Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-19

Cotton excited.
Warm and sultry.
More rain threatened.
A slight shower at sunrise.
Coquettes for SOC at Lavigne's,
Thousands of visitors at Elmwood
yesterday evening.
White fish, Mackinaw trout and red
snappers at Victor D, Fuchs, 80 and
Il Jefferson street.
About $500 was added to the Butler
Anderson fuzd by the Fra DiavolO
opera last Friday night.
Steamboatmen report the river in
bad condition in consequence of the
channel not yet being settled.
Twenty half barrels of Blue Lick
water, fresh from the springs, just
received. G. A. Eckerly d Bros.
just received twenty-five hampers
of Rhen's Settler water, fresh from
Germany. e. A. Eckerly & Bros.
The Bluff City Grays, Forests old
regiment, and "A few other Confeds
will have a decoration next Sunday.
"a philosophical view of confession
was the subject of Father Reville's
lecture at St. Peters church last even
ing.
Many complained of an excess of
solar heat yesterday. 1t was fine for
young cotton and corn, but whiting to
peripatetic humanity.
The Commonwealth Distribution
Company, of Louisville, KY, will dis
tribute a large number of valuable
prizes on the 31st. Tickets only 81
each.
The following marriage licenses
we're issued by the county court clerk
John JOhuke to Mrs. f. Kirehhue-
bel, Joe Kaltenbron to Mrs. A. +.
Mail, and Daniel johnson to Annie
Burrell, colored.
At half-past three O'Clock this
afternoon the chamber of commerce
will meet to consider the sanitary
condition Of our city and the best
means to preserve it.
The staple advanced tc in this mar
ket at noon to-day. Middling is now
quoted at 123 cents per pound, and
higher than has been known for more
than two years past.
The Garfield eOlored orphans, the
Hebrew orphans, the Leath Asylum,
Church Home and st. Peters Asylum
have all received fifty dollars each Of
the $3.50 left by the Rev. Henry Ward
Beeeher, from his share of his recent
lecture.
The Ladies Christian Association
hold their annual meeting tomorrow
night in the First Methodist Church.
There is to be music and exercises,
besides a general report of the coudi
tioR of the society, as well as the work
it has performed during the past year.
Total deaths in this city last week
nineteen, of whom six were whites
and thirteen colored. Seven ranged
from forty to s~eyenty-6ve years ofage.
Two died from gunsho. wounds, two
from old age and the rest from scatter
ing disorders. Only one death from
fever, and that was typhus.
The colored Odd Fellows are pre-
pairing for a grand festival in honor Of
the anniversary Of the introduction Of
Odd Fellowship into the State, on the
10th Of next month. The jubilee is
to come off at Estival Park, and will
be preceded by a street parade. music
by the band, and other attractions.
The new rabbi, R. f. Jacobs. Of
Bethel Emeth congregation, in thi,
city, delivered his first sermon on Sat.
urday last, the subject being, " Tn,
Growing Virtue, Charity" The
rabbi is a native of London, England
aud has resided in Texas and New Or
leans for a number of years past.
I. An effort is in progress to raise S3Oi
for the Cumberland Presbyterian ia
pan Mission. With this object til.
general assembly now in session her
: will hold a meeting tonight in tn
: church on Court street. Several ad
dresses are to be delivered, the condi
ton and progress Of the mission illus
trated and a map of the countr
J. explained.
The Criminal Court impaneled til
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