Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-06-15
LEDGER LINES.

The Eighth.wsrd Democrats and Con-
servatives selected delegates last night.
A negro named Bill Walker was
drowned in Wolf river yesterday by being
drawn under q raft. }
The annual exhibition by the pupils Of
the negro public schools will take place
tonight at Assembly Hall.
The Fourth. warders will meet to-mor.
row evening to select a lot Of delegates
to the County Convention.
P. r, Athy that he is mot
a candidate for the office Of Sheriff of
Shelby county" All right.
Candidates tickets, cards and circu.
lars printed at the LEDGER Office cheaper
and better than elsewhere. I
On Saturday next the tournament for
the benefit Of the orphans will come of
at the fernando Trotting Park.
Mackinaw trout, red snapper and white
fish are to be had at Victor D. Fuchs
this evening and tomorrow morning.
The remains Of Col. Robertson Topp
we're conveyed to Elmwood Cemetery
yesterday afternoon. The funeral was a
very large one.
A t~easpoonful of ammonia taken in
wardly and the same amount applied
externally is said to be a cure for the
deadliest snake bite.
The play entitled Ours was we'll pre-
sented by the Chickasaw Guards at the
theater last night, and before a very
large and fashionable audience.
John Pitman, a negro wife-whipper,
was committed to Jail this morning by
the Recorder in default Of fifty dollars
fine and one thousand dollars bond.
TIE fine steamer 0sceola will give an
excursion tomorrow night for the colored
people, going up the river to Island 40.
Good music will be in attendance.
The funeral services over the remains
Of the late General John G. Fizer will be
held at the residence Of the deceased Oh
Linden street at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
Some Memphis politicians have now
great aversion to " primaries" and "con
yentions," probably because they wert
not consulted to any great extent about
the matter.
The Democrats and Conservatives o
the Second and Third wards will NEE
this evening and select delegates TO b.
supported at the primary election to b
held on next Saturday.
This forenoon the graduating class o
Miss Higbee's school read essays aud ex
ercises at the Greenlaw Opera House
Diplomas, ETC., will be presented at tn,
s same place tomorrow night.
s 1t is rumored among the negroes tina
0 Ed Shaw, the negro delegate to the Ma
%tional Republican Convention at Cincin
natl, stands a chance Of getting the sec
ond place on the Presidential ticket.
The first cotton bloom was receive
yesterday afternoon from Arkansas b
Harris, Mallory & Co., who placed it o
!, exhibition at the Cotton Exchange. No
for the first boil, and then the first bal,
Councilman John Rourk of the Secon
Ward, has been dangerously sick fc
= over a week, but he made his appearance
on the streets to-day looking all RICH
after a tussle with the prevailing disess
-Aux.
a In the Criminal Court to-day the cas-
Of Joe Chase, who stands charged wit
= the murder of the French dairymal
Leon Cohupe, was called for trial. A
" the last term of the court the jury fsile
to agree in the case and a mistrial VIZ
= entered.
n. James Mcbride was arrested yesterds
afternoon on the charge Of robbing To
Murray Of a few dollars while the latt
= was taking his siesta on q lumber pill
Mcbride was committed to jail by Il
Recorder this morning, and Murray WI
. fined for being drunk.
-. In the Chaucery Court a bill has be-
:" filed by a number Of stockholders again
the Masonic Temple Association to ha
a receiver appointed, and the proper
OF the corporation or association SO
~ and the proceeds distributed in the pc
ment Of debts incurred, etc.
In our report yesterday Of the ex,
cises of the normal school Tuesd
to night, the name Willie A. Voegeli g
lly peared as one Of the graduates.
) a should have been Willie A. Vog
Ter When a young man has a good nan
on and has earned it, he likes to keep
he Correct.
la The notorious Annie Fisher Gallagb
I'VE ETC., who was driven from the city by I
ON police, and who was permitted to retu
pa on promise of good behavior (whi
ces promise was no sooner made tn
he broken), was sent to jail yesterday
est Esquire Miller on the charge Of co
ust hitting an ashanti unon Annie Dur