Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-29
Thursday Evening, July 20. 1850
LEDGER LINES.

NSh i~haOhOAOii ny VIC " DhiCAuos
Another fog in the mornings early
hours.
Either Shaw or Athy will be next
sheriff.
Brown & Jones, coal, Office 281
Main street.
Swamp fever is reported numerous
in the swamps.
The dust is getting to be unpleas-
antly numerous.
New mess mackerel, in 5 ID tins, at
Lyle & Shields.
0rgill Brothers & Co. have just re-
ceived a large line of pocket cutlery.
0rgill Brothers & Co. have just re-
ceived a large line of pocket cutlery.
The first new cotton bale is expected
along in three or four weeks from
now.
The health boards new quarantine
regulation, of interest to travellers,
appears to-day elsewhere.
Tomorrow forenoon the democratic
executive committee are to meet at
their headquarters in this city.
Business men viii find it to their
Interest to have all their job printing
done at the PUBLIC LEDGER Office.
The noon entered its last quarter
yesterday, and it will not rise until a
quarter past one to morrow morning.
Victor D. Fuchs, 80 and Il JefFer-
son, has received a large lot of fine
chickens and fresh eggs from KeL-
lucky.
We are indebted to Captain W. NJ.
Coleman, of Lucy Depot, for a basket
of very fine peaches, for which many
thanks.
In a local sense the political cam
paign is decidedly warmer than the
weather. 1t grows more active with
each day.
Officer Randolph, colored, lost his
star to-day, for threatening to thrash
a white fellow citizen, a well-known
barrister at that.
Round-trip tickets from Memphis
to Huntsville, Ala, including one
weeks entertainment at the Hunts
vile hotel, will be sold for SIG.
When the mercury ambles along
close to the sixties during the night
time, as it has been doing recently, it
renders the temperature. delightful
for the enjoyment of sleep.
The erection of an elevator near
central landing is the subject at pres
ent engaging the attention of the rail
way authorities, including E. w. Cole
and G. NJ. McGhee, who are on a visit
here.
The Eighth ward democratic club
will meet this evening at headquar-
tiers l70 Poplar street, 81 g O'clock, 10
accept the invitation of the Fourth
warders to participate in their rally
tonight.
Persons who are anxious to take a
summer trip after the county election,
night make their expenses by getting
a ticket in the Commonwealth, which
draws next Saturday. Call at the
usual place.
A purse Of a hundred dollars is to
be drilled for by the Memphis Zouaves
and the Mcclellan Guards, on the
10th of next month, at the Exposition
building. A big time is expected
among the colored folks.
Nearly. Everybody has quit taking
street car tickets as change. The car
company might advance their inter
ests by sending on and getting few
barrels of nickels. No gutta perchas
would then be necessary.
Those who went to the barbecue up
at MillingtOn, on the Memphis and
Paducah railway, report having en-
joyed it to a delightful degree. The
orators there were Colonel Josiah
Patterson and Colonel A. j. Kellar.
The iron bridge to support the large
sewer main across the bayou, at the
junction of johnson avenue, jackson
and Alabama streets, has been com
pleted. 1t is only designed for the
sewer, and not for the use of way
farers.
The sawmill which was burned
twenty-one miles up the Paducah
railway, just about dawn this morn
ing, was insured for $1,000, about so
per cent of the loss. A number of
workmen are thrown out of employ
ment by the mishap.
The city authorities at a meeting
Yesterday decided to cease the remov-
! al of earth box contents, waste water