Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-06-29

No. Is, Knights of Pythias, held last
night, the following officers were elected:
David Reahard, P. c.; J.. G. Walston,
G c. c. A. Moore, v. c.; Slaugh.
ter. P.
The Appeal this morning comes ont in
defense Of the Picket School Board
ring, and makes a fierce onslaught upon
the dismissed teachers who dare to rise
up and expose the schemes and r%ascali-
ties of the ring.
Wandering negroes of both sexes are
reveling in the blackberry crop, ard
suburban residents have to keep answer
ing the door bell continually to respond
to the solicitations Of these blackberry
vendors.
But ten School Boarders will have TO
90 out of Office in January next. A
majority of these ten belong to the
Picket ring, as it is called, bat after
January next they will belong to it no
more, except from the ragged edge of
defeat.
Newspaper paragraphs often strike a
chap who was not aimed at and who was
not thought Of by the writer Of the par
agrapb. This is explained by the old
couplet:
Full many a shaft at random sent
Finds a mark the archer little meant"
AT an election for officers of Chicka-
saw Lodge No. 8, l. O. 0. F., held last
night, the following officers were elected
for the ensuing term: R. D. Frayser, N.
G. R, ]. Black, v. G.; L. NJ. Hearn, R
s.; Thos. Bacon, P. s., and John A.
Holt, Treasurer.
The frst-mortgage bond-holders of the
Little Rock railroad are about to take
possession of that highway. Yesterday
an injunction was granted Vice Presi-
dent Brinkley by the First Chancery
Court, restraining President Greenlaw
from transferring the road to the bond
holders.
An effort will be made at the next
meeting to cause the School Board to
reconsider its basty action in selecting
teachers. In the late selection personal
friendship, preference, influence and
prejudice ruled those who made the
selections, and this is why many Of the
very best teachers were ignored.
Under the new law nineteen justices,
or one-halt in the county, will squat
upon the Quarterly Court bench on Mon
day next. The other half will have their
turn at the succeeding term. Ten JUS
tees will constitute a quorum for the
transaction Of business. This is a big
Improvement upon the old system.
The Scientific American has discoy.
cred in the despised BID Big AN odor
as delicate and delicious as it was before
rank and disgusting" This results from
treating the cimex lectularius with
a saturated solution Of nitrate Of potash
in water exposed to the air for several
days. The odor is unlike any other per-
fume, and no one would suspect its orr
gin,
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The question has been asked on the
streets, why did such School Visitors
as Messrs. Fontaine, Churchill, Gibson,
Rambaut, Martin, Duffy, Mallon and 9th
ers let the select committee on teachers
make such a distinction between pro
and anti-Picket teachers2' The above
gentlemen were selected to see that no
such favoritism should be permitted in
public school matters.
The A~valanchian says that "a few
months since a w~ell-known citizen was
convicted of incest, intermarrying with
his stepdaughter, by the Bartlett CircuieI
Court, but, that the Governor very prom.
erly pardoned him." Would it not be
better to repeal the law making incest a
crime than to regard its violations as
very proper? Should it be repealed it
will then be, of course, very proper "
TO marry ones own grandmother, from
an A%valanchian standpoint.
To-day detective McCune left for Holly
Springs, Mississippi, with a requisition
for a negro nsmad Isaac Atkins, who is
charged with stealing a mule from an.
other negro, who at the time was 10 the
employ Of MeSsrs. Waite & Lewis, coal
dealers, of this city. The Holly Springs
authorities have refused TO surrender the
prisoner for some time, but now they
will obey the order Of their own Lieu
tenant-Governor, A. X. Davis.
The Commissioners have again been
served with that Supreme Court order
dismissing Foley's petition for a supet.
cedeas. Judge Tom Brown, counsel for
Foley, is determined to crowd the Com.
missioners into TIE body of the jackson
Jail, but the counsel of the Commission.
ers are amused at such a prospective re-
suit, they believing the order of the
Supreme Court as of no effect evcant en-