Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-11
TEN CENTS Pc WEEK.
THE CITY.
Tuesday EvenlnE. Feb. II. 1879.
LEDGER

Who will be the receiver?
Wind southwest and light.
Now pay up your back taxes.
Moon rises at II o'clock tonight.
Over three fourths of an inch of
rain fell last night and yesterday.
Many a poor fellow was caught
without an umbrella during yesterdays
rain shower,
Receipts of cotton to this date last
year 3OS,8l5 bales, against $4,000 the
year before,
What will old city bonds sell for ?
is the mooted question among those
who own them.
a few good people have scattered
sawdust over the dirty mud crossings
in front of their dwellings.
The Mystic Memphi' cards are out.
showing a broken link in their line of.
displays for the present year.
1t was raining this morning up the
Tennessee river valley, at Louisville
and at New Orleans. Fog was reported
at several points.
The staple advanced in New York
and New Orleans to-day. Holders here
are stiff in their views, and will not
sell except at full figures.
The first stone for the custom-house
arrived Saturday from East Tennessee
and can be seen on the ground oppo-
site the west end of Madison street.
A little sunshine, intermixed with
broken clouds and a warm tempera-
ture, was the character of our weather
this forenoon. 1t toreshadows more
rain.
The four per cent. government
bonds at the First National Bank
constitute the safest investment for
surplus funds of any bonds in this
market.
invitations to the regular monthly
dress parade of the Chiekasaw Guards
are out. They are confined to the
honorary members and members off
the press.
Several heavy wind squalls from the
southeast during the heavy rain drove
the falling water drops against win
d%ow-panes and shutters and caused a
lively rattle,
The high school Of this city has re-
ceived five hundred dollars from DR..
Sears, on account of the Peabody
fund, through State superintendent
Leon Trousdale.
No one behaved badly in this Tax
ing District during the past twenty
four hours; at least not bad enough to
require the presence of a policeman.
Not a single arrest was reported.
Messrs. Guion, Black & Co., real
estate agents, sold to-day 25 shares of
fernando Insurance Company stock
for SIT per share, and % shares in
the Home Insurance Company at III
cents.
Judge John Baxter went for delin-
luent taxpayers in a lively and re-
freshing way in his remarks on the
bench yesterday. The Judge says
there is no question but that Mem
phis is accountable for every dollar
she owes, but the method of proce-
dure toward its collection is a puz-
cling one to solve.
Pupils at the public schools number
2IlO, OF which 1863 are white and 847
colored. The amount of tuition col
lected from outside pupils since New
Years day for account of the public
schools sums up 1885. The schools
have to their credit in bank 8 .153.35.
1t cost $4,l42.35 to pay the teachers
for the month Of January.
Some fifteen new cases appeared at
the relief quarters on Adams street
this forenoon and asked for a little
assistance, saying with a limited issu-
ance Of provisions they will be able to
pull through until spring. Many truly
deserving people hold back and do not
apply for relief until pinching hunger
forces them to ask. The Telegraphic
Association contributed a dray load of
provender to the relief stock yestor-
day.
Assessment No. 40 of the Knights
Of Honor, issued within the past few
days, provides for the following deaths
IN Memphis; Geo. Behrens, Geo.
keinstaedler, F. Henninger, John
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