Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-05

schools that have for so long q time
suffered from mismanagement, The
advocates of imported talent and ca
pacity have long since discovered what
an injury they ~innocently helped to put
upon our schools and the public.
The Fourth Of July procession yester-
day was q fine display, the ChickAsaw
Guards, civic societies and Fire Depart
ment presenting q most attractive APP
pearance, The city was alive with Ant-
tering flags and streamers, while the
music BY the bands and the firing Of can
non made the usual and necessary noise
SO charming to the heart aud soul Of
every patriotic American citizen.
Mrs. Southworth's new story, Ishmael,
or In the Depths, has passed TO the
eighth edition, and its sequel, Self-Raised,
or From the Depths, is already in the
sixth edition. Mrs. Southworth is with
out doubt one Of the most popular Ameri-
can writer's Of fiction, and her books are
always in demand, and command q large
sale. t. B. Peterson 4 Brothers publish
a fine new edition Of all her works, num-
bering forty-one volumes in all, in uni
form style with Ishmael and Self Raised.
At the tournament held at Olympic
Park yesterday the successful knights
were as follows: F. w. Royster, first
prize, n hundred dollars; E. Wor-
sham, second prize, fifty dollars in gold;
A. K, Hancock, third prize, twenty-five
dollars in gold. Mr.. Register crowned
Miss Berta Tbermon Queen Of Love and
Beauty, and Misses Janet Register and
Lucille Galloway were selected as Maids
Of Honor. For the best riding John D
Waldron won the fret prize, a saddle.
R. NJ. Burton, second prize, riding whip.
and f. W, Register, third prize, pair o
spurs. This afternoon the contest fol
two hundred dollars in gold will come of
and also a contest for bareback riding.
The Grafton delivered at Court SQUARE
on yesterday by Colonel W.. t. Avery i
justly commended for its eloquent Ian
guage and patriotic Spirit. 1t was an eff
fort worthy Of the great anniversary, tht
theme being the history Of the Unite
States and Of Shelby county. The exc
dunn and peroration were especial
pleasing, and in the lattep the speake
reached the higher planes of o~yatory
We understand that the Old Folks il
tend publishing the interesting and ii
structive Grafton in pamphlet form 8
that it may be preserved and handle
down to the succeeding generations {
people who may inhabit these bluffs, an
who will no doubt look back to the hi
tory Of the first settlers with pride an
veneration.
Colonel Tom o. Sullivan's gun squs
and piece of artillery, Little Democrat,
have been very active during the eel,
bration Of the great centennial ann
versary. The little gun barked shal
/ aud loud all over the city, amusing
a majority Of people and making a fe
2 angry, but those few. we're unpatriot
people who could not appreciate Il
musical notes made by a cannon 0v
: one hundred pounds of powder we
! burned by the Little Democrat, Al
all expenses we're paid by Colonel Sui
van and his squad Of c~snnoniers, t
Z public not being called upon to contri
D ute one cent. The Little Democra
6 will celebrate a Democratic county v
a tory in August and a Democratic Pre-
r Dental victory in November.