Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-28


can see no connection between the frog
and music except that it can blow its
ewn horns.
A saloon-keeper up town whose cur
died yesterday after having swallowed
poison. had the animal buried with the
honors Of war; but instead Of guns being
fred over its grave cocktails we're swal-
lowed by the weeping mourners. Let the
dog killing go IN.
The slow progress made in building
the custom-house is caused by the diff
Guilty in procuring sand for the concrete
foundation owing to the high water which
got over the Bope6sld bar. A dredge
boat is employed daily in seooping up
sand from the bar.
Street.wslking by Iewd women, both
black and white, at night, and up to II
o'clock. is violation Of the ordinance
which prohibits such pronenading after
8 o'clock, pm. The police should en-
force the ordinances, and in this manner
secure o little exercise.
Quite a party of e%xcursionists took q
river trip On board the steamer GAff last
night. The excursion was given for the
benefit Of the Sisters OF the Coed Shep.
herd. The affair was much enjoyed by
those participating. and quite o large
amount of money was realized.
Patrolmsn 0'Dell, q fine police officer,
died at Bailey Springs yesterday. He
had been suffering from chronic diarrhea
for years and OF last succumbed to the
disease. Alderman Cochran, who is at
Baily Springs, Ala, had the deceased
buried and took charge of bis effects.
On the fifteenth of next month a
regatta will take place ON the river in
front Of the city. There will be two six
cared boat races, one of double and one
Of single skulls, besides a single skull
skif race, open to all corners. The sport
is gotten up under the auspices Of the
DeSoto Boat Club.
In these days Of strikes the following
lines Of a well-known British poet are
worth considering:
Princes and pOtentatss may 10. ish and may
fade,
A breath can make them. as a breath has
made,
But the bold lab0fors = a oountry's pride :
Whom once destroyed can never be sur
Piled"
A sponge saturated with essence OF
psnneroyal and hung up in an open win.
dow at night will Gil the bed room with
a per,dme not disagreeAble to humanity
but most distasteful to mosquitoes which
will rapidly wing their flight from the
apartment to escape. rtom the perfume
for which thsy have about as much use
as q town dog has for q wire muzzle.
Squads of Tours, composed of youn.
men who iondly imagine that they have
music in their souls, can be seen anC
heard on the streets nightly. Their sing
ing, inharmonious. CRATES on the ear likI
the music Gent forth by the filing of 4
cross cut saw. There ia such a thing a
a musical nuisance, but it would probabl,
be better TO enforce the muzzle law OF
on the makers Of vile sounds. Let th
police look to it. The public ear as vel
as the public eye ought to be respecte,
and protected.
A Memphis medium has been inspire,
by the big %Injun" to say that the re
mains Of the late Mr.. Horace Smith ar
beneath n quicksAnd below Hopefel
point, and not far from the place wher
the unfortunate gentleman was drowned
The medium adds that the cannon FIRM
which was INDUCED in raised the bod.
some two feet, but that the sand proven
ed it from floating to the surface.
this medium can point out the %locatio
Of the body a reward of several hundre
dollars can be secured.