Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-30
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No one is enjoying the hot nights
which prevail at present,
Numbers of business houses and
dwellings are for rent throughout the
city. g8I a,
Soda water fzzes at present, and IL e
proprietors Of the fountains are happy
once again. i
A society Of Turner's has been organ
lied at Little Rock, to be known as the
Turnverein.
The German Casino Club will give a
moonlight entertainment at Estival
Park tonight.
The French Society picnic held at
Fitzgibbon's Grove on yesterday was
largely attended,
The cause of the strike is not now dis.
cussed, the effect of the strike being the
topic of conversation.
The fomented essence of rice, steam
ing hot, is a favorite drink at the Jap
anese watering places.
Last week there were thirty deaths in
the city, Of which thirteen we're whites
and seventeen blacks. rfYt
At Little Rock street car tickets are a
legal tender, and are taken by store
keepers in place Of nickels.
The latest fashionable idiocyis a silver
plate upon the baby carriage with the
little chaps name engraved upon it.
The watermelon and c~antaloupe sea,
son has arrived, much to the pleasure Of
the Memphis hoodlums as we'll as more
respectable citizens.
Tomorrow night an excursion on
board the Cons Millar will take place
under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid
Society Of st. Lazarus church.
The Shelby County Probate Court is il
session to-day. Judge Ray will hold tn,
Bartlett Circuit Court tomorrow, wher
the regular docket will be taken up.
The Chancery and Circuit courts o
Memphis show that q large business j,
done there in what is known as melting
the bonds Of matrimony," or divorces.
Tomorrow will be the last day o.
July, and next day the industrious bill
collectors will be around making un
fashionable and ill.timed calls on theil
friends.
The Knoxville Tribune says: "A new
drink called a strike has been invented
by a Memphis saloon-keeper, Two Oh
three Of them viii make a man strike 1ii
grandmother"
In tropical climates people regard in
tense heat as emblematical Of future
punishment, but in Labrador they think
the unregenersted are flung into a vas
refrigerator in the next world to freez:
through endless ages.
There ought to be some way to reacE
disorderly saloons so as to empower some
authority to revoke the license wher
those holding such license keep a dis
orderly establishment or one ireQuentec
by infamous characters.
President Hayes will be at Louisville
in September next, and has been invited
to visit Nashville. 1t is rumored thai
arrangements are making to invite the
President to extend his trip to Memphis
and take a look at the Bluff City.
The New Orleans payers think The
strike will let the Mississippi river have
a chance to work a while. They attrib
ute the present trouble 10 an effort or
the part of the railroads TO cut updel
cheap river ireights, and practically dry
up the Mississippi.
The only way TO overcome the intens,
solar heat is to keep cool both in mind
and body, Ice water is q dangerous
drink cistern water without ice is safer
Claret and ice is better yet, probably the
very best drink for hot weather. Whisky
is a very dangerous beverage, and ever
lager beer, while it is an agreeable drink
is not safe when imbibed too freely.
Sergeant Hunter, who is we'll known il
military circles in our city as q splendi;
drill officer, will on the lat Of Angus
open up a drill school at the armory Of tn,
Bluff City Grays, on Second street. ThiI
is for the benefit Of the young men o
our city who do not bnlong to the militar!
companies, but who desire to learn al
the the evolutions arid drill of O soldier
Every youHg a should know some
thing about military duty; should know
the company drill, manual Of arms, bay
onet exercise, skirmish drill, otc.
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