Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-26

The salary of the Taxing District
engineer is $1,000 a year.
DeSoto. Lodge will work in the
masters degree next Friday evening.
Male & Lamb, florists, are sodding
Elmwood lots. Leave orders at 355
Main street.
The mercury stood 80 degrees low
er this morning than it was yesterday
at the same hour.
Persons caught out last night with
out their overooats felt the effects Of
the sudden change very sensibly.
The mud holes were crusted over
with ice this morning, and the north
erly breeze was keen, in fact biting
cold.
The Manhattan Bank keeps con.
stantly on hand L. S. 4 per cents. and
delivers them to purchasers at gov
eminent price.
The recent lecture by Father Hugh
Magcvney Melted SIP. 1t was divided
among the four orphan asylums, each
receiving 1850.
Temperature at seven o'clock this
morning PC, which is g. below freez-
ing point. The highest yesterday was
67', and the lowest 53'.
A guard named Davis, ON duty
among the Presidents Island prison
ers, is to be arrested on a charge of
cruelty to those over whom he has had
authority.
The Business Club will meet at
:! o'clock this evening at their rooms
over the Crystal Palace for permanent
organization. Let there be a full at
tendance.
The baseball players will open up
next Sabbath in spite of the
Sunday orders. The boys go be-
You'd the reach of the authorities to
practice, and they carry pocket pis-
tolls full Of liquid.
A rain and wind squall came up
from the southwest shortly before ten
o'clock last night. 1t was of short
duration, but enjoyed a rafting time
for half an hour or more. The wind
afterward swung around to the north
west and blew itful and chilly blasts
through the night.
A squad of boot-blacks huddled
around a small bonfire in front of the
Peabody this forenoon. The fuel was
from store sweepings, and the thinly-
clad gamins enjoyed the warmth OF the
blaze. Nothing is more delightful to
4 small darby than the privilege of
standing close to a fire in the open air.
A musicale at the residence of
w. D. Beard, No. 36l Linden
on Friday evening next, will be
the event Of the week. Already quite
a number of our society people are
making engagements to attend. The
is most praiseworthy, and we
hat the ladies of the Second
Presbyterian Church, with Mrs.
have the affair in charge.
The bridge over the bayou at Sec
and Mill streets crossing is in a
dangerous condition and needs imme-
date attention, The shaky old struc-
ture sunk several inches yesterday,
and when a street-car load of people
crossed it last night a general howl of
went forth at its swinging mo-
ton and apparent inclination to dump
the people into the dark abyss below.
The fact that cotton has been car
ried out Of the lower Arkansas river
to New Orleans at one dollar per bale
because competition has been
between the New Orleans pack
cts and those plying to this port, is
exciting comment among shippers and
merchants. The claim is that rates
of carriage to this market are higher
than is charged on the New Orleans
shipments.
The stone-cutters recently engaged
on the custom-houSo work persist in
demanding $3.50 per day for their
labor, and the contractors. refusing it
to any but skilled workmen, a strike
has resulted, which promises to hold
for an indefinite period. The cutters
desire to say who arc skilled workmcn,
while the contractors themselves wish
to decide this question, hence the
hitch. The incompotcnts were to re.
ceive 70 cents per foot for work salts.
factory to the employers.