Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-12
nFI-E CITY.
Thursday EVENING, JUIy IL, 1877.
LINES.

Inc cool nights at present are enjoyed
by pleepers.
The general council will meet in called
session this afternoon.
Even Evansville, Indiana, is putting
up a fire alarm telegraph.
AT twelve o'clock to-day the thermom.
eter indicated 800 Of heat.
The county poor-house contains ll8
inmates, including 81 insane prisoners.
The Memphis Reds will indulge in au.
other base ball game on Sunday next at
Central Park.
Special Chancellor 7. W. Brown was
hearing an agreed case at the County
Courtroom this forenoon.
A few days since fourteen hundred un.
muzzled dogs we're drowned in New
York city by the authorities.
To day special Shelby county Circuit
Court, Judge Thomas P. Turley, is hear
ing the case Of L~owenstine VS.. Isgram.
The wicked husband ceases from
troubling, the weary wife is at rest since
May makes perfect fitting shirts at 237
Main street.
With the owners of the smaller breed
of black aud tau dogs the question ia,
does the dog wag the muzzle or does the
muzzle wag the doG?"
Work on the custom.bouse does not
appear to progress rapidly. Breaking
stone is the only movement in that di.
r%ection discernible at present.
To. morrow night the ladies of the Ala.
bama street church and their friends viii
embark on board the steamer Cons Nil
lar and take a river excursion.
To-day Wm Webb was arrested BY
the police on the charge Of larceny, ant
jack Allen was arrested on the charge
Of committing a misdemeanor.
The crop Of mosquitoes is getting
large and active. The mosquito is al
insect wonderfully skilled in the kno vi
edge of mans anatomy and in music.
Dear Old Homestead" Words ant
music by Miss Anna A. Hits. Price
40 cents. Published by F. W. Helmick
No. so West Fourth street, Cincinnati.
Illinois has a good tramp law. By tn
provisions of this law all Migrants an,
. l%oafers who have no visible or invisible
, means Of support may be arrested AM
imprisoned.
The Criminal Court stands adjourned
. until the 9th of August next, when th
minutes will be signed by Judge Los
q wood, and an adjournment to court il
9 course will be had.
9 The County Quarterly Court will prof.
Q ably adjourn this afternoon to court i
q course, the first Monday in October next
9 Nothing remains to be done except sign
ing the minutes Of the court.
9 The Criminal, Circuit and CHANGER
. Courts are adjourned at present for tn
4 heated term. The judges, clerks, shel
IFS, etc., can o make arrangements +
go to the springs or other cool Wateriu
places.
: All members Of the Seventh Tennei
' gee cavalry, and all others interested i
the reunion Of that old regiment, vii
please meet at the office Of Porter, TaJ
lor & Co., 300 Front street. Saturda
evening next at A o'clock.
To night, at the residence Of Mrs. I
D. Radcliffe FOL dSelden place on Adam
street, c charming musicale will be give
by leading amateurs under the directio
" of Prof. Perring, for the benefit Of S
Lazarus church. Tickets, one dollar.
,, Quite a large number of citizens a
tended the Estival Park concert la
night. The music by ArnOld's band wa
excellent, and the affair was highly er
joyed by those present.. Another cor
cert will be given to morrow night.
!; Out in the suburbs of the city peopI
Z sleep under covering and without mo
1t quito bars, the mosquitoes not as "
haying Invaded that section of c%ountr!
!, In the suburbs the thermometers ind
e cate a cooler atmosphere by day by
n least ten degrees than is apparent in th
II city. .ia ai
The grand jury report presented to Ii
Criminal Court on yesterday containt
. another eenspre on the system adoptC
by certain magistrates 10 employir
special deputy constables to serve writ
. who give no bond for the faithful pc
2, formanceo Of duty and who trump up cas-
.. ameng citizens il order to reap the ha
.. vest Of ieceis.
Rss Our baseball editsf is taking a rest t
= day, but be will be heard from op Spnd,
baseball playing in due time, Let u
the advocates Of Sunday baseball pla
isg Fepd their garments in sorrow or
aageri they VIII be furnished with plen
OF cheerful and m0rsi geDdipg on t
subject during the season.
To-day,is the anniversary Of the Bait
of Boyne Water, which occurred ne