Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-05-15
LEDGER LINES.

Brownsville Bee, n Of our best country
exchanges, is in the city.
The Italian picnic comes off on next
Wednesday, the 18th instant, at James
Park. 1t will be a grand affair.
Next Wednesday evening at St. PAT
rick church will be celebrated the we'd
ding of Mr.. R. NJ. Mansford and Miss
Carrie Young.
The Confederate monumental picnic
on yesterday was largely attended up to
a late hour last night, during which time
a series of pleasures prevailed.
Sol Coleman has the celebrated Be-
nanza cigar, as well as all other fine
brands, imported direct from Cuba espe-
cially for the Memphis trade.
Mayor League is having prepared city
warrants for the payment of policemen
and 6remen. Each warrant will be Of
the twenty-dollar denomination.
Many of our leading business men
closed their stores yesterday in honor of
the Confederate picnic, which was
largely attended by the best people in
the city,
Massrs, White and Bliss, the revival
lists who have so C%hristianized the
heathens of Nashville, will hold forth at
the Greenlaw Opera House on Tuesday,
the 18th instant.
The Appeal Of this morning comes to
us dated Wednesday, May Is, on the
first page, but this was caused by the
failure to lift out the word Wednesday
and replace it with Saturday.
DR.. W. B. Wigs, an cid and we'll
known citizen here, but of late years a
resident of New York, is in the city on
a visit, and receives a hearty greeting at
the hands of his many friends.
Mr.. M. F. Ball will reopen the Euro
pean Hotel and Restaurant at No. 214
Second street, opposite Court Squire, on
Monday next, and will keep open day
and night. See advertisement else-
where.
The Mecklenburg Centennial will be
celebrated in q proper manner in this
| city, where the old North Carolina stock
is so largely represented. The celebra-
ton comes off on the goth instant, next
Thursday.
The surviving members of the For
rest command will meet on Friday next
at II m at the Forrest stables to per
feet arrangements for the turn out on
horseback as escort to Lieutenant Gen
eral Forrest on Decoration day.
Five strapping negro wenches tote
rock at the station-house yard from one
end to the other end by way of exercise.
Since this system of punishment has
been adopted the frightful yelling, pro-
family and turbulence INDUCED in by
these Amazons has ceased 10 be literally
carried on.
Mule.boxes now run off the track
daily and attempt to take possession of
the sidewalks in many streets, while the
mule makes frantic efforts to enter some
store. All this is caused by bad tracks,
and these repeated runs of will ere
long result in a turn over of a box and
the killing or Gripping of a lot of pas
sengers.
The beautiful and colossal bouquet
presented to the Confederate picnic last
might to be voted to the most popular
lady on the ground, was voted to Miss
Taggart, the night previous, in Chelsea.
The gallant gentleman who stepped
down to receive it last night concluded
not to do so, seeing it weighed about
seventy-fve pounds.
The happy family" known as the
CITY Hall ring" does not materialize
as well now as heretofore. They talk
about and abuse each other when the
other is absent, and compound for sins
they have a mind to, by damning those
they are not inclined to-" When the
happy family abuse each other in liberal
terms in mixed crowds there is some
hope for this free land yet,
The General Council has instructed
the City Engineer through Mayor
League to remove those eoAins which
are exposed on that street cut BY the
city through Winchester Cemetery. Let
it be zone Immediately, On lie exposure
OF the remains of the dead is disgraceful
to the city. Even the ancient Romans
and Greeks, whom we call barbarians,
took especial care Of their dead.
Court Square is ~frequented daily by a
large number of children, who delight
in playing on the grass and with the
squirrels, but when they 'Sish to rest
they generally find each 1ne of the iron
seats occupied by sorAe specimen Of
msSe humanity, who lies stretched out