Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-18
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THE CITY.
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Inc weather inns uiViH"S "N- 'F
cold.
Yesterday Sl7s bales of cotton we're re-
ceived.
Fatty Maginnis escaped from the Hot
Springs Jail a few nights ago.
Go to Nale& Lamb, S55 Main street, for
your holiday floral decorations.
This morning the mercury dropped to
l90. This is lS0 below freezing point.
During cold weather gas meters should
be kept wrapped up to prevent freezing.
Lisbon walnuts, crop of 1878, warranted
sound, just received by Lyle & Shields.
The Adah Richmond Opera Troupe will
begin an engagement at the theater next
week.
Prepared horse radish, solid dressing,
chow-chow, and Spanish olives. Lyle d
Shields.
Every kind ofjob printing executed at
the PUBLIC LEDGER job printing office,
10 Madison street.
New Sultana, Dehesa, Yslancia layer
and London layer %raisins, at low prices.
Lytle s Shields.
For Michigan pure apple cider call at
w. F. 0ltman's, corner of Fifth and
Greenlaw streets, Chelsea.
In the Criminal Court, this morning,for-
FIXTURES were taken against several wit
nesses who failed to attend.
TEN cents a week for the DAILY PUB
Lie LEDGER, delivered in city by good
carriers. Leave your orders ut this office.
For a fancy grade of -four at a reasona-
bic price, ocean Foam" brand stands
~unrivaled. Lyle & Shields handle it ex-
clusively in this market.
W. D. Alexander, of Glendale, who was
shet in the leg while deer hunting, is in
the city fo7 she purpose of receiving med
ical and surgical treatment.
John Epperson, news agent on the
Memphis and Paducah and Northern
railroad, will deliver the LEDGER daily on
the line Of his road for SOC per month.
The Masonic Lodge of Sorrow will be
held tomorrow evening at the Court
street Cumberland Presbyterian church
None will be admitted without invitation
tickets.
The incest thing to present your friends
for the holidays is one of Harpmann's
boxes of fine cigars, each of which also
contains a fine meerschaum cigar holder
See advertisement.
a witness named George Little, who ha.
been confined in Jail for 166 days, yester
day asked payment of his fees, which, OF
motion Of Attorney General Turner, wa
dissllowed by the Criminal Cour.
John L. Harris was nominated las
night by the Central Club of the Nationa
Greenback party of Shelby county a can
didate for Pictorial representative for tn,
the counties of Shelby and Fayette.
Ike Mueller, John Davis and A. G
Davidson, arrested for doing business
without license, were discharged yester
day by the recorder. The three citizen
exhibited their license to do business.
Yesterday a number Of friends present
ed Sergeant Charles Kuhnholz with
horse and saddle, because Of his faithful
services on the police force, Of which h,
has been an efficient member many years
John Sellers, indicted for assault an,
battery, was fined 500 at the Crimina
Court yesterday. The prosecuting wit
ness has been l66 days in Jail, but was no
allowed any pay. This is justice with
vengeance.
Thomas Foulk, of Greenville, ILL.,, ha
. telegraphed to Chief Athy asking if an,
information had been received of Charlie
| Foulk, supposed to have been browne
from the steamer Gold Dust near Cap
Girardeau.
D A number of prominent citizens call 70
a mass meeting tonight, at the Greenlal
Opera House, to discuss the financial con
dition of Memphis, and the question {
{ having the city charter repealed by tn
legislature.
Yesterday, in the Criminal Court, tn
jury returned a verdict of not guilty,
: in the case of VIM. Hunt, indicted fc
|, alleged larceny of a skif. The prisOne
was therefore discharged from the furthc
custody OF tho law.
Captain Brown has put his boys in
new uniform for a Christmas-gift The
are very well pleased with them, an
thank the citizens relief committee f
!. them. They we're made by Warnermak,
& Brown, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Mcclellan Guards did faithful Sc
. vice in protecting property during Il
yellow fever epidemic. They now as
aid from our citizens in order TO purcha.
new uniforms. We trust the appeal wi
meet with a generous response.
Sarah Buckner (colored), at No. 200 o.
Madison street, had a child left in her ca.
q, yesterday, While she was out after a pa
Of Of water the child fell into the FIRE ar
10 was so badly burned that it viii probab
. die. The child's mother is in Mississippi
Late yesterday afternoon the horses q
J. tached to a wagon Of the Southern E
press company were frighted bya LOGON
:. tive at the Charleston depot. The hors
ran down Charleston avenue to Adar
street, where the wagon was upset a
badly damaged, the top being torn of.
sh james Homesley and f. J. Davis, j