Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-06-30

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that they are getting shorter.
Fifty cents month will secure the
mailing OF COPY Of this paper each
day to summer or any other absentees.
A supply Of Reelfoot lake perch can
be found by lovers of good fish at
Victor d. Fuchs, 80 and Al Jefferson.
Mr.. Christian Mundinger was ac-
quilted by the jury yesterday after.
noon, after over forty hours delibera.
ton.
Newly paved Beal street it is ex-
pected will be open to traffic before
the end of July. The pavement is to
cost $l6,5OO.
The Chicks and their friends wanted
the first place very badly, but are quite
happy over the fact that the Crescents
were first, as they couldn't be.
Persons leaving the city for the
summer can order the DAILY LEDGER
at so cents per month in advance, with
the privilege Of changing postofice.
Those who stood within seeing dis.
lance of an electric light, last night,
felt numerous bugs drop down their
backs. Myriads buzzed about every
where.
A base ball game is to be played at
Olympic Park at four this afternoon,
for the benefit of O'Neil. The Mem
phis Reds have a new uniform and
will wear it.
Those who bet against the Chicks
feel good. Where a man put up his
last picayune the other way, he is to-
day like a boy run over by calf-has
nothing to say.
The cotton market, the military
prize drill, the execution Of Guiteau,
and the Mundinger trial are themes
enough for the gossips during this
scorching hot period.
The only way to keep in mind the
details Of military drill, is to do like
Kennedy, the detective, did, put it down
in a memorandum book every few
hours, and note the hour.
The Little Havana Lottery is the
most popular one among Memphis
buyers. The next drawing takes
place next week and large sales are
anticipated in this city.
LET not him who putteth on his
harness boast himself as ne who
putteth it off," is scriptural iDjuuc-
ton respectfully suggested for the
future government of the PorterRifes
and their gasconading friends.
Cash Hunters first, 'Cadians second
Bontons third, Blow Hards fourth, is
the way the sports put it on their
bulletin boards yesterday, but the
Blow Hards dropped into the third
place, and the 'Cadians went to the
front.
A new, we'll developed cotton boil,
picked from the Fitzgerald farm, nine
miles from the city, near the southern
border of Shelby county, by D. Collier,
was sent in to-day, and it looks like
we are going to have a full cotton crop,
after all.
Shortly after sunset, last evening, |
some one telephoned to the corner Of
Vance and Lauderdale that the Chicks |
were first, the Crescents second, the |
Quapaws third and the Porters fourth. |
A yell went up that almost raised the
neighborhood, and many didn't know
any better until this morning.
The details Of the errors made by |
the Chicks, as explained by various
persons, would fill 600 page book,
and not sentence would be worth
remembering. The Judges notes and
score are the proper and only reliable
authority. Not a spectator can tell
the story az it was.
The bondholders' happy season is
here. Those who own government 4
per cents chip off a quarterly coupon
o-day. The NJ. & 7. railway, series
B., pay their semi annual interest to-
morrow. The latter bonds pay 8 per
cent per annum, and are worth SIT
on the market.
The Chicks came out 1.25 behind
the Crescents; the Porter Rifles 2 81
behind the Chicks. and the Quapaws,
LOO behind the Porters. The score
as promulgated by the judges stood,
Crescent Rifles, 1922; Chickasaw
Guards. 81 81; Porter Rifles, $500,
and Quapaws, $500.
The Surgeon Of the Chicks, DIR.
Heber Jones, came home from Louis
vile last evening and was firm in the
belief that the Chicks would take first
money. He saw the drill, and based
his opinion on personal observations.
The doctor did not change his mind
until Branch Martins dispatch was
read about dark in front Of the Pea.
body.
Mile. Aimee is to appear in this
country next fall as dramatic actress,
and may figure in English opera be.
fore the season ends. She opens at
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