Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-20
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
Fl CITYs
Friday Evening. jury 20, Ie77.
LEDGER LINES.

Memphis needs the re. establishment Of
the public pounds.
Councilman R. Q. Williamson is acting
mayor at present. hl1
The general council finance committee
will meet this afternoon.
It costs but ify cents to obtain o mar.
risge license in Memphis. Too cheap.
Lyle & Shields have received a ship
ment Of fifty boxes extra choice Messina
lemons.
At Estivsl Park to night TIE concert
will come off for the benefit Of the Church
Orphans Home.
Boxed apples, pears, peaches, toma.
toes, ETC., can be found all over town,
and they are sold at reasonable rates.
An unknown negro had q severe cpl
leptic fit OF the south side of Court
Square yesterday afternoon. He was
taken charge Of by the police.
Two arrests we're made by the police
yesterday and two last night. Up to Q
o'clock to-day but one arrest vas made
a bootblack charged with disorderly con-
duct.
Tomorrow will be the anniversary of
the death of Robert Burns lin 1866, the
poetic of Scotland, whose poems are house.
hold words wherever the English Lam
guaIe is spoken.
Every police patrolman carries half a
d zen doses OF poisoned meat about his
psrson, which meat be is instructed to
discharge at dogs that roam muzzleless
throughout the city, s .
Mr.. Hill, United States supervising
architect, will arrive in the city from
Washington in a day or two for the pur-
pose of inspecting the work being doae
on the custom house site.
The Grand Lodge Of Colored Masons
Of Tennessee holS their annual session
in Knoxville on the oath inst, on which
occasion an excursion will be given from
Memphis to Lyncbburg and return.
Mayor Flippin has gone East on a
b%ond-holder hunting expedition, BE
carried with him the new issue of bonds,
which he will exchange for old issue OF
the rate Of fifty cents on the dollar.
The railroad var between the Little
Rock and Iron Mountain roads is pro.
crossing vigorously. 1t is an effort made
by St. Louis to cut off Memphis, Louis,
vile and other cities from the Texas
trade.
Those who linger on the streets and in
saloons now hurry homeward when they
hear the midnight bell Of the Adams
street engine.bouse. That bell has quite
a happy influence upon humanity, and
is q strong outspoken aid Of morality.
Acting Recorder Egnew heard and dis
posed Of the following cases at the police
court matinee to-day: Dan Wesley,
drunk, fined s.; George Jones, assault
and battery, discharged; Will Taylor,
assault and battery, discharged; George
Heron, misdemeanor, case continued for
trial.
After going through a hard studied
toilet, To find nothing at the door but a
vendor OF roasting ears, tomatoes and
ripe peaches, is one of those circum-
stances which makes the average Mem
phis lady feel as if she could relish her
back comb u~useasoned with salt or
pepper.
PoiSters, bull dogs, terriers, mongrels
of all kinds, spitz and fee dogs, ours Of
both high and low degree, have been
poisoned to death within the past two
weeks. Let the good work 60 on until
The city is rid OF the thousands of worth.
less CANNES that are SO numerous be-
tween Chelsea and Fort Pickerisg,
At the Shelby county Circuit Court T..
B, King, the street.csr driver who was
injured in a collision between his car
aud a train over the Charleston railroad
at the head of Vance street, has brought
suit against the Charleston Railroad
Company for damages amounting to
twenty thousand dollars. Messrs. Young
aud Carroll are plaintiffs attorneys.
On Sunday morning next, at 8 o'clock,
a special train will leave this city for
Colliersville, over the Memphis aud
Charleston railroad, for the accommoda.
tiou of excursionists wishing to attend
the exercises Of the Big Hatchie Asso.
citation, which will be celebrated on thai
day at that town. Fare for the round
trip one dollar and fortY.hve cents,
The atmosphere last night felt like that
found up in the Northern regions when
it threatens frost. Tho cold wave was
an atmospheric phenomenon most vel
come, even il not understood, No more
charming or ~exhilarating climate can be
found " the continent than that which
we are at present enjoying. The winter
custom Of sleeping under blankets wa'
generally observed last night.
Seven years ago to-day QS7O), Franc,
declared war against Prussia, ostensibll