Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-21
TUE CITY
MendRY Evening. Aug. 81, 1875.
LEDGER LINES.

OnpIHe Dahanasi zoe uOzen, Zoi MAIN,
Watermelons are cheap as cheap can
be at present.
The noise of the hammer and the saw
is heard throughout the city.
Moonlight excursions on the river are
popular just at present in this city.
Billy Lieben, the chief Of news dealers,
has a full line of late papers on hand.
We shall soon commence singing to
the absentees, Father, dear father,
come home"
Abe Thomas, n black larcenist, was
arrested and locked up by turnkey Hope
this forenoon.
Just received, fresh Baltimore oysters,
for sale by the dozen or can, at Madam
Vincent's Crystal Palace Saloon. Isl
The society party season will soon
open and the matrimonial season will
bud and blossom into existence.
The mortuary report for the past week
shows the total deaths to have been &c,
Of which l3 we're whites and 10 blacks.
At the. Recorders Court this morning
William Campbell, charged with larceny,
was committed TO Jail III default of bail.
The Jefferson-street and the Washing.
ton-street Varieties theaters will be
opened during the approaching theatrical
season.
A short range rifle and pistol club is
being organized by Tom 0'Sullivan, the
liquor importer on the corner of Second
and Washington streets.
In elections the motto mo scratching
is a good one, but in mosquito days and
nights the rule is not popular, at least
It is not SO in this latitude.
The base ball game at Central Park on
yesterday between the Reds and Helena
club, resulted in the defeat of the latter
by a score Of 80 to nothing.
The Supreme Court will assemble at
jackson Monday, September 4th, for the
purpose of attending to the law business
for the district of West Tennessee.
An exchange speaks of well.executed
counterfeit silver dime in circulation,
and then adds: 1T can be easily disoov.
cred by its Unlike appearance and sharp
jingle"
The Supreme Court of the United
States recently decided that q municipal.
corporation was liable for the defective
condition Of its streets, bridges, aque.
ducts, ETC..
Some people complain of the heat
while others are silent on the subject
To grin and bear it displays a more
Christian spirit than TO growl and grow
p%rotane over it.
Mr.. Lucien c. Cause was nominated
on the first ballot as a candidate fol
Congress at the Convention held a
Seatcy on the 10th inst, for the SeconC
Arkansas district.
A moonlight excursion will be giveI
Wednesday evening next on the river
Mr.. F. S. Van Horn, one of the mana
gers, assures those who attend a delight
full night enjoyment.
Planters in Tennessee and Mississippi
intend sowing a large crop of wheat thi
fall. Every planter should raise a suai
Gent amount Of bread.stulis to feed hi
family and hands, and a suficien
amount of corn to feed his stock.
French or Indian Mag, alias Ma
Casey, alias Mag Porter, Il notorious an,
Infamous negro, was arrested on SatuI
day by the police, charged with being
man and wearing female apparel. Tn
villain was sent back to the Island.
Citizens residing near the corner o
Washington aud High streets complai
that the Charleston Railroad Compau
permits a high bank of dirt to renal
ON Hinh alrael 10 the GREAT disoom[or