Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-05


fIl every part aud make K a uios+
brilliant Success
A carnival of shopping is going on
az present, and twill continuethrough
all next week. Folks are fixing to
come out in bright new hsruoss after
Lent
a sloppy pavement, With water run
ming across it several feet wide with
out cessation. is complained Of by
those who pass on ST. Martin street,
near Linden.
Good Friday and the day after will
be observed as holidays in many cities
East and North, aud cotton exchanges
in New Orleans and New York will
close on those days.
The moon gets full tomorrow even
ing. This does not mean that the
shining orb of night is going on a
spree it is only changing from its
first quarter, that is all.
The temperature yariated yesterday
l6', the highest being $50, the lowest
So. The wind blew from the north
west all day and until this forenoon,
at times bleak and blustery.
James Brizzolari, who went West
from Memphis to grow up with the
country, has just been reelected
mayor Of the city Of Fort Smith by a
vote of three to one over his competi-
tor.
Secure tickets at oncc in the Lou
isiana Lottery, as the drawing comes
off Tuesday. With a ticket you stand
as good a chance as any one else of
drawing a prize. Call at the usual
place,
The suburban pleasure resorts are
likely to draw largely tomorrow un-
less the weather is too cool or incle-
ment. Managers should lay in a plen-
tiful stock Of beer and other refresh
ing beverages.
The gentle breeze murmurs around
the corners and whisks into open door,
to-day in the most inviting way; ladies
are out in all their glory promenadinp
and looking at new spring harness and
trappings, while g~allent beaux stand
smiling in squads along the thorough
fares to view their pretty faces as they
pass by.
A deal of excitement prevails all
along the river among darkies, small
boys and idle people generally, to see
the aquatic BOyton. He floats onward
on the bosom Of the waters TRANQUILITY,
and may be expected here within a
week or ten days. What good is to
result from his float is vet one of
the many %unsolved mysteries.
Ten shares Union and Planters
Bank stock at l06 thirty five shares
Bank Of Commerce stock at S5!@86,
and ten shares of State National Bank
stock at s. we're sold at auction to-day
at the corner Of Main and Madison
streets. AT the same time a beauti-
ful lot Of ground on Lauderdale street,
near Vance, the property of the late
J, c. Davis, sold for $1,000.
A small cOlored boy was shot in the
side above the left hip last evening BY
Chas. Fitzsimmons, a youth of eight
years, who lives at the corner Of Ten
uessee and Huling streets. The shoot
ing Charley was sent to the lookup
and his victim was attended to. OF
all mean practices ever invented none
are more reprehensible than that Of
permitting children to have toy or
other kinds Of pistols.
Signs and awnings, when properly
put up, are exceedingly pleasant to
house or store occupants within and
wayfarers without during the heated
season Of the year. They perhaps
give a masquerading appearance to the
sides Of the streets, but they have
their uses. The sword Of Damocles
hangs over them, however. The Ap.
peal, OF this morning, calls the whole
business a dangerous nuisance. and
wishes the system abolished. And the
laws declare they shall not exist but.
like the Sunday order law, this law is
not enforced. A long list Of the of.
Tending affairs Is printed in connection
with this onslaught. Down with the