Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-05-16

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John Thopson, negro larcenist, was
committed to jail this morning by the
Recorder in default of one thousand
dollars bond.
On the first page Of to-day's LEDGER
appears an Interesting "Reminiscences of
times in Memphis, from the pen of
Maj. W. b. Rhea.
Every time the river editor of the
is presented with o box of straw.
he is made sick. He has not
been sick this year.
The Young Hebrews picnic is pro.
crossing to-day at James Park. The
baby show will come off between the
hours of 4 and 5 this afternoon.
The Radical State Convention, for the
purpose Of sending delegates to the Re
publican National Conventions, will as
at Nashville on tomorrow.
Do not fail to sttendtbe meeting u 1.-THE
Greenlaw Opera House this evening at
5 o'clock, to devise mean for raising a
subscription to tie Lee monument fund
A we'll known county official, prom
connected with the clerkship OF
one Of our courts, is to be married to a
belle of this city on next Tuesday even.
ing at Calvary Church.
The case Of the Rogers Locomotive
Machine Works Va. Upton County, a
suit on bonds issued by said county for
railroad purposes, is on trial before a
jury in the United States Court.
On Friday next Harmony Lodge Ne
1879, l. 0. 0. F., will give a picnic at
James Park, the proceeds to be devoted
TO furnishing the hall Of the Lodge on
Beal street. And Of the proceeds,
twenty-five per cent. will be set aside for
the widow and orphan fund.
Do not fail to attend the great base
ball contest at Olympic Park on to-mor.
row, between the freight agents and the
cotton buyers, Business will be sus-
pended throughout the city after one
o'clock so that the employers and EN-.
ployes can 20 out to the grounds, enjoy
the fun and assist the cause O.. the Or
phans.
The grand stand at Olympic Park
tumbled down on Sunday during the
progress of the base ball game. In view
of the large attendance which will be at
the park tomorrow, it would be we'll to
put up the stand in q solid and secure
manner, with additional props and sup.
ports, so that no lives can be lost OF Sc
we're injuries inflicted.
The Emperor Of Brazil will leave St.
Louis for New Orleans on tomorrow on
board the Grand Republic. On Satur-
day next Jean Charles Leopold Saliva
dor Bibisnc Francoise-de- Paul Leocadio
Michel Gabriel Raphael Gonzague Pc
dro, the second of Alcantara and Empe.
ror of Brazil, will land at Memphis and
ride around with the boys.
Captain j. H. Smith, who resides on
Rayburp avenue, presented himself at
the LEDGER Office this morning and pre-.
scented the Ledger-Liner with two boxes
of large, luscious strawberries, which
were raised on his lot on Rsyburn ave-
nue.. Last season Captain Smith raised
and sold sixty bushels of strawberries
from a quarter of an acre Of ground,
and he regards strawberry culture as
many times more p%roftlSle than cotton
planting.
1t was stated last night at the Confed.
crate Relief Association meeting that
the Monumental Committee waited upon
the members Of the Ladies Monumental
Association Individually and collectively
and invited their aid and assistance in
the cause, but the Ladies' Monumental
Association bad distanded, and the
members, to a woman, refused to have
anything more to do with the matter.
What's the matter2 rs civilization a
%failurei or has the Caucasian played
out2'
The clerks of the different courts Of
the county, as we'll as the Clerk Of the
Supreme Court of the State, speak in the
highest terms of the promptness and eff
cheney Of Sheriff Anderson in making
collections on writs and lprning over all
Sums so collected on each return day Of
the different courts, without waiting for
any formal demand or invitation to do
SO. The Clerk Of the Supreme Court,
Major Freeman, expresses his pleasure
at having to do business with so prompt
an Official as the Sheriff of Shelby
county.
The Police Commissioners on yester-
day discharged another night patrolman
on the charge of sleeping while on duty,
and appointed VIM. H. Mccall to ell
the vacancy. This is FIVE night patrol
men who have been discharged within
the past ten days for sleeping on their
watch. The night patrol force is small
about twenty-and one.fourth has been
discharged for ~somnolenoy. This may
account for the number of successful
robberies and burglsries that has taken