Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-24

Fresh new lOrk papers were re-
ceiyed at this Office to-day through
the favor of the Southern EXPIRES;
Company, Thanks.
A crust Of ice hardened the earth;
camp places this morning, and ice hal
an inch thick was to be seen in the
cutters.
Business men will find it to their in,
terest to have all their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER Office, Il
Madison street.
The LEDGER job printing Office, Il
Madison, executes everything in the
job printing line as neat and cheap as
any house in this city.
Memphis Floral Co., I. A. Lamb
Co., proprietors, 355 Main street, new
lot elegant baskets and oceans Of
beautiful flowers this season.
Forty cents an hour was paid yes,
terday to laborers on the landing, tc
unload steamers, and they were care.
less about their work even at those
steep rates.
The symbolic horse shoe is just now
one of the features of ornamentatior
in hair-pins, earrings and other
feminine toggery. They want to keeT
witches away.
A shanty, occupied by colored peo'
pie, was burned about seven O'Clock
last night, above the Louisville railway
depot, in the lower edge of Chelsea
The loss did not exceed a hundred
dollars.
The sanitary solons at Nashville
wrestled severely with cotton rule No
6 Saturday, and their action indicated
that they are divided upon the sub.
ject of its wisdom and its effect
"And for this are we doctors"
In a day or two Sol. Coleman viii
have on the front of his store two
excellent pieces of art in the shape o.
canvass signs" painted in oil. They
are unique, and as costly an advertise.
ment as we have seen anywhere.
The LEDGER Office book bindery il
now in full operation at the LEDGE
JOB printing Office, 10 Madison. Com.
petent workmen, good machinery, fine
stock and low prices unables us tt
guarantee satisfaction in every case,
The county court, or justices of thu
county, are in session at the court
house to-day. The question of whether
or not the Torbert issue. of the Ten
nessee State Bank will be acceptable
for taxes is among the features to b.
considered by the court.
Small taxpayers are settling VI
quite rapidly. A feeling of uueaSines
prevails among many house-holders O
limited means, on thesubject offutur,
taxation, and fears are expressed tina
the imposition will become too grea
for them to bear.
The Oliver Doud Byron troupe lief
for Nashville last night, and will per
form there this evening. They g
thence to Louisville. The Haverl,
colored minstrel troupe arrived from
Little Rock last night and appear a
the theater tonight.
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving day
according to the proclamation of tn,
nations president, and all hand.
should get their turkeys ready. TIL
people Of this community have jus
cause to thank almighty God that al
epidemic of quarantine no longer bur
dens them,
Over a million and a half of Eas
tern exchange, mainly cotton bills
were sold in this market last week
and more than two and a half million
o fdollars have been received for cot
ton, to be distributed among the mer
chants and planters of this vicinity
since the business season opened thre
weeks ago.
At the Presbyterian church. o.
Court street, yesterday, the Rev. Dl
Jones, late of McMinnville, delivere.
an eloquent inaugural sermon to
large congregation. At the same tim
the Rev. w. +. Boggs spoke his fare
well to a crowded audience at tn
Presbyterian church, corner of Mai
and Beal streets. The latter wi
shortly depart for Atlanta, Ga it
said.
A noticeable feature among tn
church congregations, yesterday, wa
the absence Of new hats, bonnets an
costumes, among the fair sex. Mar
an old hat retrimmed and numerou
cloaks with outer fufse, we'll worr
were, however, noticeable. Our cit
zens are not yet well enough off !
lucre to pass their summers at III
springs and other resorts and then
out their families with new harne.
for winter wear.
TWO NEW CASES
of fresh Cnndv inst r~aoofvoh 1,