Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-12
MEMPHIS.
Tassaag s.oa,ns. JUNG u, lsaz.
LINES.

Raspberries are in the market in large
quantities.
A big June rise is coming down out of
the Mississippi river.
The city fathers will enjoy another
seance tomorrow afternoon.
Commencement exercises are progress
sing at the State Female College.
all the Wolf river bridges except the
railroad bridges have been swept away
by the food.
People who eat strawberries and cream
for the sentiment Of the thing should
look out for cholic.
The cSlored Odd Fellows turned out
on a street parade to-day, and presented
quite a fine appearance.
The colorod Knights Tenplar of the
city INDUCED in a celebration at the Elk
position building yesterday.
That board fence around the custom.
house lot on the bluff destroys the view
Of Arkansas from Main and Madison
streets.
Hundreds of people visited the banks
of Wolf river yesterday and admired the
raging, tswsey food which swept far out
into the Mississippi.
The house.fy is more annoying at
present than the mosquito. Unless you
keep your room dark the flies will wake
you up 10 the morning.
The Chickasaws engaged in a full
dress drill or the parade ground on the
bluff yesterday afternoon. Quite a large
number Of ladies and gentlemen wit
messed the affair.
During the month Of May 1926 pupils
attended the public schools. There
we're lOs in the high school, 1898 in the
white. grade schools and 1874 10 the col.
ored graded schools.
At the school board meeting last night
the petition of Mrs. E A. Meriwether for
the use Of a room in the Court street
school building for the purpose of teach
ing elocution to O class was rejected and
refused.
Chief of Police Athy, owing to the alb
sence from the city of Recorder Duff,
has been appointed to act as recorder
pro tenn. by Mayor Flippin, and has been
sitting upon the Police Court bench for
two days past.
The office of the board of equalization
of merchants capital has been removed
from Odd Fellows Hall to the room in
the rear of the Phoenix Insurance Com.
pany at No. 10 Madison street, where
sessions are held daily from 10 to IL
o'clock am.
Colonel Vaughan, President of the
Memphis, Brownsville and Ohio Narrow
Gauge Railroad, is in the city to-day, and
is naturally very proud of the fact hat
the fourteen bridges on his road are all
standing and unaffected by the recent
disastrous rains. So much for good,
honest, permanent work,
The police commissioners met yester.
day and elected patrolmsn W. P. Paul
sergeant, vice P. Haggerty removed for
want of harmony with Captain Arrata
and Chief Athy, or they with him-the
latter being the fact in the case. Chas.
T. Smith was elected patrolman, vice
Paul promoted. Henry Schilling was
appointed turnkey pro TEN. of the sta
tion-house.
Thepolice DO not enforce tho ordinance
which, provides that Every person who
shall, by permission of the mayor, give
a public ball, dance, or other like enter
tainment wherein spirituous, vinous or
malt liquors are sold by the glass, or ore
drank upon the premises for each twenty
four hours, or for each ball or other en-.
tertainment not continuing longer than
tw%enty.four hours, shall pay a privilege
tax Of twenty-five dollars"