Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-14

lent TO algest one cent per pound in
cotton. The staple boom keeps boom
ins,
Thee will be an adjourned meet
Ing Of the School Board tonight, in
stead ofSaturday night, as originally
ordered
A physicians prescription is all
that is required to buy a nip on Sun
day or any other day from a drug
store. The State Supreme Court hath
said it
Who will be the first to choose a
seat at the new theatre on opening
night2 was asked by a social leader at
the Peabody last night. The sale of
seats begins tomorrow.
Cooler weather is not promised to-
night, and perhaps not tomorrow or
next day. All look for rain storms
this evening, and likely all through
the night; as well as tomorrow.
Ten dollars a week, or twenty-five
dollars per month, is the charge made
here against all foreign runners and
drummers, and officers are on the
lookout for unlicensed eyangelists.
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 13 Madison
street.
Nine lunatics were sent from the
Jail to the poor-houso yesterday.
Nine dozen or more roam at large,
and, while they are not dangerous, yet
a benefit would be conferred upon
mankind were Judge Horrigan to
have them cared for.
Airy orators are expected to spread
themselves at the public meeting to
morrow night. Talking to a crowd is
q trade, just the same as cutting stone
sF any other skilled labor, save that
the talker seldom tires, and he never
talks to much practical purpose.
The wind whistled around the
house corners carly this morning,
fierce and shrill, but with a tropical
warmth. 1t blew from nine to twelve
miles an hour ut intervals. The high
est temperature yesterday was SO,
and the lowest this morning was IL.
Our market is O~verstocked with
turkeys just now, and they can be
bought for from six to ten dollars a
dozen. Those who may be able to have
turkeymeat attheir Thanksgiving din.
ner two weeks hence could not do
better than to make purchases at this
time.
The gin house on the Woodstock
plantation, some eight miles north cf
the city, with two or three hundred
cords of wood, was burned three or
four nights ago. This was the light
which caused the engines to turn out,
but which vas too far away for them
to reach
A couple Of school visitors have
bad a quarrel, apologized and made
up. The boys should not let their
angry passions rise. The example is
not good for the rising generation for
whom taey are trying to le%gislate.
fuses would be more appropriate if
left for quarantine officials and their
hangers on.
A vow-boat race is under way, to
come of on Thursday the 9th inst,
between the coal feet men and the
harbor Improvement employees under
Major lanyard. The coal men won a
lot Of horns and other honors on the
4th Of July last, and the other party
are anxious for a chance to win and
wear them for a period.
2ieet lightning was visible last night
along the western aud northern hori-
zon. Electric flashes are visible from
storms when they prevail two hundred
miles away, and the rumble Of thunder
can be heard for thirty miles. A
thunder storm doubtless worked
around last evening in the direction
the flashes were observed, perhaps
more than one hundred and fifty miles
away.
Fifty insurance agencies in this city
are interested in q decision promul-