Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-15

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The LEDGER Job Printing Office
and Book Bindery, ID Madison, exc.
cutes everything in their line as neai
and cheap as any house in this city. j
This is the last day for the sale o.
tickets in the Louisiana Lottery, a,
the monthly drawing takes place to.
morrow. Cali at the usual headquar-
tiers.
Late New York papers, including
q copy of the Post and the Herald
were received through the kindness Of
the Southern Express Company this
morning.
j. Gillespie, James Ryden and
James Conray were each fined $50 this
morning for being drunk, disorderly
and resisting an officer. They are sci
down as bad cases.
Fourteen prisoners now in the
county jail await a chance to get to
the pe%nitentiary to work out their
sentences. There were ~ prisoner in
all at the Jail Oh Saturday last.
The temperature was down to 29'
this morning, with the winds gentle
but straight from the west, afterwards
shifting to the northwest. The indi-
cations point to colder weather.
The historical plays to be present
ed this week by the Bowers Thompson
dramatic troupe, are likely to draw
good audiences. The Macauley com
bination are to be here next week.
The LEDGER is indebted to Hon.
Casey Young for a copy of the con-
gressional directory corrected down to
December 9th, 1879, by +. A. Rich
ardson, clerk ofthe printing records.
The Corkonians held a meeting
Saturday night, and had a pleasant
time %transacting business, indulging
in festivities and refreshments, also in
transacting business connected with
their society's interests. The "Corks''
are a set Of jolly good fellows.
Review de la Mode, Christmas
number of English Young Ladies
Journal, Atlantic, and Appleton q
Journal for January, together with a
full line of new novels in cheap aud
elegant bindings, for the holidays.
Call and examine one Of the most at.
tractive bookstores in the South
Mansford's, 29S Main street.
The police or some ~one,,else, should
protect poor brutes from cruelty.
Overloaded teams are daily, yes hourly
seen struggling along the highways,
and it is a shame hal the drivers are
allowed to do it, unmolested or un-
punished. This remark is suggested
by having noticed apOor little mule
stalled in a deep hole on Jefferson
street, this forenoon, while trying to
draw 4 heavy bales of cotton through
the uneven highway.
Several members of the State Leg
islature left for Nashville last night.
and the remainder Of the Shelby del.
egation leave this evening. The Leg
islature will meet tomorrow, and
many believe it will adjourn by the
end of the week, while others believe
it will hang on for at least two weeks.
Numerous rural members do not make
81 day when at home, hence they are
not likely to hurry up the public bust
ness unless compelled to.
The part of"Bob Briefly" as per-
formed Saturday night by Mr.. Flor
ence in 'The Ticket-of-leay man.,
was that in which be made his first
great hit as an actor. His success
vas greatly aided by Mrs. Florence as
Emily St. Eyremond. 1t was per.
formed many years ago at the New
York Winter Garden Theater. with
Lester Wallack as "Hawkshaw." Mrs.
Florence was originally Miss Pray and
her and Mrs. Barney Williams were
sisters.
The high price of fuel and steep
wages OF labOrers is an immense fea-
ture in the expenses Of a Mississippi
river steamer at the present time.
Some Of the larger boats consume 800
boxes of coal daily, and this, at s.
cents per box, the present value, is
s6a per day. TIE steamer Ed Rich
ardson, now here from New Orleans,
has no less than ninety men among
her deck crew, all at 81 per day each,
making close to 5000 per day, or nearly
$1,000 per week, while the same boats
fuel bill from New QrlesHS end back
will not be less than $1,000. 1t costs
a boat Of her class at least $500 per
week to run.
FRESH and DARK.
Just received
n fresh importation OF
VTLLAR VILLARS,
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