Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-24
LEDGER LINES.

printing done, apply at the LEDGER job
office.
St. Mary's Parish School for boys will
open on September g.. See advertise
ment.
We are now ready to receive the first
Tennessee and the FIRST Shelby county
bales Of cotton.
Hes dun gone to de Island, is the
answer to many inquiries from the dar'
kies OF the period at present.
Those bales of new cotton which
brought 36c. per pound on Change yes
terday were worth intrinsically l33 or IA
cents per pound.
Planters from the bottoms have dis
covered hat the cotton and corn that
had been bathing in the overflow did not
suffer any material damage.
The Fire and Police Commissioners
met yesterday and transacted official bus
mess nothing, however, of any special
Importance was passed upon.
Mr.. j. f. Frank is already moving
into his new store on Front street,
although a hundred workmen are ham
mering away throughout the building.
A negress in the county Jail added one
to its population last Saturday. Being
born in Jail does not of necessity cast
the horoscope as to the future Of the
waif.
In Memphis, when a mar says to an
other man, I'm your friend" it means
nothing; but when a man says it to a
woman, it is understood to mean every
! thing.
But little news could be discovered in
the Recorders Court this morning.
John Cooperwood was held to bail in the
sum of $4,000 to answer a charge of
larceny.
The LEDGER will appear in enlarged
form on the lst proximo and a very large
edition will be published for the benefit
Of the trade and commerce Of Memphis.
Send in your advertisements in time.
Louis Myers will open the Jefferson
street Opera House (varieties) with a
good troupe, on the 25th proximo. Jo-
seph Roby will be treasurer, and Dan
Griffin stage manager. The house will
be repainted and renovated generally.
The picnic to be given by the BIT. S.
Club. at Fowler's Grove, No lie Mar.
shall avenue, tomorrow night, will be
the most enjoyable affair of the season.
A fine band Of music has been engaged.
and every arrangement made to insure q
good time generally. Dancing begins al
7 o'clock sharp.
In another column appsars the an
nouncement Of the opening Of the Mem
phis High School, No. 259 Poplar street
The session will commence on the 9Th o.
September, and the school will be pre-
sided over by those accomplished
teachers, Professors 7. C. Anderson and
H. G. Slaughter,
The next meeting of the EducationaI
Board will be held on the first Monday
in September at five o'clock in the after.
noon. The Board authorized President
Mitchell to accept Miss Higbee's resig
nation, which was done, and now a va
cancy exists in the Office CT principal
of the Normal schools.
Owners of milk wagons and Others
who had to pay that illegal city license
have demanded a refuqding of the
money, but the Mayor informs them thai
although their right to have said money
refunded is undisputed, there is nc
money in the treasury, and conse
quently the amounts cannot be refunded
This is a cool proceeding.
We are in receipt of an invitation to
a banquet, complimentary to the O'Con
ner Zouaves, at the Opera House il
Knoxville, Monday, August Both, at two
o'clock pm. The company was named
after the wellknown and popular Major
Tim O'CoDner, of Nashville, who is tc
present a flag and do the handsome
thing on this occasion.
Now that the waters Of the bayou Gay
oso are recediug, accumulations Of vege
table matter and carcasses of dead ami
mails are left upon its banks, which emf,
q disagreeable and not by any means
health-giving efiuvia. DR.. Rice, the
Health Officer, is making arrangement
to remove these deposits as the waters
recede, but a heavy rain in a week or sc
would wash the banks and sweep all thit
matter into Wolf river.
Happy Hollow is being filed up, ant
the water therein are being pumped
into the river by the Danbury steam fire
engine, which is just now serving OIL
sanitary duty and doing splendid work
When the water in the pools is gotter
rid of and the hollows filed up, Happy