Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-03
PUBLIC LEDGER.
Office; Is Madison Street.
TEN CENTS Pc WE X
THE CITY.
Thursday Evening, July 3, 1879
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iVA NONn SAW eeNS N"AS Va NA'
orphans"
LEDGER job printing office, l;
Madison street.
The Big Boot shoe store, 344 Main
offers great bargains in shoes,
Tomorrow, in honor of the national
holiday, no LEDGER will be issued.
Entertainments will be numerous
tomorrow. All tastes can be graft
fed.
The orphans picnic at Rstival Park
Tomorrow will be a pleasant place to
attend.
Frst-elass printing at low rates at
the LEDGER job printing Office, l3
Madison street.
Mr.. johnson, the fireworks man, is
on hand and will give a grand display
Tomorrow night.
No cotton kilograms after to-day,
and until Monday next the cotton
dealers may rest easy.
Seats on the grand stand foF General
Tracy great fireworks may be secured
at Sol Coleman's cirear store.
The eOfesr Of the city treasury re-
eeiyed yesterday slSO0frOm the United
States government on account Of the
hospital fund.
! The LEDGER job printing Office, 10
Madison, executes everything in the
Job printing line as neat and cheap as
any house in this city.
For Gods sake, take care Of the
orphans" Take the 0uachita Belle
10 view the fireworks for the benefit
Of the orphans on July 4th.
The treasury Of the city or Taxing
District IS well filed al present.
Funds enough are on hand to pay all
running expenses for SIX months to
come.
An excursion on the river in the in
terest Of the Christian Brothers Col
lege is contemplated next week. and
the steamer Josie Harry Is the boat
selected
Excursion for the benefit Of the
orphans on the 0uachita Belle, leay-
ing the foot Of Union street. al z
O'Clock tomorrow Friday evening.
Tickets, SOC.
Another fine opportunity to win a
fortune viii be offered On next Tues
day. at which time the Louisiana
Lottery will hold another drawing.
The tickets are only 81 each.
The Havana Lottery ior years has
bees regarded as an honorable institu-
ton, holding fair drawings and paying
prizes promptly. Tickets can nov be
purchased at the agency 10 Memphis.
Riyersides q. Huntsville Baseball
Club 5, was the score Of a game
played at Huntsville. Ala, yesterday.
The Riversides and the Nashville
Lincks play at Chattanooga to-mor-
row.
The hottest Of the season was yes
terday. The mercury during the
afternoon climbed 10 90, and the
lowest during the cool Of the morning
was 75'. But for a pleasant breeze
from the east and southeast the heat
would have been insuferable.
Sol Coleman has charge Of the sale
Of tickets for admission to the inclos-
ure on the bluffs, erected By General
Tracy. Those who purchase tickets
beforehand will have an advantage
over others who put it OF until the
last, as they will not be detained at
the gate, and can 90 in early and pro-
cure the choice seats.
The depth Of water on shoal cross
ings below this port is hardly two and
a half fathoms, and the national war
steamer Wachusett draws full sixteen
feet. Last nights kilograms report
the ship aground at the Ben Lomond
plantation, nearLake Providence, and
about seyenty-fve miles above Vicks-
burg. The chances favor her remain
ing in that vicinity all summer. II
she gets clear Of the sandbar on which
she Is gQW fast, 1t would be a wise
thing for her to yetgrp to Yicksburg
A lot Of doctors met yesterday to
grind out more health. breeding reso.
ludons, They call themselves a COM
mittee Of the national board Of health
and the Mississippi valley sanitary
council and their moVting rotated
chiefly to regulating the movements
and action of railroad and steamboat
lines in Hmeof pestilence. From the
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