Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-18
CITY CIRCULATION.
THE CITY.
LEDGER LINES.

other little rise.
Warren, 2S7 Main street, has received
a choice lot of fresh lemons.
The mercury in the thermometer made
a raid in among the n%ineties on yester-
day.
The intense heat last night made
sleeping a disogreeable task instead of a
pleasure.
The General Council has adjourned
over to the next regular meeting, the
first Wednesday in August.
A new engine house is to be built on
the corner Of Main and Irrelevant streets,
at a cost Of about five thousand dollars.
Local poetasters can find cheering
words in the following truism: More
poetry m from a disordered liver
than from inspiration"
The new ans-Mississippi cable is
being reeled out across the river between
Fort Pickering and the Arkansas shore,
near the foot Of Hopefeld lake.
The thermometer ranged at $50 at IL
o'clock to-day in the shade, while out in
the sun it ran up to llO0 and was still
going upward when our reporter left.
Barbour, the small fruit man, is always
the first in the market with delicious
fruits of every variety. His grapes are
just ripening and will be for sale at the
principal dealers this week,
Unmuzzled dogs running at large are
to- be killed after FIVE days notice has
been given. Thank heavenl the ours o
low degree and ell-night bankers viii
have their scalps taken at last.
The "can't-get.aways" of this city
have the pleasure of knowing that fur
ther north people are being killed BY
sunstroke, while such strokes of misfor
tune are unknown in this latitude.
The Quarterly Court stands adjourned
to court in course. II was too hot fol-
our rural magistrates to stay in town
when they could bask beneath the shade
of the forest trees out at their home
steads.
The Second Ward Tilden-H Hendricks
Club will meet at the City Hall to-nigh
! at 8 o'clock. The Little Democrat CUR
and cannoneers will be in attendance Il
shake up the earth in that locality ant
, sing the death song of Radicalism il
= Memphis.
/, The notorious Frances Thompson pre-
, claims himself q RADICAL in politics, an,
will join the Hayes,W Wheeler club wheI
be gets out, as in that organization al
! are received regardless of sex, color
> previous condition of servitude or pres
n eut condition Of moral turpitude.
n The General Council awarded the cit
!: printing to the lowest bidder, and tn
same rule should be carried out with re
$ ference to contractors and street in
9 Q provements. Contractors are no bette
r than newspaper men, we opine, whe
the lowest bid comes up for considers
ton.
At the station-house hangs o small Blu
conspicuous sign bearing the cabalisti
words" Madam Thompson, Forum
Teller" The sign was removed by th
police authorities from in front Of tn
house of infamy kept neal the Jail b
that negro Caliban, "Crutchy" Thoml
son.
. At Nashville and Knoxville the cit
zen soldiers have given military picnic
which have been largely attended. Tt
C~hickasaw Guards should follow the e,
ample and give a select social picnic Of
in the woods. II would be a charmiu
q fete and would be attended by the eli
of the city.
The Sons and Daughters of Zion, leG
Vii by a brass band, paraded the streets t
!. day. The dusky officers, both male al
female, appeared in open hacks, and
Qf the Precipitation streamed down the
ns faces, owing to the effect Of a temper
a. ture of llO0 in the sun, they look
happy and smiling.
70. The most unruly apd noisy people
bS this city are boys aged from sixteen
ito twenty years. They set full of BEE
visit dens Of iniamy and other places
vice, and make night hideous with the
lCf believing and ~vulgarity as they wei
m their way homeward late at night.
few arrests would have a very good ette
upon this class Of mortals.
Al Last Saturday, owing to an op
ors switch, the Memphis train over tie Lit
"a. Rock road backed the Pullman palO
sleeper Tuscumbia into a ditch
~ Argenta. Mr.. ]. L. Atherton, sleepiI
Dlossii car conductor had his right arm ipjur
my and was otl ervise bruised. The &C