Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-25
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today.
Fish and game are plentiful in the
market.
Baseball is abou. played out in Mem
phis for the season.
The canvass will be red-hot between
now and November 7th.
Quite a number Of citizens left on the
Centennial excursion to day.
The goddess that Democrats have the
most faith 10 at present is indiana"
Eleven arrests, principally for drunk
enness, we're made by the police yester-
day aud last night.
Bird.hunting Memphisns are out daily
witt dog and gun. They shoot them on
wing, on the head-auywhere.
Tomorrow evening the concert for the
benefit Of the German.American school
will come off at Choobran Hall.
The Fay Templeton troupe will appear
at the theater to night in Loves Follies,
Parepa.Rosa, aud Little Bonanza.
United States Senator Key will address
the citizens of Memphis upon national
topics at the Greenlaw Opera House to.
night.
The beautiful gold mounted dress.
sword, the competitive drill prize, is on
exhibition in the window of Clark's
jewelry store.
The wild geese went honking south
ward last night. THE goose honks
high is al old adage that can be ap
piled to local politics at the present
time.
Colonel James White, Of East Tennes.
see, a comic aud unique orator from the
mountains, will speak at the Greenlaw
Opera House tonight at the close of
Senator Keys speech.
Nine hundred and ninety.Gve convicts
are now enrolled on the books of the
penitentisry. A decrease 10 the number
Of conviots is observable at the peniten.
tiary, owing to the operation of the Law
providing for the committal Of petit
offenders to the county warehouses.
The audience that attended the politi.
cal Discussion between Messrs. Young
and Randolph, nominees for Congress,
hell at the Greenlsw Opera House last
night, was not quite as larg9 as that which
appeared at the Opera House last Satur
day night, when Dorsey B Thomas de-
livered an address.
People are run over in Memphis By
street car', drays, hacks, etc, and moth
ing is doae about it; but in St. Peters
burg, Russia, when any one is run over,
the carriage causing the accident Is cou'
~iscatej, the horses are taken to the FIRE
brigade for public use, and the driver is
imprisoned and Plugged. Hence fewer
accidents of this character occur at St.
Petersburg than anywhere else.
Among the amusing features of the
political discussion between Messrs.
Young and Randolph last night was
their efforts to steer tArough He'll Gate
and avoid the sunken and dangerous
rocks on either edge Of the channel
Neither gentleman could be induced to
say whether he favored the election Of
Porter or Thomas for the office Of Gov.
ernor of Tennessee. There is nothing
like being cautious in such matters, but
the wiring in and wiring out" Of both
nominees upon this explosive subject
was very funny indeed.
The Porter Rifles of Nashville drill
two and three hours each evening. The
Chickasaw Guards do likewise. The
Rifles will arrive in this city at eigh'
O'Clock on Friday morning, and will BE-
escorted to the Peabody Hotel by the
|. Bluff City Grays formerly Irish Volun
teers), Captain Cameroa commanding,
aud by a color. guard Of the ChickasaS
Guards. The competitive drill will come
. of at the Olympic Park at 2 o'clock, aaC
the csn'est will be witnessed by thou
sands of citizens. At night the soldier
boys and their friends will indulge in
hop" at the Peabody,
, Last night at the Greenlaw Oper'
House Messrs. H, Casey Young anC
VIM. NJ. Randolph, nominees for Con
. gress, engaged in a joint discussion be
fore q rather SMALL audience. Colone
= Young rad rather the best Of the discus
sion, be having made many strong point,
upon Mr., Randolph's war and politica
records. The debate was spicy and in
> teresting, and was enjoyed by the audi
enoe. Neither gentleman would statt
whether be was for Porter or Thomas for
Governor Of Tennessee, each one deem
10, that subject one to be avoided. Al
0 general rule we deem joint politica
discussions humbugs. The only effective
plan is that Of oat campaign speeches
we'll prepared and well delivered.
Special inducements in stoves an,