Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-10
LEDGER LINES.

Order flowers for Decoration Day
from Male 4 Lamb, florists.
The variation Of temperature yes
terday was IL, the highest being TS',
and the lowest 5l'.
Tomorrow is the fourth Sunday
after Faster, among Christians, and is
Log Laomar among the Hebrews.
The benignant moon will not rise
until near the midnight hour tonight.
On Monday it changes and enters its
last quarter,
The time between sunrise and sun
set is now thirteen and a half hours.
The longest days Of the year are only
five weeks of.
The baek-parlor crate has been COW
cred by IN old newspaper and is in
retirement for the season. Fire is no
longer a luxury.
The painters are at work putting
the embellishing touches on the new
Masonic Temple. The pOstOfice will
open out there in a few days.
A game of baseball comes off at
Olympic Park tomorrow at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon between the River
sides and the Bluff City clubs.
The fund for the benefit of the heirs
of the late Butler p. Anderson will
be increased by a pair of trots and a
run at Olympic Park next Tuesday.
The Milahs have a private telegram
from Prof. Tice, the weather prophet,
announcing a certainty of clear and
favorable weather for their festival.
A musical festival, the farce of the
Boston Dip, a grand concert by Ar
nold's band, and a hop, is the Milah's
programme for Monday night at Esti-
val Park.
Every member of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church is urged to be
present tomorrow and assist in ar
ranging for the general assembly.
Help is needed.
The genial, healthy sunshine of the
past two days is a welcome change
from the sullen gloom and chilly air
that hung on so long and gave us so
backward a spring.
Fortune knocks occasionally a every
mans door. Be at home to her now
when she knocks by having a ticket in
the Louisiana Lottery. The drawing
takes place Tuesday.
An enterprising firm here has or
dered five hundred cabinet-sized pho
tographs of Henry Ward Beecher,
which will be put on sale and adver-
tised as soon as received.
Archery clubs desiring outfits
should examine the fine line of bows
and arrows that Mansford, at 298 Main
street, has just received the finest
assortment ever seen in the city.
The new water works on the landing
will be in operation between three and
four o'clock this afternoon. The pipes
have been laid and the valves will be
ready to open at the time named.
The Sodality dramatic entertain
ment last night was largely attended.
The audience filed the hall of the
society, and all expressed much delight
at the pleasurable features of the
performance.
A special train will carry people
home on the Mississippi and Tonnes
see railroad after Mr.. Reecher's lee
ture on Tuesday evening. This will
be a great accommodation to the vast
number coming over that road.
A special c~onvocation Of Memphis
Royal Arch Chapter, No, 50, will be
held next Thursday evening. The NJ.
+, General Grand High Priest Of the
United States and the NJ. Z. Grand
High Priest Of Tennessee will be
present.
The ice cream saloons were well
patroni2ed last night. Promenaders
were numerous and among them we're
noticed various stranger, who are
among us to attend the l. O. o. B., or
the Cumberland Presbyterian con-
yention.
The Cumberland Presbyterian con-
vention. the Hebrew convention of
|. o. o. BIS and the Henry Ward
Beecher lecture. are the leading
attractions for the ensuing week.
Numerous delegates to the proposed
conventions have already arrived and
are the guests Of friends or brethren.
Juding from a card in the morning
papers, Mr.. Phillips, who had his
hand cut in a rumpus with the Gold
smiths, feels aggrieved at a paragraph
which appeared in this paper on yes
terday. Mr.. Phillips is mistaken if he
construed the meaning to be a re-.