Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-23

The new moon sits tonight at half
past nine.
The sanitary sensation is at present
the leading object of interest.
The first of the Hebrew month
Swan, or in the original ~vernacular,
Rosh Hadesh Swan.
Five per cent. of the receipts at
Menken's to-day goes to swell the
Butler Anderson fund.
Twenty half barrels of Blue Lick
water, fresh from the springs, just
received. G. A. Eckerly & Bros.
just received twenty-five hampers
of Rhen's Settler water, fresh from
Germany. G. A. Eckerly & Bros.
The Criminal Court was busy to-
day with the trial of parties charged
with stealing from Lovin's boarding
house.
The New Memphis Theater will be
sold at chanoery sale tomorrow morn
ing at the courthouse. This property
viii pay handsome dividends to the
purchaser.
james Marshall, a gamester by pro-
f%essiOn, has left the city for a spell.
He beat a Chinaman out of seventeen
dollars and the police ordered him to
~emigrate.
The Memphis Light Guards have a
new uniform, and they call it the
daisy" The boys talk Of challeng-
ing the Chicks for a match drill some
months hence.
Only a few days left in which to buy
a ticket in the Commonwealth Distri-
button Company, as the drawing comes
off ON the 3lst. Whole tickets are
81. and halves 81 each.
The ladies Of the Safarans street
Methodist church of Chelsea will
hold a festival tonight at the resi-
dence Of Captain RalstoH, corner
Fourth and Mill streets.
The Leath orphan asylum have had
their cash fund increased $35 by sub
scriptions forwarded from the Sunday
school Of AyOndale, near Cincinnati.
Mr.. j. NJ. Heating was the medium
of transmission.
II. Seessel, ST., 4 Son. corner Jefer.
son and Second, have an extra fine lot
Of fresh meats and vegetables for
Saturday market. Supplies ordered
Saturday will be delivered free on
Sunday mgrning.
After several days work the Cum
b%erland Presbyterian general assembly
have closed their labors. The dele.
gates, about one hundred anu twenty
five in number, will nearly all depart
for their homes to-day.
The Bluff City Lodge of Odd Eel
lows have wound up and closed,
the members joining with Chickasaw
Lodge No. 8. Their last meeting was
held last night. The Chickasaw Lodge
meets every Monday night.
The feast Of the Ascension was eel.
ebrated by the Knights of the Red
Branch with a splendid picnic at Is
tival Park last night. The Catholics
and Episcopalians all observe this fes-
tiyal in a becoming manner.
A pleasant way to pass the summer
days is to 60 and purchase a line Of
cheap reading matter. Mansford, ~
Main street, can please all, having tn,
largest and best selection in all classes
Of literature. Call and be convinced
His Mud-Scow Pinafore," is (
burlesque to be presented by the Pas
tor Minstrels at the theater next Fri
day night for the benefit Of the ushers
There will be other novelties, and III,
programme promises a good entertain.
ment.
Capt. AID Storm and Il. w. Light
burne are now high privates Of III,
Bluff City Grays. They were chosen
as complimentary honorary members
last tight. X, Anderson and r. II
Christian were taken in as active
members.
Wednesday next the solemn rite o
confirmation will he Administered h,