Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-27
TEN CENTS Pc WEEK.
THE CITY.
Friday Evening, Dee. "a, 1878.
LEDGER LINES.

ONeTsnOos anu ONSICohta olo POPuioA oAN
comfortable this weather.
Soda, beer and ice cream are not popular
at the present time. Egg-nog is.
Owing to an improvement in the cotton
market the situation looks brighter.
The street car drivers have anything
but a pleasant berth at the present time.
During cold weather gas meters should
be kept wrapped up to prevent freezing.
Evadne, or the Statue, Monday night
by the beautiful and gifted Mary Ander
son.
Seltridng buckwheat makes good cakes
every time. Try it. All retail grocers
sell it.
Always use self-rising buckwheat when
you want good cakes. All retail grocers
sell it.
Buyers of the staple were out in force
this forenoon. Sellers were stiff and indie
pendent.
Every kind ofjob printing executed at
the PUBLIC LEDGER job printing Office,
Is Madison street.
Gold and greenBacks have been at par
for the past ten days, Resumption is an
accomplished fact.
Sale of seats for the weeks engagement
Of Mary Anderson commenced this morn
ing at Hollenberg's.
Mary Anderson commences her en-
gagement at the Memphis Theater next
Monday night in Evadne.
More snow fell last night. Not much
to be sure, but enough to make wayfarers
feel the icy breath Of winter.
Secure seats for any night in the week
of Mary Anderson's engagement. Box
sheet now open at Hollenberg's.
One and two horse cutters were out in
force yesterday. The bellies and beaux
seemed to enjoy the sport hugely.
The street corner politician no longer
frequents his usual haunts. The cold has
driven him to other loafng places.
James Mckenzie and T. Connors were
discharged this forenoon by the recorder,
plain drunk being their only Offense.
The snow thaws to-day on the south side
Of protected places, but where the bleak
winds strike it is as hard as adamant.
One carload Of fire kindlers, $50 boxes,
at Oliver, Finnie & Co.'S, at 81 per box of
100 kindlers. Liberal discount in lots.
TEN cents a week for the DAILY PUB
Lie LEDGER, delivered in city by good
carriers. Leave your ordera as this Office.
The price Of cotton advanced = cents
per pound in New York this forenoon.
The market here is from q to u cent bet
ter.
Front street looks dreary. Business has
been slack since Christmas eve. The only
activity this forenoon was among cotton
buyers.
Police circles were quiet to-day. Even
tramps are scarce, having been taught
that it is best to steer clear Of Memphis
for a period.
The driver Of dray No. 140has a charge
Of obtaining money under false pretenses
made against him by Morris & Bros,
Main street.
The slippery sidewalks renders locomo-
ton anything but pleasant and at some
points unsafe. Wayfsrers must keep their
feet well under them.
Mr.. n. Deyoto's house, corner Of Main
and Gayoso streets, was robbed last night.
but the thieves did not make a rich haul
a servant is suspected.
Chief Of Police Athy is expected HON,
Sunday, having gone 10 spend Christmas
with his daughter in Brown county, Ohio
where she is attending school.
Total receipts Of cotton here 70 far THU
, reason 1896 bales; decrease compared
with last year to same date 30,559 bales
and with the year before 1913 bales.
Parties are offering here 10 lend none,
in any reasonable quantity at six per cent
interest, with first mortgages on realty a
security. This Is an evidence ofthe cheap
ness Of money at the present time.
GOOD demand and light offerings wa
the state Of the cotton market, as poste,
at the cotton exchange to-day. Price
were raised 4 cent on all grades, middlinI
being quoted at 81 cents.
Water pitchers have been cracked An,
F. pipes burst by the present cold peI. tn
mercury here has descended within = fe,
4 degrees of the temperature reported j
some of the Northern cities.
Ice dealers report the prospect good "a
u a superior harvest this season. Ice bloch
b two feet thick have already been cut !
q. the upper Illinois. 1t is covered bytwent
inches Of snow, which must be scrapod 0
: before the ice is carved out.
= There will be a rattle Tuesday evenin
Z at George Hutchinson's saloon, opposif
the Mississippi and Tennesses depot for
| fine silver watch, for the benefit Of ii
7, widow Of Joseph Hsllows, the brave ei
gineer who ran the engine that carrie
Colonel Butler P. Andarsop and Cane,