Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-20
LEDGER LINES.


Vacation and holidays have come,
consequently school children are happy.
The Chickasaw Guards will elect off.
GERS at a meeting to be held this evening
at their armory.
A large number Of trout, perch and
other fish have teen placed in the Court
Square fountain basin.
On the glorious Fourth q picRic will
be given at James Park in aid Of the st.
Peters Orphan Asylum.
Candidates tickets, cards and circu.
lars printed at the LEDGER Office cheaper
and better than elsewhere. I
The commencement exercises Of La
Salette female academy took place last
night and were largely attended.
The Criminal Court, on account Of tie
county convention on tomorrow, stands
adjourned over to Thursday next,
We are having q little too much rain
and a few too many thunder, lightning
and wind storms in this latitude at pres
ent.
The counterfeit money passing case Of
7. j. Drury is yet being argued by coun.
sci before a jury in the United States
Court.
A meeting of the managers Of the
Leath Orphan Asylum will be held at
the Cumberland Presbyterian church at
I o'clock this evening.
The Criminal Court jury in the case Of
Joe Chase who is on trial for the muir.
der of Leon Cohupe, has not been able
to agree on a verdict.
Do not forget to attend the commence.
ment exercises Of the Christian Brothers
at the theater tonight. A very interest.
ing programme has been arranged for
the occasion.
During the wind storm yesterday the
north wall Of Lawlor & Co.'S cotton
shed was blown down with great violence
but fortunately no one was injured on the
adjoining property.
Tomorrow morning OF IL o'clock thu
County Convention will convene at tn;
Exposition building for the purpose o
selecting nominees for the various vacan
Offices to be filed this fall.
Tonight the delegates from the variou
civic and military societies and associa
tons will meet at Cochran Hall for tn
purpose of perfecting arrangements iol
a Fourth of July fandango, or celebra
ton.
The ten vases around the Court Squar
fountain we're filled with beautiful flow
ers, plants and vines to-day by Mr.. job
} Temple, of Williams nursery. TIL
fountain presents a charming appear
ance.
There is no necessity for going Mort
Q as yet in order to find cooling breezel
, We have an abundance of such thing
here, and the nights are so cool that
i general search for winter blankets be
: taken place.
? The Declaration Of Independence wi
be read oil the Fourth of July at Cou
4 Square by Colonel @. D. Mclean, and q
, address will be delivered by Hon. W.
Avery. This will take place after Il
street procession closes.
The ordinance to levy the fifty cen
: sundry% mandamus tax on the capital
l. merchants has been sent to the fnant
committee for consideration, the commi
tee to report at the next meeting of Il
General Council in July.
The thief who stole the cups from Il
Court Square drinking-fountain has n
as yet returned them. Should he
T caught we promise him a lively prosec
ton and q term in the penitentiary 4
this act of infamous vandalism.
George &. S%chealey, the Nashville A,
ans Express robber, who was capture
in Canada and brought back for trial, {
Saturday last was sentenced to thrice
= years Imprisonment in the State per
4 Tertiary for the embezzlement Of $1,000
Judge Duling, of Nashville, has tel
:. graphed back from Philadelphia, Sayin
. Il have failed to obtain free transport
9. ton for the Mexican war veterans to Il
Centennial, but can secure exceeding
low rates for those who wish to make Il
. trip"
Sometimes in Memphis you see a su
Drowned, ~idle-looking man, with a slou,
hat and the ends Of his fingers turn
y down, as if he imagined he was about
strike the keys of q piano. He is not
pianist; he is a baseball player, and /
+, fingers will always stay that way,
A down river exchange says the GRO
in the valley lands are as fac as ev
N we're known at this season Of the YET
The overflow has not much interior
with planting, as fine corr can be ma
on all the lands that we're not unt
= water and enough cotton has alrea
been planted.
Cotton blooms are coming into to-
in numbers. Coming events cast th.
oil shadows before. But if a bloom is
lis. shadow Of a cotton bale, what woul,
ootto, hol1 ho9 Th;s 0aaou oorurJr,