Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-27
Tuesday Evening, July ~. ISIS
LEDGER LINES.

ford's.
From g. to SS degrees was yester-
days temperature here, in the shade
of course.
The authorities have interdicted the
farther laying of stepping-stones ex-
cept at the corner crossings.
The Second ward Hancock and
English club will meet tonight on the
bluff, at the foot of Poplar street.
Business men will fad it to their
interest to have all their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER Office.
A musical and terpsichorean festi-
val was INDUCED in at Estival park
last night by a large number of col
ored people.
New badges, handsome and tasty
in structure, have been received by
the Bluff City Grays, and each member
VIII wear One,
The Tenth ward Hancock and
English club will meet tonight at its
quarters around the tall pole on Her
nando, below Elliott street.
Round-trip tickets from Memphis
to Huntsville, Ala, including one
weeks entertainment at the Hunts
vile hotel, will be sold for SIG.
Henry Hill and Phil Houston, two
ameteur colored pugilists, had a Sun
day evening set-to, and the latter has
paid s. fine, as he was the aggressor.
In the yard of his residence on
Causey near Elliott street, Mr.. w. A.
Burdick has several peach trees bear
ing fruit of superior size and flavor.
The young mems club met last
night at the Jefferson street opera
house, and were ~eloquently addressed
by Judges J. W. Clapp and R. J..
Morgan.
Fortune favors those who risk some
thing for her smiles. Risk two dollars
in the Commonwealth aud a prize
may be the result. Drawing next
Saturday. Tickets at usual place.
Politics warns up like the
weather. Several lively arguments
within the past day or two have led to
forcible conclusions, ending in knock
downs. As yet results have not been
serious.
Active operations are promised on
the new customhouse, but then prom
Uses are as cheap as anything in the
country, and, if they are not fulfilled,
disappointment is only acute for a
brief period.
The leading local topic this fore
noon was Attorney General Turner's
speech on the bluff last night. 1t was
generally believed that it was a good
speech for the democrats and poor for
the greenbackers.
The city officials have under con-
sideration the subject of depositing
the dirt to be cut from the edge of
the bluff, by the railway laborers, in
caved places along the water front,
north Of Jefferson street.
A lot Of German e~migrhnts, 10 i
number, fresh from ''faderland," ar
rived here by the steamer Parker this
forenoon, and go to the mouth of
Arkansas river to labor on a railway.
They are the advance gaurd Of 800
more, all of the same sort.
Hugh j. Kelly was yesterday taken
before Judge Horrigan by his attor
neys, j. G. Maccabe and VIM. Finnie,
on a writ Of habeas corpus, and upon
a hearing, wa released upon his own
reCognizance. Kelly is the party who
figured with n Dooner in the bogus
license business.
Bids have been made to suppl,
material, and to lay the proposed
! pavement on the unpaved landinl
north Of Beale street, for 1909 b.
: Mr.. o. H. P. Piper and for Sl9,435 b,
= j.. A. Louden. An offer to furnish
the stone and gravel necessary, bu
!, not to lay it has been made by j. S
Mcdonald & Co. for 81, 259 and b
the Memphis Gravel Co., for 1915.
Il One Of the men supposed to hav
been a leader in the recent barbarou
slaughter of Conkey and helms, nea
BENEFITS Landing, Miss, is suppose
: To have emigrated to other and NOR
congenial chimes. Two more are, i
the language of the detectives, spot
4. ted, and, unless they seek a differer
ID roaming ground, are likely to expc
rience some trouble.