Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-07-17
LEDGER LINES.

to-day.
The mosquitoes are very aggressive
throughout the city.
The era of good feeling" 10 jqst
after a morning cocktail.
A Main street thermometer burst yes.
terdsy, owing to the heat.
The Criminal Court stands adjourned
over to Monday next. 1t is not in SEES
sion to-day.
Nashville taking the hint from Mem
phis, is agitated about a proposed pub
lie fountain.
The tomato, that most excellent edi-
BILE, is of superior quality in this section
this season and is extremely plentiful.
Nearly all the thieving and plundering
done in Memphis and suburbs is done by
the new departure negroes who rob
On the color line.
The St. Louis Globe-D Democrat of
Thursday mentions in its personals the
presence Of R. A. Thompson, of the
Avalanche, in that city.
Police and FIRE warrants are selling at
90c., with a tendency TO 90 a few cents
better. The real value of these war
rants at present is 95c.
The blackberry crop is very large and
gives employment and funds to hundreds
of the black race who seek the county
in search of the berry.
A grand hop will be given at the new
hotel at Raleigh tonight. Special train
will leave the Louisville depot at nine
p m. Fare for round trip, SOC.
The Police and Fire Commissioners
meet on Monday to hear the controversy
as to those bagnios on Washington
street, between Main and Second.
The large audience room of the Lin
den Street Christian Church has been
handsomely decorated, and will be
thrown open to the public tomorrow
morning.
1t is said that Sheriff Anderson and
Waddy Thompson now take habeas cor
puses for breakfast, dinner and supper
daily in Missouri. Our Sheriff does not
like the bill Of fare, but Waddy enjoys
it hugely.
On Tuesday next Tracy will escort a
large party Of Memphians and citizens
from other points to the Mammoth Cave
and back. The excursion is a most
pleasant one and costs only $l2 to the
cave and return.
An effort was made tothrow the Little
Rock train off the track on Thursday
night, near Hope6eld. The wreckers
we're persons evidently instigated so to
do by the late controversy and by the
failure to pay off employees.
The German Casino Club will indulge
in a river excursion on Tuesday ven
ing next. None but members invited.
The tug Nettie Jones, ia connection with
first class barges, will convey the excur
~sionists on their moonlight trip.
An order issued by Chief Athy was
read to the patrolmen yesterday after
noon instructing them not to interfere
with the sale in this city at any hour of
products of the soil or meat by the pro-
ducer, the new charter giving such priv
lege.
The B. T. s. Club gave a charming en-
tertainment last night at Fowler Grove.
There was good music, pretty girls, spir-
tied dancing, comfortable chairs cool
shades for lovers and an abundance Of
lemonade, all of which was highly en-
The Nicolson pavement is being re-
paired slightly at several points by the
City Engineer, but the work doing is not
extensive enough to meet the require
ments, it being rather a little effort to
stop public clamor by pretending to do
something.
In the Second Circuit Court the areu.
ment of counsel is being heard in the
case Of Greenlaw ct al VS.. Shelby county,
involving about $50, 900 in warrants,
alleged to have been illegally issued by
Barbour Lewis while county commits
in the county Jail matter.
The Avalanche man takes fits when
he sees a Detroit Free Press joke pub
lished 10 the LEDGER, because he knows
that his W stale editorial puns and
bogus witticisms lave never yet ever
made a lunatic smile, except probably
when he smiled a ghastly grin himself.
Mr., H.. M. L~oewenstein delivered an
able address before the Irish Literary
Association last evening to establish the
proposition that Contraction does not
lead to specie payments" He had no