Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-29
TEN EMIT PER WE X.
THE CITY.
wednesday Evening, Jan. go, 1879.
LEDGER LINES.

Adel nlgnI Vi Our DdcnelOfS.
Mud-ugly, sticky, nasty, mean mud
at that.
Fine pneumonia, influenza and chill
weather this.
Too dark to-day to see cotton, and
buyers were all shady.
Only two days more to pay taxes
without extra charges.
The thunder pealed and rain pat
tered heavily this morning.
The staple is quiet with but little
doing to-day. The weather is too bad.
Robson and Crane will present an
attractive bill Saturday night next for
their benefit.
Fog, thick fog last night. The boats
were unable to navigate in conse-
quence Of it.
Our Bachelors at the theater to-
night. The Comedy of Errors to-
morrow night.
The stock of cotton now on hand
is 0,54S bales, at least half of which
is sold and awaiting shipment.
W. T. Bridgeford, Paris, Mo, and
Colonel p. Eagle, Ark, werevisitors
at the cotton exchange to-day.
A dense fog enyeloped the city at
noon and spread its dark, misty folds
along the river at the same time.
Johnston's 65c unlaundried shirts,
warranted linen fronts. Best shirtever
,iiered for the price. 2S3 Main street.
Lost.-A little girl about seven
ears old, with light hair, wearing a
red and black plaid dress, is at the
tation-house.
Lazy people would feel better and
lecome more spry if fines were i'm
posed for %neglecting to clean off their
slippery sidewalks.
River open to this port; boats can
.low come through was a dispatch
rom St. Louis posted at the cotton
Exchange this forenoon.
Temperature this morning at Z
o'clock 62'. The lowest yesterday was
go; the highest GO. This equals the
warmth Of the gulf coast.
The moon changes and enters its
irst quarter fifteen minutes before six
o'clock tomorrow morning. 1t sets
tonight at half past twelve.
Hen fruit thirty cents a dozen in
hard cash. 1t is limited that feminine
poultry are not aware Of the fact that
specie payments have been resumed.
The ~pestiferious tramps worry every
housekeeper and kitchen maid in the
city. The street-gang is the only place
they can be made to earn their food.
What is the news from Nashville
is a question asked dozens of times
The legislature proceedings are
Of paramount interest to our people.
The proposed extension of time to
taxes till the LIST of September
next, has been refused by the State
Legislature. Property owners must
settle promptly or pay extra.
The game market has been seriously
affected by the recent soft weather.
Quails were selling this morning at
forty cents, rabbits at twenty-five
cents, and squirrels at thirty-fye cents
per dozen.
Thirty-four families had their dis.
tresses relieved at the ~free-ration
depot on Adams street, yesterday.
Only one person applied this forenoon.
The damp weather keeps even the
poor indoors.
Receipts Of cotton here last year to
date, 2S0,GOl bales, against 3lO.336 the
year before. Total shipments from
here this season, l6S,455 bales. against
2Z, 1853 last year, and 2j9,352 the year
before to the same time.
The wooden block pavement scat
tered along various streets are a slim
perry nuisance. In wet weather thew
up and bulge SO that passers slim
and tumble in anything but a pleasant
manner, These sudden slips and trips
result in serious bruises.
DIR. Sim requests us to inform his
patrons that he is now prepared to
vaccinate (between the hours of 2 and
4 o'clock in the evening", either with
the humanized or with the non human
lied virus. Office, corner of Beal
and fernando streets.
We have a booming river just now.
The water level is less than six feet
below extreme high water mark. The