Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-26
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The family grocers now have the self
rising buckwheat.
A couple Of car loads New York State
buckwheat received at Oliver, Finnie
& Co.'s.
General Forrest is again in a critical
condition, much to the regret of a host
Of friends.
Two hundred cases of Shaker and
other preserves, new stock, at Oliver,
Finnie & Co.'S.
The Drury.G Gibson. murder case con.
tinues' to occupy the attention of the
Criminal Court.
Rev. Morris Henderson (colored), we'll
known 10 church circles in thiscity, is
said to be in a dying condition.
Next Monday night at the theater Miss
Genevieve Rogers will appear in a new
play entitled Bona, or the Spanish Beg.
gar.
The centennial commission awarded
Wright the highest premium for mince
meat. 1t is sold in this city by Lyle &
Shields.
The cloudy and rainy weather will
have the effect of stopping cotton pick.
ing and inducing the farmers and plan'
tsrs to make raids on Memphis.
Tonight at the theatar George S
Knight and the Worrell Sisters will ap
pear 10 Otto, which will be presented
again at the matinee tomorrow and fol
the last time tomorrow night.
Our morning contemporaries have gont
daft over the telephone business. If yor
step on a dogs tail you will hear from
the other end. In this accidental man
ner the telephone was invented.
At the Shelby County Court to-day, il
the case of Emma s. Asbury (colored'
VS.. Rev. D, B. Asbury,a divorce was grant
ed to the complainant on the ground O
adultery on the part of the defendant.
Drizzling raj yesterday afternoon anC
last evening made up good weather 10,
suiciding, but no such an event tool
place in the city. 1t was a good aud
bad day for shutting off the mortal coil
AT the Arbitration Court to-day thu
hearing of the case of Lanier VS.. Bel
was finished. The cases of Rafferty, VS.
the city Of Memphis and Manning VS., tn,
city of Memphis are on hearing this al
ternoon.
Our dry goods clerks now look tAei
sweetest when they are bored to death b.
shoppers who really don't want to pur
chase anything, who do not know whai
they want, but who keep handling auC
looking at goods just for pastime.
Cotton bales can now be found al
over The city. Some ancient philoso
pher believed that this world rested OIL
the back Of a tortoise, but on what the
tortoise rested he never codd tell
Memphis rests on top of a cotton bale
Take the bale away and Memphis goe:
with it.
The enthusiastic Avalanchiau and BIZ;
literary evening "pard," Ajax" art
making a desperate attack on the re
corder's redoubt. Ajax" wants to b
police aud recorders clerk again, al
office in which be distinguished and ex
tiuguished himself some time since
How are you, John Dooley2"
Lydia Thompson ard her blondes will
appear at the Memphis Theater this sec
son, 1t is said of the fair Lydia ant
troupe that when they arrived from
England, recently, they had sixty trunki
aud a small valise, In the trunks wor,
street dresses, and in the small valisC
we're the stage costumes for the entire
company.
AT the Peabody Hotel to night q CRANE
banquet will be given to Captain Duncan
and the Chickasaw Guards by Colonel P
c. Bethel. Each guest is requested t
take a lady with him to the banquet. Ii
receiving his guests Colonel Bethel will
be assisted by Mrs, W. Y, G. Humes anC
Mrs. ]. W. McCown, owing to the Hines,
Of Mrs. Bethel.