Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-25
TEN CENTS Pc WE E X.
THE CITY.
tuesday Evening, Feb. IS, 1879.
LEDGER LINES.

west to-day.
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the
beginning of Lent.
The central portion of Main street
is going through a cleaning process.
Slippery are the scattered banana
Feelings on the sidewalks. Look out
for them .rr
Bid the motly-minded gentleman
welcome" says Shakespeare, and his
advice was good.
Attorney General Turner and his
father had their overcoats stolen at the
courthouse yesterday,
Temperature this moring at eight
O'Clock, So. The highest yesterday
was So and the lowest 46'.
Sore throat and influenza are among
the complaints human kind is extern
sively worried with at present.
Fresh bananas from the tropical
islands in the gulf are just now plcn-
tiful and cheap in this market,
Pastry and curious viands to please
all kinds of appotites is the order for
to-day. Tomorrow you must fast.
The grand fancy dress and masked
ball to come off at the Exposition
building tonight promises to be a
fine affair. l'tl
Whifs of dust begin to annoy the
wayfarer. The transformation from
mud to air-Aying dust on these bluffs
is a rapid one.
Commodore ROllingpin's Autograph
adorns the street show windows. The
humorous mariner is to lecture here
in a few days.
Maud Muller at the matinee by
Genevieye Rogers. The Ticket-of-
leave Man tonight and Cousin Roxy
tomorrow night.
The horn Of TIE small boy footed in
the back streets by sunrise this morn
ing, as the youth roamed at large at
tired in his Mardi- Gras f~antasticals.
The leading streets are thronged
with people to-day. If an organized
celebration had been arranged the
crowd would have been many times
greater.
Visitors at the cotton exchange to-
day: Jas. Staffer, Mississippi; Il. c..
Homan, New York; w. Monsarrat
and A. Kirkland, Paducah P. c..
Evan, Arkansas.
The First National Bank has re-
naming on hand a few Of the new
four per cent. government bonds, sub
ject to the call of purchasers in large
or small amounts.
The Louisiana Lottery drawing
takes place on March 18th. Whole
tickets are two dollars, and half
tickets n dollar. Call at the usual
place to purchase tickets.
The Chicks and the "Grays" are
to assemble at -four o'clock this after
noon for a public parade. They will
make a fine display, and will have mar
tial musical accompaniments.
Am l Forgotten by Thee, is a
new song with chorus by John T.
Rutledge, dedicated to Miss Ida Park
Graham, of Louisville, and published
by II. G. Hollenberg, Of this city.
1t is to be hoped that employers will
let off their employees who belong to
the volunteer soldiers at an early
hour this afternoon. A creditable
display parade is much desired by the
public.
Ridiculc now hayors the public
feeling towards our new authorities
regarding the oppressive and unequal
Sunday orders" A short time
hence, unless modified, obloquy will
be theirs.
Those who like fat can have il to-
day; so can those fond of lean. To-
morrow you must touch neither. It
is a regular omnibus to-day there is
something in it to everybody's taste.
Not SO tomorrow.
Cotton is steady here to-day. At
Galveston the staple is enjoying its
carnival holiday, and no dispatches
were wired from that point. At New
Orleans the same influence will pre-.
vent business after the noon hour, so
say the Geographic reports.
Sarah Roberts, a colored child of
four years, was burned to death yes.
terday in Fort Pickering. While try.
ing to cook eggs on a crate her clothes