Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-12-11

very bad.
The polar wave came down quite
brisk aud frosh last night, and drove
among the rain-couds, from which so
much water fell yesterday and the day
before. The weather change is a vel
come one.
The poor, who do not share in the
prosperity that seems to have run
over the country, look with no very
amiable feelings towards the %specula-
tors who have caused provisions to
climb SO high.
The muddy street crossings are In
favorably commented on. In other
cities when new pavsments are laid,
stepping stones are set at the crossing
places so hat wayfarers may get over
without wading.
The social season has not opened
yet, in the estimation ola few. Others
however, have participated in gaieties
of the most delightful character, and
claim that the winter will be as joyous
as any that has preceded it.
After exhibiting in. GAINESVILLE,
Tenn, next Saturday, the Cole circus
will 90 direct to st. Louis, where it
passes the winter. The animals are
to be housed three miles from the
city. They are now closing an eight
months tour.
At the residence of Nh. &. T. Pat
terson, on Vance street, last night,
Miss Willie S. Patterson and Mr..
Henry r. Powell were united in mat
rimony. Many join in wishing the
happy couple a prosperous voyage
throqgh1ife.
Over 1000 printed copies of the
cotton exchange crop reports as pre-
pared by Mr.. Gates and and the conn
mittee on information and statistics,
have been mailed to various people
abroad, and half a thousand more are
yet to go forth.
Packed like sardines in a box we're
the passengers that arrived heal ten
this morning, by the Paducah railroad
train. Over three hundred came and
the departing train lays over until five
o'clock this evening. The circus will
catch the entire crowd.
The Cole circus owns 81 cars, 46
feet long, made expressly for their own
use. They also own two. Pullman
sleepers and two other sleeping coaches.
In the present state of the freight
blockade, they would otherwise not
have been able to travel through this
section Of country at this time.
A gold medal is to Represented to
Mr.. d. +. Goodyear at Odd Fellows
Hall, this evening, by Mr.. Fount
Smithson, the Grand Dictator ofthe
Knights of Honor, for Tennessee.
The present is in recognition of faith
full labor in behalf Of the order during
the fever season of 1873.
Lady Jane Grey, Court and
Stage, "Mephistopheles in petit
coats and Tangled Lives are among
the new plays in the Bowers-T hOmp-
son %repertory. That of Court and
Stage is founded upon events in the
life of nellie Gwynne, a character
celebrated in English history.
Pictro BalbO, convicted of killing
his wife, has been sentenced to be
hanged on the 10Th of January next.
When the judge asked him what he
had to say why the sentence should
not be pronounced upon him, he re-
piled, Il did not intend to kill my
wife, but she tried to kill me-"
Tha trial of Walter Boon, for kill
ing Uncle Billy Mathews, last summer,
occupied the attention Of the Criminal
Court this forenoon. From the testi-
mony offered it was one of the most
%atrocious crimes ever perpetrated. A
jury will consider the matter, and as
Boon confessed to the killing, he will
be apt to catch it hard.
Our city is full of visitors from the
interior. Despite the ugly weather
yesterday 200 people came up the
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad on
the ten-thirty train. On the Sardis &C,
commodation at 8 o'clock this morning
$40 people came in and the ten-thirty
mail train brought 200 more. 0fthesC
several dozen are from the line of the
road below Grenada, many of them
froma as far down as Canton. Anumber
are merchants whe visit us to lay il
fresh stocks Of goods.