Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-09

mark. A decline has set in at Cairo
and will shortly do so here.
BOyton, the fOater, made four miles
an hour the first t~wenty-four of his
run from Cairo. He win perhaps stop
to rest at some point above here, as he
does not expect to come into port be-.
fore Friday.
BoytOn, the swimmer, is expected
here on Friday, In the meantime
boat excursions are in preparation by
nv. O'Shaughnessy and Mr.. Creel-
man, his agents, who arrived here a
day or two ago.
The Paschal feast was devoutly OBJ
served yesterday and to-day by the
majority of our Hebrew citizens. The
term of the Passover to commemorate
when Israel came out of Egypt will
hold until Tuesday.
Messrs. W. f. Boggs, C. W. Heis-
kell and w. J.. Smith have been
selected as a committee to solicit and
collect a fund for the maintenance
and education of the children of the
late Butler P. Anderson.
The monthly drawing of the Lou
isiana Lottery took place yesterday at
New Orleans, and the following were
the lucky numbers drawing the chief
prizes; No. 65,923 drew $4,000; No.
86,39S, $4,000 and No. 1913, $1,000.
During the past FIVE weeks Receiver
Latham has taken in $7462.5l on ac-
count of the old city. The receiver
is making progress, and if he keeps on
will receive enough to pay the ex-
penses of his Office, including the
expenses of litigation.
Uneasy is the head that wears a
crown. Folks are now after the au-
thorities with a sharp stick about the
condition of Winchester Cemetery.
There is no doubt but that with the
proper attention of the legislative
council the situation could be vastly
improved.
The value Of middling cotton is
close to lie per pound. A sale of
1900 bales in one lot was reported to
have been made this forenoon, and
several other round lots are believed
to have been sold. 1t is thought to-
days total sales will be in the vicinity
of 1000 bales.
In spite Of the fact that all courts
are in session and the wheels of civil
government are fully creased, there
never was a more quiet time in court
house and police circles than prevailed
to-day. The taxpayers are hard at
work with their crops and tax eaters
are lolling around.
After the tive standard, but light
operas, next week by the amateurs,
then another set of amateurs will
give us the comic opera of H. NJ. S.
Pinafore. Many will be pleased to see
Josephine, the captains daughter;
Butter-cup, the bumboat girl, and all
OF their cousins and their aunts.
All Of last night and early this
morning the sky was overcast with
flying clouds, the kind that a sailor
would call Scuds. The wind blew in
ttful gusts from the southeast, a
quarter where rain is nearly certain to
follow, and all the indications point.
to the nearness Of a few gentle showers.
1t is remarked here among business
men that while they have not made
great profits during the past season
yet, on the whole, their trade has been
healthy and its volume equal to that
Of any former season. The present
prospects indicate a good spring and
summer trade, though at light profits.
In the Grand Lodge selections of
officers of the A. o. u. w, now in
session at Nashville, Memphis has
been honored by the appointment of
SaW A. Taylor as grand Waterman.
and S, S. Garrett as representative.
The grand master, foreman, receiver,
overseer and other dignitaries were
taken from other parts of the State.
The present low water in the Iii.
nois river renders it a question of
doubt whether or not cheap ice will
be ours to enjoy during the ensuing
summer. A feet of barges has been
loaded and ready to start for this
market for three months past, but
shoal depths and bumpy sandbars
prevent their movement southwark.
An inquest was held on the body Of
an unknown white man, supposed to
be a German, before Esquire C. i.
Smith, at White Haven, on the 9TH
instant, and a verdict was returned
that he came to his death by inanition,
caused by exposure and ravages of a
loathsome disease. The jurors were
A. j. GoH, james II. Allen, s. w.
Marsh, II. j. Lenow, II. D. Wallace
and j. A. Howard. The deceased
,vas about ~ yoos