Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-04-05
THE CITY.
MEMPHIS:
Friday Evening, April 5, 1878.
LEDGER LINES.
The weather is fair and pleasant.
Strawberries will loon be in market.

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The weather is fair and pleasant.
Strawberries will soon be in market.
Bollinger. No dry LABEL but dry
champagne"
New Potomac roe herring at Oliver,
Finnie & Co.'s.
Amateur theatricals and benefit opela as
will oon be in fashion.
The roller skating rink at the Exposi.
ton building opens tonight.
Hold the Fort" savings banks; every
boy wants it, at G. N. EricA's.
Magnolia hams, finest quality, SIC a
pound, at Oliver, Finnie & Co.'s.
Sugar.curcd hams, Magnolia brand,
Sic per pound at Lyle & Shields.
The very best improvement in ice.
cream ireezers. Wheeler, Pickens & Co.
Collectors report an indisposition on
the part of debtors to pay their accounts.
Rogers Brothers triple.plated silver
knives 81 so per dozen az G. N. Erich's.
Lyle & Shields are selling the best
-four, Ocean Foam" brand, for 81 per
barrel.
The Eckfords play a game of baseball
with the Rlversides at the Central Park
Sunday.
The benefit for the treasurer and
ushers Of the Memphis Theater will be
given the 24th.
The best refrigerators, ice cream
freezers and water coolers very low, at
G. N. Erieh's.
The August election will be of anu.
sual interest. The crop Of candidates is
large and varied.
Persons who wish a pleasant river ex-
c%ursion should take a trip on the ferry
boat John 0verton.
Madame Vincent is ~propagating a crop
o. alIigators and fishes in her fountain
basin at the Crystal Palace.
The sixteenth annual conclave Of the
Tennessee C%ommandery, X. T., will be
held at Nashville May ID and 81.
Do not fail to ses the Strasburg clock
model to-day and to. morrow. The clock
will not be exhibited after Tomorrow.
The "spring openings" at the differ
eut dry goods and millinery establish
ments yesterday attracted many visitors.
1t is likely that the present season of
local baseball will enGender intense
rivalry between the Eckfords and River.
sides.
Mike Organ (colored), who assaulted
Anne Dunn (coleredl, submitted his case
aud 4 fined $ll by Recorder Qaigley
this morning.
The Appeal man, whose feet resemble
canvas hams, has become the defender
of the women's petticoats and other
under.garments.
TIE County Court has adjourned till
Wednesday to hear thea the report Of
the committee which has in hand the
taxation for 1878.
Toe monthly drawing Of the Louisiana
State Lottery tnkes place at New Or.
leans next Tuesday. See advertisement
in another column.
Bank clerks laden with ~greenbacks,
United States treasury notes, remone-
tized silver, scrip, ETC., may bc seen
rushing around every day.
Recorder Quigley had but two cases
this morning, Henry Rogers, charge !
with proving, and Dick Jones with lar
ceny. Both cases we're continued.
A we'll known county official was so
anxious to see the circus last Monday
that he prevailed on his children to take
him to see the animals, especially the
elephant"
Despite the hard times the building
interests of Memphis have not been
sbated. Quite a number of substantial
houses are building and many are con
t~emplated.
The SOdality Dramatic Associations
will give an entertainment Easter Mon.
day night for the benefit Of St. Peter
Choral Association. The play Retribu
ton will be presented.
Isaac Hines, who stole one hundred
pounds Of coal valued at one dollar, wsI
convicted Of larceny by the Criminal
Court yesterday and sentenced to the
county Jail Tor thirty days,
Rev. DR.. Samfeld lectures tonight al
the synagogue, corner Of Main and Elk.
change streets, his subject being Juda
ism and Temperance" We understand