Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-12

Zephyrs Zoe an ounce at Johnston's.
Spring has come. Get your shirts
made at Mays.
Whittaker's Star hams For sale by
B. NJ. StrattOn & Co,
Choice oranges fifteen cents Ter
dozen. B. N. StrattOn & Co.
Choice lemons fifteen cents per
dozen. B. NJ. Stratton & Co.
Trees and shrubs in Court Square
are opening their tender leaves.
Wire and rustic work made by Male
& Lamb, florists, 355 Main street.
The biggest minstrel troupe ever in
one party will be here next week.
The noon will not show itself to-
night until near the midnight hoar.
The sale of cabbage has been or
dered stopped for the next sixty days.
Fine day this for promenading.
Main street is crowded with the
throng.
Garden rakcs, hoes and other earth
stirring implements arc at present IN
active demand.
The breeze came straight from the
north last night and this mor2ing. 1t
was chilly but not cold.
The legislature has passed the bill
increasing taxation to $l.4O on the
500 worth of property.
O%urcottOn receipts continue to swell.
We are now within 1865 bales of
receipts at this date last year.
The lunch rooms at 3O2 Madison
street, is a pleasant retreat where the
ladies serve elegant dinners for fifty
cents each.
The spring time has come, and no
more free rations are to be given the
poor. They must seek work and earn
their bread from this time forth.
The Knights Of Iunisfail give their
sixth anniversary ball at the Manner
chOr Hall on next Monday evening,
which is also st. Patrick anniver-
sary.
The temperature this morning was
45', or just about the point where the
frost strikes the air. The highest yes
terday was 6S', and the lowest 53'
variation, 10.
The receiver to be authorized by
the legislature will be on account of
the State and in conflict or opposition
to the n appointed by the United
States Court.
Our authorities continue to stumble
over Sunday orders and believe they
can be executed, so will continue their
efforts. They could stop smoking in
the street cars more easily.
Illuminated pictures OF the Hayerly
minstrels, as they appear in their ~.
merous attractive performances, adorn
our shop windows and street walls.
Many a curious person stops to gaze
upon and admire them.
The Chickasaw Guards have a match
drill for a white plume to morrow
night. A hop follows after the son.
test. The Chicks never fail to have a
pleasant time at these monthly ex.
hlbitions Of their precision in the
manual exercises.
Madam Anderson, the famous pc.
destrian, is in the city and stopping
with friends on Court street. Il is
rumored that she will give an exhibi.
ton of her walking against time at
the ball to be given BY the Milahs on
Saturday night, 18th inst.
The Ladies Christian Association
continue to supply callers with pala-
table dinners at their pleasant rooms.
No. 3G Main street, near Madison.
The revenue received is devoted to
supplying the poor-a worthy object
and deserving of patronage.
The prospects are nov good for the
completion of the railroad from here
TO Paducab, known as the Mississibpi
River railroad, by the 6rst of Septem.
Der next. The unfinished gap is be.
tween CoviugtOu aud Union City. and
is less than a hundred miles IN length.
Efforts in the legislature to enforce a
surrender Of the charter unless the
road is built forthwith is stirring the
railroad men up Ii a rather lively
degree.
A lot Of big snakes and other curl
o%sitieS, p%oustrOitieS aud freaks Of
nature, garOiSbed With bapd-orgau