Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-02
lARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
LEDGER LINES.

presiding, adjourned to-day TO court in
course.
The S. D. Club will indulge in al ex-
curs'on on board the City of Augusta
on tomorrow night.
Henry Williams, a negro larcenist,
was placed under one thousand dollars
bond by the Recorder this morning.
A grand Democratic rally will be held
in front of the Peabody tonight. All
the ward clubs Of the city will be present.
Meeting Of the General Council this
afternoon for the purpose of passing
upon regular monthly business for
August.
We acknowledge an invitation to a
river excursion an board the steamer
Berthe and barges, to be given by the
F. P. S. Club, on tomorrow night.
Sneak thieves robbed the residence Of
Captain Marsh Miller, on Alabama
street, on Monday night, Of a lot Of pro-
visions. Sneak thieviRg at night is pie.
vailing throughout the city.
A couple of gay gamblers got on a
spree aud into a row on Monday last
and yesterday had to settle up before
the Recorder by subscribing a few dol
lars to the county treasury.
Tomorrow, the Sd instant, the Demo-
cratic county ticket will sweep Shelby
from center to circu inference. Radical
ism will again be invited to take a back
seat, to which it has been attached for
some time.
Mayor Flippin, Councilman John
Donovan and others leave tomorrow
afternoon for White Cliff Springs, East
Tennessee. The Mayor will then 60
East to meet the bondholding creditors
Of the city.
Colonel Thomas Il. lockwood tele-
graphs to q friend here from Florence,
Alabama, that his child is very sick, and
that he cannot return to attend the cleo
ton. This, however, will not prevent
his friends from doing their duty to
morrow.
A Tilden and Hendricks Central Club
was organized last night, and the follow
ing officers we're elected: Butler P. An
derson, president; John Donovan, A. j
Hays, j. Notebooks, NJ. Msgevney, Chris
S~teinkuhe, vice.presidents c. A. LEI
fngwell, secretary; W. ". Miller, treas
urer.
There will be may frauds attempter
BY Radical emissaries at the election to
, morrow. Bogus tickets, with names o.
slips printed over the names on tn
regular Democratic ticket, will be /
circulation to untrap the unwary. Tn
Belknap- Babcock Frances Thompeo
party will bear the closest watching.
At a meeting of the Shelby Count
Executive Committee held yesterday a.
ternoon, Mr.. John Donovan was electe
committeeman from the Second ware
vice John Clancy, resigned, and ID
l. Duncan was elected from the Raleig
district, vice ]. NJ. Coleman, resigned
The committee selected NJ. D. L, Ste'
art as a candidate for the office Of magi
trate for the city at large.
Celouel NJ. D. L. Stewards card 9
i candidate for magistrate at large al
pears to-day. BE is eminently quallte
for the position and will doubtless
elected. Although he has held varior
public positions he has rarely ever bee
a candidate before the people. The la
j., time was in 1866. This much in justil
to him. BE has done o great deal
S s unselfsh work for the party and h
strong claims upon its support.
r. Out in one of the suburban stree
lst Yesterday, a little white boy permit
q. his puppy dog to leave the premises, al
IS the animal found and ate q piece
or poisoned meat which had been LETT
ne the street by some patrolman. II
puppy curled up and died in a few mi
ios utes. The boy picked up his dead p
in his arms, and wept considerable a
could only say in the midst of his sol
VII i "D-n that (sob) policeman (sob),
on (sob) killed my puppy" and then
broke out into q torrent of lamentatioI
1t was an unfortunate accident, with
melancholy termination
Little Jimmy Hall is still skirmishi
II" around on the ragged edge like a flea
|, of a hot skillet. When he went before {
rI convention and offered to abide its
va ton the delegates knew he wouldn't
to trust, and didn't try him. And n
to make their word good he goes bI
re- r.. on his promise and run anyh'
and The people will treat him as the cow
'V'' ton did-refuse to trust him, and Il
will not waste many votes on him. eitl
i 1ns The Democrats don't recognize him
Jon the RAIDS wouldn't have him. A q
ext. -. 90 L, could