Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-14
LEDGER LINES.

memphis suburbs.
Candidates tickets, cards and circu.
lars printed at the LEDGER Office cheaper
and better than elsewhere. I
The National Republican. Radical
party will try to nominate a centennial
President to-day at CiHcinnati.
The Eighth-ward Democratic and
Conservative Club will meet tonight ct
the Poplar street market-house.
In the Chancery Court to-day a divorce
was granted to Susan G. FrausiOli from
her husband Joseph F. Fransioli.
The Chickasaw Guards, 10 Ours, at
the theater tonight. The attendance
will be both large and fashionable.
Clerk and Master E. A. Cole, of the
Chancery Court, was On yesterday re-
appointed Clerk and Master by Chancel.
lor Morgan for a term of six years.
The Reasonover-E Ellis homicide case
is up for hearing in the Criminal Court
to-day on a motion for a severance of
the defendants.
Lizzie Burch (white), committed on
the charge of larceny by the Recorder a
few days since, was to-day acquitted and
released from custody by the Criminal
Court.
General John G. Fizer is lying very
low from an attack of fox. The great.
est apprehension is felt by his friends as
to his condition, which is said to be ex-
tremsly critical by bis physicians.
Ia the advertisement column appears
the notice Of the sale of a valuable lot
and q cotton shed, which sale will take
place at IL m. Saturday next, the 18th
Of June, in front Of the Court House.
Summer absentees can have the daily
LEDGER mailed to any address for a
month or three months, as may be de.
sired, by leaving their subscriptions at
the LEDGER Office, No. 13 Madison street.
The Royal Japanese will give a matt.
nee at the Assembly Hall to-day and a
concluding performance tonight. They
are well worth seeing, they being good
performers and doing wonderful balane-
ing tricks and feats,
A telegram received to day from Judge
Trigg, at Nashville, states that be will be
detained to-day in that city in order to
hear the case Of Haseltine VS.. 0'Connor,
but will bel Memphis ready to open
the United States Court tomorrow morn
ing.
The black 0dd.Fellows INDUCED in a
picnic at the Exposition building last
night. The so-cslled 0dd-F Fellows asso-
citation, composed Of the black men in
this city, is not recognized by the l 90
f. as in any way connected with the o..
der.
The examination of the students oil
the Christian Brothers College com
menced to-day. On Tuesday evening
next a public exhibition will be given al
the Memphis Theater, when interesting
exercises will be presented and diplomas
awarded.
Next Friday night the different civic
societies and associations of the city al
well as military companies will be repre-
sented by three delegates each at meet
ing to be held at Cochran Hall for the
purpose Of celebrating the Fourth o.
July in a Centennial style.
At the Cotton Exchange there is, OF
exhibition a photograph of the Memphis
custom-house, taken from a drawing now
on exhibition at the Centennial Exposi
ton. The design is the work of Super
vising Architect W. A. Potter and is al
elegant and fine piece Of architecture
] work, and the building will b. such as
would be an ornament to any city.
The will of the late David NJ. Philip
journalist, was probated yesterday. TIL,
estate Of the deceased amounted Il
about eight hundred dollars in funds
which he left to his sister, her children
and his mother, who are residents o
Scotland, with the exception Of ifty
e dollars left to his nephew, q resident o.
!. New York city. Mr., John Forbes quail
4 fed as administrator under the will.
|, The Independents now 20 sroun,
. abusing the Shelby county Democratic
4 and Conservative party, although man.
a Of them not long since belonged to il
# and others of them obtained Office uade
its victorious banners. Give me an
other Office; yes, I'll take one from an.
party" is the agonizing cry Of the indie
8 pendendent ofice-hunter at present N,
such men can be trusted by the people
The sidewalk ordinance is giving greA
annoyance to many propeFty-holderE
e The law is, when the city lays dow
e curbing and Fixes the gutter, the prop
. erty.holder will have to put down a bricI
n sidewalk, and have also to repair the sid
d walk or put down a plank sidewalk wher
+ ever notified by the Sergeant.at.Arm
under the pains and penalties Of bein
Aued by the Recorder for violating sal
d ordinance.
D Why is not the +" strset-walkiug ord
nance enforcedP Every night dozens {
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