Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-19

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over nono will care.
A neatly dressed and GOOD fat
turkey, for Sunday or Christmas din
ner, can be bought just now for a
dollar or a little less.
Fresh papers from New York
city, again arrived this forenoon at
this Office, through the favor of the
Southern express company.
Miss Charlotte Thompson was
charmed with the bouquets she rO-
ceived yesterday from her admirers,
bought in front ofthc theater,
Telephones are to be run over u
city, aud for a small stipend people
will be allowed to talk to each other
from one end Of the town to the'other.
The LEDGER Job Printing office
and Book Bindery, l3 Madison, xe-
cutes everything in their line as neat
and cheap as any house in this city. /
Our Nashville letter let's light upon
the true inwsrdness Of the why's and
wherefores Of the Tenth wards desire
to cut loose from the balance Of the
town.
Choice dressed lat turkeys for
| Christmas, and spiced beef rounds, at
II. Seessel Sr. K Sons, cor. Jefferson &
Second. Leave orders a day or two in
advance.
Little tin plates painted with mum
bers from one to 1000 aud double the
latter number, are to be supplied the
city for dray license purposes at $50
for the lot.
Mrs. Hartley's grocery, corner of
Linden and DeSoto streets, was injured
some $500 early this morning by an
incendiary FIRE. The damage is covered
by insurance.
Mrs. ID, IL. Hartley, whose gro
Gerry was injured by FIRE this morning,
held a policy of 500 in some Scotch
insurance company. 1t will fully
cover her loss.
Mrs. Bowers will enact the beau.
tiful character of Julia" and Miss
Charlotte Thompson that of the
charming Helen. in Knowles ex-
quisite play of the "Hunchback," to-
night.
"A bird show, wherein pistol shots
are fred and horns blown, is among
the exhibitions to be seer on our pub
lie thoroughfares. The birds draw
big crowds, but when the hat is passed
around, they grow less, by a large
majority.
The ststionhouse cells are not to be
warmed By stoves or steam heaters
during the ensuing cold season, but
blankets are to be supplied prisoner,
in lieu thereof. The heating process
is believed to be unsafe to the old
structure.
Among the fattest securities now
offered for sale III this market is
ranked the stocks of various building
and loan associations. Their capita.
is chiefly based on realty security. and
values Of that kind rank low in the
scale just now.
Copies Of about two dozen char
tered corporations doing business in
this county are in the hands.of Attor
ney General Turner. The water works
folks wanted him to pay ten dollars fol
a copy Of theirs. 1t is not announced
whether or not he paid it.
Freight arrived here to-day from
Cincinnati by way of the new Southern
railway recently completed to Chatta
: nooga, and thence here by the Charles
ton railroad. This is the new route o
/, the Southern Express company, il
competition with the Union EXPIRES
company.
The Nicolson pavement, rotter
and sound, is likely 10 be torn up il
the early springtime, but will perhap
remain in its present state through tn
Bi6ter season. Regardless of a v~ariet
Of opinions, the Nicolson is bette
) than no pavement, al will be realize'
when it Is pulled up.
4, More suits are in the courts q
justice in behalf Of physicians VIII
we're employed by the Howards an.
5 are anxious TO collect more pay iron
the patients they physicked. 1t is nat
ural fer people to get all they car
r just or unjust, and doctors, in man
+ instances, appear to be no exception
Rates Of freight from here to Ne
/ Orleans by steamers at present are
n per bale on cotton, Csc per Dbl on OF
and 81 so per ton on cotton seed cnk,
Mr.. Il. P. Glenn prints a card in on
Of the morning papers, saying he gel
higher figures on the barges, but tbs
is the price at which steamboats, al
3 carrying stuff from here south.
The balcony or second circle Of Ii
theater has been quite popular recenr
0 ly with play going people. A CON
Portable chair a be occupied and tn
n play as well seen and heard there f;