Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-15
LEDGER LINES.
Sweet oranges at 2s7 Main.

to-day.
Squirrels at retail at Victor D. Fuchs,
three for fifty cents.
General Council meeting this after.
noon at the City Hall.
Fresh oysters received daily at Madam
Vincent's Crystal Palace. t
But little news. outside Of the conven.
ton could be picked up by reporters to-
day.
Fifteen cases Of misdemeanor occupied
the attention the Of Recorder pro TEN.
this morning.
In Memphis the cry for low taxes is
high, and the cry for high taxes is low
elm ost a whisper.
The dead leaves blow hither and
thither in the suburbs beneath the power
of the autumn winds.
Will oysters be thirty Or fifty cents a
dozen this season. is a question often
asked by lovers Of the bivalves.
1t is asserted that the RAIDS will put
out a full county Legislative ticket ere
long, and on a low tax platform.
The laying down of rock pavement on
the streets is progressing Monday next
the work on Main street will commence.
The Reds "%Chicagoed" the River.
sides, at a base bali given on yesterday
the score being II to O.. The Reds is q
bad club to tackle.
The men who are proxies in the
County Legislative Convention are now
called coupon holders. Many Of them
d. not drink porter.
Increasing demand is made nightly
for %station.house lodgings. The trampi
are marching southwark to escape the
cold northern winter.
Many new buildings, both in the bust
ness portion of the city and in the SD
burbs, are 10 progress of erection, moi
withstanding the hard times.
Fire Department Chief NJ. McFaddel
has returned from Philadelphia, where h
has been in attendance upon a Conve1
ton Of Fire Engineers and.Chiefs Of th
United States.
Many bets have been made already o
the result of the baseball contest t
take place Sunday uext OF Central Par
between the Etna Club, of Detroi
Mich, and the Reds of our city.
At Covington, Tenn, on Wednesda,
two interesting children belonging to NJ
. and Mrs. Sanford, died from the effec
of morphine, administered to them b
mistake in place Of quinine, as a remet
for chills.
: Many wise citizens start fires in the
l rooms every morning as a health pr
caution. The physicians advise sue
a course at this season of the year, wit
q hot days and cold nights are coquetiI
with each other.
In a couple Of weeks a number OF ge
!, tlemen Of this city intend to 60 on a ty
: days hunt in the Arkansas prairie
Last year during their raid they slaug
tered several thousand birds and gat
|. cred in a few deer.
The Howard Association, Of our Gil
has rendered the sum of 5000 to t
people OF Savannah, Ga. The gift "
small, but it will, nevertheless, be We
acceptable to the yellow fever strick
people of the latter city.
The funeral services over the renal
Of the late VIM. B. Hsmlin we're be
at Calvary Church to day, after viii
the remains were conducted 70 the ce
etery for intermsnt and we're iollowed
. the grave By a large concourse Of frien
of the lamented deceased.
The editor OF a well known Arkans
IL journal apologies to his subscribers
IN the lack Of news, etc, in his sheet in [
or following mysterious anG equivoeal sty
rs THE editor Of this paper has been OF
D. visit to Memphis this week, and 81
Id scribers must excuse the appearance
IT. this ISSUE"
The scent Of the orange blossom
hangs on the air, Notwithstanding I
cool weather, so indicative Of the &C
n ing nipping frost. At least half adoz
u weddings are spoken Of by the KNOW
society men. Like the cotton seas
the regular matrimonial season may
regarded as opened in this latitude.
he The International rife team contest
at Philadelphia created considerable int
est in this city, and a considera
10 amount Of money, etc., changed bar
Ve on the result. The total score Of the
err days shooting, made by the teams, is
follows; Americans, 1926; Irish, 81
Scotch, 1908; Australian, 3O62i Ca
ar dian, 1928. The above is the order
I'll which the great contest was decid
American marksmen have beaten
world.
The Irish Volunteers, now under c.
OF mand of Captain Cameron, are hard
Of work recognizing and drilling, ]
the company will be able, ere long, to t
ont nj laaet FORTY riAas Their grav I