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water to b. detected and impings on the

water to be detected and impinge on the
opposite bank against the lot owned and
occupied by Colonel Magevasy.
The latter also employed engi.
neering skill, and erected in front Of
his property another breakwater to de-
feet the current at another angle and
cause it to diverge against the opposite
bank, below the breakwater built by Mr..
Cordes. Several other breakwaters are
now being erected, and this part Of Bayou
Gayoso is being thoroughly and seienti.
6cslly damned. What all this Will result
in W know not. unless the damming pro.
cess at last turns the current Of the bayou
against the abutments of the Market
street bridge, Immediately below, and
undermine these abutmehts and walls so
as 10 endsnger the safety Of the bridge.
There.are also several oral"damns" EQUAL
lied by expressive aJj%ectives), heard
from in connection with the great engi-
neering work.
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Boys spring hats at OOhen's
BAD COLDS.
The Prevalence Of Influenza at
Present.

-
The Prevalence Of Influenza at
Present.
Nearly everybody has a " bad cold" as
it is called, a good cold being an unheard
Of thing. The sudden distemper fol.
lowed so quickly after Mardi. GrAs that it
was regarded by many as the result Of
that famous carnival. 1t was a cold
which the people imagined they had
caught by i%mprudent revelry, and since
that day men and women have been
heard saying, i've got the Mardi. Gras."
1t is, however, nothing more or less than
inHuenza-a genuine and general attack.
1t is pronounced as similar to the "a.
nous Tyler Grip" which term some Of
the oldest inhabitants may remember,
Influenza did not then mean Tyler
grip" but Tyler g-ip" was applied out
Of the nature Of circumstances. Grip"
was once the vulgar name by which this
form Of disease was distinguished. When
in l84l Mr.. Tyler became President Of
the United States, this disease appeared
in a violent form, and in honor Of the
new administration it was given the
name Of Tyler grip"
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OUR PUBLIC LANDING.
Memorial 20 the General Govern.
meut.

Memorial 10 the General Govern.
ment.
At the last meeting Of our City Fathers
Councilman Donovan, Of the Second
Ward, offered the following preamble and
resolution with reference to the improve
ment Of the landing and river front BY
the General Government. The resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted by the
Council:
Whereas, His Honor the Mayor, in one
of his messages, has directed attention
that the Congress Of the United States
should aid or make an appropriation for
the purpose of improving our public
landing; therefore be it
Resolved, That His Honor the Mayor
be requested to prepare a memorial to
the Congress Of the United States Ito be
placed in the hands of Hon. Casey
Young, our Representative in Congress),
setting forth the great Importance Of the
improvement and preservation OF our
public landing to the commercial inter
est OF the country. Our city is now the
third great cotton port in the United
States, and the great commercial en-
porium of the Mississippi Valley between
st. Louis and New Orleans. 1t has been
customary with the government to ap.
propriate large sums of money on the
improvement of harbors on the lakes
and other navigable waters; then why
should not our great city on the Father
Of Waters lay claims to a share Of the
national bounty
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Rnnnd nanh-

Yesterday morning a well-knOwn
dentist, DR.. W. f. Southern, was found
dead in his bed at his room on Main
street, zeal the corner Of Union. The
doctor was quite an old man, aged about
65 years, and has been in bad health for
some time. Coroner Spelman held an
inquest yesterday aud the jury returned
a verdict Of death from heart disease -
this being the opinion Of his attendant
physicians as to the cause Of his sudden
death. DR.. Southern has been a resi-
dent Of Memphis since 1855. he had no
relatives in the city, but bad a large cir.
Gle Of friends, to whom his death was
quite q sad surprise,
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pam war.

Quite an amusing contest, involving
extensive and scientific hydraulic engi.
neering, is progressing on the banks of
Bayou Gayoso, Immediately south Of the
Market street bridge. The bayou has
been eating into the lot owned by Mr..
Cordes, on the west side Of the bayou,
and he, taking the hint from the pro.
posed plan Of erecting rip-raps or break
waters up the Mississippi in order to pro-
tect the river landing, erected a break
water in the Bayou Gayoso bed immedi'
ately in front Of his lot. This caused the
water which impinEed upon the break.
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ARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
THE CITY.
d n M H HIS.
Monday evening, March Is, 1876.
Curious Btr.h-Dav

The boy born last Mardi.G rss will have
only one birthday in four years. He
will be eighty-four years Of age when he
arrives at his twenty-6rst birthday, and
in the next Centennial year, il he lives
till then, he will celebrate his twenty.
fifth, The female child born on that
day can honestly deceive, in the years
yet to come, when she is asked before a
jury to state her age, by simply telling
the number Of her birthdays. There
are advantages and disadvantages in
being born on the goth Of February, but
the neWly.born cannot appreciate either,
and they have no choice in the matter.
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Fire on Dunlap Avepue.

At eleven o'clock last night a gro.
Gerry and dwelling on Dunlap Ave-
nue., near the crossing of the Selma rail-
road and between the railroad and Elm
wood Cemetery, was destroyed by fire.
The building, a frame one, containing a
dwelling and grocery, was completely
destroyed. The cause Of the FIRE vas
accidental.
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Amusements.

MEMPHIS THEATER. Tonight Miss
Maggie Mitchell, supported by her W
dramatic company, will appear in Fan
chon, or the Cricket, a play in which she
has won no little celebrity. The pro.
gramme Of attractions for the week ap.
pears in another column.
THEATER CoMIoUE, = This jefferson
street temple Of variety amusement con.
tinues to do we'll under the management
of Eugene German. The entertainments
are changed nightly, and consist of
songs, dances, specialtieS, character
sketches, %farces, etc by the members Of
the troupe. Among the new attractions
is Mile Devrient, a fine operate vocal
ist.
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Save a dollar by buying n
hat NJ COhen's, 2I0 Main. l6
b IN Arknnann.

The Forrest City ARK Times of the
llth contains the following account of a
robbery near that city few nights since:
The store of Mr.. WIS. Brookes, at
Wheatley, was entered aud robbed Of q
quantity Of goods one night last week.
The offenders we're arrested and had q
hearing before Esquire Hammonds, by
whom they were committed to jail in de.
fault OF bail. The following are the
names Of the prisoners; John Barry,
John Miller, Hugh McAlva, Pat Mahan
and John Parsons, all white.
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WOODRUFF AND CLAFLIN.
What the "GirIs" Think OF IN
south and southern People,

What the "GirIs" Think OF the
south and southern People.
From Woodruff & ClaAin's Weekly, of
the 18th, we clip the following:
Few Of Mrs. Woodhulrs friends and
admirers would have thought it expedient
for her to betake herself and her "pecu.
liar" views into the South; it would have
seemed too much like boarding the lion
in his den. Bat her triumphant course
thus far has proved that Southern chiy.
airy is not dead, and that receptivity is
is not swallowed up by prejudice in
Southern intelligence. She has been
granted not only respectful hearing
wherever she has appeared, but in most
instances her reception has amounted to
IN ovation, as though the people have
been surprised to find her an earnest,
comedy woman, .sll;Eg them, with her
heart upon her lips, plain truths about
themselves in aplain and comprehensive
manner.
Especially has she taken the heart of
the Southern woman by storm, for the
fact of the inertia Of the women of this
section has rendered to make the up.
heaval all the more startling. II the
Southern woman has been inactive, she
has not been insensible; and the good
seed Victoria is sowing is not falling
upon barren soil here. Southern women
are not given to mawkishness to a great
extent; they are, after all, much more
independent in and less under
the petticoat government Of Mrs. Grun.
dy than their sisters in the North, conse-
quently they have not hung back from
Victoria's lectures for fear Mrs. Grundy
would not be there.
Neither are the men of the South back.
ward in extending the right hand of fell
lowship. Their chivalrous sense recog-
nizes the true soul Of woman in Victoria
Woodruff, and the innate manhood Of
the true Southern gentleman is quick to
respond.
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Some thouGhtless p~arsgraphists hav.
ing, in their squibs on the recent dis
closures 10 Washington, reflected on
Grandmother Eve, the st. Louis Times
undertakes her defense MADAM Eve
yielded to a mere spirit Of curiosity,
common TO her sex; Sutif contemporary
history is to be believed, she was neither
a vain nor an ambitious woman; she was
not given to much dress, in fact her style
vas considerably more decollete than
that Of Mrs. Belknap; hers were pecu-
liarly domestic habits"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-13

The LEDGER job Office, ID Madison
street, is prepared to execute any kind
Of job printing in a neat and tasteful
manner aud at as low rates as any other
establishment in the city. I
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LEDGER LINES.

Ninety persons rest in the county jail.
Friday next will be St. Patrick's Day.
Easter will fall this year on the 10th
Of April.
School Board meeting tonight at Odd
Fellows Hall.
Maggie Mitchell as "Fanchon' at the
theater tonight.
Light felony cases are on trial in the
Criminal Court to-day.
Early vegetables are making an APP
pearance in the markets.
The Bartlett Circuit Court opened up
to-day, Judge Ray presiding.
Pruning shrubbery and fruit trees ia
all the rage in the suburbs at present.
Keep your hall doors locked, as sneak.
thieves are numerous throughout the
city.
The United States Custom.house, over
the Bank of Commerce, burned out last
night.
The scarcity Of money is generally
complained Of throughout the city. They
say all the money is in the banks.
Private theatricals are all the rage
among the young people. ITO be or not
to be Ian actor)2 that is the question:
A few DRINKS and d~isorderlies we're up
before the Recorder this morning and
contributed by fine to the treasury Of
the city.
The mortuary report Of the Board o.
Health for last week shows the total
deaths to have been l7-whites, 6;
blacks, IL.
The German Casino gives a grand OPP
cratic performance and hop at Cochran
Hall Thursday evening next. Thanks
for a complimentary invitation.
Internal revenue collector General
Smith is not in the city at present, nor
as yet has he learned of the partial de.
struction Of his Office by FIRE last night.
The majority Of Memphians who now
say that they are going to the Centen.
NAL, when the time comes will have to
walk or else remain away from the City
Of Brotherly Love.
The leap year motto of President
Grant, Let no guilty man escape" has
been adopted by the ladies who have
changed the motto so as to read, Let
no jilty man escape"
The FIRE in the Bank Of Commerce
building last night did not iDjure the
Bank of Commerce in the slightest de.
gree, and to-day business is carried on
as usual in that institution.
Colonel Joseph Lenow has been re-
elected President of Elmwood Cemetery
Company. Mr. John Il. Lenow has been
elected Secretary and Treasurer and
Mr.. Samuel W. Phillips Superintendent.
We are obliged to Jimmy Corwin, Of
the Bethel block newsstand, for copies
of the New York Graphic Of March 10th
containing illustrations of the New Or
leans Mardi-Gras. Memphis does MOI
suffer by the comparison.
1t showed yesterday morning, an I'M
usual occurrence in this latitude at the
present season. The white fakes o.
snow disappeared as soon as they fell
AS the poet Burns expressed it:
"-,he snow fake on the river
A moment bright, then lost forever"
Captain Ed Wells, a we'll known sport
ing man, and one having a large circle
Of friends and acquaintance in this city,
died at IL O'Clock last night at bis resi-,
denee on Robson street. He will be
buried at Elmwood Cemetery at IL
o'clock tomorrow morning.
The Knights of Innisfsil will give
their third annual hop at Cochran Hall
on Friday night next, the nth inst.
The different committees are hard at
work making extensive preparations for
the entertainment, which promises to be
one of the enjoyable affairs of the
season.
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-the snow fake on the river
A moment bright, then lost forever"

The residents Of the Ninth and Tenth
wards are resolved to resist the %collec-
ton Of the Nicolson pavement tax by the
city, on the grounds that they we're re-
leased from such payment by the decis.
ions Of Judge Brown, Of the Federal
Court. The case can be carried up to
the Supreme Court by the City Attorney,
if permitted by the General Council, but
there is no necessity for collecting this
tax in the Ninth aud Tenth wards in the
meantime.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-13

Call and see our new styles
of Ladies' and Misses Shoes,
which we are now receiving
and Offering at low prices.
ZELLNER a. CO,
At $50 Main street.
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AUCTION.
City PrOperty at Auction

+ WILL SELL IN FRONT oFTHE "MEM;
i phis and Mississippi Valley Land Agency"
office, 40 2sO main BtTeet, on Thurs
asy, the 28d dag Of March, at II o'clock
SHARE, al public sale, that most valuable and
convenient property, situated at the north
east corner Of Poplar and Second streets, one
block from the Courthouse.
Plan Of subdivision can BIO seen by apply
ing 10 my agents, Measrs. koyster, Waldran
h Bacon. =,
Terms-0no-half cash balance In six and
twelve months, with sig Per cent. interest en-
deferred payments. Title perfct With ab-
stract ready. ALBEIT uHAHAM.
ROYsrKR, WALDRAN \ BACON, Auctioneers,
$40
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GAS Pipes, Water Pipes, Bath Tubs,
Pumps, Hydrants, Hose, etc. Prices
lew. Browne, the Plumber. 263 Second
street, opposite Court Square. ll6.t
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FLOWERS, elegant bouquets, floral or.
uamentS and rarest plants at Craig's
Seed Store, 379 Main street. l55-t
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DERsONAL-J. N. COLEMAN, JUSTICE
u Of the Peace, Notary Public and Commits
sioner Of Deeds. Special attention given TO
collections in the county. Office 2A Front ct.
lI6-t 40
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If you want to pass a pleasant hour,
call at Sid Cooks Peabody Billiard
Hall. 33t
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A. #. bod q Co., statiOners
and booksellers, 34I Main St,
third door south of Union. 81
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PEABODY Billiard Hall, newly reGtted,
tables in irsi-class order. Call and see
Tor yourselves, SGT
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Fresh shad.

Fresh ShRd.
Victor D. Fuchs received a choice lot
Of fresh shad by express. For sale at
prices to suit the times, at Al Jefferson.
IG
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STOVES and Tinware.
list F. j. TURNBULL, 294 Main st.
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NRE5r e. TENNIAL OFFER!

Any pcrson WHOM u lTSSr S@iY Doilsr' T gsStbII ~
z wS65RsbsD f SF HF ps ION" TTlll b mad. !
yeaTly sDeS9Ts9eT 70 b II; viii inOlose 90 % to
TO us he; ore the 5th Of Ma Nea mex; GUT tAiiss
the time to get the finest %TR' Too" YnS
country and GET UP A CA . AycIE1i .psr
will frd no trouble in getting up, I'M" SEMI
AT ono :. III mako
a regular business of canvassing, LOT o.
our Magazines. Address very plain'
Send Stamp for Fashion Catalogue.
A. BURDETTE SMITH,
Ola broadway, New York CITY
dLwiSS-t
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WAITED.

WTANTED-A GIRL TO DO GENERAL
w house work. Apply at II Jefferson s..
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FOUND.
PERSONAL.

EOUND-A CORAL EARRING. CALL
II at this office. l0-l2
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A. III. Goodman, the tailor,
100 Main ST., has opened an
entire new stock Of spring
goods. Go and see him. 80
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4 OR RENT ST0RE-HOUSE NO. 22S
L Main street, occupied at present By Bry-
son 4 Camp. Possession given first Of March.
Apply to JONES, BROWN co.
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CRYSTAL Headlight oil, lard oil and
.lubricating oil.
l4lt F. j, TURYBULL, 234 Main st.
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WANTED-T0 LOAN MONEY ON COL.
W l~aterals. Apply to l.. j., 2S5 Main st.
lbs
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COR RRNT-FURNIsHED HOUSE; AC-
Z cessible and convenient. Owner will
board with tenant for rent. Address D. EFF.
care LedRer. Il0
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FLowRRs, plants, trees at CRAIG's.
1857
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WANTED-T0 EXCHANGE A FIRST
w class piano-shaped Melodeon for an Or
san, Address Il. P. H., this office. Ella
WANTED TO RENT-A NICE SMALL
residence, convenient to Ledger office,
in good repair, with gas and water in II.
inquire of Il. WHITM0RE,
1901 At Ledger Office.
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IGOR RENT-D W ELLINGS, STORES,
Z Offices and sleeping-rooms. l. D. COMA
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FOR RENT.

EORRENT-FROM MARCH lsT, A FIRST
4. class city residence, 3-stoiy brick, con-
tanning II rooms in Greenlaw Block, No. 139
Madison street, south side. Apply to MRS.
L. u: EB9ERT, on the premises, or to A. q.
DENNIS, 292 Main street, l47-f
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hhlGbb GiaSAnS bhhs9 aAANNsss I|-A
This Cut shown TIE Upper Part oftheskid
wrong side out, with the Elevator"
hradin. You can raise your skirt while pass.
ina a muddy plaza, and then let Il fall. y
keept the sklH from The Filth. 1t Loop9n
fashionable Manner. II amup All me
tines It's cost. 1t can be changed from one
dress 10 another. A great convenience and
say inS, when used in the common house
,dressas Price, As cents each
Iha above PATTERN WITH CLOTH
MOD d complete, and ONE DRESS ELEVA.
TOR. will DO sent, POSTPAID, in .one, package
person who will send SIXTY. CENTS
y; n their name and address 70 a. Bun
BIZ NE SMITH, ga Broadway NJ Z. CITY,
I'm ! "a Illustrated Pattern Bazaar.
Copy, Is cents. Subscription Price,
., oaullea postpaid. One Dollars worth Of
patoSry eS 81, en- to each subscriber Free as
premium,
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IeOrge y. harding Is spending a snort
vacation in a sterile portion Of Arkan.
sas. he writes: The country is so
poor that even huckleberries are stunted
in their growth. 1t must have been here
that the traditional cat was seen making
such remarkable time, instead of in New
England. A dog might find enough Of
pulverized 'tufa' on the hot mountain to
cover a small-sized bone, but he would
have to travel a long way to find enough
of good soil to hide away a dinner for a
rainy day. And yet there are grown
people living in this county who have
been born inside the township, and have
never been out Of it"
Laura Ream describes Belknap in the
indianapolis News; He is about six
feet in hight, but does not look as tall on
account Of strong build persistently
rounded by approved Washington habits
Of eating aud drinking. His complex
ion is naturally fair, So is his hair, He
would pass for a blonde if his face we're
not so red. It is not a rich, rare brandy
hue-it is rather the flush Of whisky aud
wine, giving a sort Of unnatural trans
parency to the skin. The effect is even
more marked in the eyes, which are
liquid-it will not do to say watery-and
unsteady. He has no particular grace
Of manner or expression and does bot
talk much. Wherever I have seen him
he has been especially devoted to his
wife"
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LOST.

NoTICE-HAVING LOST CERTIFICATE
IN No. 238 for Eve shares of stock Of the
Security Building and Loan Association, this
Is 10 warn all persons not to trade for tho
same as / have applied for q duplicate certih-
cate, l10-l2l MRS. A. BLAIR.
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FoR aALE.

E0R SALE-vALUABLE CITY LOT ON
y Mosby street. Apply at Mechanics and
Traders Bank. 1901
kNoR sALE-NEW FORM OF TRUSTEES
y DEEDS. just out; for sale at Ledger Office.
E0R. SALE LOTS ON LAUDERDALE,
~. Orleans. st. Paul and Carolina streets,
lO7. 1855 p. ". SMITH.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-04-14

A RUNAwAY.-Yesterday at about one
o'clock as Shorty was driving four
finland drawing rockaway from Johns
tons Dexter Stables. portion Of the
reins became entangled so that he los.
hold OF q portion of them. The animals
became frightened and ran down Main
to Lacour street and down Lacour as far
as the Justice office, where the driver
succeeded in getting hold of the reins
again and brought them to staudstill.
No damage was done.
JUSTICE Counr.-Yesterda morning
the case OF Pierce against Kitty Graves
was called in the Justice Court, plaintiff
being present and defendant present by
her attorney. By mutual consent judg.
ment was allowed in favor of the plain
tiff for $42.5 so and costs of suit, $40. 90.
The bondsmen being released from all
liability.
DISTRICT CouRr. The District Court
will meet to-day at 10 o'clock for the
purpose of trying cases on the civil cal
endar.
| By notice in another column it will bt
seen that meeting Of the Phoebe Ath
letic Club is called for this evening. q
half-past seven o'clock.
BULLION SHIPMENT.-Wells, Fargo
Co. shipped bullion yesterday valued q
Stages.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

CoNsrANTINoPLE, April 13.-The L.
want Herald reports that tbs plague il
increasing. At Bagdad on March Goth
there were thirty new cases and ten
deaths.
LONDON, April 13.-The Jewish Chron-
iclc says: Turkey is considering prop
osition OF the Jewish bondholders in
conjunction with some other dsnomina.
tons to exchange their bonds for land
in Syria.
A sharp gale prevailed this morning.
attended by rain aud snow. 1t is very
cold. A dispatch from Nottingham says
seven inches OF snow have fallen there
In North Wales nine inches. At Shelf
field II Is now nearly foot deep, being
the heaviest fall this Winter. Vegetation
is suffering greatly. AT Dublin foot o
snow fell last night.