Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-19
LEDGER LINES.

General arrangements Tor the business
season are being made throughout the
city.
Quite a number Of persons are suffer
ing from attacks Of bilious fever and
chills at present.
Mr.. Wsddy Thompson, whose cases in
the Criminal Court have been such a
bonanza to newspaper reporters, left yes
terday for home, Jefferson City, Mo.
Colonel S. B. Beaumont, Of the Little
Rock and Fort Smith railroad, was in
the city yesterday receiving the congrat.
u%lations OF his old Memphis friends.
The German Casino Club INDUCED in
a delightful river moonlight excursion
last night. Music, dancing and singing
were INDUCED in by the excursionists.
The Odd Fellows celebration over the
laying Of the cornerstone of the Lsath
Orphan Asylum wing yesterday was
largely attended and passed off with
great eclat.
Since it was announced yesterday
afternoon that the river had at last com.
menced falling the Front street business
men have ceased frowning and have
commenced smiling.
The LEDGER sent a special commits
sioner down the river a day or two since
to report as to the overflow, and his lucu.
brstioDs and valuable notes will be
found upon the second page.
The B. t. S. Club will give another of
their delightful p%icDics at Fowlers's
Grove, No. ITO Marshall avenue, on
Wednesday evening, 25th instant. Dane
ing will commence at I o'clock sharp.
The County Court committee to inves-
tigate the condition of the Raleigh rail-
road, with reference to the $4,000. in
bonds Endorsed by Shelby county, is in
session to-day at the County Courtroom,
Mr.. Jefferson Davis has Withdrawn his
acceptance of the invitation extended by
the Rockford, ILL.,, people to speak at
their county fair, The Grand Army Of
the Republic, or Winnebago county In
dams, have immortalized themselves.
Gesrge Griffin, who committed an as
sault and battery upon A. Greenlaw yes
terday, was fined $40 by the Recorder
this morning and placed under $1,000
bonds to answer a warrant on Saturday
next on the charge of assault anG bat
terry with intent to kill.
Business men will recollect that the
very best and cheapest work can be done
at the LEDGER job Office. When drum
mers from other job Offices solicit your
work take their price list and visit the
LEDGER Office and compare il with ours,
and then you will see the difference, TO
say nothing about the quality Of the
work.
Governor Porter was the recipient Of
several excavations in this city to-day
because he failed to appoint a Memphian
to the vacant chair. The Governor
stormed the key of the Senatorial posi-.
ton, and appointed as Senator pro TEN.
Chancellor D. M. Key, of Chattanooga.
That Key will lock the Senatorial doors
for nearly two years.
1t is rumored that the General Council
will pass a series of condemnatory reso-
l%utions, because the City Attorney ruled
that the members were entitled to no
pay under the new charter. Only FIVE
members out Of thirty voted steadily
against the transportation of public
money or that twenty dollars per month,
which is the only visible income hat
several members we wot Of have.
Their high Mightinesses, the City Fa-
theirs, will gather around the City Hall
tables this afternoon and indulge in the
gas business and make much ado about
netting" When the General Council
w%restles with the chain-gang question
and saves the city 5000 per month ex-
penditure, some practical benefit will re-
suit. The City P%aternals should also
grant the Charleston Railroad Company
that right Of way down Washington street
to the river.
In our notice yesterday Of the ducking
Of a policeman by the boys who battle in
the bayou, nea Market street bridge, we
committed an error by reporting that the
ducked policeman was patrolman Baker.
The unfortunate who was forced to swim
ashore in full uniform was patrolman
James Mcconnell, the largest man on
the force, and as he came to the surface
putting and blowing, many citizens imag-
ined that a ~rhinoceros or ancient ichthy-
osaurus was laundering in the bayou.
When he got ashore the streams of water
running from his clothes came very near
creating q little deluge in that portion Of
the city.