Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-14

Decidedly colder.
The staple is quiet.
Profuse is the dust supply.
A sprinkle of rain at noon.
Spring bonnets at Layigne's.
Zephyrs 1Oc an ounce at Johnston's 5.
BOreas blows his blustery horn to-
day.
May, the shirt tailor, is making new
style shirts.
Festivals do not promise lucrative
returns this season.
The ZOuave Guards drill for a white
plume and have a hop tonight.
Wire and rustic work made by Male
& Lamb, florists, 355 Main street.
The temperature vibrated between
AZ and So yesterday. A range of 20.
Three persons out of every five we
meet are worried with bad colds and
sneezes.
James Kirkland, gents furnishing
goods, under Peabody Hotel, opens
tomorrow.
A telegram from Helena says the
steamer Josie Harry will arrive here
ats o'clock tonight.
Victor D. Fuchs received to-day
per express a fine lot of Reelfoot Lake
perch, and also red snappers.
Our total cotton receipts this season
are now within 1868 bales of last
years receipts at the same date.
The summer trade in ice this season
promises to be an active one The
dealers are preparing for operations.
The balmy air, SO ETHEREAL in its
mildness yesterday, has been invaded
to-day by chilling northerly breezes.
The readers attention is called to
the card Of i. Daltroff in u local
columns. He is an adept in his bust
ness.
Julius Caesar, with all the fine new
scenery and splendid acting of the
Mccullough troupe, at the matinee
tomorrow.
An ice cream festival closes the sea-
son, at 3O2 Main street, tonight, I'M
der the auspices Of the Ladies Chris
tian Association.
Six bales of cotton sold here to-day
at the low price of three and a half
cents per pound. 1t was low in grade
as well as value.
Cotton receipts after this date last
year were 7O,55l bales. Add this to
our present receipts and we have a
total of $4,000 bales.
The Chicks" in full uniform, are
to attend the theater tomorrow
night, going to witness Mccullough
play Richard three eyes.
Court Square was an inviting rest.
ing place yesterday, but the wind is a
little too keen for it to be a pleasant
lingering quarter to-day.
The Knights Of Innisfail will turn
out for a parade on St. Patrick Day.
No other public celebration will be
given on that day, as far as heard.
The frost king fingers close in the
early morning hours. At sunrise thi.
morning the temperature was 45o, and
a chilly wind blew from the north.
west.
1t is now believed that this years
total receipts of cotton will come ur
very close to those of last year per-
haps within five thousand bales. and
possibly even less.
The lunch and dinners at tho
Ladies Christian Association rooms
No. 3O2 Main street, are very attrac.
tive and pleasant to a hungry person.
Only fifty cents each.
The Ladies Christian Association
will close their series of dinners with
an ice-cream festival this (Friday,
evening, March l4th, and will be clad
to sec all their friends.
The waning moon changes and en-.
terS its last quarter at half.past ten to,
night. 1t rises after twelve. Zoe
late to be Of benefit in illumipatin,
the pathway Of thcater-gOers.
Wilson Resell, a colored farmer
living three miles from the city, re.
covered a horse stolen from him oyel