Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-12-19
LEDGER LINES.

One Juryman, E.sV. JORDAN ,snass oeeh
obtained in the Coe-Beaoh. case.
Humpty Dumpty comic trick panto-
mime at the Memphis Theater tonight.
The Fryer grand opera company open
Monday night with Waguer's Lohengrin.
Cotton declined lice to-day in New
York, which weakened the market here.
Fish chowder, picked lambs tongues,
Fulton market beef, sweet cider at B. M.
stratton 4 Co.'S.
If you are troubled with purchasing
sorry teas, try B. M. StrattOn & Co., and
get a fine article.
II ysu want q sure thing Of Christmas
cakes, ETC., get the White Swan Flour of
B. NJ. Strstton & Co.
If you wish the finest hams and break
fast bacon try Ferris. Fer sale by B.
NJ. Stratton & Co, only.
A big crowd of Mississippi exclusion
lists will come up the Mississippi and
Tennessee railroad to morrow.
THAT thing up there" will pan out
pretty we'll by tomorrow night, and still
better on the 18th Of January.
In the case OF Hackett VS.. Loewen.
stine counsel for the latter has applied
for a new trial in the Chancery Court.
The favorable weather is enabling
planters to get out their cotton with
more rapidly than at any time hereto
fore this season.
Major R. B. Hurt, Of Jackson, is i'm
proving nicely under the treatment o
DR.. CoHden, and will doubtless soon bt
temporarily relieved.
We received by to days train tire
large shipments Of strictly choice butter
which we offer to the trade at a grea
bargain. B. NJ. Stratton.
B. NJ. Stratton & Co. have just receive,
another shipment Of the celebrate
Bethlehem buckwheat. If you are j
search. of a luxury call early.
We have Just roasted, fresh for th
holidays, a fine line Of c%offees, embra'
ing Moca, African, Peaberry, Jav'
5 Mexican and Rio. B. NJ. Stratton & Cc
l. E. Douglass was elected magistrat
o Of the Third district on the 18th ms
The vote stood: Douglass, ia; W. I
Pearson, 80; G. A, Young, 5Oi seattle
ing, 3.
We have a full lfne Of holiday good
embracing apples, oranges, plain an
mixed candies, assorted nuts, raisin
%citron, figs, currants, dates, etc. B.
. Stratton & Co.
Just received-a shipment of Il
Oneida Packing Company's cherrie
:. pears, Strawberries peaches, ETC., Il
q finest ever introduced in this market,
B. M. Stratton & Co.'s.
He didn't call it that thing" tv
years ago when the Democratic and &c
servative Convention nominated him
mayor, and John johnson rallied
friends to support the nominee.
Messrs. H. L. Priddy of Bartlett a
i. F. Duke Of Mason's Depot, Tenn;
O. Caldwell Of Argents, Ark, and W.
Mt Phillips Of Mississippi, were visitors
ut the cotton exchange this morning.
~ The coal Of the Crow Creek Mini
Company is attracting the attention
7, consumers, and for domestic purposes
90 considered the equal Of any coal in
90 market. See testimonials Of those v
90 have tested it.
GO We are indebted to Mr.. Julius A. s
90 mons, agent Of the old reliable E
90 Fire Insurance Company of Hartfo
for a tasteful and convenient calenI
for 1873 sent out by the company. Ev
= Office should have one
The Little Rock Railroad Company
csiyed two new dummy-eDgines, via
Louisville railroad, yesterday. II
were transferred to Little Rock to be
% 10 complete running order, after VIII
g they will return, and one will be used
the incline at Hope6sld, the other on
ID incline ct Wolf river, TO be used in c
o nection with the steam transfer.fer
boat.
y The New York World, speaking
Miss Mary Anderson's acting as N
0. Merrilles," says; I'm the death-scene
becomes the aged crone to the life.
10 a good actress that can portray dealt
toe life; must be something like
/. prompter which Punch pictures who '
urging the ghost in Hamlet to Ii
alive now while the defunct king
y sndeavoring to look as dead as possibI
IN. The news butcher G o. Pife, who
seconded with $35 so from his emplc
on the Memphis and Louisville road,
- arrested this morning by officer Z
Hope in the city, and will have a h
"a ing before the recsrder Tomorrow nj
ing. His chances for the penitenti
are very encouraging. BE is about n
teen years old, and has been in the
vice of the news company sew
RNA ,.AnAka