Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-23
SUNDAY locals IN BRIEF.

SUNDAY LOCALS IN bhAEE'
The Legislative Council meets next
Thursday.
The funding board meets at three
his evening.
Yesterday was Pesach, or the Jew'
ish Passover.
Front street has been repaired from
Marke. to Beal.
Merchants Exchange Life insurance
met this evening.
Union street will soon be paved with
Tishomingo gravel.
New Orleans promises 500 visitors
to the music festival.
There are about 800 daily arrivals at
three leading hotels.
Work on the Exposition building
is progressing rapidly.
Home grown strawberries are not
expected for at least ten days.
The Young Mems Christian Assoc
citation is gaining strength daily.
Gayoso street, from Shelby to Gin.
ton, has been paved with stone.
The officers of the United States
Court lett tor Jackson last evening.
Numerous bills against delinquent
tax payers are filed by the City Attor'
ney.
When $4,000 is subscribed, Second
street will be paved from Poplar to
Beale.
1t is reported that the cats are COB
bling up the young squirrels In Court
Square.
The gang will work Main street
next. Heavy traffic makes repairs
necessary.
George Henderson, sentenced to hve
years for arson, will have a new trial
before Judge Greer.
PRESIDENTS of Market street will
subscribe $50, 900, block stone will be
put down from Main to the bayou.
Grand Viziel. Charlie Pullen has
scratched his head bald over the caPi~
talization- of. the .old-city- debt prob
lem.
A meeting Of ladies in the interest
ofa public library will be held at the
Odd Fellows Library this evening at
s o'clock.
A large stone culvert across Main
street, between Georgia, will be the
finest work Of its kind ever done In
Memphis.
The total number of deaths in the
city last week was 10; whites 10, col
Ored 8. Two died Of pneumonia and
two of consumption.
Resolutions Of respect and regret
for the death OF that estimable lacy,
Mrs. j. @. johnson, have been passed
by the Hope night school.
Garbage carts will not be allowed
to remove The contents OF stables, aud
drivers will not be allowed to sweep
out the back yards of citizens.
A number of Memphians will at
tend the Cincinnati dramatic festival,
The steamer James w. Gaff, to leave
here tomorrow, will carry passengers
at lower rates for the round trip than
ever taken by river aud nice band OF
music will regale the party.
The races are over, the dust has
settled, the sports have departed, the
voice Of the pool seller is lost in echo,
the bay plug horse is gone and the
public has settled down, many Of them
wiser and sadder than before, and not
a trace remains but the white plug
hat.
Saturdays race programme was
carried out to the letter, in spite OF the
rain, and a large crowd was present.
Eleven horses entered for the first
race. which was won easily by Tn
known in l:06 minutes, Monticello I'd,
Olivette 3D.. This was { mile, $3.50, OF
which $50 to second The second race
was for beaten horses, $400, OF which
800 to second and $50 to third, mile
heats. Apollo won the first heat, with
Sovereign Pat second and Katie Creel
third. Apollo also won the End heat,
Major Hughes End, Greenwood Bird.
The time of the irst heat was 1:47 aud
OF the second Las. Six horses entered
for the third trial, II miles. $500, Of
which S75 to the second, S25 to third
Joe S won in 2:l5!, with Pope Leo
second and Tamerlane third. The
fourth race, Z mile for $3.50, Of which
$50 to second, was won by Constantine
in l:18, Hickory Jim second. and
Greenwood third. The last event OF
the meeting was steeple chase, inside
course, ] J miles, over l6 hurdles, IoI
$3.50, Of which $50 to second and S2S
to third. Florence y, Twilight and
Tennessee girl entered, coming under
the string in that order, and Jumping
every hurdle.