Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-24

anu NcN lOiA Will Dc ClOocu to-
morrow, next day and the day after.
Fine candies, r%aisins, figs, citron,
cider, nuts, etc, for the holidays.
Prices reasonable, at Oliver, Finnie &
Cos.
Several loads of saw dust were
were sprinkled at the street crossings
this forenoon. 1t was a good piece Of
work.
Business men will find it to their
interest to have all their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER office, ID
Madison street.
The matrimonial fever, despite
the mud, continues to rage, and a
score or more Of our incest bellies have
their wedding days fixed.
-Dray numbers at 5 cents a pair or
$50 for 1000 pair are to be supplied
the city by Mr.. a. F. Davis, he having
bid lower than any other.
The children will all be happy to-
morrow morning after old Kris Kring-
les visit, unless he leaves a bunch of
switches in their stockings.
The Commonwealth Distribution
Company, of Louisville, KY, will
hold another drawing next week.
Tickets can be had at the usual place.
"A chilly wind anne from the
northwest this forenoon. 1t blew
from the north over Little Rock,
northwest at Nashville and west at
Louisville.
Choice dressed turkeys received
this morning by express by Victor D..
Fuch, 80 and Al Jefferson. This ship
ment is very fine and lovers of good
eating should call and purchase.
Ever so many Christmas trees
will bloom and glow tonight, and
many a merry maiden will gather
about them. A few of the other sex
may also be expected to participate.
1t rained heavily this morning at
Louisville; also at Nashville, Little
Rock, Shreveport and New Orleans.
Snow fell yesterday along the upper
Mississippi and the Missouri rivers.
The immense quantity of cotton
now stored in this city is the cause of
the police shutting down on fire
cracker popping. There is danger to
the cotton, if not the boys who shoot
them.
The police have their eyes on Mr..
Hardwick, who came here yesterday
with a grip-saok full of bogus jewelry,
a lot of gambling devices and some
paper limitations of greenbacks. He
is invited to move on.
-Aflth pool exists onlExchapge be-
tween Second and Third streets, which
cries aloud for renovation. The
authorities should look to it, or anath-
emas in place of blessings will be
showered upon them.
The annual Christmas dinner Of
the Memphis Bethel will take place at
the Bethel building, corner Adams
street and Charleston avenue, on
Christmas day at u o'clock. The
public are respectfully invited.
Wolf river water, as it runs
through the water |company's pipe,
is positively so impure as to endanger
the health Of all who use it, and have
not stomschs Of yultures." That is
the way General Turner puts it, and
he is considered good authority,
The citizens of the much-taxed
Taxing district ought to bless the
authorities for the good they have
done during the time they have been in
Office. The leading highways in their
present state are monuments to their
genius, industry and good works.
The authorities need stirring Up
ABOUT the dump at the foot of Beale
street. 1t is a nuisance in its present
shape, and the filth, excrement and
other matter is dumped there in 50
laBless a manner that the bulk Of it
sticks instead Of floating of as it
should.
The report of Attorney General
Turner regarding the water company
and their water supply. is a rough
document and excoriates the com
pany in genteel Language but without
mercy. 1t is also severe on the street
railway corporation, though less so
than on the other.
The stone pavement laid last sum
mer on South street, is all out Of order
and sunk into mudholes in many
places. That on Beal street between
Main and the river, carefully laid
several years ago and in constant use
ever since, is in as good condition to-
day as when first put down, though no
repairs have been put upon it, as far
as heard.
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