Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-19
LEDGER LINES.

postponed indefinitely.
The bolt is still the subject of dis.
custom ia political circles.
Lyle q Shields are selling chsice Mes.
sina lemons at zoe a dozen.
The Ohickasaw Guards and Bluff CITY
Grays we're drilling last Right.
Peaches received daily, and sold very
cheap, BY Oliver, Finnie Il Co.
St. Joseph's Catholic church in South
Memphis will be dedicated next Sunday.
There will be a skif race next Sunday.
The regatta will take place next Sunday
week.
Subscribers to the Driving Association
meet this evening At G o'clock at the
track. All come.
Nashville is being Photographed. Tho
phonOgraph will be on exhibition in
Memphis next week.
P. @. Smith, John Bradley and Fl. G.
Wilton were elected members of the
ChickasaW Guards last night.
Vagrant COWS on Madison, Main and
other principal streets Of the city, do not
evidence much activity in commercial
circles.
1t is rnmored that money from Wash.
ington will be forwarded by the Radicals
ia order 10 carry the summer and fall
elections.
II is stated hat T. B. Crenshaw, Of
the Ninth civil district, will be an indie.
pendent candidate for the Office Of Bart.
lett Court clerk.
Leslies' Lady's Book, Euglish Young
Lady's Journal, Demorest, and Apple
tons Journal, all for July, at R. H.
S%pauGler'S, Ss6 Main street.
This morning the king.piu Of wagon
No. 242 pulled out on Main street, oppo.
site the courthouse, and the horse was
left with the forewheels of the vehicle.
Minnie Nelson, a colored resident Of
Charleston avenue, Last night attempted
suicide by taking laudanum. The ser,
vices OF DR.. Abercrombie saved the
woman's life.
A sad story Of the seduction and ruiz
OF a girl aged thirteen years is in circu
lation. The %unfortu nate girl and the
villain that caused her ruin reside il
Fort Pickering.
Robert Weaver, who lives near Horn
Lake, Miss, has one hundred acres Of
cotton about to bloom. Yesterday Mr..
Weaver sent half a dozen cotton blooms
to Porter, Taylor h Co.
Major Mike Waldron denies the report
that he is a candidate for the shrievalty
on the new ticket. He says that be viii
not be a candidate for this Office. Mort
arity, are you there2
The Criminal Court to-day was occu.
pied with the trial of VIM. Fitzpatrick
and Charles A. Wyckert, indicted for
stealing money from the boxes OF the
street cars at the stable, neat EstivaI
Park.
The grand jury has found true bills o.
Indictment against Jack Leach, Joh1
Moran, Pony Saunders aud julius Ven
turin, on the charge OF sssaulting will
intent to kill Captain j. s. R~sudelhuber
Of the BIuff City Artillery Company,
The closing services Of St. Mary,
school will take place tomorrow in St
Mary's Cathedral, beginning at ter
o'clock; the commencement exercises
Immediately after in the school buildin.
edjOining. Address by Major Walter A
Goodman.
The Nationals will nominate a ful
ticket for county offices. Mr.. Over
Dryer is mentioned as the probable
candidate for County Court clerk. There
is reported a hitch between ex.U niteC
States Marshal Mike Waldron and Mr.
James Anderson for sheriff.
The Memphis boys. Tom Keefe ant
Billy jackson, go East the latter part o
this month to fill an engagement with
frSt.clasS minstrel company. Thei
talent will be recognized. Their friend
will tender them a testimonial benefit a
the Memphis Theater Friday, the 2StE
inst.
Captain Reudelhuber is convAlescent
aud cut Of danger. His mother and
sister srs also improving. All of tn,
men implicated in the murderous attack
upon Captain Raudelhuber have been
arrested, though others are needlessly
alarmed. Captain Reudelhuber is at biz
residence on Hill street.
The renting Of the Memphis TheatoI
for the use of the Shelby county Demo
cratic Convention, last Wednesday, wal
a private transaction. The matter val
not one in which the convention. as
body, was interested. We make thii
statement in justice to the gentleman
who has charge of the theater.
Colonel S. D. Hay, Of Texas, will lee
ture at Temperance Hall, on jefferson
street, tomorrow night at 8 o'clock
Good singers will be in attendance.