Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-28

Gay anu lo-ual, anu ny thc euu VI tho
week there will be no more woods
rangers.
Crowds gather about in the old
haunts where men collect to hear the
news after dark the same as in the
olden time.
All Memphis merchants doing bust
ness at st, Louis and elsewhere desire
their cotton to be delivered here in
the future.
The cotton exchange has been
thoroughly d~isinfected. Returned
buyers and factors will find the at
mosphere therein as pure as it is at
the North Pole.
All banks opened at 8 o'clock yes
terday and to-day, and closed at 3
o'clock in the afternoon, just as in the
olden, golden time.
Nearly two hundred people came in
by the Louisville road last night, and
more than that number may be ex-
pected this evening.
The shrill whistle of the locomo-
tive engine has a sweeter sound than
ever before, and its numerous blasts
are not at all annoying.
Real jolly, better that a monkey
show" was the reply of a reporter
last night when asked by Howard
what he thought of it.
The shifting winds ofttimes knocks
ones rain horoscope sky high. We
can stand the shift when the blow
comes from the northwest,
All of our merchants temporarily
located at St. Louis are coming home
with two or three exceptions and they
are bringing their business with them.
Several hundred bales Of cotton
we're sold yesterday and to-day. 4 few
days hence and several thousand will
change hands between sunrise aud
sunset,
The daily PUBLIC LEDGER will be
mailed TO any address for fifty cents
per month. The subscription must
in every case, be paid for cash in adt
vance.
Louisiana State Lottery draws
November 11th. See advertisement
in another column. Go to No. 6
Court street for particulars 81 may
secure a fortune.
Temperature here dropped to 490
this morning, % lower than either
Nashville, Louisville or Chattanooga.
Little Rock enjoyed the same GOODNESS
that was felt here.
Numerous genial souls who have
kept bottled for the past three months
are unable to hold in any longer, and
are now in the enjoyment of fine matu-
final headaches and vesper hurrahs.
Highest temperature yesterday, GO.
Lowest temperature this morning, 49,.
The wind shifted from east to west
last night and drove off all prospects
of rain. This morning It blew from
the northwest and the air was quite
keen.
Merchants and others will remem-
Der that the PUBLIC LEDGER bindery
is prepared to furnish all manner Of
binding, from a pamphlet to a full
bound ledger, in the best style and at
moderate rates. Office 10 Madison
street.
The special police Of ten men were
dismissed to day and the old force
have taken full charge Of the city.
Capt. 0'IIayer and Sergeant i. Hack
ett is on duty in the afternoon and
Capt. Davis with Sergeant Kunholz.
is on in the forenoon.
The Howards at their meeting last
night approved bills in favor of vari-
GUS persons amounting to $14S2. 30.
Mr.. W. A. Holt, who has been a
member Of the society for a number Of
years, resigned last night, and it j.
understood left for Huntsville thi.
morning.
About half Of the thirty. eight or.
phans now at the St. Peters Asylum
and known as the Howard orphans, are
the children Of deceased persons who
were of the Catholic faith, and the re
mainder will doubtless be distributed
among other asylums, as their parents
we're Of the Protestant sccts.
The Howards in consultation at thu
meeting held last night were A. D
Langstaf, W. j. Smith, j. II. Ed
mondson, 7. Il. Waring, Il. p. Waring
-
G. L. Staifer, L. +. Bowen, J. Kohl
berg, W. S. Rogers, A. NJ. Stoddard
!. J. T. Moss, w. S. Anderson, Charlie
Howard, William Finne, and J.. c
Friorson.
The Alligator EEGg COne again
e A. Kohlbry & Co. have opened up wit
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