Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-04

otherwise.
The summer night festival commit.
tee of the Hebrew association OF
young men met yesterday afternoon at
their hall to arrange for their coming
merrymakiug.
After two years service Mrs. Jacob
Thompson has been reelected Presi-
dent Of the Ladies Aid Society OF
Calvary church. and Mrs. Finley has
been reelected Secretary.
Flies are plentiful and vicious,
MOSQUITOES have heretofore been few
and Tar between, but this temperature
will bring them in swarms the first
time stiff breeze comes this way from
the opposite swamps.
Next Wednesday is the 18th ami
yersary of the Italian Society, and a
fine day is anticipated at EstiVal Park
by the members and their friends.
Admission 80 cents, music first class
and ladies no charge.
Many persons went out to the dec
grafton ceremonies at the National
Cemetery, then stopped at Fitzgibbon' 8
to attend the Knights Of Innisfail
picnic, thus going from grave to gay,
barely two miles apart.
The sister of the suicide, Auguste
Bernard, who killed himself at III
Court street last week, arrived from
New York Saturday, arranged for the
interment Of the deceased and went
back home the same night.
Road washes, deep gullies and dam
aged bridges are numerous In all the
country around, through the effects Of
last Tuesdays heavy rain. The crops
we're badly damaged in many fields
and much replanting is necessary.
Mr.. NJ. J. Blessing bought lot on
Vance street, near fernando, 453 by
$50 feet on Saturday for Sl028 80, OF
81 per front foot, and John Miller
purchased one on Aliens avenue, Az
by 1872 feet, for $539.75, or $3.50 per
front foot.
Fifty years ago to-day a squad Of
Hardeman county militia went west to
the Indian Nation as escort to the
Cherokee Indians, General X. p.
Neaiy being il command. The sur
vivors are having a reunion Oday in
and near Bolivar.
The foot prodding darky, who ran a
sharp prong into the newsboy's foot a
few days ago, has made himself scarce
to keep out Of the penitentiary, place
he deserves to be in, and where he
will 60 sooner or later. The grand
jury has indicted the cruel sneak.
Death list in the city last week Is.
equally divided between white and
black, and there were Is last year for
the same week. The list for the week
just closed includes 2 from consump-
ton, 2 from spasms,2 from dropsy, 2
unknown and the remainder from
scattering causes.
The Gne of the water company in
the Poston case, where the company
officers turned off the water without
consent because a careless servant
left faucet open, has been reduced
from $3.50 to $50 by the Circuit Court
Judge, and an argument for a new
trial has been heard by the same
official.
At the market street school Satur
day forenoon the teachers institute
listened to Miss Towel on the nstura
methods of teaching geography To-
morrow morning at Miss Clara Con
ways school natural methods of teach
ing will be illustrated and parents
having little children about to entel
school and all others interested arr
invited.
The man Estes, hit and dazed somt
time ago up in Mississippi county, anC
since then held in our Jail in a rather
bad state Of mind, is accused Of hav
ing killed his uncle in Robinson
county, Texas, seven or eight year
ago, and the Sheriff Of Robinson (Mr
j. w. Jones) has arrived to interview
Estes. The man who hit him, named
Hawkins, was killed while resisting
arrest shorty after the trouble oc
CURED.
Two weeks ago a merchant of thi
city forwarded twenty-five bushe
boxes of green peas to Chicago, an
they sold for 81 45 per bushel, tn
total sum realized being $36 %. q
this the shipper received $40 %, tn
railway $22 80 and the commissio
: merchant So 80. By the time tn
grower paid for his packages aud othC
/, incidentals he had about 25c pc
> bushel left. He will not raise pea
{ for shipment north next year,
Our Governor is out with an expls
nation as to why he is granting
. many pardons for selling whisE
= within four miles Of an education
!, institute or a church. The Sta
Il officials have recommended it in eve,
Il instance. The people elect persons
! make laws, and then when the la,
e are obnoxious they get the law Office
s. to sign petitions to pardon law breal
D ers. Political influenza is malad
h not dangerous but troublesome.
The last copy Of the Music a
~ Drama, issued on Thursday Of Il
o. week, contains an account Of the 81
u against the Morning journal Of N
~ York by Fanny Kellogg for libel, a
says the case will be prosecuted to /
ar bitter end by eminent lawyers. T
Il lady says she lives happily with
ed husband. Max Ranhert. and that