Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-16
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anu disposed OF some ponce q nre
business.
Tomorrow will be the anniversary Of
the fight on Breeds Hill, and it will be
celebrated on Bunker Hill by the Bos,
tonians.
A fete champetre will be given at
Alexander Park on next Friday night
for the benefit OF the Church Home Of
Orphans.
Ex-Patrolman Rogers, Of the police
force, is now engaged in selling a very
fine edition of a pictorial Bible through;
out the city.
The jury in the Express robbery case
Oh trial in the Criminal Court had not
returned a verdict up to o'clock this
afternoon.
Mad dogs are said to be running
around the city, at least several CANNES
have been shot on suspicion within the
past few days.
The excursion train 70 C~ovington over
the Paducah railroad leaves this after
400 at 4 o'clock. If you want to see
the circus go to C~ovington.
j.. Hoist having resigned from the
police force, Charley Campbell, one Of
the men dropped or the reorganization,
was selected to gil the vacancy.
The Templars' picnic takes place at
Wbitehaven on the 18th instant. Cars
will run at 10 and 1880 am. from the
Mississippi and Tennessee depot.
The Express robbery case was given to
the jury yesterday afternoon, and the
question with the public is, will they
hang the prisoners or each other?
Grasshoppers' have appeared on the
bluff at the foot of Madison street. They
appear in that vicinity every year, being
no doubt blown thither from Arkansas.
A gentleman recently arrived from
San Francisco states that he met several
%absconding Memphians in hat city.
They appeared cheerful, but we're not
1ourishing.
Big turtles weighing one hundred and
fifty pounds are caught in Nonconnah-
creek, these old monsters having come
from the Mississippi river on a dead.head
summer excursion.
1t is an old adage, that every man is
the architect of his own fortunes"
True, but without q material man to aid
him he has to build all his castles in
the air, from which but little revenue is
derived.
Some days since it was stated in the
LEDGER that a negro Dave Lowry had
been arrested on the charge of beating
his mother-in-law. Last night the old
woman died, and Lowry will be indicted
for murder.
The Appeal man has been trying to
sell people about that alleged inquest
held in Arkansas upon the remains of
Linn G. Doyle, which were said to have
been shipped in a barrel from this city.
Linseed oil is usually shipped in barrels.
AS a suspended fireman said y ster
day: Gentlemen, there is no foolish.
ness about the Commissioners. They do
business in a hurry and you can't fool
them. If you have not a good case you
had better not go before these city
guardians"
Fashionable people will do we'll to
recollect that no longer MendelssoGus
" Wedding March is heard at nupjtl.s,
now that the Wedding Chorus" frem
Lohengrin has succeeded the time hon
ored favorite at Washington and New
York weddings.
In July next the grand cotton owen
ton will be held at Greenbriar Springs,
Va. The delegates from Memphis are.
Messrs. Louis Hanauer, W. A.. Good
wyn, S. M. Gates, W. W. Guy. The
a~lternates are: Messrs. W. B. Mallory,
A. ]. r. Landauer.
Long lines of street cars are permitted
to blockade Main street, between Beal
and Linden, nightly, This nuisance
should be abated and the Company
compelled to put up their mule boxes
instead Of leaving them on the street
obstructing travel.
The police and fire warrant is are taken
par by our best merchants; the
brokers, Of course, who deal in money,
discount it, and make money by dis
counting it. 1t is the interest of specu.
lators to I" bear stock until they buy it
in, then TO bull il up to its full value,
or beyond it, if possible.
The United societies of Zion (black)
visited Zion Cemetery, neal ellis Sta
yesterday and decorated with
flowers the graves of their dead brethren
and sisters. They we're determined to
have a decoration day somewhere, the