Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-30

staples. AT present the outlook cOul'
not be more encouraging.
MI. NJ. Cronin died at No. . Mai
street, on the 18th inst, Of malaria
fever, as VIC are authorized to state b,
DIR, B. G. Hcnning, his physician
All reports to the contrary are sensa
tiOnal,
The old rubbish is ia course of re
moval from the site of the cotton
mills at Fort Pickering. The secre
tary has gone to St. Louis aud othe.
Northern cities to contract for new
machinery for the new mills,
Several societies of colored peopl,
marched down Main street at noon to.
day, to participate in the decoration
exercises. They presented a patriotic
appearance with their flags, banners
snowy uniforms and other parapher,
MALTA noted.
That predicting predictor Tice is
figuring on hotter weather for the
ensuing summer than has been known
for two centuries, We have several
draymen about town who can give
Tice two in the game and beat him
every time on weather prognostics.
1t is not expected that our receipts
of cotton, from this time to the close
of the season, will exceed 10000 bales.
We now stand 20,S26 bales short of
last seasons receipts at this date. OF
the present stock it is believed that
not more than 5000 bales are unsold.
The mercury started in at 790 this
morning at sunrise, The air was tenn
pered with a cool and refreshing
southerly breeze this morning. Yes
terday the mercury crawled up to So,
and it was then considered hot. The
coolest part of the day it stood at So.
Owing to the Whitsuntide holidays
the Liverpool cotton exchange will be
closed tomorrow, as we'll as on Mon.
day and Tuesday next. This being a
a national holiday no dispatches have
been received at the cotton exchange
either from New York or Liverpool.
Private kilograms from jackson,
received this morning, are to the
effect that there will certainly be some
sortOf a decision in the Taxing District
case by the Supreme Court Of the State
tomorrow. As to the result, however,
all prognostics are purely cOnjectural.
Those who are on the anxious bench
regarding their official status hope to
have their minds and hearts relieved
by the Supreme Court to-morrow,
when it is thought their decision will
be promulgated regarding the legality
of the salary bill and the Taxing
District.
Cremation is again a sensation.
Whether the human body would be
better preserved if put up in spirits,
or burned to ashes, and whether old
rags, boots and scraps ought not to be
fred to cinders for the good of the
public health, are hygenic problems Of
as much uncertainty as Is that Of how
exotic fevers are conveyed from place
to place.
Nearly all large cities have free
bathing ponds and resorts where peo-
pie are permitted to clean themselves
and enjoy a cool summer bath. Here
it is against the law to swim, even in
the muddy river or the bayou, and our
people must go uncleansed in conse-
quence of not being permitted to bathe
in public.
HOuse-thieves continue to perpe-
trate numerous depredations. People
cannot be too careful how they leave
doors and windows ajar, or so they can
be raised, even in second and third
stories. The r~aseals carry ladders to
climb with, and blunderbusses or load.
ed pistols should always be in readi-
ness to welcome their entrance or
their exit.
Like one Of his predecessors in of.
fee, the present County Court clerk
wishes to charge lecturers the same
steep license as a common dog show.
In his soliloquy Hamlet mentions the
insolence of Office as one of the evil.
calculated to inspire a misanthropic
individual to commit suicide, but it is
to be hoped that our County Court
clerk will not attempt to drive his
license prerogative that far.
1t is set down by those familiar with
the true inwardness of the situation
in police circles that there are more
bad, real bad boys, the offspring oil
prominent people, in this ciey than
are known in any other of double it,
size on the continent. We have among
the rising generation those who would
cut a throat, pick a pocket or tap 0
till in the twinkling of an eye, and
many of this class are o n Of shining
lights in the churches, too.