Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-05
TEN cEMTs PER WE e X.
THE CITY.
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LEDGER LINES.

Smoked jowls. B. NJ. StrattOn 4 Co
Warmer weather is promised, anC
rain is probable.
Whittaker's Star hams for sale b.
B. N. Stratton & Co.
Wheat looks well in the country
and it is growing finely.
Sound oranges fifteen cents a dOzer
at Oliver, Finnie & Co.'S.
Choice lemons fifteen cents a dozen
at Oliver, Finnie 4 Co.'S.
Choice oranges fifteen cents rel
dozen. B. NJ. Stratton & Co.
Choice lemons fifteen cents per
dozen. B. M. StrattOn & Co.
Temperature early this morning 49,.
Wind gentle from the northeast.
Whitaker's celebrated sugar cured
hams for sale by Lyle & Shields.
Get a ticket at once in the Louisi-
ana lottery. Call at the usual place.
Sale of seats for the Mccullough
engagement begins at H~ollenberg's on
Friday.
Victor D. Fuchs is daily expecting
a shipment Of fine shad from Savannah
river.
Male & Lamb, florists, are sodding
ElmwOod lots. Leave orders at 355
Main street.
Sunrise 6;23 o'clock sunset G
o'clock moon goes down at 4:30 to-
morrow morning.
The Grasshoppers were the victors
inthe game Sunday last with the Ath-
%letics. the score standing u to IL.
Our cotton receipts are gradually
crawling up to those of last year. W.
are now only %, l bales behind.
Business men will find it pays to
call at PUBLIC LEDGER Office. see
samples and prices before giving their
job printing to drummers.
Cotton steady and in good demand.
Prices are shaded everywhere else, but
factors here still hold strong views,
and will not sell except at full prices.
The Casino Club Hall, Bluff City
Grays and Chickasaw Guards armo-
ries and other public places presented
a gala air last night. All were bril-
liantly Illuminated and largely attrac-
tive.
A pair Of beautiful purses, knit by
Mrs. L. Herr, were presented to Mr..
). KOhlburg aud Mr.. NJ. S%artoris as
tokens of gratitude for noble services
rendered the family of Mrs. II. during
the plague last summer.
Loss by fires here last month is given
by Chief McFadden at $l3,222, of
which property owners lost 5000 and
occupants 1922. There was plenty
OF Insurance to pay up the entire loss
If it had been spread out properly.
but as 1t was not, a part of the dis
truction fell upon the people burned
out.
Il. Lemon last night lost a set of
harness and a lot Of tools, by theft,
from his shop on Second street. The
police are after the scamp who pur.
Joined h eproperty. The villains. not
satisfied with what they could carry
broke to pieces a number of molds.
which we're of greater value to Mr..
Lemon than the artic' es stolen.
As as Offset to Herrick's lentcn
rhymes, which were written some hun.
dredS Of years ago, and are frequently
printed in latter days, the following
more modern in their structure are
less stylish but just as seasonable and
appropriate. The author is too modest
to give the world the benefit of his
name:
II any coarse, unleeling Teller
Asks the lodn of your umbreller
Tell him It's Lent.
II any tramp presumes TO foller
And beg the loan Of half a dollar
Tell him It's Lent.
And so tell all who come to borrow.
SEINE treasured article tomorrow
Tell EN- it's Lent.
assessment no. 0l, providing Tor
twehty-seyen deaths-among which
are the following Memphians John
Il. Chenowith, Max Hartman 49, has
been made by the Supreme Lodge of
the Knights Of Honor. Each mem
Der will be called upon to pay 81 to
satisfy this assessment, and it will
yield $4,000, or $1,000 to each bene.
6eiary.
The relief fund commissioners have
agreed to close doors for ten days from
Saturday last, and no free rations will
be distributed until the time expires.
1t is thought that few chronic suppl.
eants for bounty may be induced to