Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-07-05

admiriug elderly people, in the bac
alleys and byways all over the oil
night before last aud yesterday.
The following dispatch was receive
to-day regarding cotton Liverpool
. l2:l5 p.m-Cotton hardening. Re
eeipts $50 bales, all American. UT
lands, 6 l5-l6d, Orleans I'd. Future
buyers offering I-32d more. Bpm
! Sales, American, 62OO bales. Future
firm"
In the suit of Ellen c. GLEN
against Lucy A. Jamison, a piece o
property on Front street, at the corne
of the alley north Of Adams, 80 fee
by 14Sl, was announced for sale b.
order Of the Chancery Court at nooT
to-day, 1t was withdrawn just as tn,
officer was about to cry it out.
The cotton exchange was closed
yesterday, is not open to-day aud will
not be until Monday next. The SUI
p%erintendent and assistants, as well
as cotton dealers, generally observed
the day We celebrate in true national
style by resting quietly at their homes.
This FIRE illumination is a failure
because its managers failed to have
music to regale us between acts" was
the remark of an auditor at the pyro.
technic display last night. Visitors
from the interior would doubtless
have enjoyed an addition to the enter
tainment of this character.
A visitor from the country was yes
terday made to believe that the bull
warks around Tracy's fireworks
grounds was a national frigate under
g'ing construction that the spot was
the navy yard, and that the vessel
would be launched sideways as soon
as the river reaches food hight. The
mar thought it all so.
NANCY dogs, with no owners, thiev.
ing dogs, with masters of a like ilk
and mean dogs with four feet, and
others with two legs likewise mean,
roam at large and worry house wives
in back-yards, while they endanger
other folks on the public highways.
The dog killing ordinance goes into
effect next week and a few of the four.
footed fellows will happily be thinned
out after that
A couple Of colored families had
their shanties destroyed about nine
o'clock last night on Beal street near
Wellington loss 500 and no insur.
ance. The occupants went to the fire.
works, leaving a stove unattended
nearly red hot in one Of the houses.
The contents, including furniture and
clothing, except a few things in the
lower drawers of bureau were totally
destroyed. The people believe the
houses were set on Ere, but this belief
is not shared in by others.
The firm of James, Rosa 4 Ora
ham have hanging up in their office on
Jefferson street medals and diplomas
for premiums taken at Cincinnati. st
Louis, Memphis, New Orleans and
other great cities where their wagons
were exhibited and in competition
with the leading establishments of the
West. At St. Louis six different
States competed for the prize which
was carried off by our Memphis fac
tory.
A thousand people stood upon the
roofs of buildings along Front street
aud Towards Row, and witnessed the
great fireworks in all their brilliant
glory, in spite Of Mr.. Tracy or any
other man. 4 few dozen also obtained
a very good view from the upper win
dows Of the Peabody Hotel, and from
a few tall buildings back from Front
They paid no admittance fee.
and seemed to enjoy this part of it, if
they failed to appreciate the rest.
Apurse of something near twenty
dollars, raised among the fallen wo-
men Of this city, has been donated
to the Ladies Christian Association
for the benefit Of Lizzie Sherwood.
who was so horribly aud inhumanly
outraged by the beastIy johnson. The
girl is getting along as comfortably as
could be expected under the circum-
stances and is under the care of ben
eyolent people. In the meantime the
scoundrel who ruined her lies in Che
Jail Of a neighboring county awaiting
the laws delays to be tried for his
colossal crime.
Sol COIeman's Char hnnsa