Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-06-13
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oea' ana Is getting over its rage.
Many plantations on the Arkansa,
river below Little Rock are under water
Samples of oats and wheat continue tc
come in as O specimen of the present
crops.
The commencement exerciees o.
Gaines Institute take place tonight al
the Memphis Theater.
No fireworks will be permitted to be
discharged within the limits of the city
on the Fourth Of July.
Cool and pleasant nights, With a few
savage mosquitoes, constitute the present
state of things in Memphis.
The First Methodist Church Sun
day-school children are enjoying a pic
mic to day at Filzgibben's grove.
The Knights Of Pythias will mex
month give q picnic and a baby show a
the Leath Orphan Asylum grounds.
A negro will be hung at Jackson,
Tenn, tomorrow for murder, and an.
other n ut Monroe, Ark also for muir
der.
The general council will assemble at
the courthouse this afternoon for the
purpose of taking up unfinished busi.
ness.
The deluge-surrounded mails are be.
to come in over the different
railroads, the water blockade being about
raised.
Cards are out for the marriage of Mr..
Emile Levy and Miss Leah Merriam of
the Jewish Temple, Sunday, July lst, at
3 o'clock pm.
There will be a special meeting Of the
school board tonight at 8 o'clock, at the
trustees room Odd Fellows Hall, on
important business,
The Chicks" are hard o. work drill.
They and the Bluff City Grays,
with Arnold's band, will leave for Hunts
vile at $3.50 am. tomorrow.
The blackberry is struggling to the
front, and is seeking to Dust the rasp
berry from its social position. Even the
vegetable world is not in harmony"
The Memphis Reds defeated the Uni
versity club Of Ann Harbor, Michigan,
yesterday, by score Of Z to- Another
game will be played by the clubs tc day
At the Criminal Court to-day a negro
named William Dupre was placed on
trial for the burglary and robbery of the
residence Of Mr., Fleece on the Hollyford
road, a few miles from the city, some
weeks since.
The Hebrew children's society has
elected the following officers: Miss Hat.
tie Washer, president; Miss Rebecca
Strauss, vice.president; Miss Minnie
Frank, secretary; and Miss Fannie See
lig, treasurer.
The lively LEDGER will be furnished
to summer ~sbsentees, and will be mailed
any address for 75c for one month, or
three months for 81. The man or
woman who reads the LEDGER daily will
keep posted up as to matters and things
generally.
The great ambition Of a policeman is
to soldier on a horse as an officer. The
arm of the service has q good
time Of it, making a round or two on
horseback during their watch. 1t is
much more pleasant than to tramp a
beat in the mud aud rain.
Log rolling and electioneering was in.
in yesterday to fill the vacancy in
he board of police commissioner caused
BY the resignation of Colonel NJ. Magev.
ley, Many ward politicians and other
gentlemen were working hard election
to get in a mau who would be in
: harmony as it is now called.
For the convenience Of the servant
urls a house-keeper requests us to notify
ramps to come early to tea. Since the
weather set in the loafer is com
pelled to give so much Of his time to
seven.up for the beer that, as a
thing, he don't get around to the
kitchen door till eight or nine o'clock.
The Appeal truly states that the Grst
most Objectionable correspondent
s one who writes illegibly. The next is
,ne who writes on both sides of the
sheet. The third is the mar who ex.
his lines clear across both pages
of ioolscap. The next is the man who
a column about a subject which
only one line"
Among the schemes of the politicians
Of the police force was the following:
It was determined to cut of the head of
The present accomplished police clerk,
Mr.. McLendon, and to fill his place with
a person who was in the position
formerly, but who was dismissed from
The position for good cause by the police
commissioners. This may invite a de
NAL, but we have the proof to sustain
The assertion, aud we invite any denial.
Then we will give the particulars, which
will form cheerful reading We under.