Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-30
PUBLIC LEDGER.
Office, Is Madison Street.
CENTS PER WE X.
THE CITY.
evening. June so, 1879
LEDGER LINES.

"Cervaise at Williams bookstore.
Rustic hats SOC at Lavigne's,
LEDGER job printing Office, ID
Madison street.
Vicious dogs are a nuisance when
they roam at large.
The Big Boot shoe store, 3A Main,
is the place for bargains.
Thin attendance at the churches
yesterday and last night.
The prison island boom is wearri-
some to the county officials.
The epidemic of crime now raging
in u midst should be stopped.
The temperature at sunrise this
morning was ~, with gentle, easterly
breezes.
1t wore a crossroads sort of a look
up about the center Of the city last
evening.
The County Court, which embraces
all of the 'squires, will meet next
Monday.
The one hundred and third ami
versary of our national jubilee is only
four days away.
First-class printing at low rates at
the LEDGER job printing Office, Il
Madison street.
Cool enough this morning to render
fires requisite for comfort. Rather
odd for midsummer.
B. N. Stratton, of the old firm of B.
NJ. Stratton 4 Co., will continue the
business at the old stand.
A speedy trial for the monster
johnson is urged and demanded BY
an outraged community.
The giant OF the planetary system
great Jupiter, now rises near 10 O'Clock
at night, and just after Venus sinks tC
rest.
The firm of B. NJ. Stratton & Co
having dissolved, b. NJ. Stratton vii.
continue the grocery business at the
old stand.
The LEDGER job printing Office, !;
Madison, executes everything in the
job printing line as neat and cheap al
any house in this city.
Andrews Bazaar, for July, contains
the very latest in fashions and s%oeiet!
notes. Mansford, at 298 Main street
can supply the demand.
Tomorrow is pay or bill -settlin
day. This intelligence is intended 10.
those who may happen to forget it
not for the bill collectors, the,
never do.
A free Sunday school concert viii
be given at st. Johns NJ. +. church
corner of Vance and Lauderdale
Tuesday, 8:l5 pm. All are invited t
attend. B. f. Tiller, pastor.
A good deal of rejoicing in a quie
way is being done by several of tn
lucky Ones who drew prizes in the las
drawing of the Louisiana Lottery
The next drawing is on the 9Th.
The tug whistles late last night, il
honor of a boatman's Sabbath da,
marriage, started three dozen peopl,
from fernando street and vicinity
They thought it was a mob going 70.
the JAIL
The legislative council meet to dis
cuss the street-paying subject thi
afternoon. The sa~nitarians also meet
and they will stir up the hack driver
by fixing a new set of stands for then
to while their spare time away.
Preparations are in progress +
transfer a set of dry docks, to repai
steamboats,, from Cairo to this point
Before the close Of the ensuing mont
the docks will be moOred here. The
belong to Captain w. H. Walker.
1t was exceedingly quiet Throughout
yesterday, like a calm that some time
precedeS a storm. An under-curren
Of unpleasant temper could be dis
eerned and it pOrtends evil to a Ger
tain class Of evil-dOers unless checke,
in the bud.
Yesterday being dedicated to 81
Peter several divines spoke Of the lif
and character of that favorite apostl
from their respective pulpits. A re
view Of Peters earthly career is a
interesting subject, and affords a wild
field for reflection as we'll as figures {
speech.
RumOrs Of a mob, with lynchin
proclivities, have been current on th
streets for a couple Of evenings pas
Many have lost confidence in the Law
which lawyers and ofice-holders fin
at people so vigorously, but which
administered in the loosest and mo-
slip-shod manner. SO they talk
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