Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-04
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temperature AT sunrise 81.
Painters wanted at the Peabody.
Who wants to be a cannon gunner?
No epidemic here yet, say the officials.
Gentle winds from the west and south.
west.
LEpGER job printing office, 10 Madison
street.
One death from yellow fever at Louis
vile last week.
Three quarters of an inch of rain fell
Saturday afternoon.
Several minute men have withdrawn,
not liking the prospect.
The holy city of Rome has quarantincd
against vessels from America.
About one hundred members of the or
der of Odd Fellows, all told, are now in
the city.
Over ten cases of fever prevail at Mo-
bile, says private advices. New Orleans
is more hopeful.
We expect the mails to arrive from the
North to-day, and two more are promised
before the week ends.
The minute men are called upon to meet
at the stationhouss on Adams street this
evening at eight o'clock.
The steamer John B. Maude passed up
the river yesterday and the City of Hele-
ma passed down. Neither stopped here.
A light artillery squad is undergoing
organization under Captain Millard. We
have two pieces of ordnance well in hand.
Several dozen convalescents are now
out every day, and before the week closes
their numbers viii be increased several
scores.
One frequently meets a man just in
from the surrounding country, smelling
strongly of camphor. It's his antidote,
and he eats it.
The LEDGER job printing office, 10
Madison, executes everything in the job
printing line as neat and cheap as any
house in this city.
The Masonic fraternity have the men,
bers Of four sick families under their
care. The fever has not spread as yet be-
yond, in their circle.
Outside of yellow fever we had IS
deaths last week, all colored but two.
The yellow fever deaths within the city
limits were 25; all white but 3.
Chiggers on the brain, and doubtless
other creepers in his hair, has been wor-
rying the grammatical hercules Of the
Avalanche for the last two days.
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 advance.
A sick mar down town has had a very
bad case of yellow fever, a bullet in his
head and a drunken nurse, yet he is get
ting well. His physician is irst-class.
Mr.. Eugene Moore, whilom of the APP
peal, has been under the weather for sew
eral days. Nothing like Yellow Jack;
he had il last year and is now non-liable.
The free ration question is still a subject
Of contentious discussion in many quar-
tiers. A few Of the people remaining here
are pinched and have scanty fare, but the
majority are sleek, fat and well provided.
Out near the old Cherry place, at the
end of Robinson avenue, Saturday, Mr..
j. NJ. Tighe was thrown from his wagon
and quite seriously, though not danger
ously hurt. The horses ran away and his
vehicle upset.
The night %prowler, the chicken thief,
and the window-blind cutter arc the worst
evils now encountered by our people.
Yellow Jack is nc where in comparison.
Lay for and shoot the rascals like dogs;
they deserve it.
The thirsty citizen, generally half-scas-
over, who always inquiries for news, but
never imparts a single item of informa-
ton worth shucks," is the meanest fea-
ture a news-gatherer has to contend with.
They are inveterate circumstance, in
fact.
A steamboat hull, designed to navigate
the upper st. Francis river, is in course o.
construction ut the foot Of jefferson street
near the river shore, A dozen or more Of
buildings are also in course of erection in
various parts Of the city. We are not d
dead town yet by a long shot.
The board of health officials list o.
deaths from yellow fever to the close o
last week from the first outbreak sum NJ
90 and the total cases PIG. Add thos,
who went TO the suburbs and took the fe