Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-17
LARGEST CITY CIRtULATIO.
THE CITY.
Monday evening, July ~, 1876.
LEDGER LINES.

0Nh ANW oAANpAo NOlO AA0uG OA 1CotOA
day by the police.
Several hundreds Of Memphians are
off Centennializing.
The General Council will assemble at
City Hall this afternoon.
At IL o'clock to-day the thermometer
indicated 90 in the shade.
Warren, 287 Main street, has received
a choice lot of fresh lemons.
A central Democratic club for the city
at large is the thing necessary.
The County Circuit Court, Judge Heis-
kell presiding, adjourned over to court
in course this afternoon.
A fashion paper says the most fashion
able straws are now about eight inches
long aud are worn upright in a tumbler.
AT Olympic Park on yesterday the
Memphis amateur club beat the River
sides in a game Of baseball by a score
of IL to s..
At the Chancery!Court Mary Bartenio
FLED a petition for divorce against Peter
Bartenio on the grounds of cruel treat
ment, etc.
The Criminal Court has adjourned
over to the 9th instant. The grand jury
is still in session, investigating the affairs
Of county officers.
The total number of deaths which oc.
Cured in the city..during the past week
were 20, and Of these there were II
whites and II blacks.
That persistent citizen known at
newspaper: editorial rooms as the ex
change fend, yet makes his grand
rounds, TO the great terror Of editors.
This forenoon the members Of th,
County Quarterly Court adopted a seriei
of resolutions with reference to the dealt
of Esquire Bartlett, an old citizen OF thu
county and member of the court.
We opine there are not many South
ern men who would condescend to serve
as q soldier under the infamous Phi
Sheridan, who now commands this De
partment and has charge of the IndiaI
war on the plains.
The organization Of Democratic Til
den and Hendricks clubs in every city
ward and country district is now in or
der and is absolutely necessary in order
10 defeat the Frances Thompson Radi
cal party of the county.
The darkies have started up an oil,
corn-6eld song and have given it q nev
application in consequence of the KILN.
of Custer by Sitting Bull as follows:
1.-THE great red bull coming down dc meadow
Long time ago;
He shakes his tail and jars dc water
Long time ago"
Street rumors have it that Emmersor
. Etheridge and VIM. NJ. Randolph ar
aspirants for the Radical nominatie
for Congress in this district, and tina
} Chancellor Morgan will be a candidat
! for the Democratic nomination for Cor
gress against Casey Young.
At the County Court to-day an orde
3 was passed to refund $96.75 county tai
. paid as lawyers license tax by Mr., Wu
M. Randolph, the Supreme Court haviu
} decided that lawyers are officers Of courI
and therefore are not liable to be tsxe
1 for the privilege Of practising law.
This morning an unknown thief brok
into a sleeping apartment over MojC
Busby's cotton Office on Front stree
, The thief broke open trunks and carrie
off a lot of clothing and Jewelry. Loo
out for sneak thieves. They are prov
' ing around the city in considerable nun
bers.
A Mississippi paper, referring to
former citizen of that State, now a re:
dent of Memphis, who lately joined Il
n Republican party, intimates that Il
gentleman has a mote in his eye
large as a skinned mule, which he hi
better pluck out before he denounc
anybody.
At Central Park, on yesterday, Il
% Memphis Reds beat the Eckfords Gam
% leurs) by q score OF Is to 0. The &c
fords did some very good fielding, b
% we're no account at the bat, and in Il
10 respect they are wofully deficient. T
az game was played in the sun, with t
% thermometer at about $50 in the shad
% The Amateur Fishermen's club expe
70 TO go down to Lake COmorn to-morr
in search Of mosquitoes and fish ii
y will bite. The club is composed Of
It's President, Weep President, Secretal
#. Treasurer, Commissary, Quartermast
y. and a number of volunteer aids in ia
!, all are officers, even if they are I
fishermen
W The gamins known as LEDGER ne'
boys smoke cigarettes made from Gig
stumps eui up Gno and rolled in