Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-16

LEDGER LINES.
The chess club is prosperous.
The Old Year is almost dead.
Santa Claus will soon be here.
Memphis is sadly in want Of sewers.
There was ice, thick ice, this morning.
The Memphis Theater will be closedthe
entire week.
The ground is frozen, and the streets
are no longer muddy.
Chief Athy publishes = card prohibit
ing Christmas fireworks.
There are $4,000 bales of cotton under
shed and on the streets in this city.
There is good deal of opposition to the
proposed railway line along the river
front.
Mayor Flippin, Of this city, gave $1,000
to the yellow fever sufferers at Browns
vile.
The LEDGER is a great favorite in Mem
phis. Its circulation is general and daily
increasing.
Last week there we're fourteen deaths in
the city, two of the number being from
yellow fever.
Father Flatley, Of the Catholic Church,
has been transferred from McEwen's Sta
ton to Memphis.
Every kind ofjob printing executed at
the PUBLIC LHDaRR job printing office,
10 Madison street.
Christmas and New Years number Of
the Young Ladies' journal at S~pangler's,
1856 Main street.
Recorder Quigley had forty-four cases
on the docket this morning. He managed
to clear the docket.
Our local cotton buyers were neither
numerous nor anxious this forenoon. The
staple is unsteady.
The average street boy has a good time
sampling cotton, which is piled up in great
quantities on the streets.
The weather is disagreeably cold. Yes
terday and last night induced the Their
mometer to go down to $50.
The fancy shops and other stores are
full Of Christmas goods. The shop win
dows present an attractive appearance
TIN cents a week for the DAILY PUB
Lie LEDGER, delivered in city by good
carriers. Leave your orders al this office.
The Criminal Court was engaged in
hearing arrangements this morning. The
courtroom was crowded with spectators
E and witnesses.
Private dispatches received this morn
+ ing from st. Louis announce the close Of
river navigation from that point south by
: an ice blockade.
The continued activity Of trade is &
; matter of no little joy among u citizens
and countless friends throughout the adj
Joining country.
a Instead of turning Wolf river into the
/, Bayou Gayoso it would be better to con-
meet the waters of the former by means o.
a great iron pipe.
s Justice Winters has awarded DR.. Esi
8 judgment Of sixty-fve dollars against w
! c. Smith, a yellow fever patient treated
during the late epidemic.
, Rev. DR.. George Stainback, pastor o
the Court street Presbyterian Church, ha
rendered his resignation, and will locat
at his~old home in Columbus, Ga.
: The steamer Red Wing telegraphs CAP
tain Washington that she will be here thi
afternoon with a big trip, and will leav
on time tomorrow for White river.
Avery Lamb is looking after the fowe
business of Male s. Lamb, at S55 Mai
street. He has just received the mo-
beautiful lot of goods for the holidays.
:; John Epperson, news agent on II
"a Memphis and Paducah and NOrther
f railroad, will deliver the LEDGER daily O
. the line Of his road for Soc per month.
The mercury dropped to 2O' on people
at back galleries this morning. This is l;
z below the freezing point. This is a goo
temperature for room-ventilation ar
g, Misunderstanding.
d. This morning Chief Justice White
oi united in marriage Mr.. Hamilton Barn
and Miss Minerva Kelly. The eeremor
was performed in a dignihed and il
pressiye manner.
Three warrants, chorging larceny, ha
been sworn out against Littleton, by Nj
Cook, a school teacher, and Mrs. Black,
d. the Charleston House, charging him wi
SO stealing their clothing.
r. Two barge loads OF steel rail for Il
Memphis and Charleston railroad are b
ing unloaded at the river. This road
being thoroughly improved. Ii alreaC
one Of the best in the country.
Judge Baxter reached here yesterdl
% and this morning took his seat on t
Of bench Of the United States Court. T.
1n' case Of Eddings, charged with stufing t
ballot-box at Bartlett, is on trial.
Several mysterious dispatches from
Louis concerning cotton were posted
the cotton exchange this forenoon. o
said, Look out for bogus telegram
20 None impaired much information.
Owing to the large quantity Of colt
on the streets and in the sheds Chief At
ASH gives notice that he will prohibit the
lin Of fireworks. This order will be stric.
enforced against all persons who use fl
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