Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-08-15
LINES.

Court street residences almost nightly.
The Changers of the county will give
a picnic at the fair grounds tomorrow.
The mad dog generally has precedence
of the dead dog in this world, and vice
versa.
Nine. Salvotti will sing again at Esti-
vel Park tonight, and it is said for the
last time.
Salvotti, instead of being of Italian
descent as the name would imply, is of
Irish origin.
The Bluff City Grqys, Captain Came
ron commanding, we're out drilling on
the streets last night.
II you prefer a good fitting shirt have
them made by May, the Memphis shirt
tailor, 237 Main street.
The cool nights causes even the aver
age Nemphiau to creep under q blanket
or two toward morning.
The cool weather has made the sum-
mer so pleasant in Memphis that the
Northern ice crop is not duly appreci-
ated.
The Southern Newspaper Union, or
"patent outside office, on Second
street, has troubles with its " insides" at
present.
The marrying business does not seem
to flourish iu Memphis at present among
either maids and bachelors or widows
and widowers.
AT the United States Court ]. D.
Clements, OF Mason, Upton county, has
filed a petition in bankruptcy. Assets
nominal; liabilities, about $500.
At the next municipal election, to bt
held in January, the question will CONF
up, Who and what is a workingman2'
A correct definition is in order even COW
The game of chess is closely studied
by many Memphisus just now. Mem
phis contains many fine players, blu
none of them can play three hundre,
games, blindfolded, as yet.
The Oriental Order of Humility" i
increasing in "huts" throughout Tennes
see. No man can become q membe
unless he throws off and rCpudiate
pride, the great curse Of humanity.
The earnings eff the Louisville an
Nashville railroad for July, 1877, wer
1904 1873 40; for July, 1876, $364,623. 81
for July, 1875, $3O3, 455 20. The increas
over July of last year is $25, 1898
The failure Of base. ball clubs this set
son is due to the lack of interest whic
is appearing and increasing throughou
, the country. Everything has its day
and baseball is reaching the sunset
its day rapidly.
The swindling placards put mp owe
the street car fare boxes, Fare te
cents" still remain undisturbed. TIL
law with reference to a." obtaining none
under false pretences" ought to furnis
q remedy for this wrong.
The Independent Order Of Immac'
o lates, q colored mans organization, m
b. in this city yesterday. The "Immao
l%ates," if they bear any resemblance
the name aud its meaning, must be spC
/, less, pure, unstained, without blemis
= etc.
Says the Nashville Banner: "CapLa.
R. T. Brown, OF Memphis, has writt'
an application to Adjutant General Pc
}; ter asking for fifty guns and the niece
sary outfit to equip that number Of me
who have just formed themselves into
E military company"
At the Criminal Court to-day the ca
of the State VS.. Vim. Kuhn, indictme
for wife murder, is on hearing on a n
ton to admit to bail. Messrs. Horrigo
Patterson and Hill represent the pc
'" toner. Attorney General Wright rep
ssnts the State, resisting the Applicant
o. for bail.
q The inebriates continue TO be arrest
by the police nightly as usual. The IN
o. who drinks furnishes the %station'hol
with dodgers, the recorder with busine
the city with funds and the newspaT
reporters with items. He is a most u
J. full and ornamental citizen. No city {
ICE, get along we'll without him, even thou
wn his family could dispense with his 6
gre vices without losing anybody of val
.ers Correspondents Of the LEDGER shoI
recollect that in order to have their e.
!sS sioas published they must be written
- a brief style. The man who cannot
p baust himself on any subject within
boundary of fifty lines is too gushing
the present age. To such a mar it
with truth be said: II have FIVE mimi
to spare-tell me all you know" Lift
far too short to be spent in read
lengthy essays from the pen Of anybo
MME. SALvoTTI will appear in the
tivAl Park concert tonight. She viii
/. introduced by a violin obligato by P