Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-19


Casey, who died Of consumption, was
largely attended yesterday afternoon.
He wa buried at Calvary Catholic
Cemetery.
All strangers from a distance admire.
and are delighted with the p~rofusion
of flowers and tastily-trimmed shrub
cry hat now adorn our gardens and
front yards.
The celebrated Bavarian buck beer
and Vienna lager beer, from the brew
cry of Joseph Schlitz, Milwaukee, will
be on tap next Wednesday at all the
saloons in the city.
Ladies, you talk about your Eve
cent sales, but you can't beat this
Rob Young, at the corner of Second
and Monroe, gives six silver-plated
knives for five cents.
A memorial chapel to the late
Fathers Meagher and Walsh is in
course of erection at st. Bridget's
Catholic Church, and will be inaugu-
rated with solemn ceremony a week
from tomorrow.
One thousand pounds of ReelfOot
Lake perch were received this morn
ing per steamer John B. Maude by
Victor D. Fuchs, 80 and Al Jefferson
street. He is closing them out at
prices to suit the times.
Fancy needle-work in great variety
will be one of the features of the
bazaar and festival to commence next
Monday at 325 Main street under the
supervision of the ladies of the st.
Mary's Church congregation. A guam
tity of it will be offered for sale.
The subject Of how to keep and
properly observe the Lords day is
one that continues to excite the at
tention Of various local ministers. A
wide latitude of discussion is afforded
by this theme, as a proper observance
Of the day is interpreted in many ways
by many people.
You cannot buy a cigar from Sol
Coleman on Sunday (to.mOrrow) for
one hundred dollars but on the work
ing days of the week you can at all
times buy his celebrated Havana filed
No. 10 cigars for the small sum of five
cents. SOILS word is as good as his
bond, so lay in your Sunday supply
before y o'clock tonight.
The weather forecast for to-day and
further on is sOutherly winds and a
warmer temperature. AT sunrise the
mercury marked 540. The range yes
terday was from44' to64', cool enough
for frost during a portion of the time,
other conditions being favorable. The
winds yesterday came mainly from the
north.
A pleasant Sabbath day is that in
prospect for tomorrow. The femi-
nine branch Of our church-going popu-
%lation, and they IRE the most numerous
by a large majority, will doubtless at
tend in full spring attire, SO that all
church congregations will present a
brilliant spectacle.
A convention to elect delegates to
the colored convention to meet at
Nashville on the 18th inst. and to the
convention to meet at Vicksburg on
the 9th Of May will be held at Estival
Park at2o'clOck next Friday, the 18th
inst. Whites as well as colored peo-
pie are invited to be present.
1t has become an open question be-
tween the legislative council and one
of the morning journals whether a
station-hOuse keeper is worth fifty
or sixty dollars a month. If all hands
could be discharged and then hired
over at better wages the laborers would
doubtless approve and smile over the
reformation.
Vegetation has revived and come out
beautifully during the past week.
Corr and potatoes, nipped by the
frost Of ten days ago, is up aud grow
ing again, and farmers in many cases
have nearly completed planting cot
ton. The indications are that we will
have about one-half the usual yield Of
apples. Peaches and pears will, how
ever, be very scarce.
Letting costumes to ladies for So
ciety occasions has grown to be a
brisk business in other cities, and it is
reported to be carried on here to a
limited extent at certain seasons. A
gentleman who but recently welded a
lady here found the bride decked in a
gorgeous array at the marriage altar,
but he has never since laid his eyes on
the rich costume that then dazzled his
gaze.
Our local spOrtsmen are beginning
to enjoy the woods and lakes over the
river and in the vicinity of our city.
A number donned their fishing and
hunting attire and departed to-day