Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-10

The mission home, for the reforma-
ton of feminine pariahs, situated at
107 Alabama street, is to be dedicated
next Sunday with appropriate religi-
GUS ceremonies.
The cotton crop promises as we'll as
could be expected at the present
early period of its growth, and a con-
siderable increase of the area is re-
ported in cultivation.
The Southern Cultivator, Florida
Agriculturist. Country Gentleman and
Live Stock Journal, are the leading
farm periodicals. of the country. Mans
ford receives them regular.
"The liveliest little place in the
country is the town of Bartlett" so
said an enthusiastic visitor to the city
this morning, and he had freshly ar
rived from the town he spoke of.
The United Irishmen extend n
hundred thousand welcomes to their
friends and the public generally to
to attend their first grand picnic on
Sunday next at Fitzgibbon's grove.
There is a king bee mud hole out at
the corner of Vance and St. Martin
streets, and it needs the attention of
those whose duty it is to attend to it.
People Of the vicinity complain Bit
terry at it.
The caseof w. H. Simpson, charged
with forgery, is set for tomorrow. A
forfeiture of his bond was declared
yesterday, but it appears that he did
not know his case was set, or he
would have been on hand.
A we'll known legal gentleman, well
versed in New York life and familiar
with the people there, pronOunces
Chester G. Arthur a very affable gen.
tleman, Of limited intellectual capa-
city, and what lawyers term a fourth
rater in their profession.
Bad smells of the most ~variegated
type, and a fearful sanitary condition,
is what the residents along Jefferson
street say of that thorOughfare. A
petition is in circulation asking the
authorities to do something, and make
it wholesome as well as passable.
In the country round about tie po-
tato crops splendid despite the efforts
to convey a different impression, on
the part of few. The palatable es-
culent was never Of a better quality,
and there is a good demand in the
markets of northern cities for all that
can be shipped away.
"Uaed Mile Faithe," in the Irish
v%ernacular, means "a hundred thou
sand welcomes" and the expression is
used by the United Irishmen of this
city in connection with their proposed
picnic at Fitzgibbons' grove next
Sunday. They invite respectable
people Of all classes.
The Selma railway franchise is to
be publicly sold again, the recent
double sale not having been confirmed,
owing to bidders appearing and offer
ing advanced figures. The sale is to
be opened at $500, and the property
offered extends along the whole line
from here to Selma, Alabama.
The Rev. Geo. G. Harris, dean of
St. Mary's Episcopal church, has been
called away from the city on a BUSH
ness trip to Mississippi. He will,
therefore be unable to participate in
the commencement exercises ct the
theater tonight, where Miss Higbee
and her pupils will be the leading fea-
lures Of interest.
A young man who is bookkeeper for
one of our leading Front row houses
is a third cousin of Garfeld's. IfI
Garfield should be elected and after
wards divide up all the Offices among
his kinspeople a-la-Grant, this young
man might stand a good chance as
postmaster Of Memphis or some other
equally lucrative sinecure position.
Pictures Of James Abram Garfield,
in various stages of apparent decom-
position and distortion, appeared on
the news stands to-day, printed in
various Ohio newspapers of yester-
day morning. They we're closely
scanned by numerous people, and the
general verdict is that, however good
looking Garfield may have been in
his early wood chopping and canal
boat driving days, he isn't much on
beauty now. He therefore don't re-
semble General Tracy.
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