Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-01

in our city and who we're then perform.
ing in that village. The Lebanon Her
aid denouncss the villains and prOclaims
that Lebanon is disgraced forever.
The Grand Jury report published in
the LEDsER yesterday was read with in
terest and pleasure. 1t wal written in
an humorous, witty and sarcastic style,
differing in every respect from those
elaborate and ponderous reports pre-
sented by former Grand Juries. We
are in favor of having the next report
dressed up in rhyme Of Hudibrastic
measure. AS a general rule Grand Jury
reports are pateRt humbugs.
He left the theater spelling match but
before be reached home be wandered
into several saloons. Toward morning
he got home and swore that some man
had stolen the key hole, just as his wife
with lamp in hand appeared in gar.
ments white and exclaimed, "Drunkl'
DIR u-n.c (hic) drunk. THAI ~eszynuf.
"BruteF "B-r-o-o.t (hic); gimme hard
err one." Idiot" she answered. THAI
harder chic, bat l kin spellum. Idig.t,
lgit. Now give us a sumner (bic).
Why don't you go to spellen school?'
When you hear a man attempt to
change the drift Of ordinary converse
ton and adroitIy switch it into a spell
ing track by asking you to spell a GER
tain word, you may know that he has got
it bad-the o~rthograph mania. Such a
man uses an unabridged dictionary as a
pillow and carries a spelEng-book in his
bosom; his whole being has become syl-
Liable and disjointed and his dreams are
Of angelic boys and girls who are eUjoy.
ing the exercises Of a spelling school OF
which he is the manager and prize dis
tributor.
The Avalanche editorially asserted
yesterday that "it is easy to assert that
the blacks are %indolent, improvident and
shiftless, but doubtless for each black
nan of that class an equally worthless
white man can be found" Fully three
fourths of the negroes of Memphis are
indolent, improvident and shiftless, and
the charge Of incidence, i%mprovidenee
and shiftlessness made by the Avalanche
against the white man cannot be sup
ported by proof. The Avalanche man
invariably struggles to the trent when
the great political power" called the
negro is shown up to be a political and
social nuisance.
The General Council will meet again
on Monday evening. The Ordinance
Committee is at work adapting the old
ordinances to the new charter, and will
make a report at the meeting above
mentioned. Several changes will be
made in the management of city affairs;
among others it ia proposed, in order to
save 5000 0 per annum to the city to
make the Chief Of Police act as City
Recorder, which duty can be performed
within half an hour each morning.
Other useless Offices can be attached to
the duties of other officials, and in this
manner make the incumbents earn their
salaries by performing a corresponding
amount of labor.
The Clerk Of the First Circuit Court
to- day issued the following mandamuses:
Silly & Hall VS.. City of Memphis,
State of Tennessee ex rel Thos. Branch
4 Co. VS.. the City of Memphis, and
State of Tennessee ex rel P. c. Bethel
VS.. the City Of Memphis. These man
damnses are peremptory, and owing to
the pig-headed opinions of Mayor League
involved the city in lawsuits and costs.
Now he caves and asks the General
Council to recognize the validity of the
bonds which some months ago he took
the liberty of repudiating, because they
we're issued by former administrations,
and because, pendente lite, the fund for
the payment Of the same would be under
City Hall ring control.