Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-01

HVNCu lulu anu sc Nudt a Nasty SIT
will result.
The relief fund, amounting 70 S26,-
400, has been entrusted to tho care Of.
]. Il. Flippin, p. r. Athy and D. I.
Porter for distribution to thcReedy
and suffering.
Look on the bright side Of things
and do what you can to make other
people happy instead Of miserable,
says the preacher Talmage. Our local
authorities do not agree with the Rev.
Dewitt.
Gentlemen who came up from New
Orleans last evening report that Mr..
A. I, Wimberly, who was shot in the
row with the two Howells, had passed
the crisis, and his chaueesf for recovery
are good.
The sale of the new four per cent.
government bonds at the First Ma.
tional Bank steadily increases each
day, as all parties with surplus funds
know these bonds are the safest invest
ment in this market. r.
Uncle Toms Cabin" words and
music by John I. Rutledge, and sung
by the Barlow minstrels, has been
published by w. i. Thompson 4 Co.,
of East Liverpool, Ohio, and is for
sale at Hollenberg's
The Buddhist missionary has had his
head shaved. He held forth again at
the corner Of Main and Madison
streets yesterday, but a pair of police
men managed to disperse him after an
argumentatiye struggle.
Fish are not mentioned in the game
shooting prohibitory laws, which so
into effect this morning and last six
months. Persons who don't like the
/" Sunday orders can get out their
tackle and seek a tish-pond.
A steamboat captain remarked yes
terday hat it was rather rough to be
compelled to pay a Wharfage fee of
$40, and then have to set his crew to
clearing the mud from the landing be-
fore he could roll freight over it.
Choice hind quarters Of beef sold
at wholesale this forenoon at 1Oc per
pound hogs on foot at Ale, and
dressed at 5l@6c, These are higher
figures than have prevailed during the
past winter. Fresh meats are scarce,
" never saw a more quiet Sabbath
in this place, and as to there being
more drinking in town than usual, it
is simply not the case Thus writes
a person not properly posted about
doors ajar to the rear of saloons and
open houses in the suburbs.
Sales of cotton here during the
month of February summed up 56,750
bales, divided 24,750 bales for export,
$3.50 to domestic spinners and 1850
to spectators. The total sales for OK
port since the season opened has been
1871 $50 bales, against 1880 bales to
%spinners.
Il. NJ. Appcrson and others who
brought suit against the city Of Mem
phis and I. Il. Brown, to prevent the
collection of Nicolson pavement taxes,
has won, Judge Brown, of the United
States Court, deciding that a tax AN
not be legally levied to pay the claim
against the abutting or front foot Of
property. The case is to be appealed
to the Supreme Court.
The lawyers strike attitudes and
turn loose words before the narrow
confines Of courts at the newspapers,
Now and then one a little more imper.
t%inent, or cheeky, than his fellows
will attempt to instruct a journalist as
to their duties afterthc fatherly fashion
of a Judge to a jury. The journalist
some times retaliates in kind, and he
has the the advantage o. awider circle
of hearers.
March derives its name from Mars,
the war god, 1t was the first month
of the year among the Romans, and
when Romulus divided the year into
months he gave it the name of his
supposed father. 1t was under the
protection of Minerva, and the an
clients held it to be an unhappy month
for marriages. In the Jewish calendar
it is Nisan, the month of war and
storms.
Laudable efforts are in progress to
supply the city hospital and Jail with
reading matter. The Ladies Chris
tan Association are moving actively
in the matter, and are to hold a book
reception at the Casino Club hall, cor.
ner ofSecond and Union streets, next
Tuesday evening, where addresses are
to be delivered and a concert given
Persons having books and papers tC
spare could not do better than to send
them to the hall next Monday.
Cotton shippers were somewhat
stirred up yesterday over a decline il