Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-01
TEN GENTS Pc WE X.
THE CITY
tuesday Evening, AprrI 1, 1873.
LEDGER LINES.

Soda water at Young's, 80 Second.
Pinafore syrup, Young, $40 Second.
The breeze comes straight from the
north.
Cotton tends upward. There is no
April joke about this.
Wire and rustic work made by Male
& Lamb, florists, 355 Main street.
The unwelcome collectors tread the
path of duty in gleeful mood to-day,
Fresh puddles of mud adorn the
and interiors with team To-
comotiOn.
Cotton advanced Ic on grades from
ordinary to middling in this market at
noon to-day.
Red snappers and ReelfoOt Lake
perch received to-day per express by
Victor d. Fuchs.
Jupiter Pluyius was the reigning
monarch this morning, and a glorious
rain he sent upon us.
Thermometer at sunrise so. The
range yesterday was 2O', the highest
being 66', and the lowest 46'.
Strawberries, cucumbers and rad
ishes from the gardens of the gulf
shores are now ours to enjoy.
april the first stands marked by Gus
TOMS rules,
A day OF being, and of making fools"
Select, fine, large and small houses,
every variety, for rent. l77 Alabama
street for sale Low. w. A. Wheat
ley, 81 Main street.
The river here is now within ten
feet of extreme Aoodtide, or high
water mark. The swell, however, has
about ceased for the present.
Some lucky individual in Memphis
may draw the capital prize in the Lou
isiana Lottery on the Sth. 1t is
worthy of a trial. Get a ticket at the
usual place.
The painters, pavement builders and
whitewashers have had their labors
checked by last nights rain. They
have enjoyed several days of uninter-
rupted labor.
As the new Masonic building ap-
proaches completion the general ex-
preston is that it looks dumpy. An
story would have made it more
like a real temple, which now it is not
by at least the story.
Tomorrow night the German CAST
no will give a musical and terpsicho-
festival to their members and
invited guests. 1t wa a little funny
mischief on the part of this morning S
Appeal to say that the entertainment
would be this evening.
The general expression of people on
the street yesterday was that the Gin
einnati Boatmen's Convention was
convened in the interest of that her
culean hydraulic advocate, John Cow
den. The influence it will exercise
remains to be seen in the future.
An inquest on the body of colored
woman named Dabney Coleman, held
by Deputy Coroner Eichberg yester-
terday, resulted in a verdict Of death
from debility, want of food and care.
She lived in the alley back Of the
Titus block, on Market street.
The president of the Anchor Lin,
of steamers is out in a circular de.
nouncing malicious persons as liars
not horse thieves, who have started
stories about the Anchor Line boat,
carrying Kansas bound negroes north.
ward free. Captain Scudder says thaI
none have been conveyed at less thar
full fare, and that the line is bound, al
common carriers, to take all who MAJ
wish to travel, provided they comply
with the established rules of the com
pany and pay their passage.
We have several United States con
gressiOnal lobbyists of powerful inAu
ence among us who carry a pocket full
Of free railway passes and travel bacl
and forth between Washington Cit
and elsewhere at will. The rings a
the national capital are always NOR,
or less bowed down with weight o
woe whenever these potential pleni
potentaries are neal. Mayhap a
some future day we will be able t
realize the effect of their great labors
The remains of the late Judg
Charles Kortrecht were yesterday dis
inferred from their original buria
place, near Bartlett, and were con
veyed across the country within a lea,
coffin to their final resting place i
Elmwood. A special act Of the legis
l~ature, approved by the president G
the legislative council and the boar
Of health, gave permission for the re
moval. The grave of Judge Koi
trecht was near the well of a poo
widow lady, and its removal was COZ