Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-30

picnic tonight will be very large.
Professor Baldwin, a medium exposer,
is delightiDg aud puzzling the people of
Nashville with the seance and spirit
bride business, slate writing, mind read
ing, etc.
The invitations to the ball compli.
mentary to the Mississippi Press Associ-
alton are beautiful. The design is origi-
nal and the execution perfect. They
were gotten up by Tracy.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that no charge for
wharfage can be made except for the re.
pair and keeping in good order the
wharves Of a city or port.
Last Sunday evening a runaway horse
caused Mr.. Joe. Wetter to leap from his
buggy, and in consequence he had his
ankle broken. Mr.. Wetter will be laid
up for a few days or weeks.
At the Criminal Court to day Attor.
ney General Wright made the closing
argument in the case of the State VS.. A.
Woodward. Judge Logwood will deliver
the charge to the jury and then the cour
will await the verdict.
Calvary church Sunday school will give
a picnic tomorrow, and on Saturday the
First Presbyterian church Sunday school
will follow the example. The p%icnics
will be given on private grounds in the
southeastern suburbs Of the city.
The Memphis Reds were defeated on
yesterday at Erie, Penn, by the home
club. The game stood as follows: Erie,
6; Reds, 3. Base hits-Erie, I; Reds, 8
Errors-Erie, 5; Reds, 8, A second
game will be played this afternoon.
At the theater tonight Miss Jennie
Hunter, Mrs. Czapski and others will
give an entertainment, which will be
repeated tomorrow night. Both enter
taiumeuts will be given for the benefit
of the orphan asylums of Memphis.
Since the Russo Turkish war COM
menced the English translation of the
koran has had a large sale in England
and in the United States. Many Mem.
phiaDs have purchased the book with a
view to study the cause of the war. The
work "a sold 10 London for a shilling.
AT one o'clock last night some heavy
Turkish artillerist who imagined that
the Russians were crossing the Danube,
turned Loose his pistol in the alley on
Second street, between Monroe and Mad.
ison. The police rushed around, but the
artillerist had fed from his picket post.
The Nashville papers assert that their
city, like Memphis, is bulldozed by q
crop of worthless and irresponsible
special deputy constables, and they call
upon the magistrates to deputize mont
but responsible aud sensible men to serve
writs when the regular constable is alb.
sent and the business is urgent.
Tha Gayoso Lodge of Independent
Order of Working Men was organized
last night. The following officers were
elected: President, John B. Weaver;
Vice President, VIM McCloy; Recording
Secretary, Will 0. Woodson; Treasurer,
John B. Galloway; Trustees, Will 0.
Woodson, DR., A. c. Ewell and DR.. S
Hinson.
The late amended rules as to the stor-
age of cotton, which rules were adopted
by the Cotton Exchange, are being dis
cussed earnestly by merchants. The
rules provide for the employment Of
three special policemen to watch cotton
transactions and prevent too much cot
ton sampling, boring and depredations
on bales.
Last Monday night a thief stole a set
Of wagon harness from Mr.. Keno, a set
Of buggy harness from Mr.. Ben Coleman
and another lot Of harness from a negro
residing on the Barnes place, on Brink.
ley avenue This was only one nights
work on the avenue, but many other rob.
berries have been committed in that To-
cality Of late.
The usurer and those who fatten Of
the purchase of deprecated scrip from
city employees should ponder over the
following epitaph, which appears in a
California grave yard:
Here lies old Thirty-6ve per cent?
The more he got the more he lent
The more he got the more he craved;
The mere he made the more he shaved
Good God can such a soul DO saved 2"
The FIRST annual fair of the Hebrew
Children's Charitable Society, held at
the Memphis Club Hall last night, was
largely attended. The visitors we're en-.
tertained in a most agreeable manner,