Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-10
CENTS Pc WE X.
THE CITY.
Monday Evening, Feb. 10. 1879.
LEDGER LINES.


Clean up your premises or look out
for fines.
Jupiter and Mercury are now morn
ing stars.
Temperature 45' at eight o'clock
this morning.
Factors are asking higher prices
for the staple.
Cotton advanced here at noon to-day
] to cents on all grades.
Mean dogs straying at large are to
be killed in short order. Good
The bluff in front of the city was a
favored resort for promenaders yester-
day.
The popular "Chicks" drill for a
white plume next Thursday evening.
After the match a hop.
See advertisement of one of the
best business offices on Madison street
in the for rent column.
The Modjeska troupe arrived from
New Orleans this afternoon by special
train, and in a palace car.
Hen fruit droops. Last week an
egg worth three cents is worth less
than a cent and a half to-day.
The unbounded limits of Deputy
Sheriff Athy and his assistants was
peaceable yesterday. No arrests were
necessary yesterday.
A six-year-old, dark brown horse.
carrying a Mexican saddle with the
horn cut off, has been stolen from Mr..
Matt Monaghan of Front street.
Digging and spading in back yards
and garden patches is progressing pre-
paratory to planting flowers, vegetables
and other useful and ornamental OBJ
iects.
The starlight was beautiful to 90 to
church by last night. Late home
goers had the bright-faced but wan
ing moon to illuminate their path
ways.
The members of the legislature now
at home take their departure for
Nashville tonight, to be present at
the meeting of the general assembly of
Tennessee tomorrow.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Court street Cumberland Presbyterian
Church meet tomorrow morning, and
thereafter every Tuesday, so long as
the church has no pastor.
Several liberal hearted citizens of
limited means are Offering to devote a
week, free Of charge, to the work of
cleaning up the highways, alleys and
dirty places. They claim TO mean
business.
About $50 damage from fire result
ed 10 a small tenement belongino IN
Paul Cicalla, near Tennessee and
Trezeyant streets, last Saturday. The
house was occupied by Captain Raia
and Mr.. Brown.
The churches were all well attended
yesterday. A number of deyout peo-
pie who have heretofore been lax on
account Of the bad weather, went to
service yesterday three and some as
many as four times.
The steamer c. P. Chouteau will be
found at the Lee wharf boat this even
ing receiving for New Orleans. Cap
tain Washington, her agent, has 5000
bales Of cotton engaged for her, and
will give her a good send of. She
leaves Wednesday.
To-day will be the last opportunity
to purchase tickets in the drawing Of
the Louisiana Lottery which takes
place tomorrow. 1t may BE- that this
is the tide in a mans affairs which,
taken at its food, leads on to fortune
Let not this last chance escape.
The death list last week numbered
nineteen. OF these six died of pneu-
monia, three of consumption, two Of
congestion, and the remainder were
various. Whites eight, colored elev.
en-. One was ninety-six years old, one
tifty-6ve, one forty-two and the Others
yougor, six being children.
Many shop windows are highly illus.
trated with all sorts of valentines a
few artistic and elegant, some graceful,
but the larger number fearfully ugly.
They are to be bought all the way
from a nickel to five dollars each.
Next Friday will be the time for a
general distribution of tLase G,o;e,I