Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-10-18
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son street varieties Opera House tonight.
A heavy white frost is discoverable in
this latitude and longitude every morn
ing.
Lsok out for hall thieves. Thefts
Of o~vercOats and hats from racks are
prevalent.
Lovers Of oysters will be pleased to
learn that the ancient oystermen predict
the best oyster season since 1860.
At the Recorders Court this morning
Tom Shannon was committed without
bail on the charge Of horse stealing.
Wild geese have commenced flying
southwark from the northern regions.
Their presence is the forerunner Of cold
weather.
Now that the CLOSE game season ia
over hunters from Memphis are having
considerable sport in this and adjoining
States with dogs and guns.
The gin house Of Ohildress & Brown,
three miles back Of Friar's Point, was
burned by negroes IN Friday right, to.
gether with fourteen bales Of cotton.
We have been enabled to. day TO look
over the New York Tribune and Times
of Friday, the 18th instant, through the
kindness Of the Southern Express Com.
pany,
Those who are beginning to kindle ur
fires in stoves and CRATES should look
out for defective Aues, which are the
causes Of the majority of fires and con
aagrations.
Yesterday morning at 2 o'clock a fire
broke out and destroyed an old shaniy
on jackson street, between Second anC
Third. The house destroyed was worth
about twenty-five dollars.
Last night two w~ell-educated Germans,
one an engraver and the other an ex
bank clerk, applied for lodging at tn,
station-house. They we're sick, broker
down and could get no employment.
The First Chancery Court stand,
adjourned until next Friday morning
and the First Circuit Court stands ad
journed until tomorrow morning. The
latter court vas not in session to-day.
Next Tuesday night there will be {
masquerade and fancy dress ball given
at Rocco Hall. 1t will no doubt be 6
gay affair, as ome Of the l%iveliest PEG
pie in the city expect TO be in attend
ance.
The bellies of Memphis are imitation
lists to a woman, and yet they are illog
ical enough to want the besax to b
hard money currency men, especially i
they regard them from a marital stand
point.
The mortuary report Of the Board o
Health for the past week shows a falling
of in deaths, the total deaths being "a
whites, II; blacks, I; with no special dis
ease prevailing and the health of tn,
city improving rapidly.
The County Quarterly Court will as
semble on Monday next, aud will pro
coed to wind up business for the term
That Poor.bouse scandal investigation
will probably come up, unless it i
hushed up in some form.
United States discussing officer Majo
George Gibson will reopen up his ofic
in this city OIL the lst Of November
Major Gibson has been absent on fui
Tough during the summer, but will returi
to our city within o few days.
The game market furnished the fol
lowing retail quotations to-day: Venison
choice cuts, zoe per pound squirrel
and quail, 25c each; white fish and re-
snapper, l5c per pound lake salmon
l2lc per pound; oysters, soc, Zoe an
75c per eau.
Mississippi planters arriving in J. tn
city say that the cotton fields are whit
with the heecy staple, but the cotton
pickerS are too much engrossed in poll
tics to indulge in the remuneratiye EN-
ployueht of picking, ginning aud balm
the great product.
The e%pizoolic has reached Memphis
and many saddle and livery siabl
horses are wheeling, but the disease is o
a mild type and no great trouble is an
ticipated. The disease has d%evelope,
into sBeezing and running at the nose
1t clearly developed on Saturday last.
To preserve ice in a refrigerator wral
f the ice in several thicknesses of news
paper, and we advise all citizens to us
the LEDGER, as it is the coolest iourna
on all topics published in the city. Thi
is not a ruse 10 increase the circulation
Of opr paper, but it is a scientific fac
taken from the Southern Farmer, a wei
edited agricultural journal pablishe0
here.
A negro named Andrew Brown wa
chased and arrested this forenoon by pa
trolman Manuel on the charge Of rot
bling Mrs. Baumberger, of Poplar street
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