Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-29

Jefferson. First-class corps of opera
tives.
The campers at Father Mathew
came into the city yesterday escorted
by their friends, Colonel Cameron in
cluded.
Our cotton receipts are increasing
and the stock will soon be large
enough for the most fastidious to ell
orders.
The bells and whistles of steam
boats are more beautiful to the ear
than would be the voice of Patti or
Gerster.
The LEDGER job printing Office, Is
Madison, executes everything in the
job printing liae as neat and cheap as
any house in this city.
Capt. Little came in with the boss
train over the Louisville railroad last
night-seven passenger coaches and
two sleepers, crowded with people.
The daily PUBLIC LEDGER will be
mailed to any address tor fifty cents
per month. The subscription must
in every case, be paid for cash in adj
vance.
The hotel yestibules are now
thronged each evening with people
who gather to hear the news. \ week
ago they were dark, dreary and de-
serted,
We have received 1887 bales of cot
ton since the arst of last month. At
this time last year our receipts were.
S2ll bales, and at this date the year
before g, 566 bales.
The receipts Of the citizens safety
committee during the late fever siege
reached So, 9212 Is, and they have paid
it al out except $3.50. Vouchers or
receipts are fled to show for the out
lay.
People had better keep open their
houses sitter night and stand watch to
let the pure air circulate through
their premises. A dozen nights vigil
il more wholesome than one case Of
fever.
Messrs, Langstaf and Stoddard, of
the Towards, with Drs. Wise and
SIN and Nurse Klostermeyer went
down to Harrison Station, 70 miles
south Of here, this morning to look
into the sickness reported there.
The train with Mr.. Langstaff and
others Of the Towards left for Harri-
son Station, Y miles down the NJ. and
7. railroad, between 10 and II o'clock
this forenoon. It is not certain that
yellow fever prevails at Harrison's.
Merchants and others will remem
Der that the PUBLIC LEDGER bindery
is prepared to furnish all manner Of
binding, from a pamphlet to a full
bound ledger, in the best style and at
moderate rates. Office 10 Madison
street.
4 frost laden air between midnight
and sunrise is worth more in a sani-
tary sense than all Of the ~fumigating
sulphur burning apparatus the medi
cal profession can devise, and the
public begin to understand and real
ize this.
Eighteen persons appeared before
the Police Court this forenoon
charged with various minor ofenses,
chiefly DRINKS and the like. Fines
amounting to S325 were collected,
and S6.2j we're charged up to be
worked out.
The spurious sporad will be permit
ted to rest until that squad Of doctors
meet at Nashville three weeks hence.
Plunket and Maury will cut a lively
figure in the party, and when they
turn out their yellow fever book we
may expect to hear something.
Those who went in heaviest on cot.
ton during last month and the first
week in this fell the hardest. Many
Of the merchants in neighboring towns
suffered severely. Our staple dealers
enter the market just in time to enjoy
the beauties Of a gradual advance,
The Mitchell place down the Mis-
sissippi and Tennessee railroad is
likely to be a subject Of litigation
with the city. The owner, Peter
Mitchell, wants $4,000 for the use Of
It during the past summer as a refu-
gee camp, and the city is unwilling to
pay over a thousand or so.
4 reception 1T the Peabody hai
been fixed for the Chicks aud Bluff
upon their return to tho city. Tit
Porter Reserves have the matter un
der way. 1t is understood that thl
soldiers in the city will march in full
uniform to the depot to receive anC
escort them home in proper style.
A new plan for washing US out j
suggested this morning BY some writer
who proposes to turn Wolf rive