Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-01
CENTS Pc WEEK.
THE CITY.
saturday evening. Feb. i. 1879.
LEDGER LINES

Collectors, avaunt.
Thin ice this morning.
AS clear as a bell this morning.
Clean off your slippery sidewalks.
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany to-
morrow.
The moon sotS at 2:l5 tomorrow
morning.
Two weeks from yesterday will be
st. Valentines day.
Wind fresh and bracing from the
north this morning.
The beautiful Fanny Davenport in
Pique, Tuesday next,
Cotton quiet, with an easier feeling.
Liverpool is a shade lower.
ElmwoOd lots put in order by Male
& Lamb, florists, 1855 Main street.
1t was a rich field of mud and cash
for the hsckmen that offered last
night.
Temperature 81 at 8 o'clock this
morning. The highest yesterday was
49, and the lowest 42'.
Put sawdust over your muddy cross
ings. The theater managers have done
so. Others should follow suit.
Days length ten and a half hours.
The sun rises ten minutes before seven
and sets about forty minutes past FIVE.
JOhnston's 65c unlaundried shirts,
warranted linen fronts, Best shirt ever
offered for the price. 23 Main street.
From now until the beginning of
Lent St. Mary's Episcopal church, on
Poplar street, will be closed for re-
pairs.
A spiritual but materialized lee
turar, named Amy Grey, holds forth
at the Memphis Theater tomorrow
night.
The chief Of police has been asked
tOtryt to find Peter Pfeifer, who strayed
of from his home in Cincinnati some
time ago.
It's inc for the lawyers, and how
blandly they smile as they put their
fingers beside their noses and wink
slyly, as il were.
Taxpayers can now have a rest un-
til next September, except in the new
taxing district, late city of Memphis,
and in Nashville.
The regular monthly drawing of the
Louisiana Lottery takes place on Feb
ruary 18th. Procure tickets at once
at the usual place.
The city owes a gas bill amounting
to nearly fifty thousand dollars. Yet
we sometimes hear complaints that
she streets are dark at night.
After getting nearly to the bank
tops and within six feet of extreme
high water mark, the river has begun
to recede slowly at this point.
A crippled beggar planted himself
at the door Of the cotton exchange for
an hour or two yesterday, hailed peo-
pie as they passed in and out and took
in quite Literally.
Is there any other place on the con-
tinent that would turn out 80 large
and stylish an audience as that at the
theater last night considering the
nasty state Of the elements2
Pique, School for Scandal, As you
Like 1t, Divorce, and London Assur-
ance, are the pieces set down for rep
resentation here next week during the
Fanny Davenport engagement.
They have already garnisheed the
little cash on hand Of the late city,
held on deposit By the banks. Several
garnishments we're served yesterday,
aud more were promised to-day
You would scarcely believe it, but
it is a fact, hat Miss Alicia Robson is
the daughter Of Stuart Robson. The
lady, however, is young, and will not
be out Of her teens for several coming
winters.
The wharfmaster will not resign
until he is relieved from duty BY the
new authorities. According 10 the
bill as passed, wharfage charges will
be increased from twenty-fye to thirty
per cent, On large boats.
A little comedy full Of choice musi.
cal selections, called Jenny Lind, viii
be the attraction tonight at the thea.
ter. It brings out the best efforts o.
VIM. H. Crane and Alicia Robson
both fine and educated singers
I The new steamer Ed Richardson
named after the father Of our fellow.
citizen James S. Richardson, arrived