Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-06

ening manner until they get what they
ask for. They have even insisted that
the servants should cook food for them.
The old variety show house on Jeffer.
son street is no longer to present the ap-
pearance Of a temple dedicated to Mo
mus. Il is to be converted into q store
in which c legitimate business will be
done in the future.
To-day at the county registers Office a
petition for incorporation was fled by
Edward Coleman, John Wiseman. Henry
Sewer, Frank Eldridge and Isaac Brown
(colored) for the pupose Of creating the
Union Cemetery, of Shelby county, Ten
nessee.
Part OF the basement story Of the Gus
tom-house is already up to the level of
the surface Of the ground on the bluff.
The large masses Of rock are being put
down in a solid and workmanlike man.
ner. 1t is estimated that it will be at
least two years before the building will
be completed.
On tomorrow a number of our Irish
fellow citizens, with their families, will
enjoy a basket picnic at Fiizgibbon's
grove. A train will leave the Louisville
depot at 10 am and will return at 6
pm. The LEDGER acknowledges com.
p%limentary invitations from Mr.. NJ.
Gavin, chairman Of invitation commit.
tee.
The frost of yesterday morning will no
donbt improve the health Of the city. II
was a white frost, frozen dew; also call.
ed boar frost. The black frost, which is
much more destructive to vegetables
than white frost, occurs when the ten.
perature of the air itself is below that Of
the vegetables, aud below the freezing
point, in which case plants are frozen
without any deposition Of moisture upon
them. Strictly speaking, no frost is here
formed.
90 tomorrow night, at the Third
street German Protestant church, Rev,
A. Thomas will deliver a lecture upou
the lie and works Of frederick Won
Schiller, the great literary celebrity oil
Germany, and one Of the brightest intel
lects of the age. The lecture will b.
givea for the benefit of the German.
American school of the church, which
is o behind 10 its obligations, and the
friends OF the institution are desired t
give their attendance.
A big fat, thret-9ronged buck, hangin,
uo in front OF Gaston's restaurant ia
day, attracted considerable attention. !
is the latest piece Of v%enison hat wa
ever teen in this ci'y. The deer was
pet and was stall fed and fattened b
Mr.. Scarborough, the butcher. The will
deer never reaches that point of alder
manic perfection, because If it did
would. like Falstaf, lard the earth Q
it walked along" and could BE- capture
by a three Legged dog and a lame man
Tramps now proWl arcucd in th
ssburba of the city and steal wilhiA on
mile Of the city boundary line, an
hence within the jurisdiction of the pr
lice. The "peelers," who are SO indiI
t nant at being criticised as to their oficii
acts, can fnd ample scope to develo
talent and genius by raidiug after thie'
ing tramps in suburban localities.
they cannot stand legitimate %criticisl
they can resign and thereby escape i
but a soft place suits them better tba
=. hard work.
. The mediumiStic spirits or developed
: Of naturalization, slate writing, etc.
our city continue to attract small aud
ences of men and women. The trick
mediums are modern Theurgists. Tn
. urgy among the Egyptian PIatonists WI
: an imaginary science and art. As a
art it is the ability, by means Of certai
:. acts. habits, words aud symbols,
moving the gods to impart to Us ssors
which surpass the powers of reason,
lay open to us the future, and to rend,
. themselves visible.