Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-20
LEDGER LINES.

rags anu regailh-W atkins, I'll Main,
The recorder had but two cases this
morning.
Choice fruits received daily by B. NJ.
StrattOn & Co.
Use the White Swan -four and Charm
baking powders.
Lyle & Shields are selling cheice Mes
sins lemons at Zoe a dozen.
Peaches received daily, and sold very
cheap, by Oliver, Finnie 4 Co.
The phonOgraph and Peter Tracy
fireworks will be the next attraction.
The army of mosquitoes has reached
the land and is picketed in different
houses.
The personal Misunderstanding be.
tween James Bohan and P. NJ. Winters
has been amicably adjusted.
The cheapest lot Of choice lemons re.
ceived this season by B. NJ. Stratton &
Co. See their card for prices.
B. M. Stratton & Co. bought before the
advance a large lot of hams, bacon and
lard, which they offer low to the trade.
Charm baking powders require only
one %teaspOonful while others require
two. For sale at St. Louis prices by B.
M. Stratten & Co.
The city is infested With daring bur.
glars, who enter dwellings, light lamps,
and give themselves comfortable and
profitable entertainments.
A State convict named Henry Bed.
ford (colored) escaped last night from
Ensley's plantation, on the Mississippi
river, twelve miles below this city.
Captain Reudelhuber, of the Bluff City
Artillery, who was beaten by roughs al
Estival Park, is able to be out. The as.
ssilants have been arrested and are now
awaiting trial.
Between IL and l o'clock this after
noon Detective Pryde fred several shots
at a fugitive darkey whom he attempted
TO arrest. Officer Pryde was shot. The
particulars appear elsewhere.
Sol Coleman, our popular cigar mer
chant, has been writing a novel for the
past six months. We have read many
sheets of his manuscript, and when pub
lished it will be exceedingly interesting
to the pablo.
Yesterday morning burglars entered
Mr.. George Miller's residence, on Mar
shall avenue, and stole a small sun
Of money, besides other articles. Tn,
burglars carried Mr.. Miller's p~antaloonI
out into the yard, where they riaed th,
pockets Of their contents. The city i
Infested with burglars.
The temperance meeting at st. john
last night was a decided success. Mr.
Winchester delivered an excellent I'D
dress and was frequently a~pplauded
Mr.. Scott Murray read a pertinent poem
Zone Night in a Bar.room," and wa
followed by Colonel Savage in a charac
t%eristic and telling talk. The music We
excellent. Several signed the pledge.
The Little Rock Gazette Of yesterds,
says: THE 2:l5 am. train on the Mem
phis and Little Rock road did not reacI
this city until about 10 o'clock yesterda,
morning. The delay was caused b,
running into a tree.top, which had beef
blown across the track. The engin,
rau of the track, but did not turn over
the speed being only about six miles PEI
hour, and many Of the passengers dil
not know of the accident until morning
1t occurred about four miles from thi
city"
The Chattanooga Times Of yeSterd,,
has the following: Colonel ]. W. e.
bridge, Of Memphis, delivered two lec
lures yesterday in James Hall. on sui
jects connected with Spiritualism. Il
had good audiences, especially in thI
evening. The lectures we're about on
par with Spiritualistic lectures every
where, and probably had no particular
effect on the unbelievers present. Many
attended expecting to hear something
better than the ordinary milk.and.wate
compound that is poured out in deluge
for the benefit Of the faithful; but it i
hardly too much to say they we're disap
pointed"