Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-26
TEN CENTS Pc WE X.
THE CITY.
wednesday Evening, March ss, 1879.
LEDGER E

Croquets for fifty cents at Layigne's.
TrOtting racesat Olympic Park ten
days off.
The rain fall last night measured
l5lOO of an inch.
The Phoenix Club have their ami
yersary ball tonight.
Wire and rustic work made by Male
& Lamb, florists, 355 Main street.
Moon sets tonight at 10 o'clock.
Sun sets at 6:15 and rises tomorrow at
500 o'clock,
1t is fixed hat Henry Ward Beech
er will be here to lecture about the
middle of next month.
Temperature early this morning co..
The range yesterday was 2Oo, the high
est being 66o; the lowest 46'.
The sturdy oak is putting forth its
tender leaves. Those in Court Square
begin to wear a dressy look.
Thunder storms this forenoon with
a few flashes of lightning thrown, in as
the CreOleS say, for lagniappe.
Ripe strawberries, the first of the
season, from SuEnyridge, Louisiana,
were for sale on Main street to-day.
The yoke Of Cupid will couple a low
ing pair at the Central Baptist Church
this afternoon, the Rev. Sylyanus
Landrpm officiating.
The history of the yellow fever, by
Mr.. j. NJ. Heating of the Appeal, is
nearly complete and agents have be-
gun to canvass for its sale.
There will be a requiem high mass
tomorrow at 9 am, at st. Joseph's
Church, Georgia street, for the repose
of the soul of Mary Dorfna.
The tax Office in the courthouse has
a dreary and hungry look. People are
not hankering after a quick settlement
of this class Of Indebtedness.
If you want to buy a good, cheap
home attend the sale by Guion, Black
q Co, agents, at II o'colck tomorrow.
at the corner Of Madison and Main
streets.
Only three more days until the ex-
piration Of the sale Of tickets in the
Louisville drawing. Don't miss this
chance to get a fortune. Tickets at
the usual place.
The first strawberries Of the season
we're received yesterday evening by
Lyle q Shields. This firm will now
have daily consignments throughout
the seas6h
The regular monthly. drawing Of the
Louisiana Lottery takes place April
8th Each drawing some lucky indi.
yidual gets a fortune. Get a ticket at
the usual place.
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The Bluff City Grays in full uni
form aud with martial tread will at.
tend st. Mays Episcopal Church
next Sabbath. Rev. George Harris,
the rector ofSt. Mary's, is their chap
lain.
The squirrels in the Square were
unusually gleeful to-day. barking and
scampering about in the happiest way
imaginable, all doubtless made clad
over the prospect Of the next Sabbath
nut feast.
Relief boat will leave at ten
o'clock, Is the card hanging out in
front Of a dry goods box dugout on
DeSotO, below Beal street. It is a
burlesque on the authorities and their
dilatory action.
The rollicking disposition of those
who patronize the saloons on Second
street, near Court Square, worries the
people Whereabouts. The Appeal corps
is especially annoyed at the b~oisterous
conduct of lot Of wild fellows.
The matinee at the thcater next
Saturday will be at half past twelve
to the minute. The company desire
to leave by the three o'clock train, 80
as to arrive in New Orleans in time to
play Sunday night. The Babes in the
Woods is the matinee programme.
Back yards and privy vaults should
be cleaned and renovated without de.
lay Many people are preparing to
have this essential work done, and
where landlords are too penurious to
pay the expense, tenants are doing Il
themselves.
10 some palates nothing is moro dc.
lighttul or delicate than a fried ba.
mana for breakfast. A cup Of coffee.
or a glass of milk, a dish Of we'll.
Drowned toast aud a nicely cooked
banana is delicious. The tropical
fruit is now sold here at the ratio Of
six or eight for twenty-five cents. and
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