Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-03
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/; Sailors for SOC at Lavigne's.
|: Shall croquet sets 81 at SherwOod's.
A crowded Pinafore matinee to-
day.
The streets are thronged with prom
enaders.
Tomorrow is the thirdSunday after
Easter.
Male 4 Lambs green houses are at
the south gate of Elmwood.
The police and fire force are receiv-
ing their pay for last month.
The moon will shine until nearly
daylight tomorrow morning.
Croquet is now the fashionable ex-
%ercise among bellies and beaux.
Lemons twelve and a half cents a
dozen at Oliver FiRnie & Co.'S.
Good health and fair promises of its
continuance are ours at this time.
That young bulls visit to the cotton
exchange is one of the new sensations.
There seems to be a lull in the col
Ored exodus toward Kansas at present.
The time between sunrise and sun
set is now nearly thirteen and a half
hours.
Where to go, and how to get there,
worries the minds of many citizens
just now.
Cotton marches onward and upward,
and is just now monarch of all bust
ness circles.
Chancellor Mcdowell and Judge
Hammond are both in jackson, Tenn,
attending court.
At St. Joseph's Catholic church to-
morrow a jubilee celebration is to be
a part Of the sermOn.
The Milan Club have a fine enter
tainment in preparation, to come off a
week from Monday next.
A thousand little people are pre-
pairing to attend Captain Robert
Wise's May party next Tuesday.
The ext onfederates meet at Smith
& Golfers law Office this afternoon to
perfect arrangements for decoration
day.
Several parties are fixing up to go
out for a fishing frolic tomorrow.
The object is health, sport and exer-
else.
Lambs, veal, spring chickens, fresh
strawberries. new peas aud potatoes
are at present the favOrite diet among
our People.
The nineteenth German Maifest
takes place next Monday at Estival
Park, and it promises to be a most en-
joyable affair.
Suburban amusements, such as
baseball, horse trots, garden festivals
and boulevard drives will flourish to-
morrow without check or stint.
To distort Pinafore poetry and then
call it paraphrasing is among the
present occupations of idle moments
among powerful and colossal intellects.
1t is generally conceded that there
is more amateur musical and dramatic
talent in this community than can be
found in any other city of the same
size in the country.
An excursion to Island No. 40,
twenty miles up the river, by the
steamer Batesville, is one Of to-mor-
rows attractions. The boat starts at
l o'clock in the afternoon.
Lectures and sermons on the Sun
das law business are now among our
leading local sensations. They come
in next to Pinafore and Henry Ward
Beechers promised coming.
1t is generally remarked among
business men that collections have
been closer and better this spring than
ever before, an evidence that there is
no cramp in the money market.
The Louisiana Lottery drawing
takes place on the 18th. Whole
tickets are two dollars, and hall
tickets one dollar each. Everybody
should be represented in this wheel Of
fortune.
The temperature yesterday vibrated
between jO' and 7l'. 1t promises u
be warmer to-day, with light south.
east winds. When the breezes blow
from that direction rain is almost sure
to follow.
VIM. Lucas, who killed Phil Levi
in a Main street saloon in January
last, goes to the p~enitentiary for ten
years unless his case is appealed OF
tried over. Then perhaps he vii
fare worse.
Estiyal Park will be open tomorrow
Sunday afternoon and evening re
CARELESS of weather. If pleasant
concert will be given. If unpleasant.
Z no concert-but atall events employee
will be there To wait unon gueste