Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-08

by the general council Of the city il
the old city hall, are now piled up i
q heap in the county court house.
1t ranged from g. to IS degrees yes
terday, with northerly winds through
out the day, and the breeze will com
from the same quarter for a Will
longer.
The present cool temperature is re
garaed as favorable for those interio
localities where fall fevers, conges
tons, and the like Affections hav,
been prevalent.
The north winds lifted sand drift
in great crowds from the bar in tn,
river opposite the city, in the fore.
noon, and the sand was scattered al
along the Arkansas shores.
Fixing up imaginary political com.
binations and advancing men Of small
ealibre to honorary positions as candi
dates, is the favorite pass-time witt
many at this particular time.
A Main street store has beer
freshly painted a bright yellow with
red stripes, and another has it pale
yellow with green window shutters
1t looks slightly odd, but is doubles:
the fashion.
The chancery court will resume on
the first Monday in next month, and
the circuit and criminal court will be
under way week after next. The pro-
bate and the United States courts are
now in session.
An election for justice of the peace,
is to be held on the I'D inst. lat Golfers
vile, to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the death of Esquire Abingdon, who
lost his life by being run over by a rail
way train.
The most independent people in
business, just now, are draymen and
artisans. They all have more work
than they can do, unless an easy job
and big price offers. They pick their
associates, too.
"lncOnstant summer to the tropic
fees, and as her rose-sails catch the
amorOus breeze. Lo bare brown au-
tumn trembles to her kneesl" The
poet puts it pertinently thus to fit
the present season.
The case of Pulliam VS.. Pulliam,
involving a large amount of property,
was in curse of argument before
Judge Hammond in the United States
court this forenoon. 1t is expected
that Judge Hammond will render a
decision in the railroad case next Sat
urday.
The journeyman painters have
formed a union, and ask an advance
from 81 80 to So per day; the union
printers, t is understood, will ask an
advance from 40c, the present rate, to
45c per thousand ems, a difference to
the printers OF from three to five dol
lars per week.
The egg and poultry dealers along
Front street to-day were in grief.
Eggs were worth zoe per dozen, and
few were to be found at any price.
At noon the market was bare. Chick
ems sold as high as "a a dozen, with
very few offering. Such prices cannot
hold very long.
The bondholders' suit before Judge
Hammond, wherein they desire u
hold the railroads responsible, and
had moved to withdraw the suits, pro.
vided this could be done without
prejudice, has been taken under ad
visement by the judge, and his decis
ion may be looked for in a few days.
Cotton planted the latest in the val
ley regions and at first the slowest t
grow is likely to turn out the bes
this fall in many localities. The ear.
lier planiings are reported over.
grown with foliage, and promises littl,
fruit. This pictures it in Coahom:
county, Miss, according to the
Friar's Point paper.
Miss Murphy's school will open or
the 2Uth inst. at her school rooms, or
Poplar street. Miss Murphy has beer
long identified with the educationa
interests of Memphis, and taken a high
stand as an instructress of the young
Her large grounds on Poplar stree
give ample facility for the healthfu
exercise of her pupils, and this is &
desideratum in the education Of chill.
dren by no means to be neglected.
The Chickasaw Guards have passed
resolutions which are a tribute to the
memory Of the late Charles p. Burton
They mention him as a persOn of gen.
tie disposition, unassuming worth anC
manly virtues. The Rock City Guards
of Nashville, are also mentioned il
a complimentary manner, for the re.
speet and consideration shown to the
remains Of Mr.. Burton, when they
reached that city for final interment
A gentleman of this city with a few
hundreds to spare, invested it il
United States 4 per cent. bonds a
par, during the summer Of 1879, cuI
IF a dollar coupon from each hun.
dred every three months, and yester.
day, needing his capital for othel
uses, sold out at a profit Of nearly ter
dollars premium on each hundred
dollar bond. These bonds have beer
steadily advancing since the first o
the present year. On the I'd of Janu
airy they were quoted at 1903 they ar,
now quoted at 1l0l. People will
surplus funds, who were not satifet
with small earnings, have receive,
greater returns from their invest
ments but have not done SO well will
the principal.