Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-04
LEDGER LINES.

tue lne4ter tO-mOrrOW evening.
The Memphis Blues (semi-pro'essiOn-
als) has disbanded for the season.
The Memphis Reds beat the oincin-
natl Reds yesterday by a score of 7 to O..
The Probate Court stands adjourned
over to next Saturday week, the l4th
inst.
White clover comb honey extra
quality, in small packages, at Lyle &
Shields. 29
Away down South, in Georgia, the
people are hOlding,.a general State cleo
ton today.
The Memphis Centennial bale Of cot
ton has taken the first premium at the
Philadelphia Exposition.
The regular monthly seance of the
General Council will come off at seven
o'clock this evening at the City Hall.
The funeral of Charles P. Wooldrit &c
has been postponed until tomorrow
morning on account Of the Indictment
weather.
Yesterday tbs County Quarterly Court
appointed Esquires S. B. Robbins, Geo
D. Crockett aud ]. P. Young n%otariel
public in and for Shelby county.
Last Monday we had cold weather ant
frost, yesterday warm sunshine, and to
day we have rain; and yet our climat,
is charged with being chapgeable.
Jack Owens, q black %larcenist, Wa
convicted and sentenced to three years
Imprisonment in the penitentiary by
jury Of the Criminal Court yesterda.
afternoon.
The Radical County Legislative Cor
v~ention met at Zion Hail on Besl stree
yesterday afternoon, and adjourned owe
to Tuesday next in order to await IL
return Of Barbour Lewis from Waskine
ton.
Crowds Of country people came I
town yesterday and visited the circu
A circus is a big thing in the eyes
the young generation, yet the older Sc.
GRAFTON manages to secure front seats
the show.
A wounded negro named Dolph GihsC
was placed in the station.house last righ
He had been shot in a cotton patch o
in the country, and is charged with Il
%offense of being a volunteer c~ottou-pick
or a cotton stealer.
A well known merchant asked his I
; gro porter yesterday which he was goil
to vote fer, Tilden or Hayes. The port
scratched his head f,r a short time a.
answered like a diplomatist: II dol
+ know, sir, but I hope one Of EN- will
elected"
d Last night tents, animals and ligt
$ disappeared from the bluff within tt
! hours after the performance closed. T
! spsngled citizens folded their tents, Ii
d the Arabs, aud as silently stole away
B Milan, via the Memphis aud Louisvi
railroad.
Next Monday night the regular d.
e matte season will be opened at the thu
. ter by Salsbury's Troubadours, or {
American Volkes. The troupe has be
materially strengthened since its Il
appearance in this city, and many n
u plays have been added to the reperto
A black snake was killed in an all
near the Gayoso House on yest-rd.
The reptile no doubt anne from
dritwood Of the river, Numbers
snakes are seen during high water
floating drift, as during the OVERT
d they take shelter on fallen trees,
l. heaps, etc which are found in the
toms.
Hundreds of Democratic Memphis
announce publicly on the streets d
they will not vote for Porter in Move
Der. The privilege OF every Democ
is to do his own thinking and his o
voting. When q Democrat has to hi
a voting and thinking guardian appoi
ed for him he had better retire to
., l~unatio asylum in favor of bis proxy.
The American Of ths!frst says: 81
arrange rents between the Nashv
Life and Gljbe Mutual Insurance O.
pany, OF New York, went into effect )
=, tsrday, the Globe ~reiusuting all the p
~ Gle, held by the Nashville Life,
N lshvjlle Life Withdrawing its securil
from the State Treasurer and going
: of existence, and the Globe Mutual
nc posting $4,000 in S.ate bonds for
o benefit Of rolicy holders"
Ctlo1l Tom Eldridge has become
o lea lirg liIht and oil thrower at ne
re Radio i conventions. he is one Of
er few wtite RAIDS who stick consistent.
L. Barb ,ur Lewis and the big black win
the perty, Colonel Eldridge is no do
nd sincere in his belief, and he may yet
rs, come, in the black Radical camp, a
he lar cloud by day aud a blazing FIRE
st night to le4d tie black man out of
Egyptian darkness of Radical polite
- The advent Of frost is announced
y poetioal manner bya NOrlt ern edito