Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-06
WIN. McELRoY,
Sgt Sig. Serv., U. s A.
LEDGER LINES.

Fresh perch at victor u, FUCHS TO-
day.
The County Court will be in session
tomorrow morning.
Fresh Baltimore oysters received daily
at Madam Vincent's Crystal Palace. !
The station.house docket contained
nothing but q few cases Of misdemeanor
The General Council will meet in
monthly session this afternoon for the
transaction Of regular business.
The Congressional Convention will
assemble at the Second Circuit Court
room at IL o'clock tomorrow morning.
The Avalanche made a mistake ia say
ing that Emerson Etheridge will speak to-
night at the Exposition building. he
speaks tomorrow night.
The warm days and cool nights form
a strange contrast at present and are
enjoyed by Memphians who have re-
turned from their Centennial tour.
A warrant was issued this morning for
the arrest of a negro woman who lives
near the cemetery, and who is charged
with infanticide by some of her neigh.
bors.
One Of the white. faced old squirrels in
Court Square died a few days since.
The old bunny" was quite a pet with
all the children who frequent the Square
and who feed their pets.
Those who feel that they have a special
call to go and save the county by sacri.
fcing themselves in the State Legisla-
ture had better skirmish around and
make the delegates to the convention
think as they do on that subject.
Captain Bob Williamson, our Mayor
pro tenn, is spoken of as a prominent
and fit man for the Craftsmanship Of the
county convention, to be held here on
the 18th instant, for the purpose Of nom.
mating State Senators and Legislators.
The Congressional Convention will as.
semble in this city tomorrow for the
PURPOSE of nominating a candidate to
represent the Tenth district in Congress,
So far no opponent to Hon. II. Casey
Young has as yet made his appearance
The Board Of Health, as a ~precaution
airy measure ard sanitary movement
has had lime scattered along the alleys
and street cutters. As a disinfectAnr
and deodoizer lime is one of the best. i
should be used by citizens on back yards
in sinks and outhouses.
Quite a large crowd of citizens assem-
bled in front of the Peabody Hotel las
night TO hear Colonel H. Casey Younl
deliver a political speech. Short speeche
were also delivered by Major Willo Hay
wood, of Haywood county, and by Rep
resentative John Roush, of our city.
Quite an amusing incident occurre,
this morning. The county undertake
drove his dead cart rapidly up town t
bury a man, but when the cart arrive,
the man was not only alive but it wa
evident that he would get well. Deaf
comes quickly enough without it bein
pushed up by an undertaken.
Near DesArc, Arkansas, we under
: stand 4. couple cf Mormon Missionarie
. from Salt Lake have organized a colon.
and have made a hundred converts-bot
men and women These people say tina
they intend migrating to New Mexico
whittier all the Mormons from Salt LAX
intend going ere long. The DesAr
colony is receiving numbers of convert
! from the surrounding country.
In Vienna, Austria, q law has bee
passed Of late which compels beer-sellel
to have their beer. glasses gagged by th
authorities and requiring q line to be CT
around them, below which the froth o
settling must not subside. In Memph
this gagged and cut line is an imaginar
one, existing somewhere a few inchc
= above the bottom Of the beeSglass. A
= below is glass, while all aboyei is irotI
The Jackson Tribune gets of the fC
lowing classical and elegant figure,
speech over the Porter coupon-purcha
! ing imbroslio: HE Governor Porte
must not be eclipsed by the dubiol
I, light of Islander nor furnished by q
smut Of ~detraction." In the light Of i
. ielligeuce this expression must be
garded asa psmutty" one, aud especial