Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-16
TEN CENTS Pc r WE E X.
THE CITY.
Monday evening, june Is, 1879
LEDGER LINES.
Jardiniere gauzes at LaYigne's.


Whitaker hams (none better,) Ice
at Oliver, Finnie x Cos.
This, the second day Of the week,
was named in honor of the moon.
Price and quality of goods mex
celled at the Big Boot shoe store, 344
Main.
The backbone of cotton seems to
have grown very weak. So at least it
is as compared with three weeks ago.
Fresh oatmeal, cracked wheat, Ora
ham -four, dessecated coeoanut aud
best corn starch at Oliver, Finnie 4
Co.'S.
Charles c. Gregg and Miss Mary
Baker, also Samuel Finley and Mary
Franks. have been licensed to marry
since Saturday nOon.
The French Glee Club have a picnic
at Estiyal Park tonight, aud will give
a portion of the proceeds to the auxili-
airy sanitary association.
Silver Moon -four, Queen -four,
Plants Extra -four, Jack Frost -four
(unequaled), in barrels and half bar
rels, at Oliver, Finnie Il Co.'S.
Shelby Lodge, No. $50, |. 0. G. r.,
, have invited their friends and the
LEDGER corps to attend a basket
picnic at Horn Lake, Miss, to-mor-
row.
The Light Guards are about three
hundred dollars. ahead by their con-
cert entertainment. Their expenses
we're a little under two hundred
dollars.
Mother Symptoms Prophecies,
only 40c. Also the latest aud best
publications, Standard and Seaside,
always on hand at N. Williams 4
Co. 8, 279 Main street.
Tax Collector Fleece announces
that he will extend the time for tax
payers to settle without penalty until
1 pm. Wednesday, the 18th inst, after
which costs will certainly be added to
all who have not settled.
After a searching hot day and close,
oppressive evening, the wind late last
night changed to the northwest. This
morning a cooling eight mile breeze
tempered the atmosphere most de-
~Ilightfully. At sunrise the mercury
stood at 75'.
The wretched water We drink is a
subject Of much discussion in all cir
cles, 'and yet the authorities persist in
their efforts to cut of our Sunday
beer. They have shut out strangers
completely, but not so with home folks
who know the ropes.
Since last report the following have
been recorded by the county register :
Trust deeds from w. 4. G. Barker to
A. Hatchett, j. A. Kirby to Joseph
Brooks, G. w. Laden and wife to +.
p. Dunn, John c. Hill to W. W.
Goodman deed from B. Vaccaro to
the Mammoth Cotton Press Company.
Nearly 10000 cart loads of filth 9nd
garbage have been hauled out Of the
city and dumped into forty feet OF
wa'er, at the foot of Beal street, dur
ing the past four months. This is an
average of about 165 loads per day.
The labor will have to be kept up for
a period before the good work is com.
pleted.
Mr.. Aach. Jones, OF BucksnOrt, or
Independence, Tate county, Miss.
was bound over in the sum of 5000
on Saturday last, after two days ex-
animation before Esquires Saunder,
and Nicely, to appear before the mex.
term of the Tate county Circuit Court
He gave the necessary bond sand wa.
released from custody.
The commencement exercises Of tn
Presbyterian Grammar and HigI
School class will take place at tn
Memphis Theater tomorrow evening
The young ladies of the class of 1877
are Misses Jennette Il. Boswell, Laur
A. Eckerly, Annie Finnie, Fannie A
Russell, Minnie Jewel Spicer, Olivi
p. Hill, Allie Heiskell, Mary Lo
Saunders, Willie V. Smith. Salli