Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-07-02

highways.
No paper will be issued from thi
Office on the national holiday.
Two excursions by river have beer
arranged to come of on the Fourth
The mechanics picnic is to come Of
at Estival Park on Tuesday, the l0tl
inst.
The three rascally young darby til
tappers we're given three months eacl
| in toe workhouse on Saturday last b.
Judge Greer, in the Criminal Court
The First National Bank declared
q dividend Of four per cent Saturday
and the Memphis City Fire and Gen
Ins. Co. made five per cent divi'
dend.
The pulpit of the Second Presby.
terrain church was occupied by the
Rev. j. i. Latimer on yesterday as
the rector, and for the first time in
this capacity.
The city of Nashville owns her water
works, and but fer the political inhu>
enza usual 10 such cases, it would be
a good thing for this city to own a set
OF the same sort.
The July coupons of the Flippin
compromise bonds of this city are 10
course OF payment at the Union and
Planters Bank here, and at the Inn
porters and Traders Bank, New York
city.
The count shows 2028 people to
have been at Estival Park Friday
night. Many estimated the attendance
at double that, but gatherings Of the
kind are very deceptive as 10 numA
bers.
The Knights of Honor are all very
much obliged to the amiable Miss
Susie GREENWOOD, the charming little
Blanche Miles, and to Mr.. Refs, for
vocal services rendered at their Fri
day night entertainment.
The Mozart Society will give their
closing concert for the present season
at the thester tomorrow (Tuesdsy)
night. Joseph Hart Deuck is to be
the pianist, in place OF Mrs. Wilson,
who is absent from the city.
The slow work on the lower end of
Main street, where culyert is build
ing, excites the contempt OF people
who would like to travel down Main
street by the street car line, without
having TO climb over the gap.
Forty members of the Tennessee
Press Association started from Nash
vile Saturday to visit Texas and
Mexico, going by way Of Milan and
st. Louis. The press Of Memphis is
not represented in the party.
Miss Jennie Higbee, the accom-
plished instructress, is to leave for the
East next Thursday, and on to NOR
row (Tuesday) she will receive her
pupils and friends at the seminary,
corner Of Lauderdale and Beal streets.
1 iSoda water and watermelens on ice
we're the popular beverages largely
partaken of during the hot hours OF
yesterday afternoon, when the streets
we're thronged with waytarers out to
see the procession or to catch breath
Of fresh air.
Angerona Lodge, +. and A. NJ, is
to meet this (Monday) evening; also
the Memphis K. a. Chapter, f. and
A. NJ and the Memphis Building and
Savings Association. The Porter
Guards meet tonight, and the Pants
makers tomorrow night.
There will be an exhibition drill
and a sham battle between the Nc,
Ulellan and Zouave Guards at Estival
Park next Wednesday in commemo-
ration of the national holiday. A
general frolic will also be participated
in by the pleasure seekers.
The orphans Of st. Peters Asylum
are to have a picnic at Fitzgibbon's
Grove on the fourth. 1t was at first
arranged for the Exposition building,
but has been changed under the be.
lief that the open air will be more
suitable for enjoyment this torrid
weather.
The death list'i in the city last week
summed up 81, OF which 10 were col>
ored and IA white, while 10 were chill.
dren. As usual consumption leads, s
having died of that, while 5 died OF
congestion, and the remainder were
scattered. Last year for the same
week the total deaths we're 81, and II
were colored.
Joe Koonce, thief, and Alex Hill. a
darby murderer, went to Nashville to
prison Saturday evening, the latter
tor life, unless he is pardoned or es.
OapeS, while the other goes for eighteen
months. Robert Wilson, thief and
murderer, is to be hung week from
Friday next, unless the Governor in
tervenes, or he dies 10 the interim.
The thermometer has been we'll up
in the nineties for the past two days
and the warm, dry weather of last
week has done wonders for the grow
ing crops. Planters had q full week
to work and fight grass and weeds.
They have taken full advantage of it
and no further complaints are heard
about being too much in the grass.
The sanitary condition of the city
is one Of the most engaging features
of its management at the present
time, Judge HaGGen talked to the
police Saturday on the subject like a
Dutch uncle, but he never said one
word about those nasty flth carts art
with their hOFrid fumes spreading
along Front street and the river as
they roll by.
A parlor concert is J.. to be given at
tbs Second Presbyterian church
ma9Se, %. Shelby street, tonight, at
which Misses Hunter, Greenwood
Moohy and MoM ,,tf $50 ot,,o,,no.I .