Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-03
THE CITY.
LEDGER

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The moon shines until nearly ;
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Choice oranges fifteen cents PEI
dozen. B. NJ. Stratton & Co.
Heavy practice was enjoyed by the
baseball gamesters yesterday.
Choice lemons fifteen cents pei
dozen. B. NJ. Stratton & Co.
Chrysanthemums are peeping above
ground. They do not bloom until
late.
Male & Lamb, florists, are sodding
Elmwood lots. Leave orders at 800
Main street.
Complaints are made that cotton pill
fering by the mackerol throng is car
ricd on to a very annoying extent.
Flowers have not been taken out Of
the lighthouses as yet, but when the
next warm spell sets in this work will
begin.
The tickets in the drawing of the
Louisiana Lottery to take place on
the 18th are being rapidly sold at the
usual place.
How happy we all might now be if
the milkman would only forswear
water on all days of the week as we'll
as on the Sabbath.
The verbal gymnastics of the Bud
hist orator were not heard on the bluff
as usual yesterday. The weather was
too damp and breezy for him to draw.
A prominent attorney was heard to
remark last evening: These Sunday
blue laws are a nuisance He wasn't
posted about the side doors aiar of the
saloons.
Farmers are reported busy in all
directions. Many potatoes were plant
ed last week, and in spite of variable
weather blowing has been pushed Wig
orously.
Going to the suburban resorts was
fine for the street car lines yesterday.
lfSunday orders would only include
no smoking in the cars it would be
a great relief to many.
The best way to get rid of a bad law
is to enforce it rigidly and make it
odious.' This is one of succinct re-
marks Of ex- president Grant. 1t fits
our case at the present time.
You must pay back taxes in law
full United States currency saws
Receiver I. j. Latham. 1t worries
the delinquents, as they could have
paid up in scrip a few weeks ago.
The police are after animals that
roam at large on the public highways
with a sharp eye. Hogs, goats, mules,
horses and geese must be kept of the
streets. Read the notice and save ex-
pense.
James Welsh was thrown twenty
feet by a shaft-ban at the Memphis
Rolling Mills last week, and had his
arm and leg badly fractured by the
accident. His young brother was
recently drowned in Wolf river.
Music, songs, lectures, essays and
%oratOry is the programme announced
for a social reunion Of Shelby Lodge
No. $50 L. 0.G. T., to be given at
their hall, cornero of Adams and Second
streets, on Wednesday evening next.
Suburban beer and icc-cream gar.
dens promise well during the ensuing
spring and summer season. If EstivaI
Park be properly conducted by some
cnterprising citizen it would doubles,
soon become a popular as we'll as pay:
ing resort.
w followers Of King Gambrinu,
don't care a straw for your Sunda,
orders. We will have our lager il
spite Of Deacon Porter, or any otheI
man" Thus wrote a respectable Ger
man citizen two days ago. lie haC
his beer yesterday as usual.
Receiver I. J. Latham is authorize,
: by the decree of the United State
Court TO bring actions at law, or suit
IN equity, against any person OWN
debts or taxes to the city Of Memphis.
and he notifies all persons to come for
ward, in obedience to the decree. an
make prompt payment to avoid litiga
ton and expense.
Five deaths last week from pncu
, monia, four from pletisis pulmonaliI
one stillborn and II scattering-tot,
T-was the death list Of this city la,
week. Of these II were whites an
, l6 colored. All but four were und,
80 years Of age, No contagious di.