Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-08-26
LEDGER LINES.

Inc moon sets a lew mlnues after
midnight.
LEDGER job printing Office, Is
Madison street.
People in the interior complain very
much of the irregularity of the mails.
The steamer Gold Dust passed up
without stopping here yesterday after
noon.
Even if an appeal to the country
for aims is made, the squirrels must
be fed.
First class printing at low rates at
the LEDGER job printing office, 10
Madison street.
From the way it looks now the
10000 people at present in this city
are likely to become national beggars.
The LEDGER job printing Office, Is
Madison, executes everything in the
job printing line as neat and cheap as
any house in this city.
The Kehlor from New Orleans to
st. LOUIS is days out with 5000 SKIS
salt, 700 bbls rosin, $50 bbls stove
polish and 5000 bales ties.
A hundred barrels of coal were
among the contributions received by
the citizens committee yesterday,
given by Mrs. G. B. Bryan.
Our streets are clean, the stones
white, and the aspect from an open
air view beautiful and inviting. The
recent heavy rains did this for US.
An early spring and an early sum
mer have been ours to enjoy. Many
predict a very early fall and an
unusually early frost in consequence.
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.
The people of Starkyille, Miss, are
much stirred up over the false report
Of fever being in their midst. 1t
appears that the mayor of the place
started the yarn.
Fifteen darkies around one poor
little checker board on the front steps
of a leading Front street grocery
house, is indicative of the dizziness Of
the present time.
Captain VIM. Ashford, of this city,
has bought thesteamerR Rapid Transit,
at Cincinnati, and will run her from
this port along the lower river as soon
as business resumes activity.
1t is getting to be fashionable to
appeal to the country for aid. The
Teutonic Association have issued a
call for help, and the steamboat people
are discussing the %propriety Of doing
likewise.
A squad of three or more dar-
kies gathered about DR.. Porter's resi-
denee on Vance street Sunday night,
evidently bent on plumber. A mum
Der of people went to the rescue and
scattered the scoundrels.
From 630 to So was the tempera.
lures range yesterday with winds
west, northwest and north. No rain
is promised to-day and the weather
will continue cool, VIZ have not had
the temperature up to 90' but one
day since the LIST inst,
The Reserves, 45 strong, have or
ganized at the Bluff City Grays' ar.
mory at the corner Of Union ant
Second streets. They elected Lewis
Frierson as captain, and rendered
their services to the city authorities
Muskets are to be intrusted to them
The Ohio river rose 2 feet Z inche.
at Pittsburg yesterday, also 2 feet Z
inches at Louisville. The Arkansa.
rose l foot at Little Rock yosterda,
and there was nearly 4 feet on thu
gauge. Here the river is almost sta
t%ionary with full 70 feet in the chan
mel.
An imitation Of yariegated Italian
marble the walls Of the Peabody YES
tibule are to be. An artistic painte
is now at work doing The job in a YER
skillful manner, and when the boy
return in the late fall they will b
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