Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-25
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION
THE CITY.
Tuesday evening. July 20, IS76.
LEDGER LINES.

OF Jne times.
The cold rain which fell yesterday az
ternoon made citizens hunt up werner
clothing and seek shelter beneath an
umbrella.
Bad eggs sold by a huckster to an in
nocent citizen caused an assault and
battery yesterday, much to the damage
of the huckster and the eggs.
But few arrests we're made by the po-
lice yesterday and last night. The fact
that no arrests are made does not %alweys
prove that the city is quiet in a criminal
sense.
The Avalanche introduces a newspaper
Endorsement Of G. T. NJ. Turner by Civ.
log it the following heading, "Give the
Devil His Due" We are willing to 60 a
few cents better in order to get rid of
him.
1t was Richard, Duke OF Gloster, in
Shakspere, who said; "Unmuzzled dog,
stand thou when l command So it
seems history repeats itself even down
to the most trivial matter.
In the second game between the St.
Louis Red Stockings and the Memphis
Reds, played yesterday at Central Park,
the st. Louis boys beat the M~emphians
by a score of IL to 4. The concluding
game will be played this afternoon.
Several prominent local politicians in
Radical ranks claim the honor of pre-
venting the Radical party from putting
out a county ticket for the August cleo.
ton. Not much credit is deserved as
the ticket put out by the "Rads" would
be badly beaten in the election.
There are a few little ward politicians
here who are attempting to carry water
on both shoulders, playing fast and loose
with Democracy and Radicalism, and
they imagine that no one knows their
schemes, but before the campaign is
over this delusion may be dispelled.
Who will be the magistrate for the
city at larger is the conundrum of the
day in local political circles. 1t will be
necessary to call the city delegates to
make a nomination for this office, unless
iii is intended to let the race be open ia
all aspirants, or in other words, a scrub
race.
At the Exposition building last night
a negro military company INDUCED in g
dance. A rowdy lot of negroes wat
present, and several serious rows tool
place. The turbulence Of part of the
negro population Of late is a bad sign fol
the centennial year, and is calculated t.
bring about a collision with the white cit
izens-something that the blacks should
always avoid.
The Democrats Of the Fourteenth Civi
District have organized a Tilden ant
Hendricks club, and have elected thu
following officers: Joseph Lenow, Pres
ident; james M. Harris, A. T. Haye
and A. Vaccaro, Vice Presidents; j.. Il
Lenow, Secretary; ]. B. Poston, Treas
urer. The club has appointed an execu
tive committee and q special committe,
on the organization of a central club.
We decline publishing a communica
ton signed " Farmer" which abuses th
County Court for its alleged extrava
! gance, and favors the adjustment of tn
Bartlett Circuit Court and Probat
Court, for the reasons that anonymou
/ publications are seldom worth publish
ing, that the communication is writer
in wretched English, and that the writ
+ ing is almost illegible. When you writ
: for newspapers sign your name boldly
= write plainly and in as laconic a style a
possible.
The Amateur F~isherman's Club n
Q turned from a trip to Lake Comorn, Miss
. q yesterday. But few fish we're caught b
the piscatorial boys, who now cay this
the waters are too muddy and that tn
fish will not bite in July, although tn
mosquitoes stand upon no such cert
mony. The members Of the club 8,
cured a sufficient amount of fish for ca
- ing purposes by exchanging soft none
q for the 6nny tribe with an African, VIII
found no difficulty in shaking out a fe
dozen of perch o day from the waters
the lake.
The Appeal of this morning in il
local paragraphs says the negro militar
> company picnic at the Exposition bull,
ing last night was very much enjoyed b
|, the colored people, that good order wa
!. maintained and the whole affair VIZ
credltable to its managers. But in a
other column the Appeal mar gives
U lengthy account Of a disgraceiul row {
the same place and on the same occasio.
n aud he Ids it, "Riotous conduct-exci
u ing scenes at the Exposition buildir
among the colored population-diserac
: full conduct" etc.
u The net receipts Of the Confedera
" picnic were $3.50 which was added
he Confederate Monumental f,nd nj