Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-06-24
UBLIC LEDGER.
Office: Is Madison Street.
N n Pc WE K.
THE CITY.
Tuesday Evening, June "a, 1879
LEDGER LINES.

Temperature yesterday 10 t. 81,
with east and northeast winds.
The latest books and cheapest sta
t%ionery at Williams book store.
The work of paving the landing be-
low Union street progresses iavorably.
Wall paper, newest and latest pat
at Marcus Jones 2964 Second.
The Mcclellan Guards have a grand
picnic at the Exposition building to-
day and tonight.
The Light Guards, Captain Albert
Woodbridge, will appear for the first
time in their new uniform to-day.
The colored folks, including the
Mcclellan and Zouave Guards, will
have a picnic at the Exposition build
ing tonight.
Three kegs of beer and two freezers
Of ice cream were necessary to appease
the appetites Of those who went to
Estival Park last night.
The illustrations of the Voss-
O'Brien case has just been received
at Rob Young's news depot, the old
stand. corner Second and Monroe.
Only seven bales Of cotton arrived
to-day. Total receipts for the season
3Sl,27S bales. Stock, 6732 bales. Our
receipts are now 22,74l bales short Of
last year at this date.
A negro man from the woods was
on Main street, near Gayoso, yesterday
afternoon seeking for some store to
I'll a written order for a sack Of
molasses aud a string of eggs" Fact
The armory of the ChickasaW
Guards will be the scene Of a brilliant
gathering tonight, the GAINESVILLE
City Guards, the Helena Rifles and
others being expected to attend a
reception, hop and festival.
Fresh paint affords a much i'm
proved appearance to numerous build
ings on Main and Second streets.
Renovation is a good thing at all
times, but just now it is especially
wise. Ever SO many houses need
cleaning very much.
If you wish a ride call and get one
of Joe McCuller's nice b%uggies OF
p%haetons, or if you wish a nice, cool.
large box-stall to keep your horse in
this hot weather, Joe a give you the
BEST in the city at low rates. Call al
the corner of Monroe and Third and
he will please you.
Mr.. John Kyle was killed a few
days ago about six miles north o.
Shelby Depot, in this county, by
youth Of sixteen years named Me
Pherson. The latter shot Kyle Will
a pistoland he died in an hour aud
half afterward. The murdered maj
leaves a family.
The GAINESVILLE City Guards wca.
broadcloth uniforms, trimmed viii
white epaulettes and blue f%acings,
little gold lace setting off the Who'll,
10 a rather picturesque style. Thei
caps are adorned with blue and whit,
plumes. The Helena Rifles weaI
caps adorned with pOmpons Of bui
and blue, and the trimmings Of ihei
uniforms are also buff, without COL,
lace or other leaturesl
Ex-Governor James d. Porter, on
Of thirty-three trustees Of the Medi
cal College, has proposed a trustee.
prize as an additional stimulus to TIA
students. The board could easil
raise a hundred dollars or more anon
themselves to carry out this idea. Th
ex-governor is a friend to the colleg,
and he means to advance its interest
as far as his valued influence ca
do so.
A species Of cactus, known d
p" night blooming cereus. very con
: mon in Mexico, South America ar
. the West Indies, but rare hereaboutl
was in bloom yesterday, and a sectio
Of the plant, with its stickers an
y its fragrant flower, was sent to II
Appeal office as a curiosity. In coui
Il tries where the thorny plant abounr
in its wild state they are a terror
n all four-footed beasts, and you can
g more ride a donkey into a patch
a. cereus thanyou could induce hi
DO to leap a cheveaux.d de. friese
front of a fertilization. The cactus
regarded as a nuisance in those Sc
tons, but hereabouts it * a fine thi
to smell, and to look at from a So
= distance.
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