shipments
for the week, 400; for the season, 4O5;
stock on hand, 2448; sales for the week,
So bales.
The following named gentlemen have
been appointed as a committee to nomi-
nate officers for the Chamber of Com
merce for the ensuing year: MessrS. s.
ID. D%unscomb, chairman, John C. Fizer,
Chas. G. Fisher, G. V. Rambaut, Isaac
Schwab, N. M. Jones and jerome Hill.
1t is understood that the Brazil Steam.
ship Company, of Liverpool, intends
starting a regular line of steamships be-.
s#een Charleston and Liverpool, by
which through passage tickets and
through bills of lading can be had from
Memphis and other points to any portion
of Europe.
That mule stand nuisance kept up by
the City Railway Company IN front of
room Of the Presbyterian church,
on Beal street, still exists in all its pris-
tine offensiVeness. By what authority
does the City Railway Company turn
that section Of Beal street into a mule
to the annoyance of the neighbor-
The next Quarterly Court, which will
have to investigate the Poor.house i'm
broglio, will be composed of Esquires D.
Witherington, W. P. Yorke, W. N.
Reynolds, S. Hamontree, P. M. Winters,
Fl. Sneed, J. NJ. Coleman, Ed Cald-
well, j. W. Herring, A. j. Fletcher, H.
lrbyr W. Il. Walker, Thomas Holman,
H, Hoegel, j. A. Thompson, R. b.
II. G, Massey, R. R. Stone.
superintendent Beatty of the. County
Poor-house says in his card of resigna.
ton that the LEDGER reporter, who
seemed to be so much afraid of white.
washing that he in fact 'blackwashed'
the whole concern" If the LEDGER re-