Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-27

persons leaving the city Tor TN
summer can order the DAILY LEDGE
at 80 cents per month in advance, will
the privilege Of changing postofice.
For the past seventeen days tht
mercury has ranged between 81 anC
90 degrees at the government sigma
Office during the hottest hours Of thu
twenty four.
Four jurymen in the Mundingel
trial from the country, including two
from the vicinity of Collierville anC
Germantown, the remainder from the
city and vicinity.
The river at Cairo has fallen oyel
eighteen inches since Saturday. A
rapid drop is anticipated from this
time forward. The water level there
now is fifteen feet below the great
food rise of March last.
The courthouse habitues we're al
most equally divided yesterday be
tween the Mundinger trial and The
Kenton- Dow case. They, between
them, furnish themes and incidents o
more than the usual variety.
L. W. Wells, j. G. Schmidt, A
W. Thompson, A. O'Neil, j. H
MangUm, James Bachmsn, H. W. W
Beardley, G. Cronin, H. G. Payne, F
II. Venn, S. A. Bowman aud |. N
Hastings, are the jury in the Nun,
dinger case this time. A hung jury oil
an acquittal is again anticipated by
the masses.
The excursion of the Macaroniani
next Sunday will be delightful fol
ladies to participate in. Some thirty
or forty are already booked for the
trip, and are representatives from first
circles. Ladies desiring to attend
must be provided with invitations by
the committee.
Mrs. Ida L. Botto, music teacher Of
St. James Hall, Bolivar, Tenn leaves
this evening on the Andy Baum,
en- route to Boston to attend the Con-
servatory of Music. She will be ac-
companied by Miss Mary Shouse, Of
this city, who goes for the same pur-
pose.
Big interest centers in legal circles
regarding the Dow-Kenton damage
case, and Mr.. Dow's remarks as his
own counsel and witness absOrbs the
minds of every spectator. When he
alluded to those grand old Roman ora
tors Lycurgus and Scion, the brethren
of the legal profession smiled broadly
and they couldn't help it.
A hole in the wall between the
Cotton Exchange and the bucket shop
next door, has been made, and the
two institutions are about to join
fences, all under the auspices and
management of the Cotton Exchange.
After September LIST futures" will
be a part of the regular business of
the Cotton Exchange.
The temperature at sunrise this
morning was gle, and the range yes
terday was 70 to so. The heat was
unusually oppressive throughout the
day until 6 o'clock in the evening,
when a pleasant and cooling breeze
came from the northwest and rem
dered the situation more endurable,
the temperature dropping some 15o
after the wind changed.
At its last regular meeting, John
son Lodge No. q, A. o. q. W.,
elected the following officers to serve
during the next six menthE J. NJ.
Rich, NJ. W.; John Calvin, f.; ]. W,
Flanagan, o.; j. E. Cleary, g.; S
Besthof, l. W.; John Russell, 0. W.
Sam A. Taylor, Receiver; John
Beamish, F.; l. N. Rainey, Recorder
NJ. Kinsella, Trustee for eighteen
months.
Mr.. Green, one Of the contractor
for building the Memphis 4 Holl!
Springs railroad, was in the city yes
terday, direct from New York, ant
stated that he had signed the paper
and work would begin at once. Nj
Green is one of the banking firm of J
& 7. Green, of Grenada, Miss. Thi
insures the early completion Of a con
Meeting link between here and Holl
Springs.
"The Ladies" toast at the Chris
tian Brothers College hall banque
last night was a happy theme, happil
responded to by Mr.. 7. R. Boyle, VII
never appeared happier than whe
absorbed in so delightful them
Other toasts were answered on Ii
occasion by R. A. 0dlum, M. R Pa
terson, R. E. Semmes, S. B. Athy an
D. A. Brayser, Of the Alumni Society,"
also by Brother Maurileap, Of IL
college.
The animated manner in whit
t people diacuss the State debt probe
in street cars and other public plac
i. is calculated to excite an unsophist
Gated listener. Many Of the ideas G.
. pressed are both novel and startlin
Eo;r waatbar in the West Or