Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-12
LEDGER LINES.


During the present month the longest
day in the year will make its appear
Ance.
The General Council will assemble at
the City Hall on next Wednesday after
nOoH,
Candidates tickets, cards and circu.
lars printed at the LEDGER Office cheaper
and better than elsewhere I
The sudden and heavy rains yesterday
afternoon interfered materially with
baseball matches in the suburbs.
Judge Trigg did not arrive to-day to
open the United States Court. He will
probably be here to. morrow morning.
Mr.. Thomas Flanagan, the Librarian
of the Memphis Law Library, is again
at his post at the courthouse library
rooms.
Quite q number of arrests we're made
by the police yesterday and last night,
but they were chiefly drunks and as
saults.
The mortuary report of the Board Of
Health for last week shows the total
deaths to have been 81. Whites, Is;
blacks, l6.
The young ladies of Gaiuess Female
Institute will indulge in commencement
exercises at the theater this afternoon
and tonight.
Quite a large number of people in thil
city have not left for the Centennial Elk
position at Philadelphia. They are wait
ing for the railroad fares to tumble.
Advices from Island No. 10 state tina.
the tow.boat Greyhound and coal TOW
are stranded, and are in a critical con
dition, at the head Of the island above
mentioned.
The Congressional Investigating Com
mittee, known as Senator Keys Com
mittee," has reached Jackson, Miss, an
has commenced an investigation in Sc
cret session.
Nothing Of public interest was tram
acted at the Recorders Court or at tn
County Courts of Record to-day. A
the Criminal Court a few misdemeanC
cases we're called up for trial.
Last night Captain John D. Fnney,
the John B. Maude, died on board h
/, boat at the landing. To-day the boa
&. in port hung their colors at half.mal
: out Of respect to the memory Of the d,
. ceased mariner.
The Presbyterians have commence
breaking ground for the purpose Of cree
ing a new church on the Topp plac
, corner of Beal and Lauderdale street
A very handsome little church is to
erected on the lot.
:, The military drama, entitled 0ul
will be presented at the theater
Wednesday night by the members Of t
= Chickasaw Guards and several of th,
lady friends. The novel entertainme
will attract a large audience to I
, theater.
A merchants meeting will be held
the Exchange this afternoon for the pr
. pose Of taking some action on the pl
posed Mississippi telegraphic probe,
which is to run a line Of telegraph fro
here to New Orleans along the river
'' the Mississippi side of the stream.
In to days LEDGER appears the {
: nouncement Of 7. S. Mallory as a CT
W didate for constable in the Fourteen
. civil district. Mr.. Mallory has made
good and efficient officer during his tel
of Office, and if reelected will no dot
continue to act III the same manner.
At the baseball contest yesterday
Olympic Park between the Memp
II Club professionally and the RiversiC
(amateurs) the score was seventeen
:. the Memphis and six for the Riversid
:. The game was not brilliant in any
Of spect, it being played in quite an OF
nary manner.
be In this State Shelby county produ.
IN the most cotton, Montgomery the m
ng tobacco, Giles the most corn, Wilson
10 most wheat, Msury the most hogs, l
10. den the most live stock, Humphreys
.er most peanuts, Davidson the most Ii
%, potatoes, Sullivan the most maple su
ce and Greene the most hay.
d. Numbers of Memphians have left
q the National Republican Convent
which will assemble at Cincinnati 4
40. Wednesday. Among those who b
ed left for Cincinnati are Ed Shaw and
NJ. Randolph, delegates; General Pal
OF son, Internal Revenue Collector; Coli
lty Kellar, of the Avalanche.
ro-
The commencement exercises Of
city normal schools will be held at
theater tomorrow evening. Those
Jug wish to attend must have tickets, wi
U tickets can be obtained at the ofic.
urS the School Board, in the Odd Fell,
my building, to-day, andsat the theater
= O Office tomorrow evening, free Of cha
49, During the past two sweeks thi
have been stealing a large humble
~; flowers, plants and hanging baskets
citizens residing on Mosby ST